WalkLakes Blog
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| December | |||
| Christmas shopping | |||
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| October | |||
| 20 Lake District Barns Rescued | |||
| Doggy Rescue | |||
| New Fell Top Assessors | |||
| We've Closed our Twitter Account | |||
| Kirkstone Pass closed | |||
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| August | |||
| Searchdogs Open Day | |||
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| July | |||
| A Busy Weekend | |||
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| June | |||
| Going camping? Make sure you're safe | |||
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| April | |||
| Herdy supports sheep safety this spring | |||
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| March | |||
| Piers Gill. Something has changed. | |||
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| February | |||
| Using our Mapping for Other Walks | |||
2023 | |||
| November | |||
| Winter - Time to check your gear | |||
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| September | |||
| Hills Database Updated | |||
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| August | |||
| Being Prepared | |||
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| July | |||
| Leave Only Pawprints | |||
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20/10/21
• National Trust, Fords, Paths, and Toilets
We've recently put online a new release of our map tiles which are widely used on this site. This release includes a number of new features.
We've recently put online a new release of our map tiles which are widely used on this site and are also available in our GPS mapping app. We do new releases regularly, not least to pick up any changes in the data coming from OpenStreetMap and the latest updates from Ordnance Survey's OpenData programme. read more ... |
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12/10/21
• Busy and Tragic October Start for the Team
A guest post by Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team about the first two weeks of October which have been exceptionally busy with 12 incidents in the first nine days.
A guest post by Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team read more ... |
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17/07/21
• Buttermere shuttle bus from Cockermouth
There's a free shuttle bus running from Cockermouth to Buttermere from today until early September.
Starting today and running until 5th September the Lake District National Park Authority are running a free park and ride shuttle bus from Cockermouth to Buttermere. read more ... |
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03/05/21
• Camping in the Lake District
As we're coming out of lock down here's our guide to camping in the Lake District.
This was a real problem in the Lake District last summer as everyone wanted to come here and camp. So camp sites got full. In addition people were irresponsibly wild camping and leaving a mess behind including whole tents, bags, rubbish and ... sadly ... poo. read more ... |
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16/02/21
• Chris Lewis Support Fund
Chris Lewis of Patterdale MRT suffered life changing injuries while assisting some camping illegally on Red Screes. Could you consider making a donation to his support fund?
In the early hours of 6th February, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out to assist someone camping on Red Screes above Kirkstone Pass. read more ... |
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We are publishing this appeal from Cumbria's Mountain Rescue teams in full and we urge you to read it before venturing out into the fells.
[We are publishing this appeal from Cumbria's Mountain Rescue teams in full and we urge you to read it before venturing out into the fells.] read more ... |
Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions.