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The 1931 Tour Challenge
Saturday 7 May to Saturday 28 May 2011

Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Alfred Wainwright’s Walking Tour in the Lake District Whitsuntide 1931

The aim of this years challenge was to visit all the locations on Wainwright’s 1931 Tour of the Lake District, and, by doing so, walk the route in its entirety.

1931 Challenge Tour Gallery  
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Participants were invited to make donations to The Lake District Calvert Trust and UK tax payers were encouraged to enhance the donation by completing the GiftAid Declaration on the application form. There was a suggested minimum donation of £10.

THE 1931 TOUR CHALLENGE

No. WALK STAGES PARTICIPANT 1 Windermere to Garburn Pass Derek Cockell 2 Garburn Pass to High Street Roy Male 3 High Street to Patterdale Ian Prater 4 Patterdale to Sticks Pass David Scott 5 Sticks Pass to Scales Christopher Allen 6 Scales to Threlkeld Steve Pattemore 7 Keswick to Newlands Hause Phil Catterall 8 Newlands Hause to Buttermere Michael Lowe 9 Buttermere to Scarth Gap D & S Hainsworth 10 Scarth Gap to Beck Head Michael Elcock 11 Beck Head to Wasdale Head Rob Kane 12 Wasdale Head to Esk Hause Eric Robson 13 Esk Hause to Three Tarns Brian Rainford 14 Three Tarns to ODG, Langdale P. Callaway 15 ODG, Langdale to Head of Far Easedale Robin Oatridge 16 Head of Far Easedale to Grasmere Wainwright Society walk 17 Grasmere to Ambleside Don Morris         WALK LOCATIONS   Day 1   (Windermere - Station)   18 Orrest Head David Johnson 19 Dubbs Reservoir (Windermere Reservoir) Caroline Nichol 20 Applethwaite Quarry Caroline Nichol 21 Garburn Pass Nigel Marsden 22 YOKE Michael Cotterill 23 ILL BELL Leslie Ritchie 24 FROSWICK Nigel Marsden 25 THORNTHWAITE CRAG D. Howling 26 HIGH STREET Peter Cartwright 27 Straits of Riggindale John Burland 28 THE KNOTT Keith Walker 29 Satura Crag John Fairclough 30 Angle Tarn John Bewick 31 ANGLETARN PIKES John Burland 32 Boredale Hause Janet & Mike Eccleston   (Patterdale - Post Office)   Day 2 33 Grassthwaite Howe Derek Cockell 34 Hole-in-the-wall Nigel Marsden 35 Striding Edge Nigel Marsden 36 HELVELLYN Nigel Marsden 37 Helvellyn Lower Man Nigel Marsden 38 WHITE SIDE Dave Billington 39 RAISE Nigel Marsden 40 Sticks Pass Nigel Marsden 41 STYBARROW DODD William Smith 42 WATSON'S DODD Ray Bradshaw 43 GREAT DODD Martin Kirk 44 Calfhow Pike Kevin Whalley 45 CLOUGH HEAD Richard Daly 46 White Pike Martin Arnold 47 Mariel Bridge Steve Pattemore   (Wallthwaite)     (Scales - White Horse Inn)   48 Brunt Knott Steve Pattemore 49 Sharp Edge Jan Ostrowski 50 Atkinson Pike David Luckhurst 51 HALLSFELL TOP (BLENCATHRA) June & Bill Norris Green   (Threlkeld - Horse & Farrier Inn)     (Keswick - Moot Hall)   Day 3 52 CATBELLS Clive & Rosie Palmer 53 Hause Gate Peter Rigg 54 MAIDEN MOOR Judy Catterall 55 HIGH SPY (Eel Crags) Fred & Ann Morris 56 Dalehead Tarn Derek Cockell 