Newlands horseshoe
The Newlands horseshoe is a circular walk in the Lake District, incorporating the main peaks surrounding the Newlands Valley.
The regular horseshoe covers six peaks, and approximately of walking. It includes the fells Catbells, Maiden Moor, High Spy, Dale Head, Hindscarth and Robinson. The walk may be extended by another or so, and by four more peaks, by including an extra traverse from Knott Rigg to Causey Pike, but the Horseshoe proper – culminating in what Wainwright called “the deep trench confined by Maiden Moor and Hindscarth” – surrounds and encloses Upper Newlands itself.
Wainwright’s version
Wainwright himself favoured a slightly reduced round, beginning at Cat Bells but omitting Robinson in favour of a descent via Hindscarth and Scope End. Apart from the beauty of the track itself, the latter descent “earns full marks because of the lovely views of Newlands directly ahead”.