} A picture perfect afternoon as we saunter along the old peat road. [5] Joss Naylor completed the round in 7 days in 1986[6] and held the record until 20 June 2014 when Steve Birkinshaw completed the round in 6 days and 13 hours, involving 320 miles (515 km) and 118,000 ft (36,000m) of ascent. var CaptchaCallback = function() { Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions. .p01-contact input[type=button]{ Because both lists are based on historical books, unlike, for example, the Munros, their constituents remain fixed, regardless of revisions to height or other metrics. Scafell and Slight Side from the old peat hut. It overlooks a small valley called Ill Gill to the east. Ill Crag. It was long thought not to be a separate peak. Bram Crag ahead as we climb steeply up the Rake. .p01-contact .alert.failed { If it keeps on snowing I may get to use my ice axe again. Ill Crag and Great End: Thunacar Knott, Harrison Stickle, and Loft Crag: The summit cairns come into view on reaching a prominent marker cairn: Bowfell and Esk Pike from the marker cairn: Approaching the summit of Allen Crags: The summit cairn on Allen Crags : Seathwaite Fell, Base Brown, Brandreth, and Grey Knotts in the middle distance. That’s the path we used this morning. The 'Wainwright's are the 214 fells (mountains & hills) in the UK Lake District as described by Alfred Wainwright in his 7 volume 'Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells' written between 1955 and 1966. } Looking back down the ascent of the Rake with the steep face of Wanthwaite Crag to the right - Blencathra looks so inviting from here. The Wainwrights were a listing of mountains in the Lake District devised by Alfred Wainwright in the 1950s and 60s. High Street via Rough Crag, and the descent from Mardale Ill Bell via Small Water, has to be one of the finest walks in Lakeland. The DoBIH uses the following codes for the various classifications of mountains and hills in the British Isles, which many of the above peaks also fall into:[13][14], There is one exception to this rule being, Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles, classifications of mountains and hills in the British Isles, "Wainwrights and Wainwright Outlying Fells", "This Sheep-Farming Fell Runner Is Still Going Strong at 80", "Runner sets a new record summiting all 214 Wainwrights", "Welcome to the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH)", The Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH), Lake District Walks - Wainwright Fells 214, Mountains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland, Mountains by height by prominence (Simms classification), Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland county and provincial tops, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Wainwrights&oldid=999629954, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 11 January 2021, at 04:16. For reference purposes, the following table shows all of the Wainwright fells in numerical order with their respective height in metres and their associated Wainwright … A closer look at Bowfell and Crinkle Crags. } color: #a94442; transition: all 0.30s ease-in-out; Ill Crag is the 4th highest peak in England. } .p01-contact label .description{ These are … WalkLakes recognises that hill walking, or walking in the mountains, is an activity with a danger of personal injury or death. padding: 15px; font-size: .875em; The terrain became easier as we neared the top of the Rake. [1] In 1974, Wainwright published a supplementary volume The Outlying Fells of Lakeland (1974), which includes another 116 summits (described in 56 walks); these are the Wainwright Outlying Fells.[2][3]. Whatever the season, the route is rewarding throughout with grand views of fells, valleys, tarns and ridges; I’ll just let the photos prove my point! Wainwright failed to list it as such in his Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. sure Ill Crag is - he might have called it something else though, just to be awkward 02-07-2009, 08:22 AM #9. Below are links to our parent organisation and our Twitter and Facebook pages. max-width: 26em; Direction of view: NNW. Cumbric, like Welsh, evolved from the Common Brittonic language and was spoken during the Early Middle Ages in Yr Hen Ogledd (The Old North) in what is now Northern England and southern Lowland Scotland. } The Central Fells are situated in the heart of the Lake District, surrounded by the other ranges. Ill Crag is a summit in the Lake District - Southern Fells region or range in England. Rich Roberts climbed on August 2nd, 2020 [with] Marcelle. The Northern Fells cover a circular area north of Keswick. Summiting all of the Wainwrights is a popular form