WalkLakes Blog

Winter is a wonderful time to be on the fells. Quieter than the busy summer months, you can find yourself alone on even the most popular fells during the week. There's nothing quite like an early start on a crisp frosty morning to make the most of the short daylight hours.  read more ...

In the wake of Storm Callum last weekend we thought this was a good time to talk about how our web site can help you assess the weather conditions if you're visiting the Lakes.  read more ...

If you've ever visited Seathwaite to walk up Great Gable or Scafell Pike then you will already be aware that there are parking issues up there. Here's the view when the Google Streetview car visited in April 2010 and even on an overcast Spring day where it had clearly rained earlier almost all the available parking was in use.

For various reasons we've both always been particularly fond of Keswick and not just for the walking opportunities it offers. It's the most northerly of the Lake District towns and from there the A591 runs south through the other communities that make up the spine of Lakeland: Grasmere, Ambleside, and Windermere. It has a vibrant and interesting town centre with a wide variety of good shops with friendly staff selling everything from outdoor equipment to local food and it also has an excellent market on both Thursday and Saturday.  read more ...

Coniston is a busy little village sandwiched between the eastern crags of The Old Man of Coniston, one of the best known hills of the Lake District, and the shore of Coniston Water. There are a good number of shops in the centre where daily supplies, or forgotten kit, can be obtained.  read more ...

The Keswick to Threlkeld path along the old railway line was badly damaged in 2015 by Storm Desmond with two of the old railway bridges that crossed the River Greta being washed away, another bridge left at risk of collapse, and around 200 metres of the path surface disappeared into the floodwaters.  read more ...