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www.walklakes.co.uk Our aim at WalkLakes is to help you make the most of walking in the Lake District. We do that by searching out the best walks we can find from gentle to challenging and also by putting you in touch with other walkers.

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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 25/08/2026
Another #LakeDistrict dog rescue by MRT. This time it's Kendal MRT who stretchered an injured dog (and their uninjured owner😃) off the fell. www.itv.com/news/border/...
People, mainly in red outdoor gear, guide a stretcher sledge down the fell. A man lies on the stretcher and a large brown dog lies on the man.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 24/08/2026
A dog missing for nearly three weeks, has been rescued in the #LakeDistrict. Teddy went missing on the 2nd August after disappearing on Helvellyn. In Friday (21st August) volunteers were out searching for him, when they heard Teddy barking from Dry Gill. www.itv.com/news/border/...
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 24/08/2026
Someone lost his wedding ring on Saturday, probably between the top of Great Calva and down to the river Caldew. If anyone finds a gold wedding ring with an inscription in side Please let us know and we can put you in touch with them.
Map showing the area where it was probably lost between Great Calva and the River Caldew
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 12/08/2026
The Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel at Great Langdale now have a live streaming #LakeDistrict #webcam here www.odg.co.uk/webcam looking south over their car park towards Side Pike and Pike of Blisco. We've added it to our webcam page which you can find here www.walklakes.co.uk/webcams.html See less
Sample image from the webcam. Umbrellas over tables in the foreground, cars and vans beyond that and then a view over fields and trees to Lake District fells under a blue sky with light cloud.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 15/07/2026
We were reading the most recent reports from the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team and despite this now being the summer we noticed 3 recent incidents where walkers were caught out by the weather. You need to #BeAdventureSmart when walking on the #LakeDistrict fells. www.walklakes.co.uk/opus79705.html
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Fell Top Weather
Fell Top Weather. Recent reports from Wasdale MRT suggest that walkers aren't considering the likely weather on the high fells ...
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 27/12/2025
We have a webcams page where you can find links to over twenty webcams around the Lake District so you can check the weather right now. We've just added the webcam at Northern Lights Gallery which has a lovely view towards Catbells and Grisedale Pike. Start here www.walklakes.co.uk/webcams.html
View from the new webcam. Lovely clear blue sky with fells lit by sunlight in the distance and the rooftops of Keswick in the foreground.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 26/10/2025
John just completed his first round of Wainwrights and thanked us for our help by making a *very* generous donation to us via Ko-Fi. If our site helps you then you can do so too if you're so inclined. It helps us keep the web site going. Start at ko-fi.com/walklakes
Screenshot from our Ko-Fi page. It reads:

John Newsome bought a coffee: "Completed the 214 Wainwrights with much assistance from your website - so just want to say ‘thank you’."

We replied: "Wow! Well done John, and thank you for your very generous donation."
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 29/09/2025
Camera found in a scree slope by redditor coming down off Great Gable yesterday, looks knackered but SD card might be savable. www.reddit.com/r/LakeDistri...
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From the LakeDistrict community on Reddit: Found a camera in a scree slope coming down off Great Gable yesterday, looks knackered but SD card might be saveable
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 31/07/2025
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 30/07/2025
It's a dull and damp day in the #LakeDistrict today but don't forget you can always see how the weather is now on one of the many #webcams around the area. We have a page with links to many of them and here's a screen shot of the view from George Fisher right now. www.walklakes.co.uk/webcams.html
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 26/07/2025
Today we're looking at three of our #LakeDistrict walks starting in or near Grasmere village, rated by us as one, two and three "fells" in order of difficulty. www.walklakes.co.uk/opus79698.html
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A few Walks Near Grasmere
A few Walks Near Grasmere. Today we're looking at three of our walks starting in or near Grasmere village, rated by us as one, ...
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 09/07/2025
We've been struck by some reports from Wasdale MRT about recent rescues they've undertaken. We have some thoughts. www.walklakes.co.uk/opus79697.html #BeAdventureSmart in the #LakeDistrict
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Avoiding needing help
Avoiding needing help. We've been struck by some reports from Wasdale MRT about recent rescues they've undertaken. We have some ...
