I was under the impression that the record for this round was something like seven and a half hours, but stand to be corrected. It was a Ramblers Association event held on the Saturday nearest to mid-summers' day. I did my own version of this round on the mid summer Saturday of 1988 ( did not register with RA ):- Keswick, Skiddaw, back down as far as the car park, then E on the continuation of the car park road ( a track across fields ) to Brundleholme, crossed A66 and picked up the field footpath down St. Johns in the Vale (W side of St. John's Beck ) to Legburthwaite, just 1/2 mile on A 591 to King's Head then the white stones route to Helvellyn Low Man and Helvellyn, the old fence down to Raise Beck, Dunmail Raise, Steel Fell through to Stake Pass, Angle Tarn, Esk Hause, Calf Cove, Ill Crag, Broad Crag, Scafell Pike, Lords Rake, Symmonds Knot, Scafell, Lords Rake, Corridor Route, Styhead, Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Keswick. Took in all of the 8x 3000 foot tops, but virtually zeroed the tedium of the A 591. And most of Borrowdale is now a footpath seperate from the road.
Ian.
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