"As part of Alan's (our GSL) Wainwright round for his 70th birthday I led a group of Explorer scouts to the summit via coming from Ashness where we were camping and across Derwent to Hause Gate and waited for him on the summit as he walked with another group from Robinson along the ridge. A glorious day for it and memories made. My first time leading a mountain hike in prep for our Switzerland expedition." — charliegill • Jul 17, 2024

"Day 2 of our trip to the lakes to shadow the explorer scout diamond expedition and it saw us summit Catbells via Hause Gate then doubling back to attack Maiden Moor and High Spy before descending through the quarry to Borrowdale Youth Hostel " — charliegill • Sep 1, 2022

"Went to Keswick for the first time and hiked up to Catbells! Seeing how far it was from the campsite, I didn't think I could do it, but with Drew's encouragement, I did! Hopefully next time we'll do the entire horseshoe! " — mariamarsbar • Aug 4, 2021

"Went with a friend. It was so busy. I'm really surprised my friend didn't spark someone out. Way too many people out that day who thought that the world revolved around them. I'm sure a lot of people can relate on the this one. Nice day tho. Even if the sun only came out behind the clouds when we got back down to the icecream van at the bottom. That van must make a killing." — DAB81 • Jul 25, 2017

"Traveled by car with a friend for a day visit around the Lake District scouting the land for future climbs. Nearing the end of the day I did not want to leave without at least one summit even if it were just a smaller peak. From what I read Catbells was a good easy to reach summit but with fantastic views over Derwent Water. Approached from the North starting according to my phone 45 meters above sealevel; though the tracker was faulty that day and the map puts it at about 109 meters. We started walking along a gradually ascending path going along the east side. Looking up I could see what I mistakenly thought was the summit but was a slight mound at approx 300 meters on Skelgill Bank. The actual summit being much more prominent further south. We found that the established paths ahead of us were closed off with warnings about recent deterioration of the route awaiting restoration. At that point we turned back towards the car and what I thought would be a small disappointment to end a good day. However nearing the start of our approach once again I mentioned to my friend about just having a quick look up the steeper path that crisscrosses up the north ridge of Skelgill Bank. Alt..." — danieltheedrew • May 23, 2015