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 11/06/2025
Here's Jessie posing for a photo on Mellbreak North Top. You can visit it on our #LakeDistrict walk 'Mellbreak and Scale Force' www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_88.html
A golden retriever X collie wearing a backpack sits in the sun beside a small cairn on the grassy summit of a fell. More fells can be see in the distance. All under a blue sky with some small alto cumulus clouds.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 18/05/2025
Looking down on Rydal Water from the Coffin Road. This photograph is featured in 'Grasmere and Rydal Water' which is currently our third most popular #LakeDistrict walk. www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_76.html
A sunny day in the Lakes. In the foreground a mass of bracken, further back a few deciduous trees, and beyond them a lake with fells behind it. All under a blue sky with only a few clouds.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 18/05/2025
On Saturday, 16th August you can join the Friends of the Lake District on this unique sponsored walk across the tidal sands of Morecambe Bay to raise money to protect #LakeDistrict landscapes. www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/Event/mbw
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 27/04/2025
Today sees our last #LakeDistrict #trigpoint photo and it's Jessie, of course, sitting close beside the trig point on Skiddaw.
A golden brown collie X golden retriever sits on the base slab of a concrete trig point, There are lots of small stones on the ground and more fells in the distance. All under a clear blue sky.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 26/04/2025
#WasdaleMRT are holding a big event on Saturday, 10th May at their Longlands Rescue Base just outside Gosforth in the morning and up the valley at the Wasdale Head Inn for the afternoon activities and live music from local band Kickstart and special guests. Info at www.wmrt.org.uk/2025/03/come...
Poster about event - too much for alt text, follow link in post for details.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 25/04/2025
We are almost out of #LakeDistrict #trigpoint photos but here's the one on The Old Man of Coniston taken on another fairly sunny day. We've got lots of walks up or around the Old Man www.walklakes.co.uk/walks.html?s...
Traditional stone built trig point sits in the sun on fairly bare rocky ground close to an edge. More fells in the distance all under a fairly blue sky with some cloud.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 23/04/2025
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 23/04/2025
Here's the #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint on Seatallan on a clear but cold February day. Traditional stone construction again, so much nicer than concrete. You can visit on our walk "Middle Fell, Seatallan, Buckbarrow - a Greendale round" www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_144.html
Traditional stone construction trig point sits on rocky ground with a thin covering of snow under pretty clear blue sky with high cirrus.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 18/04/2025
Not sure why we stopped posting #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint but here's the one on Red Screes. Traditional stone construction and in good condition when we visited on a fine April day. You can visit on our walk 'Red Screes and Middle Dodd from Ambleside' www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_148.html
A traditional stone built trig point sits on a rocky fell top with many more fells in the distance. There's still a little snow on one of them. All under a sky with some cloud but the sun is breaking through.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 18/03/2025
It's been a couple of weeks since we posted #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint (cos Covid 😷) but here's the one on Place Fell. Traditional stone construction again and in good condition, with Ullswater beyond. Bit of a grey day when we visited.
A stone built trig point set on rocks sits on a fell under cloudy skies. In the distance a lake can be seen.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 02/03/2025
It's been a couple of weeks since we posted #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint but here's the one on Pillar. Traditional stone construction and in good condition when we visited on a fine September day. You can visit on our 'A Mosedale Horseshoe' walk www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_20.html
Stone built trig point stand on open fell top with lots of small stone around and some grass too. More fells can be seen in the haze in the distance.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 26/02/2025
Thank you to @kirstysnp.bsky.social for raising the issue of proportionality in relation to the implementation of the Online Safety Act in the debate at Westminster Hall today and especially her reference to "a hill walking forum that gets three posts a week" parliamentlive.tv/event/index/... #OSA
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 04/02/2025
This is a fairly routine #Wasdale MRT call out report but the team lead was Jess who was a Very Good Dog and we couldn't resist the photo. www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/co...
