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2023

November  
Winter - Time to check your gear  
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September  
Hills Database Updated  
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August  
Being Prepared  
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July  
Leave Only Pawprints  
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June  
Mountain Rescue Box ransacked  
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May  
A Happy Lake District Story  
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April  
Lost in the Lakes  
Wasdale MRT Open Day  
No More Accommodation Adverts  
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February  
The Perils of Relying on a Smartphone  
Hill Top Bagging  
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January  
Challenging Paths  
Looking Forward to a New Year  

2022

December  
Email problems  
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November  
Hills Database Updated  
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October  
New Scafell Pike Walk  
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• Lost in the Lakes

The folk at Summersdale Publishers kindly sent us a copy of Lost in the Lakes, a new travel book by Tom Chesshyre which they thought might entertain us, and it did.

The folk at Summersdale Publishers kindly sent us a copy of Lost in the Lakes, a new travel book by Tom Chesshyre which they thought might entertain us, and it did.  read more ...


• Wasdale MRT Open Day

If you're in the south west Lakes area this Saturday then the Wasdale MRT are having a rescue base open day at their base just outside Gosforth.

If you're in the south west Lakes area this Saturday, 22nd April then the Wasdale MRT are having a rescue base open day at their base just outside Gosforth from 10am to 4pm.  read more ...


• No More Accommodation Adverts

Ever since we began our adventure with this web site we have relied on property adverts to cover some of the costs. We've decided it's time to drop that now.

Ever since we began our adventure with this web site we have relied on property adverts to cover some of the costs. So every walk page and every hill page has featured a banner somewhere in it showing properties near that location.  read more ...


• The Perils of Relying on a Smartphone

Wasdale MRT have highlighted a recent 24 hour rescue involving over 70 rescuers, 5 search dogs and 2 drones. The walker was relying on Google Maps to navigate ...

The Lake District mountain rescue teams rarely comment on the rescues they undertake but a recent 24 hour rescue lead by Wasdale MRT and involving over 70 rescuers, 5 search dogs and 2 drones has led them to comment in their report of the incident where the walker was relying on Google Maps to navigate.  read more ...


• Hill Top Bagging

We invite visitors to log any hill tops they "bag" and a surprising number do.

We invite visitors to log any tops they "bag" and a surprising number do.  read more ...


• Challenging Paths

Some paths on our maps and walks are challenging. How do we identify those?

There was an incident recently where Keswick MRT had to be called out after walkers got cragfast on a path on Barf and it made the news as they were using a hiking app that took them down the path.  read more ...



WalkLakes recognises that hill walking, or walking in the mountains, is an activity with a danger of personal injury or death.
Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions.