Coniston wainwrights , lake district

Complete this high-level circuit to bag five of the Lake District ’s Wainwrights – and finish with a well-deserved pint at the Kirkstile Inn.

High above GREAT LANGDALE is a hillwalking challenge just waiting to become a classic Lakeland round, with five Wainwrights in one epic walk.

This route presents a more interesting way to climb one of the Lake District ’s best-known mountains, taking in several superb peaks along the way.

Legend has it that Winnats got its name from the words ‘wind gates’. If you say it fast enough and imagine it coming from the mouth of an ancient Peakland shepherd shouting over a howling gale blowing

HAY STACKS, CUMBRIA, 597M

■Distance: 8 miles/12.8km ■ Time: 4 hours ■ Grade: Challenging