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No attempt to gather fells into convenient groups can ever be entirely satisfactory. The Lake District does not lend itself to neat division, but in this arrangement of walks, the reader is invited to explore a delectable part of the District that is for the most part comparatively little known, although you will encounter many other discerning walkers who share your vision. The central south-north thrust of Lakeland is clear enough; it runs from Plumgarth on the outskirts of Kendal, by way of Windermere and Ambleside up to Grasmere. A pedant would insist that it continues further, north through the valley occupied by Thirlmere, to the outskirts of Keswick. But a line had to be drawn somewhere, and it lay across Dunmail Raise. Reaching westwards from Ambleside runs the valley of Great Langdale, its great headwall of Crinkle Crags and Bowfell providing a perfect complement to the iconic Langdale Pikes. And Great Langdale merely provides an excuse, if one were needed, to venture over into Little Langdale, and by a tenuous link to the wooded farmlands around Hawkshead. Some excursions are made to the east of the central thrust, but only tentatively, as this area falls for the most part in another volume. Geologically, but in very simple terms that no geologist would find acceptable, the area covered in this book reaches from the limestone country in the south, to the great craggy fells of the Borrowdale Volcanic Series of rocks that so please the ardent rock climbers. It is a dramatic contrast: the limestone provides gently undulating landscapes mottled by hummocky terrain that is a pleasure to explore. The harder rocks present a different challenge, and an altogether dissimilar scene, one of steep cliffs, crag-girt fell summits and myriad rocky ways. This volume takes you on an exploration of this marvellous landscape.