mountain coward wrote:I'd say Snowdonia is much more like the Scottish hills (well the Western ones, not the Cairngorms) - the Wainwrights are nothing like them...
I'd say the Lakes are a version of the Highlands in miniature. The lakes have a little bit of everything but more compact. Some of the Wainwrights also remind me a lot of some of the Scottish Lowland Hills. I agree with MC 4-8 wainwrights can be ticked off with ease, 12 or more makes for a long day. The geographically spread of them is also far less than in Scotland, which probably makes them easier to get to, but bear in mind that Cumbria is England's second largest county and the main roads through the highlands are far better than those in the lakes!
Back to Susan's question, I'm on my second round, my first was complete when I was too young to remember half of them. My New Years resolution was to start walking again and to try to complete in a year - so at the start I just walked, usually where the weather was best with no regard to what would come last. Now I'm also getting towards the end, like the hanging monkey I don't want to finish on Troutbeck Tongue, Black Crag etc. My completion will most likely be Scafell, ( I prefer this to Scafell PIke), or Whiteside (One of my favourites). If I had thought about it I would probably most like to have finished on Great Gable. Which one has your husband picked out ?