ppint. 17th May 2023
| | stump circle books, lancaster tp/b
profusely illustrated with colour maps ex ordnance survey, and photographs
cover art photographic: smardale gill viaduct (from lower down smardale gill)
cover price £10.00
100pp. including two unpaginated pp. titles, indicia etc., 5pp. walks pages index, 2pp. bibliography: general plus per walk, acknowledgements
contents:
1p. foreword, 2pp. table-of-contents with list of walks and keyed map of the lake district national park
1p. introduction, 1p. what we have found to be useful equipment, before you go
1p. how to use this book
1p. disclaimer; if you are not sure about using maps... welcome to fairfieldwalkers.wordpress.com !
2pp. a word about maps and using grid references
5pp. map legend; the countryside code
the walks:
detailed guides, plus points to notice:
1 farleton fell 5 miles / 8 km
2 fairy steps 7 miles / 11 km
3 windermere 7½ miles / 12 km
4 feizor 5 miles / 8 km
5 smardale 6½ miles / 10½ km
6 whitbarrow 7 miles / 11¼ km (with short-cut ~6 miles / 9¾ km, and a less steep descent)
7 clougha 5½ miles / 8⅞ km (no dogs at any time; some days restrictions august-december); 2 mile / 3¾ km extension optional, taking it up to 9 miles / 12⅝ km
8 hampsfell 5 miles / 8 kms
9 staveley 6 miles / 9¾ km
10 clapham 6 miles / 9¾ km
11 silverdale 5½ miles / 8½ km
12 coniston 5½ miles / 9 km exposed: not for a windy or very windy day
(most of the walks have ascents - and therefore also descents of the same amount - of between 500 and 1,000 feet over 4-6 hours, 160-300 metres; walks 7, 8, 9, 10 & 12 - are at, or a little over, the 1,000-1,200 feet / 300-360 metre end of ascent; all walks are walkable! - though i'd take up^W to^W edit: at least twice as long to do them as the times given - or longer! - yr unfit, ancnt'n'hmbl srppnt.)
n.b. the donation of the profits from the sales of this book is by the choice of the authors:
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