Near Eastern Fells (Lakeland Fellranger, Book 2)

by Mark Richards (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

  With the Collins Lakeland Fellrangers series, Mark Richards guides you through every nook and cranny of the beautiful and picturesque Lake District. This volume covers the Near Eastern Fells, ranging from Kirkstone Pass to Dunmail Raise.

  The first of Wainwright's celebrated guides to the Lakeland Fells appeared in 1955, the last of the seven-volume set was published in 1965. These titles have remained in print, unaltered, since then despite radical changes to the countryside and a phenomenal increase in the numbers of people visiting the area.

  Collins Lakeland Fellranger series combines the best of the Wainwright guides - the traditional feel of the pen and ink sketches and the personal touch of hand-drawn maps - with the desires of the 21st-century walker - accurate maps and directions and inspirational colour photographs - all packed into an easy-to-use, portable format.

  The books will be written and illustrated by one person, adding to the personality of the books: Mark Richards was one of Wainwright's proteges and has produced a number of very successful walking books. Each of the four volumes in the series covers every Fell in their range, each illustrated with colour photographs, a detailed cartographic map taken from the HARVEY Maps Superwalker series, and numerous landscape maps.

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $15.69

  Lakeland Fellranger guidebook covering 35 summits in the Near Eastern Fells of the Lake District, including a variety of walks in the mighty range of hills including Helvellyn, Hart Side and Fairfield, that sit between Ambleside, Ullswater and Grasmere. The area is flanked to the west by Grasmere, Dunmail Raise and Thirlmere, and to the east by Kirkstone Pass, Patterdale and Ullswater. Each of the 35 fells has a dedicated chapter describing a plethora of walking routes of differing characters and difficulties (from wide bridleways up to easy scrambles), which can easily be combined to make ascents, descents, traverses or ridge routes. The chapter begins with a customised Harvey map that illustrates the routes, and shows ridge connections to neighbouring fells to assist in the planning of extended walks. In many instances pen and ink drawn diagrams show the routes from a given perspective to assist visualisation. The guidebook is fully illustrated throughout with clear elevation diagrams, detailed summit panoramas and lots of inspiring photographs. The Near Eastern Fells is part of the eight-volume Lakeland Fellranger series by Mark Richards. Together they provide a comprehensive guide to explore and enjoy the fells of the Lake District, with a selection of routes up more than 220 hills.