This lovely 8 mile walk is best done in early to mid-June when the Muker meadows, and to a lesser extent the Ivelet to Muker meadows, are full of wildflowers. Starting in Muker, find the path through the village which leads onto the meadows. It is not signed so be careful. Go through the delightful
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Scafell Pike from Wasdale, without the crowds. (Mostly.)
A glorious friday in early June, the last weekday of the Whitsun holidays. I wanted to see what Piers Gill was like, as my late mother told me once that she had been cajoled by my father to take me and my one older and one younger brothers (aged maybe 3 to 7) up the Pike, but went wrong in bad
Addition to the Sizergh wild Daffodil walk
Going north from near Helsington church onto the Barrows and down to the outskirts of Kendal makes a longer and more varied 8mile walk, than the parent walk of March 2018. As you ascend to the Church road from Park End Farm, aim diagonally for the gate seen at the north end. Cross a cattle grid
Hindleg Crack, Gouther Crag.
Early June in a dry heatwave, with a moderate easterly wind: surely the midges would be blown and glared off this usual midge trap? No. I was chosen to start with Kennel wall. Not ideal with a knee replacement with limited bend on one side, and an arthritic knee and now hip on the other. Oh, and
Sheffield Pike Addendum
We recently discovered a little gem descending the long and hard-on-the-feet descent of the Glenridding valley, the "cafe " at the YHA. So rather than calling at the Travellers rest then reascend to the track leading to the car pull off at GR387179, we found that a pint of Loweswater Gold each, a
Watendlath and Borrowdale circular
A suitable pre-Theatre by the Lake evening production, when the cloud level is low and you don't fancy walking with no views in the damp. It comes to just under 9 miles with 2100ft of ascent. From the Lodore Wood car park up the Watendlath road, take the road south till an obvious track leads off