WalkLakes Blog
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26/04/17
• More Improvements to our Mapping
Our programme of improving our mapping, which is used in our walk maps and other places, continues and we've put a new release on the site today.
Here at WalkLakes our programme of improving our mapping, which is used in our walk maps and other places, continues and we've put a new release on the site today. read more ... |
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20/04/17
• No Road Access to Tarn Hows Today
There is no road access to Tarn Hows today, Thursday 20th April, due to road resurfacing work. If you want to visit we have another option for you.
We saw this tweet from the National Trust on Twitter this morning: read more ... |
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09/03/17
• Numbering the Grid
We have improved the little maps we display for each walk step instruction.
When you are reading the instructions for one of our walks each walk step is accompanied by a little map showing you where you have to go. These maps are generated using our WayMaps map tiles, a "mash up" of GIS Open Data from a variety of sources. read more ... |
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01/09/16
• Walk and Skinny Dip in the Lake District?
Not for us but wild swimming and skinny dipping seems to be becoming increasingly popular. Here's a place you can go to do it.
In April the Lonely Planet web site named Blackmoss Pot, approximately two miles from Stonethwaite, as one of their top 10 places to go skinny dipping. You can find Blackmoss Pot in the Langstrath valley at OSGB NY267113. It has a waterfall at one end and is surrounded by steep rocks, which conceal swimmers from prying eyes on the nearby bridleway, making it ideal for a nude swim ... allegedly. read more ... |
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25/08/16
• Some Walks Out and Back Again
We generally try to find you walks which are circular so you're not walking the same way twice but sometimes it just makes sense to walk there and back.
Here at WalkLakes we generally try to find you walks which are circular so you're not walking the same way twice but sometimes it just makes sense to walk somewhere and then walk back. Here are some examples: read more ... |
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03/08/16
• Scout Scar
Paul looks at a walk up an unusual top in the southern Lake District.
As we explained in our last post, on Monday our national park got bigger bringing it closer to the M6 while the Yorkshire Dales National Park did the same thing from the other side. read more ... |
Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions.