Helm Crag

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0:00:04 > 0:00:09Nestled in the far north-west of England, this is the Lake District...

0:00:10 > 0:00:12..a land defined by its natural beauty.

0:00:21 > 0:00:26Known to millions who love the Lakes was the late Alfred Wainwright,

0:00:26 > 0:00:33author, guide writer and talented artist, but above all, he was the greatest fell walker.

0:00:35 > 0:00:41Wainwright's guides have inspired generations of walkers to roam these glorious fells,

0:00:41 > 0:00:49and now, a century after his birth, it's my turn to go in search of the real Wainwright experience.

0:01:09 > 0:01:14From this steady flow of traffic on the A591, you get a clear view

0:01:14 > 0:01:18of one of Lakeland's most recognisable and famous spots.

0:01:18 > 0:01:25That is Helm Crag. Today I want to find out why this miniature fell made it into AW's top six summits,

0:01:25 > 0:01:29despite being the only peak that he never got to the very top of.

0:01:38 > 0:01:41Situated in the very heart of the Lake District,

0:01:41 > 0:01:47Helm Crag is one of the lowest summits in volume three of Wainwright's pictorial guides.

0:01:47 > 0:01:52It sits prominently at the end of a ridge which is easily reached from the village of Grasmere.

0:01:54 > 0:01:59It's the cluster of distinctive summit rocks that give Helm Crag its alternative name.

0:02:00 > 0:02:04"Generations of wagonette and motor-coach tourists

0:02:04 > 0:02:08"have been tutored to recognise its appearance in the Grasmere landscape.

0:02:08 > 0:02:15"It is the one feature of their Lakeland tour they hail at sight and in unison,

0:02:15 > 0:02:18"but the cry on their lips is not 'Helm Crag',

0:02:18 > 0:02:21"but 'the Lion and the Lamb'."

0:02:21 > 0:02:26From down here on the roadside, you can see exactly what Wainwright means.

0:02:26 > 0:02:29Helm Crag is a modest 1,328 feet.

0:02:29 > 0:02:32It's a walk that's known for being short and easy.

0:02:32 > 0:02:36In fact, Wainwright even says if it has a fault, it's that it's too short.

0:02:40 > 0:02:46My early-evening walk to Helm Crag begins in one of the Lake District's most popular villages - Grasmere.

0:02:48 > 0:02:53Home to the 18th-century poet William Wordsworth and his family,

0:02:53 > 0:02:55this place inspired 40 years of romantic poetry.

0:03:01 > 0:03:04The churchyard is today home to the Wordsworth family grave.

0:03:17 > 0:03:24Before I head off on my walk, I'm meeting Mark Richards, a local writer and broadcaster,

0:03:24 > 0:03:27who's also one of the few people who knew Alfred Wainwright personally.

0:03:27 > 0:03:29See, I'm a bit torn today

0:03:29 > 0:03:34because I'm not sure if I'm more excited about tackling Helm Crag or chatting to you

0:03:34 > 0:03:37because you are actually somebody who has walked with AW.

0:03:37 > 0:03:40You're rare these days, Mark - can't find many of you.

0:03:40 > 0:03:44How did you come to be introduced to AW in the first place?

0:03:44 > 0:03:45I was very fortunate.

0:03:45 > 0:03:50Back in the early '70s, I got a great passion for drawing - pen and ink drawing -

0:03:50 > 0:03:55and through a family connection, a family friend sent one of my drawings to him,

0:03:55 > 0:04:01and he was very encouraging, and over a period of... all through the '70s,

0:04:01 > 0:04:04I came and spent long weekends with him and his wife Betty.

0:04:04 > 0:04:08It was clear that he was an enigma within the walking world,

0:04:08 > 0:04:15and it was very much a small world at the time because he hadn't been exposed to the media at all.

0:04:15 > 0:04:19Walking with him, side by side with Alfred Wainwright...

0:04:19 > 0:04:20how does that work?

0:04:20 > 0:04:28Certainly, you wait until he stops. Even in his more senior years, he had a marvellous stride.

0:04:28 > 0:04:36I remember going up Nine Standards Rigg, and we were repelled by drifts at Farady Gill

0:04:36 > 0:04:40and at moments of hiatus, moments like that, he would talk a little bit then.

0:04:40 > 0:04:42But you'd wait to be spoken to.

0:04:42 > 0:04:45- In sort of a way. - He'd sort of stop and then...- Talk.

