"Coniston Fells plus variations. Brim Fell via the slabs, Coniston Old Man, Dow Crag via South Rake, Grey Friar, Swirl How, Black Sails, Weatherlam. Descent to Coniston including down and re-ascent of Steel Edge just for the fun of it!" — johnandsue4fun • Aug 31, 2024

"Moderate wind with quite a chill throughout the day above 500m. Must have been 3-5c on some of the summits. Was a big day but slightly annoyed I missed the Walna Scar and White Maiden nuttalls off near the end. Unfortunately towards the end the skies turned dark with black clouds and the heavens opened up so quickly it was too late to get the waterproofs on fast enough. Suffice to say we just wanted to get back to the car." — adventure-stricken • Aug 24, 2024

"1/1/2023 A great walk on New Years Day. Awful weather! Rain, sleet, hail, blowing a gale. Only saw 6 people all day and no views! Weather conditions probably added an hour to the time." — johnandsue4fun • Jan 1, 2023

"26/05/2022 A teatime walk from Coniston! Up to Levers Water via Boulder Valley, thence to Levers Hause and Grey Friar. ENE to Great Carrs, south to Swirl How and then return from Levers Hause back to Coniston. A delightful short outing despite the gale that was blowing on the tops. With Susan again." — johnandsue4fun • May 26, 2022

"Afternoon walk in cloud and wind but no rain. 3.5 hours round trip. Descent from Swirl How via Prison Band ridge, thence down Coppermines valley to Coniston. Sue bringing up the rear." — johnandsue4fun • Dec 31, 2021

"With Susan. From Coniston to Levers Water via Boulder Valley, thence to Swirl Hawse, Swirl How, Great Carrs and Grey Friar. Back via traversing path to Levers Hawse and down to Coniston. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy." — johnandsue4fun • Dec 24, 2021

"5/12/2021. Wetherlam to The Old Man via Swirl How and the ridge southwards to Coniston Old Man. Lovely December day with snow and a cold wind sufficient to keep most tourists away. Susan accompanied me as usual." — johnandsue4fun • Dec 5, 2021

"First visit to the hills for many months - COVID-19 lockdown rules in England at last allow visits to the hills. Today we ascended all the Coniston Fells. A good, cold walk. My lifetime partner and wife, Susan, was of course with me." — johnandsue4fun • Apr 13, 2021

"Starting at midday in brilliant weather, but a cold south-west wind, we set off from Wrynose. Diverting around Swirl How, we reached the summit of Grey Friar. Returning to the main ridge by a short-cut, we traversed Brim Fell and up to the summit of the Old Man. By now it was 18:30 and mainly devoid of walkers. Heading north, we traversed the ridge to the summits of Swirl How and Great Carrs. We reached the car again at 20:20." — marktrengove2 • May 25, 2013

"After 2 days of storms, it was good to get out on the hills again. We started from Coniston village and walked up the path to the coppermines valley. By the first set of old cottages, we cut up NE on an old miners track to the long steady ridge, that took us over Red Gill head to the summit of Wetherlam. After the 2 days of heavy rain, the ground in places was waterlogged and all streams were torrents. After a stop in the summit, where the views of the higher Lake District peaks to the N were good, we set off W over the lower summit of Black Sails and up the steep scramble of Preston Band, to the summit of Swirl How, the highest peak of the day. Here we noticed that bad weather was brewing on surrounding peaks, with rainbows forming between heavy showers. We then made a detour from the route to go out onto 2 subsidiary summits, Great Carrs and Little Carrs. In the col by Great Carrs is the wreckage of a plane that crashed on the peak in bad weather in 1944, we stopped to read the memorial to the airmen. Then the weather took a dramatic turn for the worse, so we hurried on to our final peak for the day, Great How. From here we dropped down very steeply to Levers water, taking great ..." — davidlong • Sep 26, 2012