Roamers’ walks from 9th March 2017 Convenor: Anna Nolan [email protected]; tel: 017687 71197 On 20/12/2018 – Average no of Roamers per walk: 10.66 (512:48) 2017 No Date Walk: Led Walkers: Day 2017 (name, length, duration, drive) by no/ names 1 9/03 Broughton-in-Furness round; Anna 10 Sunny undulating; approx. 14 kilometres = Lyn & John, Sandra but very & Alistair, Liz, Jacqui, windy 8.7 miles (5 hours); 36 miles’ drive Cathy, Barry, Vinnie (a.m.) each way = 1 hour 5 mins 2 23/03 Carron Crag (Grizedale Forest); Anna 7 Sunny start/ end point: High Cross; Jacqui, Alison L, but Dorothy, Bill, Barry, windy undulating; 15.6 kilometres = 9.7 Vinnie miles (5 hours); 24 miles’ drive each way = 50 mins 3 6/04 Stickle Pike; start/ end point: Anna 13 Dry but Broughton Moor; undulating with Jacqui, Margaret T., cold and Helen, Liz, Lyn, windy two separate climbs; 8.5-ish miles; Maureen, Sandra & 1,873 feet ascent for The Knott, a Alistair, Jim, Bill, bit more for the Pike; (5.5 hours); John, Vinnie 27 miles’ drive each way 4 20/04 Alcock Tarn & Nab Scar: start/ Anna 9 Dry but end point: Grasmere; 5.5 miles; Jacqui, Helen, Lyn, cold and Gaynor & David, windy easy climb; roughly 1,400 feet of Pam & Mike, Vinnie ascent; return via Rydal and the coffin route (by bus) 5 4/05 Harrop Tarn – Blea Tarn – Anna 14 Sunny Watendlath – Keswick; Pam & Mike, Sandra & but very Alistair, Lyn, Margaret windy undulating with a climb;10 miles T., Margaret H., Jacqui, (just over 6 hours, including a stop Gaynor, Lesley, at Watendlath) (bus – 555 – to Christine Rob, Christine H., Vinnie Armboth Road end) 6 18/05 The Caldbeck round: Hesket Anna 13 Sunny Newmarket – Cumbria Way – Jacqui, Margaret T., and a bit Margaret H., Alison L, windy Warnell Hall – Caldbeck; Lyn, Liz, Christine R., undulating; just over 8 miles; Barbara, Sandra, roughly 15 miles by car each way Wendy & Mike, Vinnie 7 1/06 Seatoller to Keswick Anna 4 Dry and Wendy, Christine a bit (replacement for Uldale Fells: no windy available cars); bus to Seatoller & R, Vinnie walking back; undulating; 7 miles 8 15/06 Buttermere to Braithwaite by Anna 13 Dry and 1 bus; steady climb to Sail Pass; Jacqui, Margaret T., windy Margaret H., Wendy & nearly 7 miles, just over 2,000 feet Mike, Jim & Maureen, of ascent Linda & Alan, Lyn, Liz, Vinnie 9 22/06 Pike O’Blisco; from Blea Tarn; Anna 8 Cloudy return via Wrynose Bridge; steady Margaret T., Margaret and a bit H., Liz, Lyn, Linda & windy climb; circa 7 miles Alan, Vinnie 10 6/07 Buckbarrow, Seatallan & Middle Anna 10 Misty Fell from Greendale; three Margaret T., Jacqui, and Liz, Lyn, Lesley, humid separate (easy) climbs; just under Sandra & Alistair, 7 miles; over an hour’s drive Olga, Vinnie 11 20/07 Rossett Pike from the Old Anna 11 Dry and Dungeon Ghyll Hotel; steady climb; Jacqui, Pam & Mike, a bit Sandra & Alistair, windy 8,5 miles; just under an hour’s Margaret T., Margaret drive H., Olga, Bill, Vinnie 12 3/08 High Rigg & Low Rigg; from 555 Sandra 5 Heavy (bus); short climb, then undulating; Jacqui, Aine, Vinnie, rain Anna approx. 7 miles (return on foot) 13 17/08 Western shore of Thirlmere to Anna 10 Sunny Shoulthwaite Farm; from 555 Lyn, Liz, Margaret H., and Lesley, Linda & Alan, windy (bus); undulating; approx. 