In reply to rtwilli4:
The best walk I did when I was there last October was up helvellyn. You even get a good bit of scrambling in.
This is from memory but if you look at a map it should make sense. It's also a fairly common walk so a Google might bring it up.
From Glenridding turn your back to the Lake and look up towards helvellyn / catsy cam. Start walking towards it on the right hand side of the stream, not the side with the shops, this takes you past the pub up the hill. Continue along this road until it becomes a track. You then go past a ymca centre then an old mine. Shortly after this you cross the stream on your left and follow the path up the hill. Catsy cam will be well in view by now, we made the mistake of thinking it was the top of helvellyn!
Follow the path up the hill until you get to red tarn. This is a fairly decent spot to have lunch and it's gives everyone who's come up the other way by striding edge a chance to get round. Now head up to the top of helvellyn via the ridge on your right, this is swirral edge and although I think it's only a grade 1 scramble it feels pretty serious, very long drops either side, no hard moves though. You can also pop over to catsy cam if you like.
Once you've enjoyed being at the top of helvellyn come down on the other side (left when you were looking up from red tarn). You can follow this ridge right along the top. This is striding edge and is great fun. You can scramble along the top or there's a footpath along the side.
Once at the end of striding edge make your way back down to Glenridding on the other side of the stream.
I was with some non walkers and with lots of breaks took about 6-7 hours. They loved it though