11.3km/7 miles/4-4.5.5 hours
Ascent 787m/2580ft
Vivienne Crow finds solitude in the shadow of fashionable giants
WASDALE isn’t all peak-baggers and well-trodden paths; it’s still possible to go off the beaten track in this spectacular Lakeland valley. A walk taking in Middle Fell and Seatallan – just 692 metres – might lack the allure of England’s highest mountains but it does bring tranquillity and a feeling of ‘escape’. Faint pathways also reveal sudden, jaw-dropping panoramic of those mighty neighbours, Sca Fell, Scafell
