Andy, Tower Captain of St. James in Barrow had organised a New Year walk to blow away the cobwebs. Well, it was certainly windy enough, plus it was bitterly cold. On the plus side it was lovely and sunny. We all met at Askam beach car park for the wa…

We all meet in the School Ellis car park for Millom Rock Park at 8.15am. St. James Tower Captain, Andy, had planned a walk to include the Rock Park, a circuit of Millom Park and a detour to the high point of High Lowscales. Our walk was 7 miles and t…

Today the Barrow St. James bellringers met at Glen Mary NT car park at 8am, which is on the way to Skelwith Bridge from Coniston, in order to walk up to Tarn Hows via Tom Gill waterfall and then on to Black Crag, returning to the other side of Tarn H…

A couple of walks to Conishead Priory woods and beach, one in snow, and one to see the snowdrops. Always a good walk, naturally we had coffee and cake in the Manjushri Buddhist Centre cafe on both walks. Jo. …

I parked at Skelwith Bridge at 7.45am and walked to Elterwater, returning the same way, then on up to Loughrigg Tarn and Fell, again returning the same way. The walk was about 5 miles and took three and a half hours. Probably one of my favourite walk…

On Friday I left home shortly after 5.30am to drive to Wasdale Head. I arrived just after 7am. The sun was shining and there was no wind. It was going to be an excellent day for walking. I was going to do a solo walk up to Kirk Fell and back, nothing…

This is a walk that I had been wanting to do for some time, and as we would be spending a couple of nights in Glenridding, it seemed the ideal time to do it. Luckily the weather was excellent so we drove to Little Selkeld. As it was a week day in Jan…

We were staying for two nights at The Inn on the Lake in Glenridding for my birthday. Yesterday we had walked to Lacey’s Caves and Long Meg and Her Daughters stone circle in good weather, today there was low cloud so I would meet up with Brenda…

We used our season ticket again to see both the bluebells in Lily Bank Wood and the flowering Rhododendrons in the castle grounds. The weather was warm and still. There is very little text below, the photos speak for themselves. Always a good day out…

My son Tom was visiting this May Bank Holiday weekend and he fancied doing a walk. Bank Holiday Monday was the better weather, so we would make an early start and go somewhere quiet, never easy! I had wanted to walk to Stickle Pike from Ulpha Bridge…

On Friday morning I picked up Jo and Sue and we set off for Troutbeck, arriving just before 8am. We parked in the spaces below the trees on the road south of Troutbeck Church. I wanted to see the daffodil display so luckily our route took us through…

On Wednesday Sue and I drove to Overbeck NT car park on the shores of Wastwater to climb up Yewbarrow. This walk contains a scramble which should not be underestimated, but is easily doable in good conditions. We made a start at about 8.30am. The wal…