The Kentmere Horseshoe
Planning my next hike, I feel very drawn to the classic loop known as The Greater Kentmere Horseshoe. Stuart Marshall suggests adding Gray Crag and …
Walking The Wainwrights
Adventures walking and completing the 214 Wainwright fells of the Lake District.
Aircraft Crash Sites of the Lake District
Discover the tragic and fascinating aircraft crash sites of The Lake District. Aircraft Crash Sites in the lake district The lake district, with its striking …
Rydal Caves Walk
Here’s a great little walk to Rydal Caves, and around Rydal Water, with a couple of detours to some beautiful attractions along the way. After …
Rydal Caves and Caverns of the Lake District
The Lake District of rural Cumbria is famed for its sprawling mountains, rolling hills, and torrid nature but Rydal Caves and all of the caverns …
Coniston Coppermines
The Coniston Fells are a great adventure and there are plenty of attractions to keep you busy all day but what makes them so appealing …
Scafell Pike Corridor Route
Scafell Pike Corridor Route Climbing England’s highest mountain can be done a number of ways, but for me, the best is the Scafell Pike Corridor …
The Fairfield Horseshoe circular walk
The Fairfield Horseshoe One of the Lakeland walker’s favourite circular walks, the Fairfield Horseshoe really is a classic. Where you start, not getting lost on …
Yewbarrow and the Netherbeck Round, Wasdale
Yewbarrow and the Netherbeck Round Yewbarrow is an adventure all by itself. Making it the start of a two-day extended Netherbeck Round from Wasdale, makes …
The Coledale Horseshoe including Grisedale Pike
The Coledale Horseshoe is one of the classic Lake District walks. Including Grisedale Pike, leaving from the Braithwaite campsite, it’s a good long days hike. …
Walking the Wainwrights at Home
Miss the mountains? Staying at home? Climbing the Wainwrights is great exercise and good for the soul. How about walking the Wainwrights at home?
YHA Camping – Why Choose the YHA?
There are thousands of campsites in the UK in all locations, some good, some bad, some cheap, some expensive. So, why choose the YHA for your camping trip?
Best Route To Haystacks
There’s many a route to Haystacks in the Lake District. However, the most exciting, adventurous and possibly life-changing course, in my opinion, is along the …
Paul Tierney – Running The Wainwrights Record
Paul Tierney smashes Steve Birkinshaw’s record of running the Wainwrights, in the Lake District (set 5 years ago) by 7 hours!
Steve Birkinshaw on the Book, Wainwrights and CFS
Steve Birkinshaw’s Book, the Wainwrights and CFS If you are Walking The 214 Wainwrights, you may appreciate why fell runner, Steve Birkinshaw’s book was such …
Priest Hole Cave Wild Camp
Priest Hole Cave Wild Camp We thought it a good idea to go on a Winter adventure up into Dovedale in the Lake District’s Eastern …
The Ullswater Way
If you fancy getting away from busy Borrowdale for a quieter long distant walk around Ullswater this is for you! I took it leisurely on the 22 miles but still got a few Wainwrights in. Is it really as good a walk as they say it is though?
Haystacks – The Wainwright Summit
Why is Haystacks so special? What’s the best route up it? Why did Wainwright think is was so good that he requested his ashes to be scattered there at Innominate Tarn?
Sharp Edge Blencathra with Alan Hinkes
Sharp Edge Blencathra with Alan Hinkes After fitting the new summit stone, I go on an adventure down Sharp Edge Blencathra with Alan Hinkes, the …
Scafell Pike in Winter
Scafell Pike in Winter A week in Scotland seemed like a good idea. However, day two brings an imminent storm. The Lake District becomes a …
Wainwright Weekend Walk 2019
I’ve been out hiking in the Lakes literally hundreds of weekend now. The first time I headed up there without the whole family was to …