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« Thread Started on Apr 9, 2012, 10:12am »
Have just returned from two weeks in the Lake District and managed to "finish off" the Wainwrights. Having booked the first week's accommodation in hope I was blessed with a glorious week weatherwise and managed to "knock off" Red Pike (Wasdale), Hard Knott, Burnbank, Blake Fell, Gavel Fell (3 together), Great Cockup, Meal Fell (2 together) and Bonscale Pike, Loadpot Hill and Wether Hill (3 together).

The second week I was staying in Troutbeck with part of my family and on the Monday (before the snow came!) my daughter and I climbed Yoke, Ill Bell and Froswick before finishing off with Troutbeck Tongue.

It feels good to have finished them but I must say I am thankful to have done it as I am finding going uphill increasingly hard!! Also, living in Surrey, you can't just "pop up" and climb a few more mountains!

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« Reply #1 on Apr 9, 2012, 10:38am »
Congratulations Sylvia.

So glad you were lucky enough to get that wonderful March weather, will give you some great memories of your holiday completing the fells, hope you've got some good photos as a record.
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« Reply #2 on Apr 9, 2012, 5:49pm »
Well done. There ought to be a special badge for people like you who travel the length of the country to get their ticks. I live on the doorstep, as it were, and it still took me ages to finish.

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« Reply #3 on Apr 9, 2012, 10:22pm »
Well done, Sylvia, a great achievement, especially considering the distance you've had to travel to get to Lakeland.

Apr 9, 2012, 10:12am, sylvia wrote:
Also, living in Surrey, you can't just "pop up" and climb a few more mountains!



I know that feeling. Living in Yorkshire I can pop up to the Lakes, but my position's similar to your's when it comes to the Munros.
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« Reply #4 on Apr 10, 2012, 8:24am »
Well done Sylvia xx
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« Reply #5 on Apr 10, 2012, 8:31am »
Well done, Sylvia. My wife and I completed the 214 when living in London (it took over 40 years), so we can appreciate the difficulties of living 'down south'.

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« Reply #6 on Apr 10, 2012, 9:42am »
Congratulations...he says through "green eyes" :)

I also live dahn sarf and I won't be ticking off my last for a good 5 years or so...
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« Reply #7 on Apr 10, 2012, 9:46am »
Good stuff Sylvia!!

A great achievement!! I only have about half your journey, living in Warwickshire, and can nip up for a day walk if I don't mind about three and a half hours driving at each end of the day ;D. I often wonder though, with the price of fual, how much it averages out at to climb all 214 money wise.

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« Reply #8 on Apr 10, 2012, 11:50am »
Well done Sylvia.

That's an impressive burst at the end! If you have a photo of yourself on your final summit, I'll be happy to add you to our forum completers' gallery:

https://picasaweb.google.com/mhr1952/WainwrightForumCompletersGallery#
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« Reply #9 on Apr 10, 2012, 5:59pm »
Sylvia's completion photo now online:

https://picasaweb.google.com/mhr1952/Wai....832384435427154
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« Reply #10 on Apr 10, 2012, 6:00pm »
congratulations... ill get there one day..
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« Reply #11 on Apr 10, 2012, 7:28pm »
Well Done Sylvia.

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« Reply #12 on Apr 10, 2012, 7:49pm »
Congratulations Sylvia - it's a fantastic feeling isn't it?!! ;D ;D

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« Reply #13 on Apr 11, 2012, 2:56pm »
I can only imagine how much of pain trying to complete the Wainwrights from down south. I've only managed 40 in 11 months and I live right next to them.

I guess I am going to have similar problems with many of the Munros when I get round to them though.
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« Reply #14 on Apr 11, 2012, 5:20pm »
Many thanks to all those people who have sent congratulations - much appreciated.

It has taken me since 1989 to do all the Wainwrights with one to three trips a year from Surrey (I won't miss that drive up the motorways!). Very dependant on the weather has to how many I got done. It does feel fantastic to have "ticked" them all off.

I now need to concentrate on something down South that doesn't involve so much driving and therefore fuel.
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