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Peace and quiet at Bowscale Tarn

9:10am Saturday 18th May 2013

This is the time of the year when walking in Cumbria is at its best.

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Splendid views from Low Rigg

9:00am Saturday 11th May 2013

Low Rigg, the lowly fell north of High Rigg, is not a Wainwright and, of course, does not feature in his Outlying Fells.

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Torver Commons and along the side of Coniston Water

8:00am Friday 26th April 2013

This is a glorious walk first over the National Park’s Torver Commons, then along the side of Coniston Water.

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A walk from Ulverston to Knottallow Tarn

1:00pm Friday 12th April 2013

This walk starts from the beginning of the Cumbria Way.

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Look ahead to see the magnificent Sourmilk Gill waterfall

8:30am Saturday 30th March 2013

This walk from Grasmere takes you into Far Easedale.

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A walk from Flookburgh

8:10am Friday 15th March 2013

Roads from Flookburgh’s square lead to the shore.

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In Search of Richard III at Middleham

9:10am Saturday 9th March 2013

I usually plan my walks well in advance, but very occasionally something turns up that I cannot resist.

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A walk from Torver

6:00pm Friday 1st March 2013

This is a great walk, which keeps below the snow line, at present, and gives you wonderful views of many of the higher and distant fells under deep snow.

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A walk from Ulverston's Dragley Beck

8:10am Friday 15th February 2013

Leave your vehicle in the Lakes Leisure swimming pool car park at Dragley Beck, Ulverston, grid ref 293775. If full, or there are several cars in the walking group, park tidily in West End Lane beside the centre.

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A walk around the head of Thirlmere

8:50am Friday 18th January 2013

THIS walk is full of interest.

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Around Harrop Tarn

8:10am Friday 11th January 2013

WALKING in the Lakes in winter is a mixed blessing.

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For your first walk of 2013 try a stroll along part of the Cumbria Coastal Way

11:10am Sunday 30th December 2012

This has been a difficult late autumn to find walks where the footpaths and pastures are not flooded or impassable because of deep mud.

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A walk from Tilberthwaite into Little Langdale

8:30am Saturday 22nd December 2012

This Christmas walk is mainly on tracks with one footpath through woodland.

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A delightful ramble around Birkrigg Common

7:00pm Thursday 6th December 2012

Much of this walk is a delight. There is more road walking than usual because several tracks that pass through the low-level pleasing countryside, keeping you away from traffic, are deep in mud and should be avoided until next summer.

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A walk from Great Urswick

6:20pm Thursday 22nd November 2012

Great and Little Urswick lie in a fertile valley at the foot of a fine ridge of limestone. Through the vale flows Tarn Beck, which issues from Urswick Tarn.

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A tranquil stroll in countryside surrounding Dalton-in-Furness.

8:00am Wednesday 7th November 2012

This is a pleasing four and a half mile walk through the quiet countryside.

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Alcock Tarn, Heron Pike, Great Rigg (almost) and Stone Arthur

9:10am Friday 12th October 2012

This fine circular walk is partly set within the better-known Fairfield Horseshoe.

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Walking in the Langdales

11:20am Thursday 20th September 2012

Choose a good day for this fairly challenging walk, one that takes you from the upper part of the Langdale valley into the fells but not quite to the tops of the really high fells.

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An autumn walk around Tilberthwaite and Little Langdale

9:36am Thursday 13th September 2012

I would describe this walk as a lovely autumn amble with lots of wildlife, wonderful scenery, fewer visitors than in the peak season and fairly easy walking

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Dry stone walling walk at Ambleside.

8:31am Thursday 6th September 2012

At the bottom of a letter received from the charity Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain are the words ‘Keeping walling alive – throughout Great Britain.’

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Dunnerdale provides tranquil walking

9:53am Thursday 23rd August 2012

A walk from the Furnace at Duddon Bridge to the Stone Circle.

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A delightful walk beside acres of sheep marsh and along sandy good beaches at Millom

5:32pm Wednesday 8th August 2012

Millom, overlooked by bulky Black Combe, stands on the sandy estuary of the River Duddon. In its heyday huge numbers of migrants came across the sands to work in the largest haematite iron ore mine in the world, much of which was smelted abroad. Ships for this were built at Millom and in the late 19th Century 1,500 sailed from Hodbarrow pier.

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Wet Sleddale is an underrated walk

12:38pm Friday 3rd August 2012

From Kendal continue on the M6 to Junction 39 and follow the signs for Shap and look out for a turning to the left indicating Wet Sleddale.

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Walk the River Leven

8:00am Friday 3rd August 2012

Park in the ‘Fishermans’ car park on the A590, grid ref 315816 (where there are toilets), close to Barrow End Rocks on the OS Explorer OL 7 map. This lies at the north-bound end of the short dual carriageway; therefore approaching from Kendal is easy. From Ulverston you will need to wind round the south end of the dual carriageway – at Greenodd. The River Leven is about eight miles long. It flows out of the southern end of Windermere and is fast flowing from Newby Bridge to Haverthwaite, where this racing water powered numerous industries in the Leven Valley. It then meanders on to Greenodd where it is joined by the River Crake before flowing out into the northern reaches of Morecambe Bay.

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Enjoy a walk around Ennerdale

9:00am Friday 27th July 2012

From the A5086 look for the signs for Ennerdale Bridge. From this little village look for signs to the lake at Croasdale. Ignore any turnings until you see a sign for Broadmoor and Bowness Knott car park, which is set on the lake.

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Harter Fell provides excellent walking

5:20pm Friday 20th July 2012

There are three Harter Fells in Cumbria, all providing excellent walking. This July ramble climbs to the summit of the Harter Fell that stands between and midway along the Duddon and Eskdale valleys – the loveliest Harter of them all in my view.

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Soak up the sun and smell the ozone on a coastal stroll around Hest Bank

8:00am Friday 13th July 2012

In the ‘summer’ of 2012 when I see sunshine I grab a dog a pack of sandwiches and move quickly. I was literally going to make ‘hiking’ when the sun shone!

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A glorious walk around shore at Askam-in Furness

5:40pm Friday 6th July 2012

This is a glorious level walk. It is essential to take the OS map with you and to read the tide tables carefully. The first part is nearly all on sand. The stroll through the dunes is a joy with sea holly and dune pansies beside the narrow paths. The return path is not nearly as clear as the map shows, but it is a very pleasant walk through pasture to Roanhead car park. Finally, you follow your outward route back to Askam.

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A lovely walk around Elterwater and Loughrigg Tarn

10:10am Friday 29th June 2012

If you enjoy mountain scenery from the low level of a lovely lake or a tarn then this is perfect. There is also the waterfall of Skelwith Force against the backdrop of the Langdale Pikes. Once again I was lucky with the weather and late May 2012 was a joy.

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Beacon Tarn from Woodland

9:40am Friday 22nd June 2012

Park on the north side of the small triangle of grass and bushes in Woodland, grid ref 245896. Tuck well up on the verge as the lane is narrow and is used by large tractors.

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