Calling all those who have walked the Wainwrights -
and all who would like to explore them, even if it's a virtual walk!
Can you identify which Wainwright it is by following the steps below?
1 Examine the three photos clues.
2 Make a note of the year(s) below the photos
3 Click on the link and go to the Wainwrights page to check which summit you think it is.
4 Find the date(s) you noted and check the walks for the photos.
5 The answer and the summit photo will go on the website the next day.
Identify the Wainwright Summit
Photos from a walk in 2010
Garry and John identified Cat Bells. Photo taken on 24th September 2017
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Photos from walks in 2010, 2012 and 2017
John and Marie identified Calf Crag where the photo was taken on 24th September 2017
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Photos from walks in 2011 and 2014
Marie and John identified Helvellyn where the photo was taken on 24th August 2014
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Photos from walks in 2017, 2008 and 2019
John identified Thornthwaite Crag, taken on 6th August 2017, even though the task was made more difficult as I missed out one of the dates.
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Photos from walks in 2011 and 2017
Photo from a walk on 30th March 2014. John and Marie identified Pavey Ark while Garry spotted Pavey Ark and Harrison Stckle in The Langdales.
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Photos taken in 2009
Marie, Garry and John identified Great Gable where the photo was taken on 6th September 2009.
They are really enjoying seeing other members in the photographs as this quote from Garry shows:
'The lovely thing about this activity is that before you find the walk you scroll through an earlier one and say "aah I wish I'd been on that walk" and find out that you were!'
Our three regular participants are getting quite competitive. Why not join in the fun and see who you can spot in the photos - as well as trying to be the first to let me know which Wainwright you think it is?!!
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Photos taken in 2012 and 2016
John, Marie and Garry identified Red Screes where the photo was taken on 17th June 2012
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Photos taken in 2017 and 2008
Marie, Garry and John identified Pike O'Stickle where the photo was taken on 24th July 2011. Marie and Garry also noted that the group photo was taken on Loft Crag which can be seen on the right above with Harrison Stickle on the left. The walk itself actually included 8 Wainwright summits, was 13.5 miles long with 3,700 feet of ascent and took 8.5 hours including a stop at The Dungeon Ghyll Hotel. What a walk that was!
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Photos taken in 2010
Garry and Marie identified Coniston Old Man where the photo was taken on 15th August 2010
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Photos taken in 2008 and 2012
John, Marie and Garry identified Blencathra where the photo was taken on 5th November 2017. John also pointed out the view of Sharp Edge above Scales Tarn.
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Photos taken in 2017
John, Garry and Marie were very close to identifying Froswick where the photo was taken on 6th August 2017.
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Photos taken in 2009
Garry and Marie identified Fairfield where the photo was taken on 29th March 2009 - what a turn-out we had!
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Photos taken in 2008
Garry, John and Marie identified Helm Crag where the photo was taken on 30th November 2008. The summit photo was of North Top while the middle one in the group of 3 was South Top.
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Photos taken in 2014 - Fleetwith Pike, Honister Slate Mine and Innominate Tarn where AW's ashes were scattered.
The last summit in this activity is a particularly relevant one!
The final summit caused a little more difficulty but John identified it as Haystacks where the photo was taken on 27th July 2014.
Thank you to Marie, John and Garry who have made the activity more interesting for me by sending me their suggesions for the Wainwright summits.
Searching for photos has brought back many memories of past walks and hope that at some point we will be able to walk in the Lakes again.