Gavel Fell, Blake Fell & Burnbank Fell

The Lake District isn’t too bad on a bank holiday, if you know where to go. Popular spots like Cat Bells, Grasmere and Ambleside are to be avoided at all costs, but heading up a…

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Stone Arthur, Great Rigg, Heron Pike and Nab Scar

It’s been just over a year since we did this walk – I just never got around to posting about it. With spring finally sprung though, now feels like the perfect time to look back…

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Haycock, Caw Fell, Lank Rigg, Crag Fell & Grike

We spent last weekend exploring the Lake District and bagging some more Wainwrights. I can hear what you’re thinking – we must be crazy to head to the Lake District over the Easter Bank Holiday…

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Troutbeck Tongue

When day tripping to the Lakes, it pays to have a Plan B (or even a Plan C) up your sleeve incase you can’t get parked at Plan A. This is a methodology we had…

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Barrow

I’ve said before that walking the Wainwrights is a great way to prompt yourself to explore fells which otherwise might not make it onto your radar: Low Fell and Fellbarrow, for example, make for a…

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