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I completed this challenge between 4 April & 22 September 2011

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Click on the views below for more detail on summits climbed	Total		Summits climbed
			214
	March	Planning is well advanced and I will start this challenge on 4th April 2011 with a gentle ascent of High Hartsop Dodd. Most of my time is currently taken up with fundraising, it is proving to be hard work.	0
	April	Who said High Hartsop Dodd would be a gentle ascent. This first fell was a real test - cold, wet and very windy. Poor days have been out numbered by some excellent weather. Highlight - standing on Bonscale Pike above Ullswater on a glorious Sunday afternoon. Low point - Caudale Moor in thick mist. The last 17 days have strengthened my love of Lakeland and I look forward to returning in May and the challenge of Helvellyn etc.	46
	May	A long and tiring 3 weeks has seen the total reach 100. Weather has been mostly poor with high winds most days. Highlights include Helm Crag, Coniston Old Man & Illgill Head and sharing 8 days of walking with James Clower of MRDF. Low point must be the very soggy walk to Armboth Fell. However have enjoyed exploring many new fells. Now time to prepare for the big tops in the Southern Fells and hope for some better weather.	55
	June	Another long and tiring 3 weeks takes the total to 162. Weather for the last 8 days was excellent with brilliant high level views from Skiddaw, Blencathra and above Newlands & Buttermere. Prior to that it was alternate days of rain mist and weak sunshine. I saw nothing from Pike O'Blisco or Cold Pike and abandoned the climb to Crinkle Crags and Bow Fell. I was due to meet up with friend Russ but an injury sustained in Scandale kept him at home. Get well soon mate!	50
	July	During this recent trip I was guest of several generous and caring hosts and very much enjoyed sharing some time with them. Thanks to you all for your help and support. Now planning my assault on the remaining 52 summits, mainly in the Western Fells.	11
	August	Poor visibility and rain with only a few clear sunny days have made this a difficult session. However, the end is now in sight and I plan to complete The Wainwrights by mid September 2011.	28
	September	Hurricane Katia and lots of rain made this the most difficult session of the entire project. Even the long awaited reunion with Russ had to be abandoned due to Katia. Only 2 sunny days to remember, but what a day on Red Pike, Pillar & Kirk Fell, just magical. Pity about the lack of views from Gt Gable, Crinkle Crags & Bow Fell. More than a week late, I finally completed The Wainwrights on Haystacks on 22 September 2011.	24
	I feel very fit and have survived the physical effort very well. I also feel privileged and fulfilled to have spent so long in one of the most interesting and attractive areas of our wonderful country. One of Alfred Wainwright's famous quotations came when he first saw the Lake District from Orrest Head in 1930 - he wrote "God was in his heaven that day" and I certainly felt the same on those glorious sunny days. However, there were times when it was more a battle of survival against the wind, rain and hail than contemplating the wonders of the landscape, but that is partly the attraction of the Lake District. I am grateful to all my family and friends for their encouragement and support and especially to my wife Linda for her dedication to the project. We can now spend more time together as retirement approaches. Thanks also to the hundreds of people who have acknowledged me or stopped for a chat on the fells, we all share in the splendour that is The Lake District.		0
If you would like to support MRDF visit my fundraising page		Total	214
(Views of Lake District courtesy of Andrew Leaney www.leaney.org )			Last updated 4 December 2011