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Walking Diary 2004

Select on the dates in red to see the walk details and photo's.

The individual fells highlighted in red are Wainwright  fells, the fells highlighted in blue are Birkett fells. Select on an individual fell to see their details including height and GPS co-ordinates as well as summit pictures.

The blue numbers indicate my own order of climbing the Wainwright fells from (1) to (214).

The green numbers indicate my own order of climbing the Birkett fells from (1) to (541).

(OF) represents the Wainwright fells detailed in his guide book ' The Outlying Fells of Lakeland'.

Date Walk Walk Details
Wednesday 29th December 2004 Coniston - Levers Water - Swirl Hawse - Prison Band -  Swirl How - Great Carrs - Swirl Band - Great How -  Levers Hawse - Brim Fell - Coniston Old Man - The Bell - Coniston Distance 9 miles
Time Taken 4 hours
Total Ascent 1391 metres
Sunday 26th December 2004 Tarn Hows Distance -
Time Taken -
Total Ascent -
Monday 20th December 2004 Corney Fell road - Stoneside Hill (251) - Great Paddy Crag - Buck Barrow - Kinmont Buck Barrow - Corney Fell road and then Burney (OF) Distance 3.5 miles
Time Taken 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Ascent 356 metres
Thursday 16th December 2004 Mill Side - Whitbarrow Scar - Lord's Seat (OF) - Bell Rake - Witherslack Hall - Beck Head - Mill Side Distance 7.3 miles
Time Taken 2 hours 25 minutes
Total Ascent 504 metres
Wednesday 15th December 2004 Kiln Bank Cross - Stickle Pike (OF) - Tarn Hill (OF) - The Dunnerdale Fells (OF) -  Great Stickle (OF) - Kiln Bank Cross Distance 3 miles
Time Taken 1 hours 10 minutes
Total Ascent 345 metres
Tuesday 14th December 2004 Thornthwaite - Barf (241) - Lord's Seat (242) - Broom Fell (243) - Graystones (244) - Kirk Fell on Lorton (245) - Spout Gill - Brown How on Whinlatter (246) - Whinlatter Top (247) - Tarbarrel Moss (248) - Ullister Hill (249) - Seat How (Thornthwaite) (250) - Thornthwaite Distance 9.6 miles
Time Taken 5 hours 35 minutes
Total Ascent 1400 metres
Friday 10th December 2004 Newby Bridge - Point 585' - Bigland Barrow (OF) - Canny Hill - Newby Bridge Distance 5.3 miles
Time Taken 1 hours 45 minutes
Total Ascent 283 metres
Monday 6th December 2004 Kirkstone Pass - Middle Dodd (237) - Smallthwaite Band - Red Screes (238) - Scandale Pass - Little Hart Crag (239) - High Hartsop Dodd (240) - Kirkstone Pass Distance 6.1 miles
Time Taken 3 hours 10 minutes
Total Ascent 1279 metres
Thursday 2nd December 2004 Hardknott Pass (Jubilee Bridge) - Kepple Crag (230) - Great Whinscale (231) - Crook Crag (232) - The Pike - Green Crag (233) - Ulpha Fell - Harter Fell (234) - Demming Crag (235) - Horsehow Crags (236) - Hardknott Pass (Jubilee Bridge) Distance 7.1 miles
Time Taken 3 hours 40 minutes
Total Ascent 1082 metres
Sunday 28th November 2004 Birkrigg Common Distance 1 mile
Time Taken 1 hour
Total Ascent 100 metres
Friday 26th November 2004 Bowness Knott Car Park - Lingmell (Ennerdale) (225) - Tewit How - Haycock (226) - Little Gowder Crag (227) - Caw Fell (228) - Ennerdale Fell (229) - Bowness Knott Car Park Distance 11 miles
Time Taken 4 hours 30 minutes
Total Ascent 957 metres
Monday 22nd November 2004 Birker Fell Road (Brown Rigg) - Little Crag - Great Crag on Birker Fell (221) - Broad Crag on Birker Fell (222) - White How on Birker Fell (223) - Great Worm Crag (224) (OF) - Rough Crag - Birker Fell Road (Brown Rigg) Distance 4.7 miles
Time Taken 2 hours
Total Ascent 581 metres
Thursday 18th November 2004 Braithwaite - Kinn (209) - Grisedale Pike (210) - Hobcarton Head (211) -  Hopegill Head (212)Sand Hill (213) - Coledale Hause - Crag Hill (214) - Sail (215) Scar Crags (216) - Causey Pike (217) - Outerside (218) - Stile End (219) - Barrow (220) - Braithwaite Distance 11 miles
Time Taken 4 hours 35 minutes
Total Ascent 1675 metres
Tuesday 16th November 2004 Torver - Bleaberry Haws - High Pike Haw (205) - White Maiden (206) - White Pike (207) - Walna Scar (208) (OF) - Walna Scar Road - Cove Bridge - Tranearth - Torver Distance 7.8 miles
Time Taken 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Ascent 882 metres
Friday 12th November 2004 Hugill Fell (OF) and Reston Scar (OF) from Staveley Distance 1.6 miles and 1.2 miles
Time Taken 1 hour each
Total Ascent 160 metres and 143 metres
Monday 8th November 2004 Glenridding - Glenridding Dodd (199) - Heron Pike (Glenridding) (200) - Sheffield Pike (201) - Sticks Pass - Raise (202) - White Side (203) - Helvellyn Lower Man (204) - Helvellyn - Swirral Edge - Catstycam - Glenridding Distance 11 miles
Time Taken 4 hours 40 minutes
Total Ascent 1300 metres
Sunday 7th November 2004 Swinside Stone Circle Distance 2 miles
Time Taken 1 hour
Total Ascent 84 metres
Wednesday 3rd November 2004 Carron Crag (198)(OF) from Grizedale Forest visitor centre Distance 3.6 miles
Time Taken 1 hour
Total Ascent 243 metres
Thursday 21st October 2004 Wasdale Head - Black Sails Pass - Looking Stead (192) - High Level Traverse - Shamrock Traverse - Pillar (193) - Black Crag (Pillar) (194) - Scoat Fell (195) - Steeple (196) - Red Pike (197) - Wasdale Head Distance 9.7 miles
Time Taken 5 hours
Total Ascent 2169 metres
Tuesday 19th October 2004 Hawes End - Skelgill Bank (183) - Catbells (184) - Maiden Moor (185) - High Spy on Scawdel Fell (186) - Dale Head (187) Hindscarth (188) - High Crags (189) - Red Knott (190) - Scope End (191) - Hawes End Distance 11.1 miles
Time Taken 4 hours 15 minutes
Total Ascent 1612 metres
Friday 15th October 2004 Green Quarter - Hollow Moor on Green Quarter Fell (182)(OF) - a nameless summit 1370' - Green Quarter Distance 3.7 miles
Time Taken 1 hours 20 minutes
Total Ascent 276 metres
Monday 11th October 2004 Wasdale Head - Piers Gill - Lingmell (179) - Scafell Pike (180) - Lord's Rake - Scafell (181) - Wasdale Head Distance 8.25 miles
Time Taken 4 hours 10 minutes
Total Ascent 1484 metres
Friday 8th October 2004 Brant Fell (OF) from Bowness-on-Windermere Distance 1.2 miles
Time Taken 35 minutes
Total Ascent 95 metres
Wednesday 6th October 2004 Beacon Fell (OF) from Brown Howe Distance 3.75 miles
Time Taken 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Ascent 382 metres
Thursday 30th September 2004 Grasmere - Easedale Tarn - Blea Rigg (174) - Castle How (175) - Swinescar Pike (176) - Lang How (177) - Silver How (178) - Grasmere Distance 8.8 miles
Time Taken 4 hours
Total Ascent 902 metres
Thursday 23rd September 2004 Wasdale Head - Kirk Fell (171) - North Top of Kirk Fell (172) - Great Gable (173) - Moses Trod - Wasdale Head Distance 5.7 miles
Time Taken 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Ascent 1221 metres
