St Sunday Crag, Fairfield and Hartsop above How

Another high-level horseshoe above Deepdale with Ian (Lyne) and Neil (Simpson).

Route: From the layby at Deepdale Bridge along the road to Patterdale and then the footpath below Glenamara Park, spurning the main path to climb Birks, and then rejoining it to climb St Sunday Crag. Thence to Fairfield, Hart Crag and down Hartsop above How.

Conditions: Cloud giving way to hazy sun.

Pub: The Brotherswater Inn for Barngates Westmorland Gold.

Grey Friar and Dow Crag

A good high-level horseshoe round Seathwaite Tarn from a surprisingly empty Duddon Valley (on a Firbank weekend).

Route: From Seathwaite past Tongue House to ascend via a gentle scramble on the north bank of Tarn Beck (a Mark Richards' route). Thence pathless up the ridge to Grey Friar; along a contouring path underneath Great Carrs and Swirl How to descend to Goat's Hawse, up Dow Crag, Buck Pike and Brown Pike and then down the Walna Scar Road.

Conditions: Some sun but a bitterly cold wind on the tops.

Pub: The Newfield Inn at Seathwaite for Dickie Doodle.

Wansfell Pike and Wansfell

A short stroll on a cold but somewhat blustery Easter Sunday.

Route: From Troutbeck along Robin Lane past High Skelghyll farm and then up through the roads past the aqueduct observatory and onto the ridge to Wansfell Pike. Thence along to Wansfell and down to Troutbeck via Nanny Lane.

Conditions: Sun and cloud but rather chill.

Pub: The Mortal Man at Troutbeck for Taylor’s Landlord.