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,…
View PostThe 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…
View PostPlace Fell, Angletarn Pikes & Beda Fell
I don’t know about everyone else, but usually after a long drive, we like a few days to decompress and chill out at home. However, we got a surprise extra bank holiday last September a…
View PostKnott Rigg & Ard Crags
Setting out to bag all 214 Wainwrights has been a bit of a revelation. Without our checklist of fells, there are so many hills which we’d probably never have come across, including the summits of…
View PostLow Fell & Felbarrow
Low Fell and Felbarrow are the type of hills that could be easily overlooked if they weren’t Wainwrights, that most illustrious category of fell. Perched on the western fringes of the Lake District, these small…
View PostWhatever the Weather: a Week in the Western Lakes
We’re very lucky to live close enough to the Lakes to be able to hop across the A66 for day trips to Ambleside or Keswick every few weeks. But the truly wild and remote side…
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