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Easedale tarn from Grasmere

Possibly the nicest day this year, and a long weekend meant we were determined to make it out into the countryside. We picked this as a nice gentle walk to start off the year, with estimates for our route ranging from 4 to 5 miles and not a huge ascent. Grasmere seemed quieter than normal with...

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Cut-short dash up Knott Rigg

A lovely walk up two new fells - Knott Rigg, then on up to Ard Crags was planned. The weather forecast was looking fine, so off we set.However the Lake District weather had other things in mind. Conditions weren't as good as expected when we arrived at the car park. The more we rose, the more the cl...

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Wander around Rydal

Our walking this year has been cut short by a mixture of logistics and knee injuries, but we were keen to get back to it, so when the opportunity presented itself we plumped for a quick wander around Rydal Water. We'd walked around Rydal water when the children were young, so we opted to head up to...

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Stroll around Tarn Hows

Weather permitting, the time between Christmas & New Year can be a great time to do some lovely gentle walking (in a feeble attempt to burn off some of those over-indulgent calories!). We managed to get out to Tarn Hows on the day after boxing day.While it's just a walk around a tarn, with no re...

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Exploring High Rigg

Located where we are, we quite often drive along the A66 from Penrith towards Keswick. Many a time, on our way elsewhere, we've commented that "that wrinkly-looking hill looks fun". High Rigg (as we now know it) undulates. In fact it may well be the thing that the word "undulates" was invented for....

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