We had some great weather for our first event of the year. Snow on the summits, lovely winter sunshine and a great group of people. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the yoga, hiking, food and even the accomodation at Ambleside YHA came in for praise. On Saturday we were welcomed by some spectacular views across the lake […]
Yen has just completed her induction as a volunteer for Fix the Fells this weekend and can’t wait to get out there wielding a broom or spade! Volunteering as a lengthsmen involves keeping the paths clean and clearing drains helping avoid soil erosion and making the Lakeland fells more enjoyable for those who use them. […]
We have a lot of great weekend breaks planned in the Lake District, Scotland and longer trips in the Alps, Bulgaria and Nepal for 2015. So we will be holding a social evening and giving a short talk about the events in the Dining Room at The Old Bank of England Pub at 7pm on […]
We have had a fantastic couple of days at the Kendal Mountain Festival (KMF) so far seeing some great films, talks and shows. The KMF is the largest mountain festival of its kind in the UK and attracts a huge number of people, from professional climbers, to outdoor enthusiasts from all over the world. The […]
Yen has just spent the last few days in Wales honing her navigation skills with Plas Y Brenin (the national mountain training centre) in the hills and moors of Snowdonia. This is what she said about her experience: “Luckily the weather was extremely mild and stayed reasonably dry, except for the last but one day […]
There are always interesting places to visit and see in the lake district whatever the whether is like. So this morning, after heavy rain in the night and for most of the last couple of weeks to be honest, we decided to take a gentle walk up to Aira Force before the rain started again. […]
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 […]
