Coniston - the elongated ridge of the Coniston Fells, fashioned in volcanic rock with heavily-glaciated arêtes and sombre corries, provide an extravagant drama of ice-shorn topography that cannot fail to excite the most critical palate. Never falling below 2000 feet, this splendid parade is best appreciated from the south. Coniston, a village which has somehow managed to retain its dignity under an onslaught of brash tourism, was formerly an ancient Norse king’s settlement. The scars of the once thriving copper industry are still present for all to see and only the upper fells remain free of man’s scourging hand.

Suggested Higher Level Route: The 10 miles (3350ft ascent) Coniston Horizon walk visits the summits of Wetherlam (2502ft), Black Sails(2443ft), Swirl How (2630ft), Great Carrs (2575ft), Brim Fell (2611ft) and Coniston Old Man (2633ft).

Suggested Lower Level Route: The 8 mile walk (with 1500ft ascent) begins by being dropped off below Tarn Howes and visits spectacular disused quarries at Hodge Close and waterfalls in Tilberthwaite , before journeying to Coniston via the Coniston Fells below Wetherlam. 

Alan Bradbury, Evelyn Brown, Rose Envy, Lyn Ford, Martin Hedley, Ken Johnson, Carol Lonsdale, Hedley Oliver, Graeme Page, Dek Parmley, Lisa Philliskirk, Kishor Raichura, Roger Smith, Sean Smith, John Tetlow, Ian Thomson & Ronnie Willison travelled on the minibus and after meeting up with Edyta Malik, Marcel Serafin, Marta Serafin & Mikolaj Serafin joined in with 400 fell runners for an ascent of Weatherlam's steep slopes.