0:04:45 > 0:04:47But I've always been a bit of an enthusiast.

0:04:47 > 0:04:50And I'd have chipped in, and he'd have responded.

0:04:50 > 0:04:53It was a shared passion. You're clutching a valuable book.

0:04:53 > 0:04:58Now, he gave this to you as a gift, because it was a gift to him, in turn.

0:04:58 > 0:05:02Yes, he did. When he left Blackburn, his colleagues

0:05:02 > 0:05:06at the Treasurer's office went down to the market, the street market,

0:05:06 > 0:05:10and picked this up, and it embodied so many of the details

0:05:10 > 0:05:15that later became part and parcel of what he was about.

0:05:15 > 0:05:19This comes from the time of... before the age of photography,

0:05:19 > 0:05:23when people went on grand tours of the Alps.

0:05:23 > 0:05:28There are wonderful drawings in here of the Matterhorn - the Matterhorn, there.

0:05:28 > 0:05:32When you just see that page, it screams Wainwright, doesn't it?

0:05:32 > 0:05:36- Clearly the inspiration - the shading, style...- Texture.

0:05:36 > 0:05:38Texture. And the little walk.

0:05:38 > 0:05:40And the integration of text and artwork.

0:05:40 > 0:05:43At the beginning, there is an amazing picture

0:05:43 > 0:05:50that looks like the Newlands Valley, but there's this Victorian traveller with his Swiss guide,

0:05:50 > 0:05:54and he's opening up a guidebook, a classic little wallet book,

0:05:54 > 0:05:56and it says, "Consulting Murray".

0:05:57 > 0:06:02You can see AW looking at this book and thinking, "Hmm...consulting Wainwright."

0:06:02 > 0:06:05We know Wainwright never made it to the summit of Helm Crag

0:06:05 > 0:06:09because he left a space, didn't he, ready to fill? But you have been.

0:06:09 > 0:06:10- You've made it.- I've made it.

0:06:10 > 0:06:14I learned my skills in mountain craft from my mountaineering club

0:06:14 > 0:06:16like a lot of people of my generation,

0:06:16 > 0:06:21but it is an interesting little climb, and it's something that you'll enjoy, I'm sure.

0:06:21 > 0:06:24Do you call the summit Helm Crag or the Lion and the Lamb?

0:06:24 > 0:06:29Helm Crag, because that's the name of the whole fell, and one tends to do that.

0:06:29 > 0:06:33You can't actually see the final summit from here, can you?

0:06:33 > 0:06:36It's just around the bend a bit.

0:06:36 > 0:06:40It's a sneaky one. This is the Grasmere Lion and the Lamb you're looking at.

0:06:40 > 0:06:43Wainwright would describe this as the official Lion and the Lamb,

0:06:43 > 0:06:47but to my mind, it's the... Howitzer's the real summit.

0:06:47 > 0:06:51The view you get from Dunmail Raise... It's an amazing place to be.

0:06:51 > 0:06:55- What more could you ask for? - Nothing at all. Mark, thank you. It's been a pleasure.

0:06:55 > 0:07:00- It's been a delight to see you. - Hold onto that book. - I will. Au revoir.- Au revoir.

0:07:01 > 0:07:05As I head off to begin my walk, let's take a look at the route.

0:07:14 > 0:07:18My walk begins in the heart of Grasmere village.

0:07:19 > 0:07:25The footpath takes me away from the tourist crowds and towards the western side of the fell.

0:07:25 > 0:07:29Here my route takes me across the National Trust estate at Allan Bank.

0:07:29 > 0:07:32I'll head along the tarmacked Easedale Road

0:07:32 > 0:07:36before heading into the woodland at the foot of Helm Crag.

0:07:37 > 0:07:42The engineered, rocky stairway snakes up the breast of the fell,

0:07:42 > 0:07:47passing by Lancrigg Crag, Jackdaw Crag and White Crag.

0:07:49 > 0:07:54From the path, there's a view across Easedale Beck to Easedale Tarn

0:07:54 > 0:07:58and the spectacular waterfall of Sour Milk Gill.

0:08:00 > 0:08:04But as my path hairpins to the right, I'll climb onto a ridge

0:08:04 > 0:08:07that gives me a view into the opposite valley,

0:08:07 > 0:08:11looking towards the pass of Dunmail Raise and the peak of Fairfield.