of peak bagging in the Lake District, along with the Birketts. There are 671 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Ill Crag. High Stile, from Buttermere - A wainwright. border:1px solid #BEBEBE; margin-left: .5em; The 214 fells represent the main areas of high ground in the Lake District over 1000 feet in height, the exception being 'Castle Crag', which at 951 feet is the smallest fell included. See its entries on Walkhighlands or Wikipedia or view it from above on Google Earth. Maps. No one could have foreseen the enormous impact that an impromptu bus journey with a friend on the 7th June 1930 would have on the English landscape. FROSWICK - it takes its pattern from Ill Bell in remarkable degree, almost humorously seeming to ape its bigger neighbour. .p01-contact textarea:focus, border-color: #ebccd1; border-radius: 4px; .p01-contact .required label:after { .p01-contact select:focus{ This horseshoe walk is likely to take up much of the day but is a thrilling way to complete 9 Wainwrights in a day. This list is provided for those of you wishing to complete the Wainwright's in 36 walks. The Long Distance Walkers Association ("LDWA") holds a register of walkers who wish it to be recorded that they have completed the Wainwrights. However with a few exceptions the listing makes for an excellent challenge. Ill Crag's summit is a few hundred metres to the south of the path from Esk Hause to Scafell Pike. border: 1px solid transparent; Another look over towards Red Pike and Pillar. font-weight: normal; Simply tick off each mountain as completed when the task of climbing it has been accomplished. .p01-contact input:focus, At 935 metres (3,068 ft), it is the fourth-highest peak in England. .p01-contact label{ Sep 20; 1 min; Kidsty Pike 19th September, 2020. Wanthwaite Crags. Ill Crag I’m afraid we’d been a little disappointed on Day 1 of our latest hiking trip in the Lakes, having had to rein in our multi-peak agenda due to bad weather. Skiddaw; Stoney Cove Pike; St Sunday Crag; Tarn of Leaves; The Old Man of Coniston; Wainwright’s Fairfield Horseshoe; Wetherlam; Howgills. box-shadow: 0 0 8px #88D5E9; A fantastic view over to the North Western Fells, Skiddaw & Blencathra. Towards the upper left corner of the shot the little grey dot in the patch of worn ground is the stretcher box at Sty Head, with the path from Seathwaite coming up to meet it. Both flanks are very steep, the Kentmere side especially being a rough tumble of scree . There are 214 Wainwrights, of which 209 are also classed as one of the 541 Birketts. } padding: 8px 15px 8px 15px; } .p01-contact select{ The range is bordered to the west by Bassenthwaite Lake, the River Greta in the south and Caldew river bounds the eastern edge of the group, flowing away toward Carlisle. } Scafell, Slight Side and Ill Crag. [b] DoBIH also updates the measurements as surveys are recorded, so these tables should not be amended unless the entire DoBIH data is re-downloaded; these measurements may differ slightly from the "By Book" section, which are from older sources. .p01-contact { .p01-contact .alert.success { This list is from the Database of British and Irish Hills ("DoBIH") in October 2018, and are peaks the DoBIH marks as being Wainwrights ("W"). Helm Crag circular hike; High Stile; Ill Crag; In the clag on Scafell Pike; Jacks Rake; Kentmere Horseshoe; Pike of Stickle; Priest Hole; Red Screes via Kilnshaw Chimney ; Scafell Pike; Scafell Pike 2; Skiddaw 2019. border: 1px solid #88D5E9; In the context of a mountain name, it could be taken to mean Steep, Precipitous, Rough or Treacherous. But its prominence of 57 m, does qualify it as a Hewitt and hence, it is now counted as a 3,000 ft peak. The Eastern Fells are centered around Helvellyn and they primarily consist of a north-south ridge running between Ullswater and Lakeland's Central Valley. Ill Crag is a fell in the English Lake District. [4] The first recorded continuous round of all 214 Wainwrights was completed by Alan Heaton between 29 June and 8 July 1985 starting and finishing at Keswick Moot Hall, with a total time of 9 days and 16 hours. At 3068 feet, it is the fourth highest peak in England. } All the walking routes up Ill Crag on color: red; }; Ill Crag is the 4th highest peak in England. Marcelle Allman walked up on August 2nd, 2020 [from/via/route] Wasdale Head [weather] Weat overcast. Notes: This splendid view is on the path from Lingcove Bridge to Great Moss. This is a list of Wainwrights, in order of height, it includes the 214 lake district fells originally published by Alfred Wainwright in his seven pictorial guides. The valley of Ill Gill. Having reached the highest point of this Wainwright walk, Thornthwaite Crag is the