7 miles Christine & Joe (Bilston), Vinnie 14 31/08 Grizedale Forest & Visitor Anna 5 Sunny Centre (from Moor Top); Margaret T., with Margaret H., Jacqui, showers undulating with circa 1,300 feet of Vinnie ascent; 8.5 miles; 24 miles’ drive each way 15 14/09 Newlands Valley & Little Town; 9 Anna 14 Dry and miles; undulating; total ascent: Lyn, Liz, Linda, Penny, windy; Christine R., Jim & some circa 1,000 feet (no transport used) Maureen, Wendy & sun Mike; Gaynor & David, Jacqui, Vinnie 16 28/09 Grisedale (valley & tarn) from Anna 15 Dry and Patterdale; steady climb to 1,765 Bill, Liz, Linda & Alan, a bit Pam & Mike, Wendy, windy; feet; over 9 miles; 18 miles’ drive Margaret T., Margaret some each way H., Sara, Janet, sun Frances, Ian, Vinnie 17 12/10 Holme Fell & Tarn Hows from Anna 13 Dry but Yew Tree Tarn; a modest climb to Liz, Lyn, Linda & windy; Alan, Penny & David, some 1,042ft; wet underfoot; highlights: Margaret T., sun the disused quarry near Hodge Margaret H., Jacqui, Close and Tom Gill waterfalls; Janet, Barry, Vinnie 6 miles 18 26/10 Brock Crags & Angletarn Pikes; Anna 9 Dry and from Hartsop; two separate climbs; Lyn, Penny & David, a bit Margaret H., Mike windy; under 7 miles’ walking; 19.7 miles’ Newns, Janet, late sun drive each way Frances, Vinnie 19 9/11 Claife Heights from Red Nab by Anna 10 Dry and Windermere; undulating; 7.3 miles; Penny & David, a bit Wendy & Mike, windy highest point High Blind How (886 Christine R. Janet, 2 feet) but total ascent 1,360 feet; Frances, Brina, just under 22 miles’ drive each way Vinnie 20 23/11 Rosthwaite to Keswick & lunch Anna 12 Very at the Chalet in Portinscale; from Liz, Lyn, Margaret T., wet and Jacqui, Linda & Alan, windy the Seatoller bus; via Grange and Penny & David, Ian, Portinscale; gently undulating 8 Brina, Vinnie miles (7 to Portinscale); dodging wet ground all the while – aargh! 21 7/12 Whinlatter Forest; by bus to Anna 10 Very Thornthwaite; a steady climb to Jacqui, Margaret T., windy; Margaret H., Janet, rain on Seat How (1,624ft), then down via Sandra & Alistair, Sue, and off the Visitor Centre; circa 5 miles Rose & John 22 21/12 Sale Fell and Wythop Woods; Anna 11 Drizzly undulating with two easy climbs; Linda & Alan, Wendy and & Mike, Rose & murky visiting the archery grounds, John, Margaret T., Walton memorial and forest Frances, Ian, school; circa 6.5 miles Barbara 2018 No Date Walk: Led Walkers: Day 2018 (name, length, duration, drive) by no/ names 23 4/01 Woodend Brow – Beck Wythop – Anna 7 Rainy & getting Routenbeck – Wythop Mill – Jacqui, Margaret worse Wythop Valley and back to T, Joanna, Pam Woodend Brow; by bus to & Jim, Vinnie Woodend Brow; undulating but quite sheltered; just over 7 miles 24 18/01 Dancing Gate – Millbeck – Anna 8 Rainy & Applethwaite – Latrigg – descent Jacqui, Kate, sleety along its eastern shoulder – Frances, Lesley, Keswick; by bus to Dancing Gate; Ken, Ian, David a gentle but steady climb; 6.5 miles 25 1/02 The Bassenthwaite round; Anna 18 Dry with undulating; taking in Orthwaite Margaret T., Sue, Liz, some Sandra, Bill, John B., sun Road, Whitefield Wood, the Lesley & Ken, Linda & (hallel- Cumbria Way, Orthwaite, Little Alan, Penny & David, ujah!) Tarn and Park Wood; circa 7 miles Rose & John, Pam & but Jim, Vinnie windy 26 15/02 The Belle Grange round (Claife Anna 12 Largely Heights plus Wray Castle); from Jacqui, Kate, Bill, John dry with B., Linda & Alan, Penny some Red Nab by Windermere; & David, Lesley & Ken, sun but undulating; circa 8 miles; 22 miles’ Vinnie very drive each way windy 27 8/03 Rosthwaite to Keswick via Anna 7 Dry and For Alistair & Sandra, largely Watendlath & Surprise View; by sunny 1/03: Margaret T., Liz, Beast bus to Rosthwaite; undulating; from circa 7 miles John M., Vinnie the East 28 15/03 Setmurthy Common, Watch Hill Anna 7 Windy & rainy, 3 & Elva Hill; from X5; just under Olga, Joanna, Jim, turning 1,300 feet of ascent; 7.65 miles Rose & John, Vinnie drizzly 29 29/03 Loughrigg Fell; from Ambleside; Anna 16 Mostly including Lily Tarn & Loughrigg Rose & John, Pam & dry (rain Mike, Lesley & Ken, at the Tarn and involving one steep Wendy & Mike, Kate, end); ascent; circa 8 miles Olga, Jennie, Margaret not too H, Margaret T, Jacqui, windy Vinnie 30 12/04 Gt Langdale – Stake Pass – Anna 11 Dry with Langstrath – Stonethwaite; a Margaret T, Anne C, some Anne D, Kate, Jennie, sun but linear walk using buses; just over 8 Frances, Carole, Penny windy miles; 1,400 feet of ascent & David, Vinnie 31 26/04 Keswick – Great Wood – terrace Anna 16 Mostly path – Ashness Bridge – Barrow Chris, Sue, Sandra & dry but Alistair, Penny & David, cold and Beck cascades – lakeshore back Lyn & John, Liz, Sara, very to Keswick; celebrating Chris’s Joanna, Margaret H, windy visit; gently undulating; Margaret T, Jacqui, Vinnie spectacular waterfalls; 6 miles 32 10/05 Silver How: from White Moss & Anna 8 (all ladies!) Dry and across Red Bank, then down to Margaret T, Margaret sunny H, Anne, Kate, Janet, but very Grasmere; 6 miles Pam, Linda windy 33 24/05 Haystacks; from Honister Pass; Anna 7 Sunny & 6 miles Janet, Sue, Margaret warm H, Lesley & Ken, Vinnie with little wind 34 7/06 Steel Knotts, Wether Hill, Anna 16 Hot & Loadpot Hill, Bonscale Pike; Sandra & Alistair, Rose sunny & John, Linda & Alan, with little from Martindale new church; Jacqui, Kate, Janet, wind very steep descent; 7.5 miles Carole, Nicky, John B, David, Bill, Bob 35 21/06 Longlands Fell, Lowthwaite Fell Anna 10 Dry & & Brae Fell; from Uldale; 11 Sandra, Margaret T., sunny Anne D., Kate, Olga, but cold miles’ drive to Uldale; 1,700 feet of Carole, Ian, Penny & & very ascent; distance walked: 8.5 miles David windy 36 5/07 Lank Rigg, Crag Fell & Grike; Anna 4 Hot & 1,900 feet of ascent; 8.2 miles Jacqui, Margaret T. and sunny David F. 37 19/07 Grey Crag, Harrop Pike, Tarn Anna 8 Warm & Crag; from Sagdill in Longsleddale Jacqui, Margaret, Kate, sunny Linda & Alan, Pam & (Far Eastern Fells); 1,800 feet of Mike ascent; 6.8 miles 38 2/08 Dales Way from Staveley to Anna 13 Rainy Bowness; using the bus 555; Jacqui, Anne, Carole, but Joanna, Jennie, Sue, warm undulating; 1,100 feet of ascent; Bill, Penny & David, 7.5 miles Rose & John, Vinnie 39 16/08 Staveley to Burneside & back; Anna 8 Drizzly using the bus 555; low-level; circa Kate, Margaret H., & windy Joanna,