WalkLakes Blog
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07/11/17
• 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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14/04/17
• We've Improved Our Walk Maps
We have just release a major upgrade to our WayMaps tiles which, for example, adds relief shading.
We have just release a major upgrade to our WayMaps tiles and the supporting mapping application. To remind you the WayMaps tiles are used for: read more ... |
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06/04/17
• Displaying Your Walks in 3D
With some fanfare the Ordnance Survey announced this week that their subscription mapping application could now display walks in 3D ... on our web site you've been able to do that for a long time, for free.
With some fanfare the Ordnance Survey announced this week that their subscription mapping application could now display your walks in 3D ... with our web site you've been able to for ages, for free. Here's a screenshot of it in action: read more ... |
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31/03/17
• We've Improved Our Walk Profiles
We've upgraded all our walk profiles to make them clearer and easier to read.
If you use our site either to plan you own walks or to go on one of our walks then you will be aware of the walk "profiles" we generate. A profile is a graph of height versus distance along the walk (or track or route if you're using our GPS Mapping application) and it's useful for getting a feel for the sort of walk it is. Does it go up and down, or does it go up, and down a bit, and up some more. That sort of thing. read more ... |
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01/02/17
• On Tracks and Routes
People who buy the GPX routes of our walks are sometimes confused that the route appears to be shorter than the walk. Paul explains why.
People who buy the GPX routes of our walks are sometimes confused that the route appears to be shorter than the walk. To illustrate here's an example of an email we received today about our walk Nab Scar and Alcock Tarn. It said: read more ... |
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13/01/16
• Some Walks Near Grasmere
Three walks starting in or near Grasmere.
The small village of Grasmere located in the heart of the Lakes is an ideal base for walkers, with a wide variety of hills and surrounding countryside there is going to be something suitable for everyone. The lakes of the same name Grasmere, sometimes appended with Water or Lake to distinguish it from the village, lies just to the south. read more ... |
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