Archive for Lake District
Lake District Trails 1
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Experienced fellwalker and author Mark Richards gives an audio-visual guide to a three-day walking journey from the eastern edge of the Lakes to the Langdale valley…
Top 10 Walks: Lake District
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Despite their diminutive pocket-size, these two volumes certainly pack a lot of detail…
Royal rescue
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
It’s not often a real-life prince comes to your rescue, but that’s what happened to Angela Joyce when she slipped and struck her head fellwalking in the Lake District…
Share your views on three ‘new’ bridleways
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Three ‘new’ bridleways in the Lake District are a step closer to being established after a meeting in Kendal agreed to record the routes and put them out for a period of public consultation…
My Walk of Life: Colin Speakman
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
The Ramblers campaigner and author looks back at more than 50 years of pioneering rights for walkers in Yorkshire, but warns that public spending cuts could undo much of the good work
New Year, new trees
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Looking for a great way to volunteer this year? After the worst floods in living memory caused devastation across the Lake District a major riverbank tree planting scheme is underway – and volunteers are needed…
New access route to ‘secret’ valley
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
After 15 months of work Lake District volunteers have restored an old stock lane to give better access to one of the most undiscovered but stunning valleys in the national park…
A fell apart
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Eighty years ago, the legendary walking author Alfred Wainwright took his first trip to the Lakes and spent the rest of his life there. David Atkinson took a walk up Haystacks to find out why it was Wainwright’s favourite peak and chosen final resting place…
The other side of the Lake District
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Think of the Lake District and you probably think of rolling hills, rushing rivers, open countryside and, well, lakes. But a new leaflet aims to highlight an oft-forgotten part of this stunning area: its coastline…



