King’s Howe & the Bowder Stone

After our luck with the weather when we climbed Helvellyn, the forecast took a bit of a nosedive the following day. With the weather set to veer between dry and raining, we decided to stick…

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The Pasture Beck Round

A few months ago, we set out on the Pasture Beck round from Hartsop. It’s a six and a half mile hike which can be done easily in a half day, and bags four Wainwrights:…

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Helvellyn – The Non-Scary Way

Helvellyn has been voted ‘Britain’s favourite walk’ by multiple different forums and is a popular target for many people visiting the Lake District: whether it’s their first visit or their fiftieth. England’s third highest summit,…

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Whinlatter Forest – Comb Beck Trail

Sometimes, I feel like our Wainwright bagging mission means that we miss out on some of the beautiful low level walks that the Lake District has to offer. However, after walking 20 miles in 2…

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The High Stile Ridge

Eagle eyed readers who’ve been following my blog for a few years might recognise the photo below from my blog 5 Undiscovered Lake District Walks. I’ve not actually recycled the photo: we visited the Lakes…

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