(British, Irish) The pastime of walking in hilly countryside.
(British, Irish) The pastime of walking in hilly countryside.
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(British, Irish) A person who takes part in hillwalking.
(British) walking in the fells as a pastime or sport.
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
A British English term for someone who hikes across fells -- the open, elevated moorland of northern England, particularly the Lake District. Fellwalking is a distinct British outdoors tradition, closely associated with Alfred Wainwright's famous guidebooks. A fellwalker typically navigates unmarked or rough terrain rather than manicured trails, and the word carries connotations of rugged self-reliance and a certain stoic enjoyment of bad weather.