Jess (tri-colour collie from the look of it) lying down with their rescue harness on and looking intently into the distance
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 03/02/2025
A favourite #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint of ours is the one on Loughrigg Fell and our walk to it from Ambleside is currently our most popular download. www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_141.html
A stone built trig point sits on rocky ground. There is a dusting of snow around, both on the same fell and more distance fells and the sky is blue with some white clouds.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 29/01/2025
Today's #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint is the one on Loadpot Hill, one of Wainwright's Far Eastern Fells lying between Ullswater and Haweswater. Traditional stone again and looked like it had been grouted recently. (The red thing at the base is an orienteering marker for a race happening that day.)
Stone built trig point sits on bare ground but the rest of the fell top is grassy. An overcast day but some fells just visible in the distance. At the foot of the trig point is a plastic(?) triangle of red about a foot across.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 27/01/2025
Today's #LakeDistrict #TrigPoint is the one on Little Mell Fell and was in fine condition when we visited it on a sunny day, with Blencathra in the distance behind it. It's easy to access via a remarkably short and steep walk from the straightforward access point of The Hause.
Under a blue sky with little cloud a stone built trig point in good condition stands on a grassy mound with browner ground beyond across the fell top. A dog sits further away looking into the distance.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 25/01/2025
We have today written to our MP about the Online Safety Act 2023, its appalling and disproportionate implementation, and how it will affect our web site. www.walklakes.co.uk/forum/viewto... #OSA
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 22/01/2025
Today's #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint is the one on Ling Fell, which is located west of Bassenthwaite Lake and is one of two at the northern tip of Wainwright's North Western Fells (Sale Fell to the east being the other). It's traditional stone built and was in pretty good condition when we visited.
On a grassy fell stands a stone built trig point to the right and a ginger border collie X golden retriever in a harness sits to the left looking out over the fells.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 19/01/2025
For today's #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint we find ourselves on Lank Rigg, one of Wainwright's Western Fells, and this one is located south west of Ennerdale Water. Traditional stone built and was in very good condition when we visited.
Stone built trig point on grassy fell top with ginger border collie X lab wearing a harness resting beside it. More fells in the distance, all under fairly grey sky.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 17/01/2025
For today's #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint we have a more conventional concrete one, which are relatively rare in Lakeland where a lot of them are stone built. This is the one on High Street (Racecourse Hill).
Under a clear bluer sky a man in a blue shirt and shorts is poised by a concrete trig point on fairly rocky ground. Another man, also in a blue shirt stands over to the right looking out.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 13/01/2025
Today's #LakeDistrict #TrigPoint is on High Pike (the one in the Northern Fells, there are four in Lakeland) where there is also a fine stone bench. This is one of the very few Wainwrights on the #CumbriaWay You can read more about that well known Long Distance Path here www.walklakes.co.uk/cw/
A stone built trig point sits on rocky ground with a stone wall behind and a stone built bench in the foreground.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 12/01/2025
We have "water levels" layer in our GPS mapping app. We've updated the popups and we've also updated our list of English gauging stations which has increased our total from 1,901 to 2,437 and as part of that we have removed some which were no longer operating. www.walklakes.co.uk/opus79692.html
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Gauging Stations Update
Gauging Stations Update. We've been doing some work on the "water levels" layer in our mapping app.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 10/01/2025
Another day, another #LakeDistrict #TrigPoint and this one is a classic: the one on Helvellyn. This was taken on sunny day in March but there's still some snow on the ground. Catstye Cam is the near fell just to the right of centre.
Stone built trig point on rocky ground with snow on the ground beyond and lots of fells in the distance under a very blue sky.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 09/01/2025
Today's #LakeDistrict #TrigPoint in the one on Gummer's How, a fell above Windermere. Our walk 'A short sharp walk to Gummer's How' will take you up to it. www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_206.html
A stone built trig point concreted into the ground rock sits on a fell summit which is mainly grass other than the mound of rock on which the trig point sits. It's a grey day with poor visibility in the distance.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 08/01/2025
If you're wondering what the weather is like in the #LakeDistrict today then we have a fell top weather page here www.walklakes.co.uk/forecast.html which includes the Fell Top Assessors' report through the winter months.
