There are 253 Nuttalls in England and they are what can, by English standards, be described as mountains, named after John and Ann Nuttall who have visited and documented all of these peaks in their book “The Mountains of England and Wales: Vol 2 England”
The definition of an English Mountain is:-
"Any summit of 2000ft (610m) or more which rises above its surroundings on all sides by at least 50ft (15m)"
Simon Fell, near Ribblehead, was the first Nuttall I visited back in October 2008 without any idea of the various hill types.
In fact I only visited this because it was on the way to Ingleborough which I first saw earlier that year when I walked the Dales Way with my mate Dave Boother.
This one off visit to an arbitrary hill, which I did not actually reach on this visit because of bad weather, has ended up with me now visiting 168 Nuttalls with an overall objective of visiting the remaining 85 as quickly as possible, hopefully before the end of 2011 with my wife’s permission.
I have used an inspirational website http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/ to log each of my visits and learnt the definition and quantities of other hill types to anorak proportions.
Having taken hundreds of photos and written copious notes I have decided to document these walks as a photo diary of my personal challenge and objective to visit every 2000ft summit in England as a personal blog.
Because I have now only just begun to properly document these walks so long after starting this task I am some way behind, so will concentrate on the walks I have yet to do and catch up with earlier ones as I get the chance.
The intended audience is friends and family but is for anyone to enjoy that is so inclined. If you happen to be tempted to visit even one of the peaks - be careful, it can become an obsession. More importantly do not take these hills for granted. In clear dry weather they are beautiful but conditions can change in a matter of minutes into winter type conditions even in the summer. Don't be put of just properly plan and read up on precautions and skills required.
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. I INTEND TO DOCUMENT NEW WALKS STRAIGHT AWAY AND CATCH UP WITH PREVIOUS WALKS AS TIME (AND WIFE) PERMITS.
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