Tuesday 21st September 2004 Orthwaite - Orthwaite Bank (162) - Little Cockup (163) - Great Cockup (164) - Trusmadoor - Meal Fell (165) - Little Sca Fell (166) - Great Sca Fell (167) - Knott (168) - Frozen Fell (169) - Burn Tod (170) - Orthwaite Distance 8.8 miles
Time Taken 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Ascent 1238 metres
Friday 17th September 2004 Kendal Town Hall - Kendal Fell - Cunswick Fell - Cunswick Scar (OF) - Scout Scar (OF) - Kendal Town Hall Distance 7.7 miles
Time Taken 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Ascent 326 metres
Monday 13th September 2004 Armboth - Armboth Fell (155) - High Tove (156) - High Seat (157) - Bleaberry Fell (158) - The Benn (159) - Castle Crag (Shoulthwaite) (160) - Raven Crag (161) - Armboth Distance 10 miles
Time Taken 3 hours 45 minutes
Total Ascent 1139 metres
Wednesday 8th September 2004 Cartmel Fell (Raven's Barrow) (OF) Distance 2.7 miles
Time Taken 1 hour
Total Ascent 200 metres
Friday 3rd September 2004 Windermere - School Knott (OF) - Grandsire (OF) - a nameless summit 806' - Windermere Distance 3.6 miles
Time Taken 1 hours 15 minutes
Total Ascent 262 metres
Thursday 2nd September 2004 Bowness Knott Car Park - Bowness Knott (148) - Brown How (Ennerdale) (149) - Herdus (150) - Great Borne (151) - Gale Fell (152) - Starling Dodd (153) - Little Dodd (Ennerdale) (154) - Bowness Knott Car Park Distance 10.2 miles
Time Taken 3 hours 40 minutes
Total Ascent 1011 metres
Thursday 26th August 2004 Bowston - a nameless summit 1262' - Brunt Knott (147)(OF) - a nameless summit 1266' - Ulgraves (OF) - Bowston Distance 7.8 miles
Time Taken 3 hours
Total Ascent 608 metres
Tuesday 24th August 2004 Grasmere - Easedale - Easedale Tarn - Tarn Crag (140) - Codale Head (141) - Sergeant Man (142) - High Raise (143) - Calf Crag (144) - Gibson Knott (145) - Helm Crag (146) - Grasmere Distance 11.5 miles
Time Taken 4 hours 45 minutes
Total Ascent 1136 metres
Monday 16th August 2004 Blea Tarn - Brown How on Lingmoor Fell (138) - Side Pike (139) - Blea Tarn Distance 5.7 miles
Time Taken 2 hours 20 minutes
Total Ascent 602 metres
Wednesday 11th August 2004 (i) Newton Fell South (Dixon Heights) (OF) from Lindale                       (ii) Newton Fell North (White Stone) (OF) from Whitestone Caravan site Distance  (i) 2.5 miles  (ii) 1.8 miles
Time Taken (i) 1 hour 15m (ii) 1 hour
Total Ascent (i) 200 metres(ii) 223 metres
Friday 6th August 2004 Glen Mary Bridge - Holme Fell (136) - Hodge Close - Oxen Fell - Black Crag on Black Fell (137) - Tarn Hows - Glen Mary Bridge Distance 8.7 miles
Time Taken 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Ascent 736 metres
Thursday 5th August 2004 Cold Fell Road - Blakeley Raise (127) - Grike (128) - Crag Fell (129) - Whoap (130) - Lank Rigg (131) - Kinniside (132) - Latter Barrow (133) - Swarth Fell (Kinniside) (134) - Burn Edge (135) - Cold Fell Road Distance 9.2 miles
Time Taken 3 hours 45 minutes
Total Ascent 794 metres
Wednesday 4th August 2004 Finsthwaite Heights (OF Walk - no definite summit) from Newby Bridge Distance 5 miles
Time Taken 2 hours
Total Ascent 146 metres
Monday 2nd August 2004 Ambleside - Rydal Park - Nab Scar (118) - Heron Pike (119) - Rydal Fell (120) - Stone Arthur (121) - Great Rigg (122) - Fairfield - Hart Crag (123) - Dove Crag (124) - High Pike (Scandale) (125) - Low Pike (126) - High Sweden Bridge - Ambleside Distance 13 miles
Time Taken 4 hours 45 minutes
Total Ascent 1254 metres
