Written on 23/05/13 by Paul Oldham

One Hundred Lake District Walks

WalkLakes, a web site created to help walkers make the most of walking in the Lake District, is celebrating the publication of its 100th Lake District walk, a fairly strenuous 12.7km walk with 853m of ascent up to Crinkle Crags to the west of Langdale.

Started just over a year ago in January 2012 WalkLakes was created by Elizabeth and Paul Oldham. On the site they have an ever growing collection of walks researched and photographed by Elizabeth as she walks them with her trusted companion Jessie the collie/golden retriever cross by her side. Meanwhile her husband Paul, with Jessie's brother Jack for company, stays at home and looks after the web site.

Skelwith Bridge
Jessie above Skelwith Bridge

Elizabeth said "I've always loved hill walking and when I had the opportunity to start a new career I couldn't think of anything better to do than spend my time exploring the fells and as Paul was already a web site designer it seemed obvious to put the walks I was doing online".

Paul was keen to emphasis how easy he had made it for walkers to find a walk suitable for them. He said "we've spent a lot of time thinking about our search facilities and the different ways we can make our walks easy to choose from. So you can search for walks by area or by keyword, you can look for short walks, long walks, easy or technically challenging walks, and and see even if they're suitable for your dog".

On the site each walk is broken down into steps with photos and map for each step as well as an overall map. And if you have a GPS you can even download a route into it so that the GPS can guide you around.

Other features on the site include a forum, lots of information about topics such as safe walking and forecasting, a mass of photos that Elizabeth has taken, and links to accommodation in the area.


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Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions.