"Started from Rydal at 6.40am and proceeded in darkness as far as Heron Pike ( easy route finding) thence onwards around the horseshoe. A great winter’s day out with Susan. Back to Rydal by midday." — johnandsue4fun • Jan 11, 2022

"I parked on the lane by Michael's Nook at NY 34084 08418, where there is room for 2-3 cars. Taking the lane up between houses to the open fellside, I took the zig-zag path up through the bracken to the embedded boulder at the end of the south-west ridge of Great Rigg, which Wainwright appears to describe on the fourth page of his chapter on Stone Arthur in Book 1 of his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. However, his drawing on the same page makes the position of his summit unclear, so I continued up the rocky ridge, visiting each knoll, until the ridge expired in grassland. I continued up over High Rigg onto the Fairfield plateau, visiting the highest point. A steeper decent south-east over more rugged terrain brought me to the col below Hart Crag. Some fifty metres up on an eroded path, and I was on the north summit of this fell. A recent high accuracy survey was unable to differentiate between the northern and southern cairns of the fell at 823.1m, so I ensured I visited both. I then retraced my route back over Fairfield and Hart Crag, continuing along the Rydal ridge to scale to the summits of Rydal Fell and Heron Pike. A steep pathless descent followed to Alcock Tarn, and..." — marktrengove2 • Aug 2, 2019

"Solo. After ascending Helvellyn, Seat Sandal and Fairfield starting from Stanah Cross. From the summit of Fairfield I descended over Great Rigg, Rydal Fell (615m, 621m) and Nab Scar to reach Rydal. Just missed a bus so walked to Ambleside. The day was cold with a little rain. There was a little lying snow on the highest parts with a cornice on the NE face of Helvellyn." — peter43 • Apr 1, 2006