Heron Pike
612m (2008ft)

The Eastern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Heron Pike

Martin Hartshorne walked up on September 12th, 2022 [with] finley [weather] Low cloud then sunshine to finish

Ian Ashton climbed on August 20th, 2022 [from/via/route] Failed Fairfield horseshoe [with] Stevie H [weather] Bad

Mr Davison bagged on November 18th, 2017 [from/via/route] Fairfiled horseshoe [with] Ian F, Ian F, Mike, Gary, Simon, Martyn, Andy [weather] sunny,

Christine Shepherd hiked during May, 2007 [from/via/route] Walked from Rydal using walk c247 Did this walk for the fifth time on 19.6.22 [with] Tony Sailes [weather] Fine but misty on Fairfield - Bagged this again on 30.9.07 with Miriam & on my own on 30.4.11 & 25.3.18

Shirley Philips has summited [from/via/route] Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside

John King conquered on June 18th, 2022 [from/via/route] A591/Alcock Tarn [weather] Clear & Dry

John Tippins scaled on June 18th, 2022 [from/via/route] From White Moss car park [with] With Cornelia [weather] Dry, sun/cloud, breezy & a bit chilly on exposed areas.

Tony Halliday walked up on May 28th, 2022 [from/via/route] Circular walk starting at rydal taking in nab scar heron pike rydal fell great rigg Fairfield hart crag dove crag high pike & low pike known as the fairfield circular or round [with] My boarder terrier jimmy boo and George also my wife sal [weather] The weather was warm start dry sunny no wind but cooler on the summit some clouds - A tough circular roughly 11 miles great views over rydal water & Windermere & surrounding fells a brutal start of 3.5 hours of climbing & equally as brutal 3.5 hours of going down ended with a nice couple of pints & the sun came out in all its glory in the beer garden

Geoff Hand climbed on December 15th, 2021 [from/via/route] Parked at Rydal & walked along Rydal Water & Grasmere Lake & into Grasmere. Walked across the fields to the Swan, went up by Michael's fold then straight upto Heron Pike. Very tough! wouldn't recommend it. Came back by Lord Crag to Rydal. A damp day with poor visibility but hey I was walking in the Lakes so all good! [with] Alone with Tess [weather] Drizzle & damp. Poor visibility.

Pete George bagged on November 12th, 2021 [from/via/route] Ambleside [with] Roco [weather] Sunny but wet underfoot

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