10 miles, allow 5 hours with stops. There’s nothing more satisfying than walking around a Lake. Throw in spectacular views and frequent refreshment opportunities along the way and you get all the ingredients for a perfect day’s walking. The lakeside
Allow 2.5 hours approx 4 miles Castlerigg Stone Circle is a must see, neolithic 4,500 year old monument just outside Keswick. This is a lovely half day walk, but if you are short on time there is also road parking
3-4 miles, allow 1- 2 hours A stunning and varied walk combining lakeside paths, two bays, peaceful woodland and a panoramic viewpoint over Derwentwater and surrounding fells. Begin at ‘Keswick Theatre by the Lake’ car park. Head down to the
Our favourite land based spots for seal watching are Mutton Cove in Cornwall, Angel Bay in Wales and Ravenscar in Yorkshire. There are two types of seals found on the coasts of Britain. The large Atlantic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
Walk one; Windermere to Ambleside via Orrest Head and Troutbeck About 8 miles easy to moderate walking. The path to Orrest Head from Windermere is easy to find. It starts on the main A591 road just at the top of Windermere town
Tucked along the east shores of Coniston Water is Brantwood, the enchanting home and gardens of John Ruskin, leading Victorian naturalist, thinker, art historian and writer. Ruskin’s life (1819-1990) spanned the Victorian Era. His influence lived longer. He believed in
Outgate – Wray Castle – Latterbarrow -Hawshead circular walk. A seven mile circular walk taking in great views and woodlands west of Windermere. Take the path next the Outgate Arms. You soon pass though a gate. The path then veers
An easy waterside walk (around eight miles) through Elterwater & Chapel Stile following the River Brathay and the Great Langdale Beck.
Richard Langley describes an easy/moderate circular walk that follows the River Inver then loops back across the Assynt landscape back down into Lochinver. Around four hours. After a recommendation from someone at the Lochinver Book Shop, I decided to walk
Setting out from the An Cala Bunkhouse at Lochinver on a late March day, my intention was to complete a long yearned for trek across to the beach at Achmelvich.