All Done!

[DaveB1]

Just a short report to conclude the Wainwright bagging round. We (me and Mrs B) camped at Dalegarth and wandered along the lake path to meet six friends at the bridge in Buttermere listening to the cuckoo, seeing the sandpipers. All duly assembled we ambled up the path did a left and eventually hit the summit of my final hill. Out came the champagne, a few photos and then a stroll down to the Bridge Inn for a couple of well deserved pints.

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At the Summit

Buttermere

Had to include this last photo as the rest of the day and evening was spent wandering around Buttermere in great weather,wine by the lakeside in the early evening sunlight was a perfect end to a great day. Only problem I have now is when to start Round 2 as Wales and Scotland are both beckoning

[Ibex]

Congratulations on finishing your round! Must have felt fantastic on the summit, even before the champagne.
Hope you had a great celebration in the pub after as well.

What are your next plans?

[johnkaysleftleg]

Congratulations Dave sounds like a wonderful day

[colgregg]

Nice one. Well done, did you have a plan from the start. It's something I've thought of doing but bagging all those little isolated ones is giving me second thoughts. It makes for a lot of trips to the lakes to bag them and it's a long way just to do odd fells without rewalking old ground.

[SusieThePensioner]

CONGRATULATIONS, Dave

I was sat in the garden on the Sunday and wondered how you were getting on
I'm glad you had good weather and shall look forward to your trip reports from pastures new!!

[mrssanta]

well done!! now what?

[L-Hiking]

Many congratulations Dave

[DaveB1]

Congratulations on finishing your round! Must have felt fantastic on the summit, even before the champagne.
Hope you had a great celebration in the pub after as well.

What are your next plans?

Probably a go at Round 2 to get the one's with misty summits and revisit my favourites and help my two walking mates to finish theirs off. Then there's the 'Outlying Fells' , the 1000m summits in UK, all the Munros, Corbetts and Grahams not forgetting the Hewitts. Should be enough to keep me going still I can't walk another step. Think 1000m summits could be a good place to start!

[DaveB1]

CONGRATULATIONS, Dave

I was sat in the garden on the Sunday and wondered how you were getting on
I'm glad you had good weather and shall look forward to your trip reports from pastures new!!

Many congratulations Dave

Congratulations Dave sounds like a wonderful day

Many thanks the day was great, I'll keep the reports coming.

[DaveB1]

Nice one. Well done, did you have a plan from the start. It's something I've thought of doing but bagging all those little isolated ones is giving me second thoughts. It makes for a lot of trips to the lakes to bag them and it's a long way just to do odd fells without rewalking old ground.

Never really had a plan Colgregg. I'd done a lot of the biggies (Helvellyn, Scafells etc) back in the 80's and only started the rest, probably remaining 180 five years ago. I have to say that planning some of them was a pain and I did use the car to pick off several odd ones in a day (Sour Howes and Sallows followed by Beda Fell for instance).
The isolated little ones often provided a great day out as you view the biggies from different angles and some are cracking hills in their own right. (Eagle Crag, Sergeant's Crag and Middle Fell were three of my favourites.) As the bug got me, I didn't mind revisiting some of the previous ones as they were in the way of getting the odd ones.

[DaveB1]

well done!! now what?

Many thanks Mrs S I've enjoyed it lots. I think I'm going to go after the 1000m summits as a long term plan, as that will definitely include many other types of hill on the way round

[morag1]

Great stuff!! Congratualtions

I've met a few people who have completed the Munros but you are the first person I have heard of who has completed the Wainwrights - nice to virtually meet you

[AJNicholls]

Well done Dave. I enjoyed my trip up Rannerdale Knotts last year as part of a round near Grasmoor.

Up in Scotland at the moment, but hoping to finish the Wainwrights myself next year.

Good luck in your future trips.

[DaveB1]

Great stuff!! Congratualtions

I've met a few people who have completed the Munros but you are the first person I have heard of who has completed the Wainwrights - nice to virtually meet you

Thanks Morag, one is humbled. I'm by no means the first and will not be the last, but they are well worth the effort and generally far more accessible than some of the Munros, although not quite as high!!

[DaveB1]

Well done Dave. I enjoyed my trip up Rannerdale Knotts last year as part of a round near Grasmoor.

Up in Scotland at the moment, but hoping to finish the Wainwrights myself next year.

Good luck in your future trips.

Many thanks AJ, will watch your progress with interest. Hope Scotland going well, planning a trip in September to Kintail.