Thursday 15th July 2004 Hartsop - Gray Crag (110) - Thornthwaite Beacon (111) - High Street - The Knott (112) - Rest Dodd (113) - The Nab (114) - Satura Crag -  Angle Tarn Pike South (115) - Angletarn Pike North (116) - Brock Crags (117) - Hartsop Distance 11.6 miles
Time Taken 4 hours 50 minutes
Total Ascent 1324 metres
Tuesday 13th July 2004 Broughton Mills - Great Stickle (107) (OF) - The Dunnerdale Fells - Tarn Hill (108) (OF) - Stickle Pike (109) (OF) - The Knott (OF) - Broughton Mills Distance 6.2 miles
Time Taken 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Ascent 761 metres
Monday 12th July 2004 Scales - Sharp Edge - Blencathra (100 - 105) (Atkinson Pike - Hallsfell Top - Gategill Fell - Blease Fell - Doddick Fell - Scales Fell) - Souther Fell (106) - Scales Distance 9 miles
Time Taken 3 hours 20 minutes
Total Ascent 1039 metres
Thursday 8th July 2004 New Road, Dockray - Low How (88) - High Brow (89) - Randerside (90) - Great Dodd (91) - Watson's Dodd (92) - Stybarrow Dodd (93) - White Stones on Green Side (94) - Hart Side (95) - Birkett Fell (96) - Brown Hills (97) - Swineside Knott (98) - Common Fell (99) - New Road, Dockray Distance 10 miles
Time Taken 4 hours
Total Ascent 1114 metres
Monday 5th July 2004 Beckside - White Hall Knott (83) - White Combe (84) (OF) - Whitecombe Moss - Stoupdale Head (85) (OF) - Black Combe (86)  (OF) - South Top of Black Combe (87) - Whicham Mill - Beckside Distance 6.6 miles
Time Taken 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Ascent 679 metres
Thursday 1st July 2004 The Dunnerdale Fells (OF) from Stonestar Distance 2.3 miles
Time Taken 1 hour
Total Ascent 310 metres
Tuesday 29th June 2004 Greendale - Buckbarrow (79) - Glade How (80) - Cat Bields - Seatallan (81) - Greendale Tarn - Middle Fell (82) - Greendale Distance 7.3 miles
Time Taken 2 hours 50 minutes
Total Ascent 884 metres
Friday 25th June 2004 Latterbarrow (OF) from Colthouse Distance 2.8 miles
Time Taken 50 minutes
Total Ascent 197 metres
Wednesday 23rd June 2004 Troutbeck - Nanny Lane - Wansfell (77) - Wansfell Pike (78) - Nanny Lane - Troutbeck Distance 4.3 miles
Time Taken 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Ascent 427 metres
Tuesday 22nd June 2004 Patterdale - Pinnacle Ridge - Gavel Pike (72) - Saint Sunday Crag (73) - Cofa Pike (74) - Fairfield (75) - Seat Sandal (76) - Grisedale Tarn - Patterdale Distance 10.4 miles
Time Taken 4 hours 40 minutes
Total Ascent 1263 metres
Monday 21st June 2004 Old Dungeon Ghyll - Pike O' Blisco (61) - Red Tarn - Cold Pike (62) - Great Knott (63) - Crinkle Crags (64 - 68) - Shelter Crags (69) - 3 Tarns - Bowfell (70) - Climbers Traverse - White Stones on The Band (71) - The Band - Old Dungeon Ghyll Distance 10 miles
Time Taken 4 hours 55 minutes
Total Ascent 1525 metres
Wednesday 16th June 2004 Woodland - Yew Bank (OF) - Beacon Tarn - Wool Knott (OF) - Green Moor Farm - Woodland Distance 5.3 miles
Time Taken 2 hours
Total Ascent 464 metres
Thursday 10th June 2004 Coniston - Walna Scar road - Brown Pike (48) - Buck Pike on Seathwaite Fell (49) - Dow Crag (50) - Goat's  Hawse - Coniston Old Man (51) - Brim Fell (52) - Levers Hawse -  Great How (53) - Grey Friar (54) - Little Carrs (55) - Hell Gill Pike (56) - Great Carrs (57) - Swirl How (58) - Prison Band - Swirl Hawse - Black Sails (59) - Wetherlam (60) - Coniston Distance 15.1 miles
Time Taken 5 hours 30 minutes
