The Big Rounds

Acknowledgements

Map key

Overview map

Preface

Introduction

What are the Big Rounds?

Using this book

The book's approach

Mountaincraft and personal safety

When to go

Who to go with

Equipping for the Rounds

Environmental impact and leave no trace

Access and the right to roam - differences in law and in practice

The Bob Graham Round

Route guide

Leg 1 Keswick to Threlkeld

Leg 2 Threlkeld to Dunmail Raise

Leg 3 Dunmail Raise to Wasdale

Leg 4 Wasdale to Honister Pass

Leg 5 Honister Pass to Keswick

Practicalities

Getting there and around

Water

Suggested backpacker's itinerary

Alternative ways to complete the Bob Graham Round

Places to stay and resupply

Support for runners

Rules for runners

The history of the Round

A runner's story: Rob Bushby

The Paddy Buckley Round

Route guide

Leg 1 Capel Curig to Nantmor

Leg 2 Nantmor to Pont Cae'r Gors

Leg 3 Pont Cae'r Gors to Llanberis

Leg 4 Llanberis to Ogwen YHA

Leg 5 Ogwen to Capel Curig

Practicalities

Getting there and around

Water

Suggested backpacker's itinerary

Alternative ways to complete the Paddy Buckley Round

Places to stay and resupply

Support for runners

Rules for runners

The history of the Round

A runner's story: Sue Walsh

The Charlie Ramsay Round

Route guide

Leg 1 Glen Nevis to Luibeilt via the Mamores

Leg 2 Luibeilt to Fersit - the valley section

Leg 3 Fersit to Glen Nevis YHA

Practicalities

Getting there and around

Water

Suggested backpacker's itinerary

Alternative ways to complete the Charlie Ramsay Round

Places to stay

Support for runners

Rules for runners

The history of the Round

A runner's story: Jasmin Paris

People of the Rounds

Paddy Buckley

Wendy Dodds

Charlie Ramsay

Nicky Spinks

Helene Whitaker

Jasmin Paris

Jim Mann

Mike Hartley

Keri Wallace

Appendix A: Hills and their heights

Appendix B: Distance and elevation at a glance

Appendix C: Firsts on the Rounds

Appendix D: Round extensions, and other eye-wateringly long challenges

Appendix E: Further reading and viewing