Well I have done it at last. I started walking again a year or so ago. I live near the Peak District and have done plenty of walking in that area. That said my plan has always been to do the Wainrights.
This twinned with the fact that I am very very unfit meant I put this challenge off time and again but I figured my Birthday would be the best time to start! But now I have started 1 down and 213 to go. My target is to complete all 214 by my 45th Birthday (I am 33 - If I do 20 per year I should be finished early)
Anyway, the Place Fell report......
The plan was to do the route from Patterdale (we were camping at Side Farm so started from there) up to Boredale Hause, up the side of Place Fell and down the other side to Sandwick and then along the well used path from there back to Patterdale along the shore of Ullswater.
The day was wonderful and warm, my other half Sian and out two Greyhounds (Ace and Millie) came too (much to their disgust!)
We got to the top (being overtaken all the way) after passing a JCB half way up (not really what I was hoping to see on the fells!) sorting out the path. The views were amazing but they were getting worse (hazy) as the day went on. We got to the top at about lunch time (see cheesy Photo
) and had a bite to eat, on the way down we took the alternative path via the Knight. On the way down just after Low Moss Sian took a tumble and really badly hurt her ankle, this was at about 2pm.
We decided to drop down to Sandwick then I'd nip back to Patterdale and get the car to pick her up....but no, she decided that she would be able to get back....pain what pain. (It turns out later she was expecting the path was nice and flat, ike a pavement!!)
So we didn't enjoy this last part as it took about 5 hrs!! Yes that is 0.5 miles per hour!! We got back at about 7:30
(This was on Fri 9th May)
All this said the ankle is now on the mend and we are going to hit Angletarn and Beda Fell on BH weekend (assuming the ankle heals)
Hope this report was OK and feel free to give it some constructive critisism!