neck Wainwright to tick off, before crossing the old Roman road to Froswick, Ill Bell and then Yoke, before the path winds down to the starting point again. color: #888; The name Cumbria is actually a latinised version of the word Welsh speakers use to describe their own country (Cymru). The range extends from the ridge between Derwentwater and Thirlmere in the north, to the famous rock peaks of the Langdale Pikes in the south. We had “only” climbed one mountain, albeit a mighty good one – Scafell Pike, which we had scaled in the clag for the third time! View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message Visit Homepage Master Join Date Jan 2007 Location Dirty Darren Posts 1,534. Ivan Lewis. With the easing of lockdown restrictions, we decided on a 'staycation' this summer and headed off to the Lake District for a new hiking adventure. The Far Eastern Fells occupy a broad area to the east of Ullswater, Kirkstone Pass and are bordered by the M6 motorway. The path drops down to one more damp hollow with only a small puddle left in the middle, and another derelict peat hut beside it. From the ascent of Ill Crag a peep down to Lambfoot Dub, another pretty little tarn situated in a little hollow high above the Corridor Route down below. font-weight: bold; Height: 546m (1791ft) Prominence: 20m (66ft) Times Summited: 02: Ill Crag is a subsidiary peak of Knott Rigg and is just to the north east of the main summit. Ill Crag is 935 metres high. input:invalid, Drawing 2: Scafell Pike and Ill Crag from Throstle Garth. COMPLETED WALKS. box-shadow:none; margin: 1em auto; They all lie within the boundary of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, and all but one (Castle Crag) are over 1,000 feet (304.8 m) in height. Caroline Winter bagged on August 11th, 2018 [from/via/route] Seathwaite, Grains Gill, Broad Crag, Sca Fell Pike, Ill Crag, Great End [with] Becky … Wainwrights are the 214 English peaks (known locally as fells) described in Alfred Wainwright's seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (1955–66). It is the smallest group by total number of hills. © 2021 The Boys' Brigade Mountaineering Club | Summit Theme from osDesk based on FCT. Powered by GetSimple. Although Ill Crag is a Furth it, like nearby Broad Crag, would only be a "top" if it was a Munro. background: #4691A4; This, for me, is an iconic fell top as I had heard o... 6 views 0 comments. Ill Crag is one of the two subsidiary summits of Scafell Pike and can be visited by a detour from the bouldery-stewn ridge path. Ill Crag overlooks Eskdale and has splendid views across to Bowfell and Crinkle Crags. Ill Crag (Newlands) Birkett - The North Western Fells. When a name was required, it was named after Ill Crags, the steep crags on its south west flank, overlooking Little Narrowcove. var captchas = document.querySelectorAll(".recaptcha"); So Ill Crag probably simply means Forbidingly Steep Crag. Download Map. } .p01-contact .alert { } .p01-contact input[type=submit]:hover, } The ridge of Dudderwick from Mardale Head Car Park. They have contributed 25 public walk reports including this summit. '"}); Distance : 20.1 km (12.5 miles) Height Gained : 1142 m (3748 feet) The route, clockwise from Kentmere : Over the previous week there had been more fresh snow over Lakeland. In this regard, they are similar to the Scottish lowlands, Donalds. Complete the Wainwright's in 36 Walks - The Check List Thirty-six circular walks covering all the peaks in Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. } All Posts; Search. font-size: .85em; [8] In July 2020, Sabrina Verjee completed the round in a time of 6 days 17 hours and 51 minutes but did not claim the women's record due to physical assistance being received on some of the later descents following a knee injury. Historically, it was one of the Scawfell Pikes and, like the peak we now call Scafell Pike, would not have had its own name. [7] Birkinshaw published an account of his run as There is No Map in Hell: The Record-Breaking Run Across the Lake District Fells (2017, Vertebrate Publishing: .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}ISBN 978-1910240946). Not far now - it was still steep but less so thankfully. margin-bottom: 20px; This list is from the Database of British and Irish Hills ("DoBIH") in October 2018, and are peaks the DoBIH marks as being Wainwright Outlying Fells ("WO"). If you've walked up this hill already why not log on or register and record your walk? CONTACT. Keep on snowing please. .p01-contact .error-msg { box-sizing: border-box; grecaptcha.render(captchas[i].id, {"sitekey" : "'.