0:08:14 > 0:08:17Here, the final ascent leads to the summit ridge path.

0:08:17 > 0:08:22First, I'll approach the distinctive rocks of the Lion and the Lamb

0:08:22 > 0:08:27and then cross the boulder-strewn, craggy and desolate ridge top

0:08:27 > 0:08:33to reach the cannon-shaped barrel of rock, the Howitzer, which is the mountain's true top.

0:08:53 > 0:08:58Dove Cottage is Wordsworth's most famous home which now houses the Wordsworth Museum,

0:08:58 > 0:09:02but perhaps a lesser-known house is that one through the trees.

0:09:02 > 0:09:06That's Allan Bank, where he lived with his wife Mary, their five children

0:09:06 > 0:09:10and his poet friend Samuel Coleridge, between 1808 and 1811.

0:09:12 > 0:09:17In 1917, this impressive house was to have another important owner.

0:09:17 > 0:09:20It was purchased by Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley,

0:09:20 > 0:09:23co-founder of the National Trust, who retired here.

0:09:23 > 0:09:25When he died in 1920,

0:09:25 > 0:09:28he left the estate to the Trust, who still manage it today.

0:09:33 > 0:09:36I can see the summit, but first on this route,

0:09:36 > 0:09:41there's a fair bit of low-level walking to do before I reach the foot of the fell.

0:09:44 > 0:09:47In book three, there's a tiny diagram which shows Helm Crag

0:09:47 > 0:09:49in relation to Grasmere, and Wainwright says,

0:09:49 > 0:09:53"This is the smallest and most accurate map in the book."

0:09:53 > 0:09:57We know it's the smallest map in Wainwright's pictorial guides,

0:09:57 > 0:09:59and it's the smallest map I've seen.

0:09:59 > 0:10:01It's the size of a stamp!

0:10:11 > 0:10:14Ordinarily, this would be a pretty late start for a walk.

0:10:14 > 0:10:17However, in this case, Wainwright recommends it.

0:10:17 > 0:10:22"For the evening of the day of arrival in Grasmere on a walking holiday, it's just the thing...

0:10:22 > 0:10:26"an epitome of Lakeland concentrated in the space of two hours

0:10:26 > 0:10:30"and an excellent foretaste of happy days to come."

0:10:50 > 0:10:55Now, this way is towards Easedale Tarn and a spectacular waterfall, Sour Milk Gill.

0:10:55 > 0:10:58The thing about this walk is that it gives you access

0:10:58 > 0:11:03to so many beautiful spots that, at the height of the season, it can get really busy.

0:11:06 > 0:11:11A short detour from the route to Helm Crag takes you across the valley to Easedale Tarn

0:11:11 > 0:11:15from where you have a fine view back to Helm Crag's profile.

0:11:17 > 0:11:21The thing about a low-level walk like this is that you really get

0:11:21 > 0:11:25the time to just soak in the atmosphere and enjoy the magic.

0:11:54 > 0:11:58That house over there at the foot of Helm Crag is Lancrigg,

0:11:58 > 0:12:01where the Lakeland poets used to meet and socialise,

0:12:01 > 0:12:05and it's easy to see how their creative juices would have been set off by this.

0:12:08 > 0:12:14As Wainwright did with his guides, Wordsworth immortalised the beauty of the Lakes in his poetry.

0:12:14 > 0:12:17He was often seen wandering in this valley and surrounding fells,

0:12:17 > 0:12:20dictating his poetry to his sister Dorothy.

0:12:43 > 0:12:45It starts to get a bit interesting here

0:12:45 > 0:12:48in the canopy of trees - it blocks out all light.

0:12:57 > 0:12:59Helm Crag that way...

0:12:59 > 0:13:03last chance to visit Easedale Tarn, that way.

0:13:11 > 0:13:18The route to Helm Crag also features in Wainwright's 192-mile coast-to-coast walk,

0:13:18 > 0:13:24from St Bee's Head in the west, crossing three National Parks along the way,

0:13:24 > 0:13:26to Robin Hood's Bay in the east...

0:13:27 > 0:13:30..making this a well-trodden route.

0:13:36 > 0:13:37"This is one of the few hills

0:13:37 > 0:13:43"where ascent and descent by the same route is recommended.

0:13:43 > 0:13:47"An alternative route has nothing in its favour."

