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After all the rain we have had recently it was a welcome change to get a break in the weather and a lovely sunset over Windermere. See more photos here: Windermere Sunset walk

We have been a little quiet the last few weeks as we have been busy planning, booking and writing up trips for next year. We have now finished the first round of this and are really excited at the variety of trips planned and are looking forward to a great year. These are just some […]

We are planning lots of exciting new walking breaks for next year, so we drove over to Langdale yesterday to have a look at the yurts on the National Trust campsite. It was a beautiful sunny Autumn day and the campsite was very quiet. Its in a Perfect location and the yurts were cosy, well […]

In September I lead a group from Cambridge university who were on a Bill Gates scholarship. They were staying at Ambleside YHA and wanted to split into two groups for a morning walk and then afternoon walk, so we arranged a fairly simple route, from the hostel up onto the top of Loughrigg fell and […]

We had a smaller than normal but very select group nonetheless, for our latest weekend walking break in Keswick, but were blessed with fantastic weather and did two great walks. On Saturday we took a stroll through Keswick to the lake shore to catch the boat across to Hawes End, then headed up Catbells and […]

Last weekend we had a fantastic group of people at Ambleside for a Yoga and walking break. The weather was fantastic and we had two great days walking from the hostel. On Saturday we headed out towards Loughrigg Tarn, then followed the river Brathay to Elterwater, before taking the path over the hillside and through […]

Following our trip around Mont Blanc, we packed up the car and headed south to the French border and the Pyrenees. I was due to do my IML (International Mountain Leader) assessment, but we had about a week before to do some travelling around and hike up some of the more interesting summits including Pic […]

Earlier in August, Yen and I embarked on our Tour De Mont Blanc reccy. We are going to run this as a trip next year, so wanted to do a scoot round and check the route and accommodation on the way. We had a great trip although the weather wasnt as kind as we hoped, […]

Those of you in more southern parts of the country will possibly have missed the torrential rain we had here in the lake district over the weekend. On Saturday the rain came down in biblical quantities and refused to budge at all until later in the afternoon, and then Sunday wasnt much better either. However, […]

I returned from Malawi on Sunday after an amazing 21 day trip. We had a few challenges along the way including a 14 hour delay at Lusaka on the way out, 4 bags which turned up 24 hours later and a few tummy upsets. But met some amazing people and had some great experiences during […]