2024 | |||
March | |||
Piers Gill. Something has changed. | |||
February | |||
Using our Mapping for Other Walks | |||
2023 | |||
November | |||
Winter - Time to check your gear | |||
September | |||
Hills Database Updated | |||
August | |||
Being Prepared | |||
July | |||
Leave Only Pawprints | |||
June | |||
Mountain Rescue Box ransacked | |||
May | |||
A Happy Lake District Story | |||
April | |||
Lost in the Lakes | |||
Wasdale MRT Open Day | |||
No More Accommodation Adverts | |||
February | |||
The Perils of Relying on a Smartphone | |||
Hill Top Bagging | |||
January | |||
Challenging Paths | |||
Looking Forward to a New Year | |||
2022 | |||
December | |||
Email problems | |||
19/03/24
• Piers Gill. Something has changed.
A guest post by Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team about a sudden series of incidents at Piers Gill coming off Scafell Pike.
What follows is a guest post by the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team who are asking that this message be shared far and wide so please do share and re-post. read more ... |
02/02/24
• Using our Mapping for Other Walks
Here at WalkLakes we have two obsessions: walking and mapping and here's an example of our mapping being used by other people to create great walks.
Here at WalkLakes we have two obsessions: walking and mapping. So as well as finding you the best Lake District walks we also illustrate them using our our mapping, which we call WayMaps, and you see that used both in our walks and our GPS Mapping app. read more ... |
16/11/23
• Winter - Time to check your gear
Time to wash, proof and otherwise prepare your existing winter gear; and new gear you might want to buy
With autumn upon us, the fells are going brown as flora and fauna prepare to sleep through the harshness of winter. This is a great time to be out on the fells, there's a quiet solitude awaiting those who do. Especially away from the popular areas you may go all day without seeing anyone else. read more ... |
10/09/23
• Hills Database Updated
We've just imported the latest version of the Database of British and Irish hills. This release adds four more hill lists, plus we've now got the "drop" of each summit recorded.
We've just imported the latest version of the Database of British and Irish hills. We were previously on version 17.4 and we're now on 18 which was released on 29th July. Our apologies that it's taken a while to get this release online but we've made some changes with this import. read more ... |
14/08/23
• Being Prepared
Poorly prepared walkers get themselves into all sort of trouble on Scafell Pike due to lack of planning and poor decision making.
We regularly get reports from the various Lake District Mountain Rescue Teams and, in particular, from Wasdale MRT who are one of the busiest and this one caught our eye today for lack of competence of the people being helped: read more ... |
05/07/23
• Leave Only Pawprints
As summer gets into full swing, you are being reminded to take all litter home with you to protect the landscape you love.
As summer gets into full swing, the Lake District National Park Authority is reminding visitors to take all litter home with them to protect the landscape they love. read more ... |