Start: 10am - meeting at 9.45am (grid ref NY 369052)
We will be starting from Ambleside Cricket Club which is a 5 min walk to the start of the walk at Heron Pike. They have kindly let us park there and I have made a donation.
From Kendal go through Ambleside and over Scandale Bridge. The turning for the cricket club in on your left with a blue carpark sign
From Keswick go through Rydal. Pass the Crow How hotel. The turning is immediately after on your right. There is no carpark sign this direction. The drive up to it is approx 50m and looks like a bridleway.
Ambleside Cricket Club - Nab Scar - Heron Pike - Great Rigg - Fairfield - Hart Crag -Dove Crag - High Pike - Ambleside.
Drink in Ambleside after or even fish n chips. Aim to be finished before dark.
The walk back to the car is 10 min.
Distance is approx 10 miles
Time - approx 6 hours
High Point - Fairfield 873m
Total Ascent - 3400 ft
Grade 3
Walk leader : Claire D 07511 259 791
P.S. I've got a continency plan for Sunday if the weather is bad which would be going to Great Rigg and back to Grasmere via Stone Arthur.
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