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Patterdale
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- Book Synopsis
- Few areas of the Lake District pack as much fell walking ambition into a single valley as Patterdale. Helvellyn, the third highest mountain in England, Striding Edge, one of the most iconic scrambles in British fell walking, and the Fairfield Horseshoe, one of the finest circular ridge routes in the national park, all begin here.This guidebook by Mark Richards, who was encouraged to begin writing by Alfred Wainwright himself, covers all 35 summits accessible from Patterdale, Ambleside and the Grasmere, Thirlmere and Ullswater valleys. Complete fell-by-fell route descriptions are paired with HARVEY mapping and hand-drawn topos, giving walkers of all abilities everything needed to explore these outstanding fells with confidence.Complete fell-by-fell coverage of all 35 summits in Patterdale, with every ascent, descent and ridge connection described, from Helvellyn and Fairfield to Catstycam, Dollywaggon Pike, St Sunday Crag and Red ScreesHARVEY mapping, hand-drawn topos and panoramas for each fell, helping you identify your line of ascent and anticipate the views from every topFour classic ridge routes are described, including the Fairfield Horseshoe, the Helvellyn Ridge, the Dodds through-route and the Deepdale Round, covering some of the finest high-level walking in the Lake DistrictFell-friendly routes designed to minimise environmental impact and protect the landscapes of the Lake District UNESCO World Heritage SiteValley base information for Patterdale, Glenridding, Ambleside, Grasmere and Thirlmere, with guidance on difficulty, seasonal conditions and access for every fellSummit tick lists for all 35 Patterdale fells, part of a series covering all 230 Lake District summits across eight volumesHelvellyn and the Fairfield Horseshoe are bucket-list Lake District walks for good reason, but this volume holds far more than its headline acts. Order now, pick a fell and discover why Patterdale is one of the finest fell walking bases in the Lake District National Park. The Patterdale volume is one of eight in the Walking the Lake District Fells series, together covering all 230 fells across the Lake District National Park.
- About The Author
- 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.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781786310347
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Cicerone Press, (19 March 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 256
- Weight
- 205 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 172 x 116 x 16 mm
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