57 DALE HEAD Sue & Alan Tune 58 HINDSCARTH Phillip Wickens 59 Littledale Edge Roger Bunyan 60 ROBINSON Geoffrey Fielding   (Newlands Hause)   61 KNOTT RIGG John Clark 62 ARD CRAGS Tony & Judy Clarkson 63 Sail Pass Hugh Templeman 64 SAIL David Wilson 65 EEL CRAG (Crag Hill) Sally Wilson 66 GRASMOOR Peter Dransfield 67 WANDOPE Hugh Templeman 68 Thirdgill Head Man Hugh Templeman 69 WHITELESS PIKE Hugh Templeman   (Buttermere - Bridge Hotel)   Day 4 70 The Saddle (Dodd) via Far Ruddy Beck Roger Bunyan 71 RED PIKE (B) GL Cummins  72 HIGH STILE Jenny Whalley 73 HIGH CRAG Roger Bunyan 74 Gamlin End Roger Bunyan 75 Seat Roger Bunyan 76 Scarth Gap Roger Bunyan 77 HAYSTACKS Roger Bunyan 78 Innominate Tarn Martin Tovey 79 Blackbeck Tarn Lindsay Shaw 80 BRANDRETH Lindsay Shaw 81 Gillercomb Head Lindsay Shaw 82 GREEN GABLE Jon Ray 83 Windy Gap Val Wilkinson 84 GREAT GABLE Tom Chapman 85 Beck Head Val Wilkinson 86 Kirkfell Tarn Val Wilkinson 87 KIRK FELL M Brennan 88 Black Sail Pass J & S McGuigan 89 Looking Stead J & S McGuigan 90 PILLAR Robert Kane 91 Pillar Rock Martin Roberts 92 Wind Gap (Windy Gap) J & S McGuigan 93 Black Crag J & S McGuigan 94 SCOAT FELL Jennifer Mcguigan 95 RED PIKE (W) Stephen Mcguigan 96 The Chair Andy Malcolm 97 Dore Head J & S McGuigan   (Wasdale Head Inn)   Day 5 98 Brown Tongue Andy Beck 99 Hollow Stones Tom Whitaker 100 Lingmell Col Frank Walton 101 SCAFELL PIKE Frank Walton 102 Mickledore (Mickledore Chasm) David P Johnson 103 Broadcrag Col Andy Beck 104 Broad Crag Andy Beck 105 GREAT END Jeff Coates 106 Calf Cove Andy Beck 107 Esk Hause Andy Beck 108 ESK PIKE Richard Wellham 109 Ore Gap Andy Beck 110 BOWFELL John Pulford 111 Three Tarns Tony Thompson 112 Shelter Crags Andy Beck 113 CRINKLE CRAGS Nick Collard 114 COLD PIKE DR Page 115 Red Tarn Steve Ward 116 PIKE O' BLISCO Lindsay Shaw 117 Blake Rigg Andy Beck   (Wall End)     (ODG, Langdale)   Day 6   (NDG, Langdale)   118 Dungeon Ghyll Force Graeme Chapman 119 Thorn Crag David & Heather Pitt 120 LOFT CRAG David & Heather Pitt 121 PIKE O' STICKLE R Purkiss 122 HARRISON STICKLE Phillip Callaway 123 PAVEY ARK Andy Lang   124 THUNACAR KNOTT Christine Hurford 125 SERGEANT MAN S Winterburn 126 HIGH RAISE David & Graham Hall 127 Greenup Edge Lyndon & Joyce Davies 128 Head of Far Easedale Lyndon & Joyce Davies 129 CALF CRAG John & Linda Wadsworth 130 GIBSON KNOTT Jack Townson 131 HELM CRAG Esther Phillips   (Grasmere - Moss Parrock) the green opposite Heaton Cooper studio   132 Red Bank Jeff Carlton 133 Loughrigg Terrace Peter Linney   (Pelter Bridge) By-road to Ambleside     (Ambleside - Information Centre) End of the walk     (Windermere Station by bus)       Walk statistics     Day 1: 14.84 miles 3974' of ascent     Day 2: 20.11 miles 6242' of ascent     Day 3: 18.96 miles 7299' of ascent     Day 4: 16.50 miles 8367' of ascent     Day 5: 13.69 miles 6371' of ascent     Day 6: 15.48 miles 4259' of ascent           Total length: 99.58 miles     Total ascent: 36,512'