Total Ascent 2170 metres
Tuesday 8th June 2004 Glenridding - Keldas - Lanty's Tarn - Birkhouse Moor (45) - Hole-in-the Wall - Striding Edge - Helvellyn (46) - Swirral Edge - Catstycam (47) - Glenridding Distance 9.3 miles
Time Taken 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Ascent 1067 metres
Monday 7th June 2004 Staveley Fell (OF) from Staveley-in-Cartmel Distance 3 miles
Time Taken 1 hour
Total Ascent 257 metres
Friday 4th June 2004 (i) Woodland Fell Road - Blawith Knott (OF) - Lang Tarn - Tottlebank Height (OF) - Woodland Fell Road

(ii) Burney (OF) from the Woodland Fell Road

Distance (i) 2.5 miles (ii)1.5 miles
Time Taken (i)1hour   (ii) 0.5 hour
Total Ascent (i)278m   (ii)150m
Tuesday 1st June 2004 Stephenson Ground - Green Pikes (OF) - Pikes (40) - Caw (41) (OF) - Brock Barrow (42) - Fox Haw (43) - Raven's Crag (44) - Carter Ground - Stephenson Ground Distance 6.5 miles
Time Taken 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Ascent 709 metres
Friday 28th May 2004 High Nibthwaite - Brock Barrow - Low Light Haw (OF) - High Light Haw (OF) - Stang Hill (37) - Arnsbarrow Hill (38) - Top o' Selside (39) (OF)- High Nibthwaite Distance 5.1 miles
Time Taken 2 hours
Total Ascent 592 metres
Tuesday 25th May 2004 New Dungeon Ghyll - Stickle Tarn - Jack's Rake - Pavey Ark (28) - Thunacar Knott (29) - Harrison Stickle (30) - Thorn Crag (31) - Loft Crag (32) - Pike O'Stickle (33) - Martcrag Moor - Black Crag (Mickleden) (34) - Buck Pike (Mickleden) (35) - Rossett Pike (36) - Rossett Gill - Mickleden - New Dungeon Ghyll Distance 10.6 miles
Time Taken 4 hours 45 minutes
Total Ascent 1289 metres
Sunday 23rd May 2004 Orrest Head (OF) from Windermere Distance 1 mile
Time Taken 1 hour
Total Ascent 120 metres
Wednesday 19th May 2004 Gummer's How Car Park - Gummer's How (26) (OF) - Birch Fell (27) - Gummer's How Car Park Distance 2.8 miles
Time Taken 1hour
Total Ascent 275 metres
Thursday 13th May 2004 Hole House - The Pike (9)(OF) - Hesk Fell (10)(OF)  - Seat How (Birker Moor) (11) (OF) - Rough Crag (Birker Moor) (12) (OF) - Water Crag (13) (OF) - The Knott on Stainton Fell (14) (OF) - White Pike on Birkby Fell (15) (OF) - Woodend Height (16) (OF) - Yoadcastle (17) (OF) - Stainton Pike (18) (OF) - Whitfell (19) (OF) - Burn Moor (20) (OF) - Kinmont Buck Barrow (21)  (OF) - Great Paddy Crag (22) - Buck Barrow (23) (OF) - Plough Fell (24) - Bigert (25) - Hole House  Distance 16.6 miles
Time Taken 6 hours 50 minutes
Total Ascent 1694 metres
Tuesday 4th May 2004 Mardale Head - Gatescarth Pass - Adam Seat (1) - Little Harter Fell (2) - Harter Fell (Mardale) (3) - Nan Bield Pass - Mardale Ill Bell (4) - High Street (5) - Rough Crag (Riggindale) (6) - Rampsgill Head (7) - Kidsty Pike (8) - Mardale Head Distance 11.1 miles
Time Taken 4 hours 45 minutes
Total Ascent 1448 metres
Monday 26th April 2004 Wasdale Head - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead - Pillar - Scoat Fell - Steeple - Haycock (214) - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dorehead Screes - Wasdale Head Distance 11.4 miles
Time Taken 5 hours 15 minutes
Total Ascent 1404 metres
Tuesday 20th April 2004 Rosthwaite - Great Crag (211) - Grange Fell (212) (Brund Fell) - King's How - Grange - Castle Crag (213) - Rosthwaite Distance 8.5 miles
Time Taken 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Ascent 939 metres
Thursday 15th April 20