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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24/10/24
• 20 Lake District Barns Rescued
Twenty historic barns across the Lake District are being saved thanks to more than £2.6 million from DEFRA and more than £55k from applicants.
Twenty historic barns across the Lake District are being saved thanks to more than £2.6 million from DEFRA and more than £55k from applicants. read more ... |
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16/10/24
• New Fell Top Assessors
New Fell Top Assessors have joined Lake District National Park ahead of winter season launch.
We've heard today from the Lake District National Park Authority that Paddy Cave and Jim Evans will join Zac Poulton as the trio hiking Helvellyn every day throughout winter, a service now in its 37th year. read more ... |
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11/10/24
• We've Closed our Twitter Account
We've finally closed our Twitter account. We should have done this a long time ago.
We finally closed our Twitter account this week. We should have done this a long time ago, we certainly did with our personal accounts, but the 5500+ followers for @WalkLakes kept us lingering. read more ... |
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01/08/24
• Searchdogs Open Day
The Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs are pleased to announce their annual Open Day on Sunday, 11th August.
The Lake District Mountain Rescue Search Dogs are pleased to announce their annual Open Day on Sunday, 11th August in Kirkstone Pass at the top car park oppositve the Inn. read more ... |
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10/09/23
• Hills Database Updated
We've just imported the latest version of the Database of British and Irish hills. This release adds four more hill lists, plus we've now got the "drop" of each summit recorded.
We've just imported the latest version of the Database of British and Irish hills. We were previously on version 17.4 and we're now on 18 which was released on 29th July. Our apologies that it's taken a while to get this release online but we've made some changes with this import. read more ... |
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07/11/22
• Hills Database Updated
We've just imported the latest version of the Database of British and Irish hills. There's a lot of changes, mostly minor, with tops moving and heights being more accurately measured.
We've just imported the latest version of the Database of British and Irish hills. We were previously on version 16.1 and we're now on 17.4 which was released on 14th July 2022. Our apologies that it's taken so long to get this release online but it was a big one. read more ... |
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