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2026

July  
Fell Top Weather  
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May  
It's Tick Time Again  
Problems Accessing our Site  

2025

December  
Two New Webcams  
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July  
A Couple of Walks Above Coniston  
A few Walks Near Grasmere  
Avoiding Needing Help  
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May  
Morecambe Bay Walk 2025  
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April  
It's Tick Time Again  
Think Before You Park  
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January  
Gauging Stations Update  
Hills Database Updated  
Top Ten Bagged Hills  

2024

December  
Bluesky joins Mastodon, Instagram and Facebook  
Christmas shopping  
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October  
20 Lake District Barns Rescued  
Doggy Rescue  
New Fell Top Assessors  
We've Closed our Twitter Account  
Kirkstone Pass closed  
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August  
Searchdogs Open Day  
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July  
A Busy Weekend  
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June  
Going camping? Make sure you're safe  
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• Dogs and the Lambing Season

The National park are urging dog owners to keep pets under close control as lambing season nears, and to clear up after them.

As more people have been exploring the Lake District recently during half term, they are being asked to ensure that dogs are kept under control as the lambing season gets under way.  read more ...


• Got an old GPS? It might stop working on 6th April

Older satnavs and such devices won't be able to use America's Global Positioning System properly after 6th April unless they've been suitably updated or designed to handle a looming epoch rollover.

We discovered this week via a posting on The Register that older GPSs, satnavs, and other such devices won't be able to use America's Global Positioning System properly after 6th April unless they've been suitably updated or designed to handle a rollover similar to the Y2K problem.  read more ...


• The Fell Top Assessors are Back

Decembers sees the start of the Lake District fell top assessors scheme.

The Lake District National Park's fell top assessors return this week just as snow has started to appear on the fells. This winter they will share even more top tips using #summitsafely to help walkers stay safe on the fells.  read more ...


• Glover Landscape Review

The Government's independent review of England's National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty is taking place now and your views are welcomed.

The Glover Landscape Review is the Government's independent review of England's National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to make your views known on the future of our National Parks and AONBs and how they are run so if you have views on this we would urge you to get involved and to feed in your own comments directly.  read more ...


• Blencathra Trig Detector Ring Appeal

The trig detector ring on Blencathra was been stolen. An appeal aims to replace it.

The Hallsfell Top on Blencathra is, or rather was, marked by a simple concrete ring, what the Ordnance Survey call a "trig detector ring", as opposed to the usual trig point. The concrete ring was a low concrete circle about 50cm in diameter, that actually sat on top of a buried block. Here's a photo we took of it a few years ago.  read more ...


• Can you remember the first shooting star you saw?

A guest post from Rachel Damms, Fundraising Officer with the Friends of the Lake District.