The Fellwalker Introduction Top 100 Mountains The Walks Epilogue Leishmaniasis

The Fellwalker by Peter John Farnworth WALK 37 MONDAY JUNE 19th 1989 We left the hostel and followed the road past Borrowdale, heading for Lanthwaite Green. Now that is a name to conjure with. Before I went on this walk, I was looking at the Ordnance Survey map to see the best way to climb these three summits, and when I came across this name and where it was situated, close to Crummock Water, I knew then that this would be our starting point. And this proved I was right. What a lovely part of the world this place is, with fine mountains and rolling countryside. So, on with the tale. I have written about the longest, hardest, and best walks, but this one was the hottest (and I mean the hottest!) Never have we been on the high ground when there was so much heat about from that big red ball in the sky. We were dressed as though we where going into the desert. Mark had on a white shirt and sported a white peaked cap. I had a peaked cap with a neck-guard, for want of a better word. What an unlikely pair of fell walkers you could wish to meet! But as the saying goes, "If it suits the wearer, bugger the starer." (pardon the French.) We knew it was going to be like this yesterday, so we decided to take six small bottles of water each with us, one for each summit we visited and the return journey, knowing full well that water would be more important than food. I was dead right, too. Oh, what I would have given when sitting on the summit of Grisedale Pike, to have a pint of mild in my hand. I could have supped a clog full! When we returned to the summit of Whiteside, I have never seen such breathtaking scenery as that which unfolded before us when looking over Crummock Water and the surrounding mountains. Since it was a clear day and this being the last range of mountains before open countryside, we could see for miles and miles. Mountains walked that day: Whiteside 84    Hopegill Head 53    Grisdale Pike 39    [[]] Diagram & Stats