Walk Reports/Photos

Newby Bridge to Rusland in the Snow December 2023

The extremely deep snow fall of the weekend before, rather put paid to our planned join walk with East Lancs who were somewhat snowed in up at Ghyll Head. But the walk was salvaged as three of us stuck grips on our shoes and tackled a respectable 12.7 miles from Newby Bridge over to Rusland and…

Kendal Limestone Way July - November 2023

The Kendal Limestone Way has been a lovely walk for us to enjoy during the summer and autumn of 2023. By making use of the local bus services we have been quiet easily able to create these four linear walks taking us from Skipton to Settle, then on to Ingleton via Ingleborough, then through to…

North Tyne River Walking Holiday - October 2023

A group of 17 of us made a weekend of it at Bellingham to walk from Deadwater, where the North Tyne river springs from the ground, all the way to Waters' Meet at Warden, near to Chesters on the Hadrian's Wall. We were blessed with excellent weather if a little chilly each morning and really…

Howgills Summits and Dales Way October 2023

Another day of "lucky with the weather" after lots of rainy days saw us out on the Howgills. Lakeland often has visitors from other groups, and once again we were joined by members from West Yorkshire, Cumbria and even Nick up from Heart of England group. It was lovely to enjoy these sweeping…

South Downs Way September 2023

A small group of Lakeland Members ventured south to tackle another National Trail - South Downs Way from Eastbourne to Winchester. We were very lucky with decent weather for almost the whole trip and enjoyed a late Indian summer. The route is a gentle walk, with plenty of opportunity to climb…

Four passes walk report - 5 August 2023

We met at 08:30 at Rosthwaite Institute. After some difficulty with the parking meter, the nine brave souls departed despite the adverse weather forecast. During the day we experience several showers but thankfully none were sustained, and the high wind predicted was not present. Visibility was…

England Coast Path on Walney Island - July 2023

On a day when the forecast was decidedly iffy, a determined group set out to walk the newly allocated section of England Coast Path around Walney Island close to Barrow in Furness. We were guided round by Stephen Dunstan, who is a good ornithologist so we learnt a little about the birds we can…

Newbiggin to Smardale June 2023

A sweltering day in the Smardale valley saw a little group of us smothered in suncream and wrapped up in sunhats plodding about trying to stay cool. We had a lovely day following a section of the Coast to Coast route, climbing up to Great Kinmond and then heading over to Smardale. Potts Valley…

Wolds Way May 2023

A small group of Lakeland Members heard about an opportunity to join a guided walking holiday with the Cranedale Centre, an outdoor education centre who are based at Kirkby Grindalythe, in the heart of the Wolds near Malton, North Yorkshire. This turned out to be very successful, with wonderful…

Wainwright Wanders Weekend from Threlkeld May 2023

This weekend enabled us to continue our wandering looping walk around the Lake District, picking up the Wainwright Fells on the way. The base was Threlkeld with the first walk visiting Blencathra, Mungrisedale Common, Bowscale Fell, Bannerdale Crags, Souther Fell, with then a brief respite into…

Trip to Arran - April 2023

In April with had the opportunity to rent a lovely cottage called Smugglers Den on the Island of Arran. We walked a combination of coastal and hill walks during the week as well as exploring the Island generally and celebrating Fred's Birthday. The coast path is not an easy, obvious holiday…

Deepdale Wainwright Wander April 2023

The first of our Wainwright Wander walks this year did not suggest promising weather but in the end a good day was had. These photos were actually taken on the recce walk when the weather was much brighter and Ian was ably assisted by Julie Collins checking out the planned route.

Yorkshire Heritage Way March 2023

A group trip was made to Yorkshire this March to walk between Bradford and Rippon Cathedrals on the Yorkshire Heritage Way. This route was devised by the Burley Bridge group who are fundraising to get a bridge over the Wharf to replace the rather flooded stepping stones which are no longer a safe…

Shap to Crosby Ravensworth February 2023

A dry day for us which was handy as this was a fairly high level route with exposure to the elements. Tom Sellers guided us up over the areas of Shap Fell before getting us to Crosby Ravensworth and back using some of the Coast to Coast paths. A nice day without too much climbing which is perfect…

Armathwaite Winter Walk January 2023

A small group braved the weather for a trip to Eden just after a couple of snowy days. We had snow on the ground but the roads were all good so after apprehensive journeys all was good. Thanks to Caroline Roy for leading this walk for us in her local area. We love the area with the beautiful…

Joint Walk with East Lancashire LDWA - December 2022

We were delighted to host a walk for East Lancs in December 2022 when they were enjoying their annual pre Christmas break up at Ghyll Head, above Windermere. We will be repeating this by walking together again in the summer of 2023 and in December 2023. Here are some pictures from our walk over…

AGM Grange - November 2022

Our AGM in November 2022 involved a walk from Lindale to Saskills hill and then the AGM was in the Cumbria Grand Hotel in Grange over Sands. Here are a few photos from the morning walk.

Comedy Way - What a Laugh October 2022

The Comedy Way - we needed a laugh so we chose this two day walk as a small project for the group in October 2022. The route is from Ulverston round to Morecambe via Grange over Sands, so can easily be divided into two days using the railways (if the trains behave - they didn't but the buses are…

Llangollen Round - October 2022

We were very lucky with some glorious sunshine after a rainy week - when we spent a weekend tackling the Llangollen Round. It's just 34 miles or so, but with roller coaster hills all the way round so it stretched our legs. Lovely accommodation and hospitality in general to be had in Llangollen and…

Staveley to Longsleddale July 2022

A rather damp day saw us walking from Staveley over to Longsleddale and back across the Staveley Head Moors. We had done this route before in the reverse direction, and thought it would be nice to give it a try this way round - and we can confirm it works either way. Brollies were needed in the…

Windermere Wanders Ambleside to Threlkeld June 2023

Our second walk in the Windermere Wanders Series was an epic 4 day trek from Ambleside to Threlkeld, via 36 Wainwright Hills. It was designed originally for a long weekend, but the Lake District lack of weekend accommodation in the honeypots along the way, forced us to change the plans to mid…

Windermere Wanders Windermere to Ambleside May 2022

May saw us tackling a group of 14 Wainwrights taking in a huge loop from Windermere Railway Station through to Ambleside. There are much quicker ways to travel between these two towns, but probably nothing ever could be so scenic (or exhausting). We had a brilliant day, thank goodness for the pub…

Lancashire Witches Way April 2022

Fred, Helen and Hazel kindly organised this three day trip for us, walking from darkest Lancashire near Barrowford through Clitheroe, Slaidburn and eventually Lancaster Prison. We managed to avoid being captured at the prison at the end. The history of these 'witches' makes an interesting read…

Melmerby Ridgeline April 2022

A sparkling, but chilly day saw us heading up from Melmerby to complete the ridgeline over Melmerby Fell, Fiend's Fell and Black Fell. It was certainly a day for many layers of clothing, mostly all kept on all day, but very invigorating and enjoyed by a large turnout. Snow still on the ground in…

Wet Sleddale and Swindale - January 2022

We got away with a January walk in this remote corner of East Cumbria, wrapped up warm and dry. A lovely route over rough moors with decent tracks takes you away from Wet Sleddale Reservoir, over the fell down into the lovely RSPB managed Swindale. Then we came back using tracks along part of the…

Dales High Way Part 3 July 2021

We continue to make our way along this lovely high level route of the Yorkshire Dales. Today we walked from Settle to Feizor, and then via Wharf over to the long climb up onto the summit of Ingleborough. We had perfect weather after the heatwaves of recent weeks - slightly cloudy and a cooler…

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