0:13:51 > 0:13:55Suddenly, it's not so gentle, but thankfully, somebody's put a handrail up.

0:14:02 > 0:14:05The footpath is slightly altered from the route in volume three,

0:14:05 > 0:14:09as this path has been pitched and repaired by the National Trust.

0:14:10 > 0:14:13Now, although it's unlikely you'll go astray,

0:14:13 > 0:14:19it's a good reminder that you should carry an Ordnance Survey map, as the guidebook is nearing 50 years old.

0:14:20 > 0:14:21SHE SIGHS

0:14:26 > 0:14:31When Wainwright started walking, of course, the OS maps were drawn to a much smaller scale,

0:14:31 > 0:14:32so the detail wouldn't be there.

0:14:32 > 0:14:35Helm Crag would have looked just like a little blob.

0:14:37 > 0:14:42The new scale of the OS maps doubled, liberating Wainwright's work.

0:14:44 > 0:14:45"They fascinated me.

0:14:45 > 0:14:52"The one-inch maps we had to be content with before suffered from an absence of detail.

0:14:52 > 0:14:55"They were magnificent maps,

0:14:55 > 0:14:59"magnificently drawn and magnificently accurate,

0:14:59 > 0:15:02"but on the rough country of Lakeland,

0:15:02 > 0:15:09"where summits and crags and tarns and streams were bewilderingly crowded in small compass,

0:15:09 > 0:15:14"and where the ground was so steeply sculptured that the contours almost touched,

0:15:14 > 0:15:19"there was simply not room on the one-inch maps to show every feature

0:15:19 > 0:15:22"that a walker would encounter on his travels."

0:15:34 > 0:15:37And that, winking at us over there,

0:15:39 > 0:15:41is Sour Milk Gill.

0:15:45 > 0:15:50Fed from the waters of Easedale Tarn is the spectacular waterfall Sour Milk Gill.

0:15:53 > 0:15:56It gets its name from its foaming waters,

0:15:56 > 0:15:59which resemble milk when it's being churned into butter.

0:16:19 > 0:16:27At just under 1,300 feet, and only a mile and a half in distance, this fell is deceptively steep.

0:16:28 > 0:16:31This is starting to feel like a more serious walk.

0:16:54 > 0:16:57What a splendid view of Grasmere!

0:17:04 > 0:17:06The lake is to the south of the village,

0:17:06 > 0:17:10and there are some beautiful gentle walks around the water.

0:17:10 > 0:17:13But if you fancy some of the tougher challenges the Lakes have to offer,

0:17:13 > 0:17:19Grasmere is perfectly situated to tackle Helvellyn, the Langdale Pikes and the Scafells.

0:17:24 > 0:17:31The 214 fells included in the series of pictorial guides are commonly known as the Wainwrights.

0:17:33 > 0:17:39These range in height from the diminutive 985 feet at Castle Crag

0:17:41 > 0:17:46to the towering 3,210 feet of Scafell Pike.

0:17:48 > 0:17:54Completing all the fells is a popular peak-bagging challenge.

0:17:54 > 0:17:57Jonathan Broad is among an elite group of youngsters

0:17:57 > 0:18:01who have bagged all 214 Wainwrights before their tenth birthday.

0:18:01 > 0:18:05- Good to meet you, how are you? - Fine.- Good, good.

0:18:05 > 0:18:06An extraordinary thing you've done to get through

0:18:06 > 0:18:09all of those fells before your tenth birthday.

0:18:09 > 0:18:12- Did you set out to do that? Is it what you wanted to do?- Yeah.

0:18:12 > 0:18:15How did you first come across a Wainwright book?

0:18:15 > 0:18:19Well, my dad sort of, like, asked me to do the Wainwrights,

0:18:19 > 0:18:24and then my mum started buying the Wainwright books for my dad, and then I started to look at them.

0:18:24 > 0:18:27Wow, I am so far behind you. You've done 214 of them.

0:18:27 > 0:18:30I've done just a handful.

0:18:30 > 0:18:31What are your favourites?

0:18:31 > 0:18:35- Helm Crag. - So, where we are right now?- Yeah.

0:18:35 > 0:18:38Why? Why do you love Helm Crag? It's a miniature fell.

0:18:38 > 0:18:42Well, I like the...like - looking from that road down there -

0:18:42 > 0:18:45looking at the Lion and the Lamb and climbing on top of it.

0:18:45 > 0:18:48What would you do next if you could do another one again and again?