$key. .p01-contact input[type=button]:hover{ The North Western Fells occupy an oval area beneath the Buttermere and Borrowdale valley systems. For more information on Celtic languages, see Virtual Linguistics. Boot - A Wainwright. There is also a list from his… However the Marilyns only give us 55 fells (including some of Wainwright’s outliers) in the Lakes and really only scratches the surface of what the Lakes and the Wainwright guides are about. border-color: #d6e9c6; There is no official criteria that he used for inclusion in his seven regional guide books. My Mountain Blogs . .p01-contact textarea, The Western Fells are centred around Great Gable and form a triangular area between Buttermere and Wasdale. Claims as a Fell Ill Crag is one of very few fells in the lake District not to be given a separate chapter in Alfred Wainwright 's celebrated guide books, although Wainwright does give it a page in the Scafell Pike chapter. Ivan's Wainwright Experience. .p01-contact * { content: ' *'; for(var i=0; i < captchas.length; i++) { Wainwright did not state any rules about what should be included in his guides, choosing instead to note his walks according to his favour and their relevance in the landscape, never himself considering the summiting of all of them to be an important accomplishment for others. } List of Wainwrights in height order. Re: The Wainwrights. Ill Crag is a fell in the English Lake District. Members. padding: 7px; Wainwright failed to list it as such in his Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. float: right; GENERAL INFO. Cumbric is closely related to Old Welsh, but is thought to have become extinct in the 12th century. Wainwrights are the 214 English peaks (known locally as fells) described in A. Wainwright 's … Birkinshaw's record was broken on 20 June 2019 when Paul Tierney completed the round in 6 days 6 hours 4 minutes. Chapters Gallery. Best conditions are in mid – late morning, at any time of year. box-shadow: none; The women's record is held by Mel Steventon with a time of 13 days 12 hours, set in September 2020.[9]. ILL BELL - this is a real mountain top, small in extent, and very rough; it is one of the most distinctive summits in Lakeland . FELLS LISTING. Alfred Wainwright and the Wainwright Fells. BLOG. Wainwright's : Yoke, Ill Bell, Froswick, Thornthwaite Crag, Mardale Ill Bell, Harter Fell, Kentmere Pike, Shipman Knotts. Ill comes from Illr (Old Norse), which means Evil, Unpleasing or Ugly. margin-top: .5em; I'm off to the English Lakes shortly, and may, legs willing, pass the spot where I took the above photograph and pass over the mountain . More ideas. background: #4B99AD; Perhaps Forbidingly Steep is the best translation, given the gradient of the crags. From Rampsgill Head (wherever that is) we followed the obvious path to Kidsty Pike. The Southern Fells occupy a large area to the south of Great Langdale, Borrowdale, Wasdale and include Scafell Pike, the highest peak in England. The 214 fells listed in Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guide to The Lakeland Fells- in height order. color: #fff; } outline: none; [a] Over two million copies of the Pictorial Guides have been sold since their publication. [b][12] DoBIH also updates the measurements as surveys are recorded, so these tables should not be amended unless the entire DoBIH data is re-downloaded; these measurements may differ slightly from the "By Book" section, which are from older sources. 4 likes. color: #4B99AD; Ivan … Im a bagger, I even had a website at one point till I did not pay the bill and it got took down. Wainwrights cover a wide range of heights, from major mountains such as the highest Wainwright, Scafell Pike at 978 metres (3,209 ft), to Castle Crag, the smallest Wainwright at 290 metres (951 ft). Crag came from a Celtic word (possibly Welsh or Cumbric) equivalent to the Modern Welsh word Craig (Creic in Old Welsh, Craic in Middle Welsh), which means Rock and which has since been transliterated from Welsh or Cumbric into Middle English as Cragge and found its way into Modern English as Crag. width: 100%; Scafell Pike and Ill Crag, from Throstle Garth - A Wainwright. background-color: #f2dede; Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Ill Crag. .p01-contact input, Tarn Hows - A Wainwright. font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; margin:0px; background-color: #dff0d8; NotOnUrHelly . textarea:invalid { Log In Here! More. ABOUT. But its prominence of 57 m, does qualify it as a Hewitt and hence, it is now counted as a 3,000 ft peak. border: none; .p01-contact input[type=submit], color: #3c763d; It was long thought not to be a separate peak. Bagger, I even had is ill crag a wainwright website at one point till I did not the... 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