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This section is the Lake District National Park and areas close by. This effectively means the area west of the M6 from about Kendal to Carlisle and stretching to the Cumbrian Coast. All of Wainwrights Fells are now posted apart from just one which is Raven Crag above the Thirlmere Dam.
All the "Wainwrights" are now posted although the routes up Scafell are noiw considered too dangerous for some and may be revisited. In due course, attention will be given to the Outlying Fells based on Wainwrights book although some of these are already posted. As some of the already posted walks may be too long and/or too strenuous for some, these will gradually be described in shorter, less strenuous forms leaving readers with a choice of how to tackle those walks.
Some of the routes posted include outlying fells so these have been moved to the Outlying Fells section. Any routes which include both "full" Wainwrights and Outlying Fells will be posted in the main sections with a note and link in the Outlying Fells section. Any routes which do not include fells mentioned in Wainwright's books but still lie within or very close to the Lake District will be found in the Others section. For example, Knockmurton is in this section.
Much of the interest in the Lakeland Fells comes as a result of the books lovingly written by Alfred Wainwight, often referred to as AW. With their growing popularity, books by different authors have appeared. Some are now appearing which describe how to climb all the Wainwights (Fells in the seven original Wainwright guides) in as few walks as possible. I doubt if AW would agree with this approach as his approach was to enjoy the Lakeland Fells, to savour them and have memorable days on them, not to rush round and finish them in as short a time as possible without having time to properly appreciate them.
Note that some of the "Wainwrights" are not actually summits, most notably Stone Arthur which is an outcrop on a ridge leading to Fairfield. It may be that AW chose his "summits" from what he saw from the valleys. Stone Arthur does indeed look like a summit from Grasmere. Some summits are included in his books yet higher summits close by are not. An example of this is Bessyboot which is included as a summit yet the higher nearby Rosthwaite Fell isn't although it does get a mention! AW's lists are very subjective and reflect what he, and he alone, decided to call summits which means that they can never be revised.