0:18:48 > 0:18:52Which one would it be, that you really enjoyed the journey of?

0:18:53 > 0:18:54Probably this one, Helm Crag.

0:18:54 > 0:18:56- Really? This one again?- Yeah.

0:18:56 > 0:18:58How many fells have you walked in one day?

0:18:58 > 0:19:03- 12 at the most.- 12? Blimey!

0:19:03 > 0:19:06- That's a lot. - It was 18 miles as well.

0:19:06 > 0:19:09Phew! I don't know if I could keep up with you!

0:19:09 > 0:19:10HE GIGGLES

0:19:10 > 0:19:13Have you ever done any camping outside, bivouacking?

0:19:13 > 0:19:17Yeah. We had to do loads of fells, and we didn't think we could do them in time,

0:19:17 > 0:19:20so we just camped out at night and waited till morning

0:19:20 > 0:19:23and got up at, like, four in the morning to do them.

0:19:23 > 0:19:26You're a very dedicated fell walker.

0:19:28 > 0:19:31Can you remember a time when you started on a walk

0:19:31 > 0:19:34and it was a sunny day and it turned into a horrible, rainy day?

0:19:34 > 0:19:40Yeah, cos we started on this walk where we did three fells, and when we got to the, um...

0:19:40 > 0:19:44Well, it was sort of sunny at the start, and then when we got

0:19:44 > 0:19:49near the end at High Spire, it was really windy and wet and cold.

0:19:49 > 0:19:52- Were you prepared? Did you have everything you needed?- Yep.

0:19:52 > 0:19:59- What do you pack normally when you're going?- Well, a whistle, a map, a coat and...

0:19:59 > 0:20:01- food.- That's pretty good.

0:20:01 > 0:20:04So how long do you think you could survive on a fell for?

0:20:04 > 0:20:07Probably about two days, maybe.

0:20:07 > 0:20:09Blimey.

0:20:09 > 0:20:13Now, have you got any tips for me? Because you've done all 214 fells.

0:20:13 > 0:20:17I'm a long way behind you, so I've got quite a lot to learn, I think.

0:20:17 > 0:20:18Hmm. Well...

0:20:18 > 0:20:24really, you need to, like, have all your stuff ready for when it gets bad weather

0:20:24 > 0:20:26and just, like, keep going.

0:20:26 > 0:20:27So just keep going?

0:20:27 > 0:20:30Yeah, even if it's really bad weather,

0:20:30 > 0:20:35but I suppose if it's like thunder and lightning, then you should come back to be safe.

0:20:35 > 0:20:38So, what future plans have you got, Jonathan? What's next?

0:20:38 > 0:20:42- Well, my dad was talking about doing the Pennine Way...- Yeah.

0:20:42 > 0:20:45and we might do it in a few years,

0:20:45 > 0:20:51and once he actually talked about doing Kilimanjaro in Africa when I'm about 20.

0:20:51 > 0:20:53- So, a little wait to go.- Yeah.

0:20:53 > 0:20:55- Jonathan, thank you very much. - Thank you.

0:20:55 > 0:21:00- It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm going to make my way right to the top.- OK.

0:21:00 > 0:21:03See if we can do what Wainwright didn't do. See you!

0:21:03 > 0:21:04Bye, Julia!

0:21:15 > 0:21:20The final stretch to the summit gets a bit stonier underfoot,

0:21:20 > 0:21:22but that's always a good sign.

0:21:24 > 0:21:26It means you're nearly there.

0:21:27 > 0:21:30Wainwright said the hills are not death traps.

0:21:30 > 0:21:33You don't go on the hills to break your neck.

0:21:33 > 0:21:38You go on the hills to get away from places where other people can break your neck.

0:21:50 > 0:21:53And now you can see what Wainwright made such a fuss about.

0:22:24 > 0:22:29"The summit is altogether a rather weird and fantastic place.

0:22:34 > 0:22:40"Well worth not merely a visit, but a detailed and leisurely exploration."

0:23:02 > 0:23:08Well, this is the Lion and the Lamb, but from such close proximity, you actually can't make it out at all.

0:23:23 > 0:23:25There's the A591.

0:23:26 > 0:23:31And now I'm one of those little ants you can see from down there

0:23:31 > 0:23:33scuttling along the rocky profile.

