Saturday 12th Jun 2010, I parked on the Green at Wasdale Head, and walked up the good track to Burnthwaite Farm and then on the rough track by the side of Lingmell Gill, and up the valley to a cairned path that leads to the dry stony stream bed of Skew Gill. begins. Skew Gill is big and bouldery, the first waterfall can't be climbed, the climb gets harder and a steep, narrow gill scramble requires determination.The final 20 foot rock wall looks impossible and it is always wet, but the holds for hands and feet are good if not very obvious; the final strenuous manoeuvre takes you onto bouldery scree, for an awkward walk up unstable boulders to the summit of The Band. I made the interesting, somtimes steep and boudery, to the summit of Great End; I walked over to the top of Custs Gully to see the balanced boulder but it seems to have disappeared, or I was I at the top of the wrong gully? I walked across to Calf Cove, before climbing towards Ill Crag. On the easy boulder-hopping section I stumbled, and in spite of some fancy footwork I eventually fell amongst the boulders. I carried on across the shoulders of Ill Crag and Broad Crag without visiting either summit, before climbing up the busy ridge to the summit of Scafell Pike. I walked down the eroded path to Lingmell col before making the short climb up to the summit of Lingmell and making the easiest descent from the Scafells back to Wasdale Head. Read about it

Saturday 5th Jun 2010, I parked at Brackenclose where it was already very warm at 9am, I walked by the side of Lingmell Gill, past the open ground of Hollow Stones, and just after the big boulder I climbed up a scree slope, to the bottom of Lords Rake. There has been a massive movement of rock, there were two big chockstones at the bottom of the rake that have always been there for me, but they are gone. The fallen boulder is still firmly wedged in place, more boulders have fallen away from its base and in the fullness of time it will follow everything else downwards when it is finally undermined. I walked under the boulder and up to the end of the rake before coming back to walk over the continually eroding entrance to the West Wall Traverse and clambering up Deep Gill to its exit onto the plateau below Symonds Knott. I walked up to the summit of Scafell and along the crest of the ridge to Slight Side,then down my secret route to Sampson's Stones and on to Cam Spout; I made the exhilarating steep scramble up the rocks by the side of the waterfall, and climbed up to Foxes Tarn to make another interesting bouldery scramble up to the Tarn. I climbed up the reconstructed path back on the summit of Scafell, before the steep slippery descent towards Green How, and a long green descent that asks “why” rather than “how”, back to Brackenclose. Read about it

Saturday 22nd May 2010, Wasdale Head was very warm at 9am when I started walking, it would be a good day for a special walk. I walked up the steep grassy slope towards Gavel Neese, as it bends towards Beck Head I headed up to Moses Finger, an upright boulder in the middle of great erosion. I found my way up to a proper path taking me across the extensive wide scree gully of Little Hell Gate, and up to the gully leading to Napes Needle. Awkward scrambles and precarious clambering take you to the start of Sphinx Ridge; an exhilarating airy ridge takes you the the unexpected grassy col below Great Gable's Westmoreland Cairn crags; suddenly I felt exhausted, my legs had no strength left in them with the warmth of the day and the effort of getting up the ridge. I walked up to the busy summit of Great Gable, descended to Beck Head, and made the not-easy descent back to Wasdale. Read about it

Saturday 15th May 2010, I parked close to Cockley Beck Bridge, and found a right of way behind Cockley Beck farm, but I could see no visible signs of a footpath on steadily rising ground. there was no more sign of a path. I had a steep scramble on grass between rocks and boulders; and after a fairly strenuous climb I eventually reached the summit plateau of Grey Friar.I walked down the reasonably straightforward grassy ridge to Troutal Fell, and found a more obvious path downhill near to the shore of Seathwaite Tarn. I found my way to Troutal Farm, and after crossing River Duddon I walked an infrequently used path to Birks and made the steep warm climb upto the cold summit of Harter fell. I walked back down to the top of Hard Knott Pass and then walked down the road back to Cockley Beck. Read about it