Large-format, inspirational guide to 50 walks in the mountains and fells of the Lake District. Ranging from 5 to 10 hours and from 6 to 21km (414 miles), the hikes call for hillwalking experience and a good level of fitness. All of the popular fells are covered, via a mixture of classic and less well-known routes.

• Clear route description alongside historical and cultural notes and points of interest
• Stunning photography , 1:40,000 Harvey maps and hand-drawn fellscapes
• Ascents of Scafell Pike and Helvellyn , as well as other favourites such as Catbells, Coniston Old Man, Great Gable, Pillar and the Langdale Pikes
• Includes the Fairfield, Mosedale, Newlands and Coledale Horseshoes
• Accessible from Ambleside, Grasmere, Keswick and Coniston
• Optional low-grade scrambling on some routes

• Information on public transport, parking and after-walk refreshment

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  Mark Richards' transition from full-time farmer to full-time outdoor writer has been a gradual one. In 1973, with the direct encouragement of Alfred Wainwright, he wrote his first walking guide to the Cotswold Way. Since then he has indulged his pleasure in exploring rural Britain by creating a range of walking guides. In 1980 he began his three-part guide to the Peak District for Cicerone Press, and in 1987, with Chris Wright, wrote a guide to walking around the former county of Westmorland. This book sowed the seeds of a dream, to be fulfilled some 14 years later, when he and his wife moved to Cumbria. Here he developed a passion for the finest of all walking landscapes, held within and around this marvellous county. Mark has written a Cicerone guide to Great Mountain Days in the Lake District and, after many years of dedicated research, completed his Lakeland Fellranger series of eight guides covering the entire region in 2013. Now living in what was once the Barony of Gilsland, Mark is also close to Hadrian's Wall, enabling him to renew a fascination first kindled when he prepared a guide to walking the Wall in 1993. He has also published a guide to the Wall for Cicerone.Grey O'Dwyer is a passionate outdoor photographer based in the Lake District. Introduced to this stunning landscape at an early age by his parents, he developed a deep connection with the Cumbrian fells through activities like hiking, fell running and rock climbing. Once he was able to invest in a quality camera, a Nikon D200, and inspired by the photography of Galen Rowell in particular, he decided to pursue photography more seriously. Over the past two decades, he has built an extensive collection of images showcasing the beauty of the Lake District, often incorporating human figures to provide context and scale. You can explore his work at www.greyodwyer.com .