0:23:36 > 0:23:40Although this is a short walk and a low fell by Lakeland standards,

0:23:40 > 0:23:43it does make it into Wainwright's top six summits,

0:23:43 > 0:23:48and when you look across that ridge towards the other pinnacle of rock,

0:23:48 > 0:23:49you can see why.

0:23:58 > 0:24:01"The ridge path is a joy to tread

0:24:01 > 0:24:05and leads majestically to the main summit outcrop...

0:24:05 > 0:24:11"a tilted, jagged mass of rock which will draw a camera from many a bag."

0:24:15 > 0:24:18There is an alternative easier path down to the left.

0:24:18 > 0:24:20That would be cheating!

0:24:20 > 0:24:24But this is a good path to obey Wainwright's golden rule of watching your feet.

0:24:24 > 0:24:26He describes it as "boulder strewn"

0:24:26 > 0:24:29and it's certainly a good route to twist an ankle.

0:24:42 > 0:24:45That jagged mass of rock on the north of the summit

0:24:45 > 0:24:49is known as the Howitzer, and that's really the mountain's true top.

0:25:00 > 0:25:07As I approach the Howitzer, the looming top looks to be about 30 feet above the path.

0:25:07 > 0:25:11And perhaps it's a trickier proposition than I first imagined.

0:25:19 > 0:25:24Now it's time to see for myself how difficult that final scramble up to the top really is,

0:25:24 > 0:25:27because, of course, AW never actually made it up there.

0:25:27 > 0:25:31Although, of course, he was considerably older than I am when he tried.

0:25:34 > 0:25:39"The virtues of Helm Crag have not been lauded enough.

0:25:39 > 0:25:43"It gives an exhilarating little climb, a brief essay

0:25:43 > 0:25:49"in real mountaineering, and in a region where all is beautiful,

0:25:49 > 0:25:51"it makes a notable contribution

0:25:51 > 0:25:55"to the natural charms and attractions of Grasmere."

0:26:03 > 0:26:06This is one of the very few summits in Lakeland

0:26:06 > 0:26:08reached only by climbing rocks.

0:26:08 > 0:26:12Wainwright described it as one of the very best.

0:26:21 > 0:26:27"In scenic values, the summits of many high mountains are a disappointment

0:26:27 > 0:26:33"after the long toil of ascent, yet here, on top of little Helm Crag,

0:26:33 > 0:26:35a midget of a mountain,

0:26:35 > 0:26:40"is a remarkable array of rocks, upstanding and fallen,

0:26:40 > 0:26:44"of singular interest and fascinating appearance,

0:26:44 > 0:26:50"that yield a quality of reward out of all proportion to the short and simple climb."

0:26:52 > 0:26:55"The uppermost inches of Scafell and Hellvellyn and Skiddaw

0:26:55 > 0:26:57"can show nothing like Helm Crag's

0:26:57 > 0:27:01"crown of shattered and petrified stone."

0:27:21 > 0:27:25The whole feel of this walk from Grasmere to Helm Crag's summit

0:27:25 > 0:27:28is completely different from my other walks.

0:27:28 > 0:27:35Here, the low-level journey to the foot of the fell makes a significant and enjoyable part of the route.

0:27:35 > 0:27:40The steep but relatively short hike up the fellside may deliver amazing views,

0:27:40 > 0:27:44but as Wainwright clearly realised, it's the rocky and desolate summit

0:27:44 > 0:27:47with its stark contrast to the valley below

0:27:47 > 0:27:51that delivers the walker the most inspiration and reward.

0:27:53 > 0:27:55Wainwright left a little corner

0:27:55 > 0:27:58in book three's Helm Crag section -

0:27:58 > 0:28:00"Reserved for an announcement

0:28:00 > 0:28:01"that the author had succeeded

0:28:01 > 0:28:04"in surmounting the highest point,"

0:28:04 > 0:28:06which, of course, he never did.

0:28:09 > 0:28:12Sitting in this evening light on the summit of Helm Crag,

0:28:12 > 0:28:16it's easy to see how this miniature fell winged its way

0:28:16 > 0:28:18into Wainwright's affections,

0:28:18 > 0:28:21and having struggled to the top of this pinnacle,

0:28:21 > 0:28:25I can tell you it's not as easy as it looks from down in Grasmere.

0:28:25 > 0:28:30I think we can forgive AW for not making it to the very, very top...

0:28:30 > 0:28:32a small fell with a tricky proposition.

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