It was going to be a beautiful day and very hot, so I set off early to reach Patterdale car park for 7.30 am. I was hoping to do all the “up” before it got too hot. The plan was a 7.5 mile circular walk to include Angle Tarn Pikes, Angle…

After nearly a month of bronchitis over the run up to Christmas and New Year, and missing out on all those blue sky days and snow, I was determined to walk up a little hill. So I coughed and wheezed my way up to Wool Knott which overlooks Beacon Tarn…

I was meeting up with Sue, Andy, Jo and Cameron, bellringing friends, for a walk. They wanted a walk with some variety, so I chose a favourite walk up to Bigland Tarn and Bigland Barrow. They had never done this route before. A four mile, easy circul…

Today I was going to park in the lay-by at Oxen Fell High Cross, and walk up Black Fell via Hollin Bank and High Arnside. A route that I hadn’t done for years. The weather was perfect, so I would detour to Tarn Hows for a wander and return via…

Ged and I parked by the wall at Water Park on the east side of Coniston Water and walked back to High Nibthwaite and up to Brock Barrow and along the undulating heather covered tops to the Top o’Selside. Then we would continue on to Low Parkamo…

It had snowed overnight, so for my birthday walk I decided to drive to Torver, which is on the main road and gritted, to walk up to Dow Crag. The lay-by at Torver was full of forestry vehicles so I parked in the Village Hall car park, which was cover…

I fancied a walk in some snow so I drove to the NT car park at Honister, arriving at 9am and headed up the track that leads directly to the summit. It will take about an hour. My return route would detour to Yew Crag Quarries and Mines, an interestin…

I made an early start and parked on the roadside at Skelwith Bridge for 8am. I would walk beside the River Brathay to Elterwater and back, then head up to Loughrigg Tarn and on to Loughrigg Fell. Altogether about six miles. Another warm, clear Septem…

This is one of my favourite walks as Crag Fell provides such great views for minimal effort. This is a six mile walk which takes about four hours, provided that ample time is allowed for lunch and admiring the views. The walk starts from the lay-by j…

It was going to be another nice day and I was going on a morning walk with Hazel, who I know from the South Cumbria Brass Band. She had a lunch engagement to be back for, so we decided on Gummers How and a walk to the tarn. This would nicely fit into…

It was going to be a beautiful, clear, warm day so Sue and I decide to head for Great Langdale in order to walk up to Stickle Tarn and climb Pavey Ark via North Rake, then on to Sergeant Man, High Raise and Thunacar Knott, descending beside Dungeon G…

My son Tom and I drove to Stonethwaite, parking just past the school where there are a couple of areas for parking beside the wall. There is no parking beyond this. We started walking about 8.45am. We will do a circular walk up to Rosthwaite Fell sum…

It was sunny today, but very windy so I decided on a drive to Torver and a low level walk to a couple of tarns, Low Torver Common Reservoir and Kelly Hall Tarn. I parked in the lay-by opposite the Cumbria Way path. This walk is only a couple of miles…