Mark Richards 
Walking the Lake District Fells – Coniston [PDF ebook] 
The Old Man of Coniston, Swirl How, Wetherlam, Duddon valley and Eskdale

This guide describes ascents of 24 Lake District fells that can be climbed from Coniston and the Duddon and Eskdale valleys, including Coniston Old Man, Swirl How, Wetherlam and Dow Crag. The Coniston Fells – much loved for their classic ridges and wide-reaching views – need little introduction; however, to the west the less-frequented summits of the Birker and Corney Fell massifs offer more great mountain and maritime vistas, as well as solitude.

Unlike other guidebooks which describe a single or limited number of routes to a particular destination, the aim of the Walking the Lake District Fells series is to offer all the options. These are presented as numbered sections which can be combined to create infinite possibilities – from simple ascents to longer ridge routes. You’ll find the classics and popular routes alongside less traditional alternatives perfect for the wandering spirit. The series gives you both the freedom to devise your own routes and the information to make informed decisions, thanks to the clear descriptions of the routes, terrain, hazards, interesting features and safe descent paths should the weather close in. Also included are a handful of classic ridge routes for longer fell days.

Mark Richards’ inimitable text is complemented by HARVEY mapping and the author’s own beautiful sketch topos and panoramas. Perfect for keen hillwalkers and peak-baggers alike and ideal both for pre-planning and use on the hill, Walking the Lake District Fells is the new incarnation of the Fellranger series, which sees the volumes updated and trimmed to a more practical size. These true connoisseurs’ guides are sure to inspire you to get out and explore the beautiful fells of Lakeland.

For those collecting fell summits, a ‘Fellrangers’ hill list register can be found on the Long Distance Walkers Association website.

Tabella dei contenuti

Map key
Volumes in the series
Author preface
Starting points

Introduction
Valley bases
Fix the Fells
Using this guide
Safety and access
Additional online resources

Fells
1 Black Combe
2 Black Fell
3 Brim Fell
4 Buckbarrow
5 Caw
6 Coniston Old Man
7 Dow Crag
8 Great Carrs
9 Great Worm Crag
10 Green Crag
11 Grey Friar
12 Hard Knott
13 Harter Fell
14 Hesk Fell
15 Holme Fell
16 Muncaster Fell
17 Stainton Pike
18 Stickle Pike
19 Swirl How
20 Wallowbarrow Crag
21 Walna Scar
22 Wetherlam
23 Whitfell
24 Yoadcastle

Ridge routes
1 Two Hard Knotts
2 The Swirl Round
3 Coniston Triple Treat
4 Fox Haw, Caw and Pikes
More to explore

Useful contacts
A fellranger’s glossary
The Lake District Fells

Circa l’autore

Mark Richards’ transition from full-time farmer to full-time outdoor writer has been a gradual one. In 1973, with the direct encouragement of Alfred Wainwright, he wrote his first walking guide to the Cotswold Way. Since then he has indulged his pleasure in exploring rural Britain by creating a range of walking guides.

In 1980 he began his three-part guide to the Peak District for Cicerone Press, and in 1987, with Chris Wright, wrote a guide to walking around the former county of Westmorland. This book sowed the seeds of a dream, to be fulfilled some 14 years later, when he and his wife moved to Cumbria. Here he developed a passion for the finest of all walking landscapes, held within and around this marvellous county. Mark has written a Cicerone guide to Great Mountain Days in the Lake District and, after many years of dedicated research, completed his Lakeland Fellranger series of eight guides covering the entire region in 2013.

Now living in what was once the Barony of Gilsland, Mark is also close to Hadrian’s Wall, enabling him to renew a fascination first kindled when he prepared a guide to walking the Wall in 1993. He has also published a guide to the Wall for Cicerone.