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WalkLakes Blog Archive
2021
January
An Appeal from Cumbria's Mountain Rescue teams
Lake District to feature on New Stamp
2020: a Mixed Year for Mountain Rescue
2020
December
New Visitors to Cumbria remain a Problem
The Fell Top Assessors are Back
October
Walking Near Cattle
July
Camping in the Lake District
Coronavirus News
June
The Keswick to Threlkeld Path Tunnel
Rydal Cave
May
A Plea from Patterdale MRT
Pooley Bridge Replacement
March
Meet Skye
February
Lochaber MRT on Monday's Rescue
January
Remembering Jessie 2005 - 2020
Why we don't use What 3 Words
2019
December
"In Our Hands"
The Fell Top Assessors are Back
October
Winter - Be Prepared
Controversy over Path Restoration
Buttermere Fell Care Day
Buttermere Bridge Reopens
September
'In Our Hands' Premiere
Red Squirrel Campaign 2019
Pooley Bridge Replacement
Remembering a Significant Event
August
Lake District For Sale, Again
Become a Fell Top Assessor
Change to the Cumbria Way
July
Great Landscapes Week 2019
Helsington Barrows and Scout Scar
Lake District volunteers lead the way
Expanding our National Park
Your Dog and Other Animals
June
Stepping up to the Bowder Stone
Yet Another Release of Mapping
May
New Release of our Map Tiles
Welcome to our new Web Site
April
Blencathra Trig Detector Ring Returns
February
Dogs and the Lambing Season
Got an old GPS? It might stop working on 6th April
2018
December
Winter - Time to check your gear
The Fell Top Assessors are Back
November
Glover Landscape Review
Blencathra Trig Detector Ring Appeal
October
Can you remember the first shooting star you saw?
Weather Watching
Duddon Fell Care Day
September
Thirlmere Fell Care Day
Tour of Britain hits Cumbria
August
Updating Heights
The problem with The Priest's Hole
Parking Problems at Seathwaite
A New Mountain in the Lake District
Hills Database Updated
New Release of Map Tiles Now Live
July
Beware Blue Green Algae
Great Cumbrian Landscapes
June
The Lake District: a victim of its own success?
In Praise of Keswick
May
Some Walks From Coniston
Windermere Ferry Closed
Look out for Ticks
April
GDPR is Approaching Fast
Help restore the Keswick to Threlkeld Path
Walking the High Fells
March
Retrospective Geotagging
February
New Tiles on our GPS Mapping Application
Thirlmere Zip Wire Application Withdrawn
Wild Camping in the Lake District
January
Britain's Favourite Walks: Top 100
More on the Thirlmere Zip Wires
Hills Database Updated
Winter Walking in the Fells
Getting in Trouble on the Fells
2017
December
Our Walks in 3-D
A Christmas Present
emergencySMS
November
The Thirlmere Zip Wires
More Improvements to our Mapping
Winter - Time to check your gear
October
More Improvements to our Mapping
September
New Gazetteer
New Path, New Crossing
August
Moving Time and Speed
Keeping Safe on the Fells
New Release of our Maps
July
Picnic in the Park
Lake District becomes a World Heritage Site
June
John Muir Trust to take care of Helvellyn
Improved Met Office Mountain Forecast
More Improvements to our Mapping App
Life of a Mountain: Blencathra
May
Classifying Hills
Scattering Ashes
Look out for Ticks
Phones and Tablets
April
More Improvements to our Mapping
No Road Access to Tarn Hows Today
Hills Database Updated
We've Improved Our Walk Maps
Stay Safe and Enjoy the Fells
Displaying Your Walks in 3D
March
We've Improved Our Walk Profiles
Merrell All Out Blaze Vent Gore-Tex Hiking Shoes review
Numbering the Grid
Stay Safe and Enjoy the Fells
February
On Tracks and Routes
2016
December
We've Upgraded Our Maps
The Fell Top Assessors are Back
November
Keswick After Storm Desmond
£4,000,000 Flood Recovery Cash Boost
Why Do Some Maps Appear Crooked?
October
National Map Reading Week
September
Hills Database Updated
Funding assured for MWIS
Concern for the future of MWIS forecasts
Do you need to worry about Magnetic Variation?
Walk and Skinny Dip in the Lake District?
August
Some Walks Out and Back Again
Scout Scar
July
Our National Park is getting bigger on Monday!
To and Around Some Tarns
Around Some Lakes
June
Going Up ... and Down
Rydal Cave
Cathedral Cavern
Death by GPS
April
Eighty Years of the Trig Point
emergencySMS
March
Update from the LDNPA
Pooley Bridge re-opens on Sunday
February
Cumbrian Dialect
We've Got The Latest Maps
Gear Review: Kendal Mint Cake
January
Some Walks Near Grasmere
2015
December
Progress on the A591?
Cumbria is Open
A Couple of Linear Walks
November
We've Made Our Site More Secure
Some Walks Near Coniston
We Will Remember Them
No More Banner Adverts
October
Winter - Time to check your gear
Our National Park is getting bigger!
Using Tulips
AKU Women's Rock Lite shoes review
September
New Videos from Ordnance Survey
August
SOS - swim on safe
We didn't intend to go further than Catbells
Completing Rounds
Some thoughts on the Cumbria Way
July
Cumbria Way
Yes, we are asking you to pay
Latrigg Revisited
What Other People Are Saying
June
Look out for Ticks
AKU Superalp GTX Ladies Boots
GPS and Elevation
May
Wainwright: A Love Letter to the Lakeland Fells
What is a GPX file?
Beneath Helvellyn's Shade
April
Changes to our Walks
New Three Peaks Partnership Web Site
Breathable, Waterproof Hard Shells
Wainwright: a love letter to the Lakeland fells
Páramo Ladies' Velez Adventure Smock
March
emergencySMS
Sale of Lake District National Park property
Review: Lake District High Level and Fell Walks
An introduction to John Ruskin
February
Why are Lake District Hills called "Fells"?
Magnetic North on the Move
Grandest Views: Models of Lakeland Exhibition
The Return of Ordnance Survey 1:50K
January
Head Torches and Batteries
Keswick Museum and Art Gallery
Review: Craghoppers Kiwi Winter Lined Trousers
Looking for Accommodation for your next Holiday?
The Living Mountain - Nan Shepherd
2014
December
Some Festive Winter Walks
Dollywaggon Pike Revisited
Cornices
Dollywaggon Pike
A Concise Description of the English Lakes
November
Reflections on a first Wainwright round
Retrospectively adding GPS EXIF data
New Fell Top Assessor Appointed
Personal Location Beacons
Winter - Time to check your gear
Keswick wins in "Be Dog Friendly" Awards
October
Hills Database Updated
Fell Top Assessor Needed
New Free MP3 Trails
September
Looking for Accommodation for your Next Holiday?
August
Helvellyn Summit Shelter in Peak Condition
Help Keep the Lakes Tidy
July
'Life of a Mountain: Scafell Pike' on Amazon
June
214 Wainwrights in Seven Days
May
WalkLakes T-Shirts Arrive
Fred Whitton Challenge
Race on to resolve Three Peaks parking challenge
National Walking Month 2014
April
Bank Holiday Walks to the Cathedral
Free Guided Walks Programme Begins
Why you need an alternative to your GPS
Easter Action Around the Lake District
March
Electricity from Wind, Sun and You
B5289 Borrowdale Road Re-Opens
Forest Walks Off Limits this Saturday
Bid to be a Fell Top Assessor for a Day
Lake District Webcams
February
Rydal Water Walk with NSPCC
B5289 Borrowdale Road Closed
Dog Control Plea
January
Lake District Walks up Loughrigg Fell
Route Planner Software with 1:50K OS Tiles
Getting to your Walk by Bus
2013
December
Improvements to Log Book
Some Gentle Winter Walks
Festive Fun Including Guided Walks
Fell Top Assessors Start Again
November
New Route Planner Software
Long Distance Paths Downgraded
Video on Dealing with Bad Weather
October
New Walk Ratings
Completing Wainwright's Northern Fells
Our Photo Gallery
Advice on Walking the Wasdale Screes
September
Plans for Hayeswater
Tour of Britain stage in Lake District
Hills Database Updated
Some more walks in The North Western Fells
Tour of Britain stage in Lake District
August
Entries open for The Great Lakeland 3Day™ 2014
Yet More Wasdale Walks
The North Western Fells
Tour of Britain stage in Lake District
July
Some More Wasdale Walks
Walking the Newlands Horseshoe
Grasmere Walks
Sheep Fleece Fix for Fell Paths
June
Two Walks up Scafell Pike
More Self-Catering Accommodation
Public inquiry into National Park Expansion Begins
May
One Hundred Lake District Walks
Making Sure You Can Navigate
Video on Dealing with Bad Weather
National Walking Month 2013
April
Keeping Dogs Under Control
Adobe/PDF versions of our walks
New Photo Gallery
Hills Database Updated
Keswick Railway Bridge Replaced
Free Guided Walks
March
Walk Section Maps
Why Not Help Fix The Fells?
Goodbye to Kissing Gates on Prime Paths
Two Walks to Walla Crag
Our Google Calendar for Lakeland Walking Events
Free Guided Walks
February
Some Walks from Ambleside
Forum Upgrade
Winter Conditions Advice From the Met Office
January
Public inquiry into National Park Expansion
Some Walks near Coniston
A Guide to Mountain and Moorland Birds
Patterdale MRT Remind Walkers to Take Right Kit
2012
December
Hills Database Updated
More Photos of Hills
Hill Weather Forecasts
Why are Lake District Hills called "Fells"?
Walks to Lake District Forces
November
Grizdale Forest Closures this Saturday
More Walks near Coniston
Height Profile on Walks
The Evolution of Ordnance Survey Mapping
Paths Secured for the Future
October
Walks from Hardknott and Wrynose Passes
Some Walks Out and Back Again
Early Closure Warning for Forest Users
September
Walk and Skinny Dip in the Lake District?
Lake District Walks Around Grasmere
Whinlatter Pass Road Blocked
August
Why not sign up with emergencySMS?
Gear Review: Kendal Mint Cake
Please Don't Over-Rely on Smart Phones
Book Review: "Grizzly Bears and Razor Clams"
Grizedale Red Kites
July
Tick warning issued by South Lakeland District Council
June
Lake District Walks Added
Flooding!
May
Uplands for Juniper Project
Honister Slate Mine Via Ferrata Extension
April
Lake District Walks Added
286 guided Lake District walks added to our calendar
Hold onto everything under a helicopter
Walk and Skinny Dip in the Lake District?
Rockfall near Mickledore
Easier photo loading
Six new Lake District walks to explore
March
Two new short Lake District walks
Fewer calls to Lake District Mountain Rescue in 2011
We've added some longer Lake District walks
More Lake District walks posted
SARDA Lakes Open Day
Extending the Lake District & Yorkshire Dales National Parks
February
External Links for Hills
Visit Cumbria's Tallest Tree
Second batch of Lake District walks posted
January
First Lake District walks posted
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