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planning a 2 week trip... maps? food? tent?
« Thread Started on Aug 13, 2009, 11:32am »

hi. i've never been to the fells before, or any walks in britain for that matter, and i'm planning a 2 week trip in september. i'm really looking forward to it after a long year of hard work and no holidays! i have a few questions on the local walking culture and the practicality of stocking up on food supplies etc. i'd be really grateful of some advice. apologies for the long post.

i have a lot of experience hillwalking in ireland, and i'm wondering how it works with the fells. to give you an idea, i took 10 days on my own hiking the dingle peninsula with my tent and gear on my back and it is so wild you can just walk all day till you get tired (or it gets dark) and find a spot for the tent somewhere off the track and settle down for the night. during the 10 days, apart from passing through the villages i saw 2 walkers and a farmer. i planned the route to pass a village every 2 or 3 days to buy milk and water and fruit etc. i carried some basic food supplies like muesli and cooked meat and tinned fish. i'd love to go camping 'rough' like this in the fells as i have found it greatly adds to the sense of adventure and wilderness, i don't light fires and never leave a trace behind me, and would always camp off the path as much out of sight as possible, pitching late and moving on early in the morning. i haven't found any mention of people doing this, is it frowned on?
i know nothing about the area, are there food stores in all the villages? i guess there are plenty of pubs... you can't beat a massive homemade burger after a long day walking!

for maps, i was thinking of getting the ISYS Lakeland Fells Hillwalker Max DVD and printing off individual sheets for whatever route i go for. has anyone used this map? i know there 1:25000 maps but i've walked all my life at 1:50000 and am used to that level of detail, also don't want to be changing maps too often. i usually prefer to print off my own maps because you can leave them zipped away in the map bag and don't have to get them wet folding out etc.

for the route i was thinking of getting the ferry from dublin to liverpool and then the bus to ambleside and then walk west and clockwise around to come back to ambleside in 2 weeks.

lastly, i'll be travelling as light as possible, and i would love to bring along some of AW's writings to give a flavour of the history of the walks. i searched amazon and found the box set of all 7 map books but they would be way too heavy to bring, is there a small and light version?

thanks for any advice, i was delighted to find a site like this with such a wealth of information, i've enjoyed reading the forums.