| Lake District Backpack - 2 to 8 June 2007 | ||||||||||
| (N)Times based on 4 kph and add 1 hour for 600m ascent | ||||||||||
| Date | Day No | Route | Start/Finish | Actual | Stops | Walking | Accommodation | Notes | ||
| Km | Asc(M) | Hours(N) | Hours | Hours | Hours | |||||
| 02/06/2007 (Sat) | 1 | Kendal | 1 | |||||||
| 13.05 train - Staveley | 2 | |||||||||
| Staveley to Windermere | 12 | 376 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 3.4 | Windermere Youth Hostel | 3 | ||
| 03/06/2007 (Sun) | 2 | Windermere YH | ||||||||
| Ambleside | 4 | |||||||||
| Loughrigg | ||||||||||
| Grasmere | 17 | 1038 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 1.5 | 6.2 | Butharlyp Howe YH | |||
| 04/06/2007 (Mon) | 3 | Butharlyp Howe | 5 | |||||||
| Fairfield | ||||||||||
| St Sunday Crag | ||||||||||
| Glenridding | 17 | 1316 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 6.5 | Helvellyn YH | |||
| 05/06/2007 (Tue) | 4 | Helvellyn YH | ||||||||
| Great Dodd | 6 | |||||||||
| Keswick | 22 | 961 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 6.6 | Lane Rigg Hotel | 7 | ||
| 06/06/2007 (Wed) | 5 | Lane Rigg Hotel | ||||||||
| Catbells | ||||||||||
| High Spy | ||||||||||
| Honister | 14 | 1072 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 2.1 | 5.2 | Honister Hause YH | |||
| 07/06/2007 (Thu) | 6 | Honister Hause | ||||||||
| Great Gable | ||||||||||
| Bowfell | ||||||||||
| Crinkle Crags | ||||||||||
| Langdale - Robinson Pl | 21 | 1536 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 1.3 | 7.8 | ||||
| 08/06/2007 (Fri) | 7 | Robinson Place | ||||||||
| Skelwith Bridge | ||||||||||
| Outgate | ||||||||||
| Latterbarrow | ||||||||||
| Bowness | ||||||||||
| Windermere Station | 23 | 702 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 6.2 | ||||
| TOTALS | 126 | 7001 | 43.0 | 53.7 | 11.8 | 41.9 | ||||
| Participants: | Martin Banfield | |||||||||
| Andrew Johnston | ||||||||||
| Gary Beighton | ||||||||||
| Paul Conroy | ||||||||||
| Faith Billington | ||||||||||
| Sue Emmett | S | |||||||||
| Pam Westgate (meeting us at Windermere on Saturday night) | P | |||||||||
| Guest appearances: | Sue Banfield (8 June) | |||||||||
| Mary McEwan (possibly walking, and definitely providing a meal for us in Keswick on 5 June) | ||||||||||
| Neil and Liz Piper (walking part way with us on Monday 4 June) | ||||||||||
| Dave Oliver (possible) | ||||||||||
| Notes: | ||||||||||
| 1 | Rendezvous in Kendal around 12.00 via Lower Withington (9.30) and Timperley | |||||||||
| 2 | Bring lunch to eat before starting the walk | |||||||||
| 3 | Phone hostel - 08707706094 - to order meals | |||||||||
| 4 | Coffee break, lunch purchase, phone hostel - 08707705836 - to order meals | |||||||||
| 5 | Phone Helvellyn hostel - 08707705862 - to order meals and packed lunches | |||||||||
| 6 | Call Mary - 01768775024 - to confirm evening rendezvous/meal | |||||||||
| 7 | Phone Honister hostel - 08707705870 - to order evening meals, breakfasts and packed lunches (or get ingredients from Keswick) | |||||||||
| S | Sue has booked B&B at Windermere, Helvellyn and Honister Hostels. | |||||||||
| Sue has booked a separate B&B at Grasmere. | ||||||||||
| At Keswick, Sue has booked a single room at Lane Rigg House | ||||||||||
| At Robinson Place, Sue will share a twin with Faith, Andrew has a single, and Martin, Gary and Paul will share a family room. | ||||||||||
| P | Pam is booking her own accommodation (YHA with the rest of us where possible), and will join us in the room for 6 at Grasmere. | |||||||||