WalkLakes Blog
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20/06/24
• Going camping? Make sure you're safe
When you're camping carbon monoxide (CO) is a gas that you can't see, hear or taste. But it can kill.
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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21/01/23
• 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 ... |
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07/07/22
• Look out for Ticks
We're now well into the tick season and last month scientists and Lyme disease charities said that milder recent winters had extended the UK's tick "season" to the point where they were becoming a year-round threat so it seems like a good time to remind you of the hazard of ticks when out walking.
We're now well into the tick season and last month scientists and Lyme disease charities said that milder recent winters had extended the UK's tick "season" to the point where they were becoming a year-round threat so it seems like a good time to remind you of the hazard of ticks when out walking. read more ... |
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12/10/21
• Busy and Tragic October Start for the Team
A guest post by Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team about the first two weeks of October which have been exceptionally busy with 12 incidents in the first nine days.
A guest post by Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team read more ... |
Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions.