| Date | Sunday, 28th July 2024 |
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| Summits | Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike & Dollywagon Pike |
| Start | Dunmail Raise (NY326116) |
| Route | Ascent via Raise Beck and Dollywagon Pike. Descent via Nethermost Pike and Grizedale Tarn to Grasmere. |
| Company | Tim, Jo, Andrew, Robin, Hilary, Colin |
| Weather | Hot and sunny with some scattered clouds. |
| Notes | On approach to the summit, a rescue helicopter landed to deal with an incident on Striding Edge. |
| Date | Thursday, 10th August 2023 |
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| Summits | Blencathra |
| Start | Keswick Youth Hostel |
| Route | Ascent via Sharp Edge. |
| Company | Tim, Rachel, Jo, Andrew, Robin |
| Weather | Breezy |
| Notes | Rachel & Tim found Sharp Edge a lot of fun whereas Jo and especially Andrew found it terrifying. |
| Date | Wednesday, 9th August 2023 |
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| Summits | Skiddaw, Skiddaw Little Man, Longside, Ullock Pike, Carlside, Dodd |
| Start | Keswick Youth Hostel |
| Route | Less well trod route to Skiddaw, then the other summits in the order listed above. |
| Company | Tim, Rachel, Jo, Andrew |
| Weather | There was a lot of cloud and we got a bit soggy on top. |
| Notes | At our lunch stop we have a good view of a big sailing race on Bassenthwaite Lake. We wished we hadn't added Dodd as an extra summit - it was surrounded by a vast cloud of flying ants and the path back was non-existent owing to forestry work that had recently taken place. |
| Date | Saturday, 31st July 2021 |
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| Summits | Wetherlam |
| Start | Tilberthwaite Ghyll |
| Company | Tim, Rachel, Jo, Andrew, Robin |
| Weather | Very misty the entire time - sadly no views. |
| Notes | We spent 20 minutes negotiating with the RingGo parking app before setting off and discovering a National Trust car park just round the corner. |
| Date | Friday, 21st October 2022 |
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| Summits | Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Troutbeck Tongue |
| Route | In the order listed |
| Company | Tim, Rachel, Jo, Robin |
| Weather | Sunshine and heavy showers, misty at times. |
| Notes | Tim's first walk in his new boots which he declard to be alright. To the children's great dismay, they forgot the lunchtime tomatoes. |
| Date | Thursday, 18th August 2022 |
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| Summits | High Spy, Maiden Moor & Catbells |
| Start | Borrowdale Youth Hostel |
| Company | Rachel, Tim, Jo |
| Weather | Misty and drizzly but thankfully with the wind on our backs when exposed. |
| Notes | We saw a few abandoned mines on the way up High Spy and explored one of them. Saw almost nobody else until we found a party of 30 on Catbells. |
| Date | Wednesday, 17th August 2022 |
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| Summits | Grey Knotts, Brandreth, Base Brown and Green Gable, Great Gable & Kirk Fell |
| Start | Borrowdale Youth Hostel |
| Company | Rachel, Tim, Jo |
| Notes | Initial plan was for just four of summits but took climbed these six when the legs were still going strong. |
