Whin Rigg | Illgill Head | Solo Hike | Slight Navigation Nightmare | Lake District

The final day of my solo trip was used to go up Whin Rigg and Illgill Head bringing my total to 7 wainwrights for my 2023 October trip. Whilst doing this circular walk it took me through Miterdale forest where I had a navigational nightmare due to my phone deleting the route and having no signal to load the map, meaning I had to resort to navigating with 1 half of a 1:50,000 paper map I'd printed off previously, I eventually made it back onto my route and safely back to the pub for a finish up drink.
On this walk I also gave Paddling in a wild body of water a go as it was recommend to me by someone also staying at the YHA to give it a go, whilst I wasn't brave enough to wild swim.... I did have a small play around up to my knees.
A cracking circular hike that incorporates 2 Wainwrights, a beautiful Tarn and the amazing Miterdale Forest I would recommend this to anybody that finds themselves in the area.
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This was recorded as part of my 2023 solo trip to the Lake District where I spent 5 days adventuring alone in Cumbria.
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[@siddoxd_9439]

Cool

[@unowhotravelchannel]

Thought we'd pop over and say hi, thanks for visiting our channel earlier! Wow, amazing hike bagging some Wainwrights, cool stuff! We had to touch all those cairns too, just to be sure! Cheers, Simon

[@rkcmc]

Cheers for coming over and checking out some of my content. I couldn't believe it at the top of Illgill Head how long it took me to find what I thought was the top, I'm still not sure which of those many cairns was actually the summit!