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Website Update 12th September 2026 |
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Unfortunately, I'm unable to get out on the fells at the moment, as I'm mostly house-bound after suffering a lower-back nerve injury on Friday 21st August.
In the following days what I first thought was a simple twinge developed into my lower back going into spasm, bringing on severe thigh pain, numbness in both legs, and severe tightening of the thigh and calf muscles. Getting around the house at the moment is a trial.
I'm currently receiving private treatment through a local osteopath while I await an MRI scan to get a clearer picture of what's going on. This isn't the end of my fell walking, just a phase I need to pass through. |
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Great Gable via Little Hell Gate |
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22nd August 2026 |
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2,972 Feet - 906 Metres |
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6 |
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Great Gable |
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Wasdale Head - Burnthwaite Farm - Moses Trod - Lower Kern Knotts - Kern Knotts - Climbers Traverse - Great Hell Gate - Needle Gully - Base of Napes Needle - Return to Climbers Traverse - Little Hell Gate - Ridge - Great Gable - Beck Head - Gavel Neese - Moses Trod - Burnthwaite Farm - Wasdale Head |
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Extended Hayeswater Circuit |
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15th August 2026 |
| ASCENT: |
2,880 Feet - 878 Metres |
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8.2 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
7, The Knott - Rampsgill Head - Kidsty Pike - High Street - Mardale III Bell - Thornthwaite Crag - Gray Crag |
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Hartsop - Hayeswater Gill - Hayeswater - The Knott - Rampsgill Head - Kidsty Pike - Straights of Riggindale - High Street - Mardale III Bell - Top of Hall Cove - Thornthwaite Crag - Gray Crag - Hayeswater - Hayeswater Gill - Hartsop |
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Winter Hill Sunrise |
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8th August 2026 |
| ASCENT: |
671 Feet - 204 Metres |
| MILES: |
5 |
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4, Two Lads - Winter Hill - Noon Hill - Rivington Pike |
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Wilderswood - Wilder's Moor - Rotary Way - Two Lads - Rotary Way - Winter Hill - Noon Hill - Rivington Moor - Rivington Pike - Belmont Road (Track) - Wilderswood |
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Wetherlam by the Edges |
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1st August 2026 |
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2,472 Feet - 753 Metres |
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4.7 |
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Wetherlam |
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Tilberthwaite - Tilberthwaite Gill - Dry Cove Bottom - Birk Fell Man - Birk Fell Hawse - Wetherlam Edge - Wetherlam - Lower Hows - Red Gill Head Moss - Steel Edge - Tilberthwaite Gill - Tilberthwaite |
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Harter Fell & Hard Knott from Jubilee Bridge |
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23rd July 2026 |
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2,533 Feet - 772 Metres |
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6 |
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2, Harter Fell (Eskdale) - Hard Knott |
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Jubilee Bridge - Harter Fell - Hardknott Pass - Hard Knott - Border End - Hardknott Roman Fort - Jubilee Bridge |
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Skiddaw via Ullock Pike |
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21st July 2026 |
| ASCENT: |
3,190 Feet - 972 Metres |
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8 |
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5, Ullock Pike - Long Side - Skiddaw - Skiddaw Little Man - Carl Side |
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A591 - Old Plantation - Rabbit Warren - Ling How - The Edge - Ullock Pike - Long Side - Skiddaw - Skiddaw South Top - Skiddaw Little Man - Broad End - Carl Side - White Stones - Long Doors - Longside Wood - Skill Beck - A591 |
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The Scafells via Piers Gill, Lord's Rake & Deep Gill |
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19th July 2026 |
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3,805 Feet - 1,160 Metres |
| MILES: |
7.5 |
| WAINWRIGHTS: |
2, Scafell Pike – Sca Fell |
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Wasdale Head – Burnthwaite – Moses Trod – Lingmell Beck – Piers Gill – Corridor Route - Scree Path East of Dropping Crag – Scafell Pike – Broadcrag Tarn - Mickledore – Rakes Progress – Lord's Rake – West Wall Traverse – Deep Gill – Sca Fell – Green How – Rakehead Crag - Bracken Close – Lingmell Gill - Wasdale Head |
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Extended Round of Marchlyn Mawr |
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11th July 2026 |
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3,442 Feet - 1, 049 Metres |
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9 |
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3, Elidir Fawr - Y Garn - Foel-goch |
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Access Road Marchlyn Mawr Reservoir - Elidir Fach - Bwlch Melynwyn - Elidir Fawr - Bwlch y Marchlyn - Bwlch y Brecan - Bwlch y Cywion - Y Garn - Bwlch y Cywion - Foel-goch - Bwlch y Brecan - Mynydd Perfedd - Carnedd y Filiast - Marchlyn Mawr Reservoir - Access Road Marchlyn Mawr Reservoir |
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Additional Fells ,Walks by District & Other Walks |
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Additional Fells |
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A Night in Heaven by Ron Black |
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Dartmoor National Park |
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The Forest of Bowland |
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West Pennine Moors |
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The Peak District |
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The Yorkshire Dales |
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The Howgills |
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Eryri National Park (Snowdonia) |
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Horseshoes and Rounds |
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Long Distance Day Walks |
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Traverses, Edges and Rakes |
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Wild Camps and Other Walks |
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Contact sharkeysdream@gmail.com |
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Welcome to sharkey's dream |
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I share a passion like many others for the Lake District fells. Ever since I started my walking career nineteen years ago, I have always wanted to share my own personal experience with you.
My aim is to deliver an accurate account of the day's events from fell, to page, where I hope the enthusiasm that I felt on the day reflects back to the reader along with a sense of my own personality, which I feel is important as a means of not detaching walker, from the reader.
I hope all this makes some kind of sense. Please feel free to contact me by using the e-mail address provided below. |
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Parking Overview Map |
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Find a walk from a choice of parking places from the Lakeland overview map. |
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The Lakeland Fells |
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Eastern |
Far Eastern |
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Central |
Southern |
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North Western |
Western |
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Northern |
Outlying Fells |
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The 214 Fells Map |
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The Wainwright Fells List |
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The Birkett Fells |
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| The Complete Lakeland Fells |
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Walking the Wainwrights in 30 walks |
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| In 2016 I completed the Wainwrights in 30 walks |
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The A.H Griffin 2,000 Footers |
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| The Harry Griffin Lakeland 2,000 ft Summit Challenge |
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Stats |
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| Year |
Walks |
Miles |
Ascent (ft) |
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| 2026 |
32 |
221.6 |
77,299 |
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| 2025 |
52 |
410.4 |
121,110 |
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| 2024 |
48 |
376.87 |
109,615 |
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| 2023 |
51 |
407.9 |
117,493 |
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| 2022 |
52 |
391.3 |
117,193 |
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| 2021 |
55 |
370.3 |
100,783 |
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| 2020 |
49 |
271.3 |
91,670 |
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| 2019 |
56 |
375.55 |
136,595 |
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| 2018 |
53 |
358.43 |
151,156 |
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| 2017 |
54 |
439 |
131,930 |
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| 2016 |
54 |
570 |
176,302 |
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| 2015 |
48 |
490.6 |
156,537 |
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| 2014 |
49 |
442.1 |
112,389 |
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| 2013 |
47 |
446 |
116,617 |
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| 2012 |
40 |
464.1 |
124,688 |
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| 2011 |
41 |
344.4 |
107,504 |
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| 2010 |
34 |
279 |
90,689 |
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| 2009 |
19 |
110 |
46,762 |
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| 2008 |
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43.3 |
15,030 |
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| 2007 |
2 |
5 |
1,328 |
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6,824.35 |
2,099,673 |
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