Fell Top Assessors' report
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Herdy @herdyuk.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Walking in a Winter Wonderland 🐑❄️ #snow #sheep #winter #UKsnow #Cumbria #Herdy #LakeDistrict #herdwick
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Mike Prince @mplandscapes.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Elterwater from the old Norse which translates to Swan Lake #photography #landscapephotography #lakedistrict #woodland #authenticphotography #winter
A banks of reeds lit by a low yellow winter sun provides the foreground. The background is of snow covered winter mountains with a luminous sky.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 08/01/2025
Today's #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint is on Gowbarrow Fell with Great Meldrum and Ullswater in the background. Looks like the National Trust did some re-grouting when they added their plaque. Also a nice shot of Jessie who is much missed by us both. Our walk to it here www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_39.html
A trig point made of stones with a National Trust plaque on it sits atop a mainly grassy Lakeland fell with a few stone about. A ginger collie/golden retriever cross lies is having a rest in front of it. In the background you can just see a body of water among the fells.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 07/01/2025
Today's #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint is on Fellbarrow, a #Wainwright Western Fell south of Cockermouth. Another stone built on and at a bit of a tilt but still in reasonable condition. And of course we have a walk to get you there. 😁 www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_181.html
A grassy fell on a cloudy day with a stone built trig point left of centre and a wire fence right of centre.
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Borderseth & Cragrats @borderseth.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Herdwicks! #cumbria #lakedistrict #snowhour
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Andrew Locking @andrews-walks.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 06/01/2025
A group of men in their 20s who were "up to their waists in snow" were rescued from Scafell Pike on Sunday by #WasdaleMRT. They started the ascent at 4am, summited and then got lost coming down. An amber weather warning for snow was in force at the time. Sigh. feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/article...
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Lake District: Walkers rescued 'waist-deep' from snowy Scafell Pike
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Lakeland Days @lakelanddays.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Admiring the view of Hartsop Dodd and a glimpse of Brothers Water after a March visit to Brock Crags in the Far Eastern Fells #LakeDistrict #Wainwrights #Cumbria
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Steve Smith @steve72outdoors.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
‘Make good decisions’ – Lake District Fell Top Assessors urge people to stay safe cumbriacrack.com/2025/01/05/m...
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The Lake District's Fell Top Assessors have urged people to 'make good decisions' as temperatures drop in the county.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 05/01/2025
Today's #LakeDistrict #TrigPoint is the one on Crag Hill and here you see it on a sunny day in 2013 with Scotland visible it the far distance. There's a sad story to tell with this one, but that'll wait until tomorrow. www.walklakes.co.uk/photo/1490
Stone built trig point on rocky ground under a blue sky. The sea and hills beyond can be seen in the far distance.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 04/01/2025
Continuing to look at #LakeDistrict #TrigPoints here's the one at Clough Head on a very dreich day. Jessie's looking damp and grumpy. www.walklakes.co.uk/photo/1809
A very misty view with a trig point built of stones behind a pile of stones. A very damp ginger dog wearing a harness is to the right of the trig point and is looking at the camera.
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 03/01/2025
Wrynose Pass and Hardknott Pass are closed due to 'severely icy conditions'. www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2483182...
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Council close two notorious Lake District passes due to 'severely icy conditions'
Wrynose Pass and Hardknott Pass have felt the full effects of the cold spell and are CLOSED due to severely icy conditions
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WalkLakes @walklakes.co.uk · 03/01/2025
Continuing on our #LakeDistrict #TrigPoints theme this is the one on Black Fell taken on a rather overcast day. Traditional stone construction and the National Trust have added a plaque naming the fell. www.walklakes.co.uk/photo/1821
A stone built trig point with a National Trust plaque attached sits on rocky ground to the left of the photo. In the near distance is a dry stone wall with a ladder stile over it. The sun's not out and there's a lot of cumulus in the sky but odd bits of blue.
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