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WalkLakes Blog
2024 | |||
| 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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| April | |||
| Herdy supports sheep safety this spring | |||
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| March | |||
| Piers Gill. Something has changed. | |||
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| February | |||
| Using our Mapping for Other Walks | |||
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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04/03/15
• An introduction to John Ruskin
Beth discovers Ruskin and his Lake District connections.
In the Lake District John Ruskin must be one of the regions most overlooked characters, unless you happen to work for the National Trust at Brantwood. In the Victorian era he was a public figure, a poet, leading art critic and notable artist with watercolours of mountains and nature as well as being seen as something of a revolutionary. He campaigned on social issues, attacked the excesses of industrialisation, and spoke up for the environment. 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.
Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions.