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No list of must-do Lakeland walks could omit the highest peak in England. There are many well-trodden routes up Scafell Pike, some include Grade 1 and 2 scrambles, while others are just fine ...
As a new exhibition reveals, Wordsworth and Barker’s climb of Scafell Pike was not simply a mountain climb, but a rebellious act that opened up mountains – and mountaineering – for successive ...
Hundreds of people slogged up Ben Nevis in lines. It was the same a few days later on Scafell Pike, in gusting wind and smacking rain. I love a walk in the wild but the surprise here was the joy ...
My partner and I found this handaxe during a walk on Scafell Pike in October 2009 ... which forces one to hold it sharpest edge up. Although is not as big as the Olduvai Handaxe, it must have ...
BMC volunteers from the Get Stuck In programme joined Fix the Fells last month in Wasdale on Lingmell Breast, one of the main routes up to Scafell Pike. They spent the day helping to maintain part of ...
A Lake District mountain rescue team was called to a walker who was struck down with severe and painful cramping on Friday (April 4). The man was described as a 'well-equipped walker' when he was ...
A mountain rescue team was deployed to assist a walker suffering from 'severe and painful' cramp on Scafell Pike. Wasdale Mountain ... determined to make a slow walk down under his own steam.
The top ten places were posted by travel YouTuber, Robbie Roams, who saved the best until last. Bassenthwaite is the only ‘true’ lake in the Lake District, and one of the fourth largest lakes in the ...
Louis the Persian has climbed Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis and Snowdon with his owners in 29 hours. Lake District teams were faced with 20 callouts, a "significant amount" being "avoidable".