The Lake District
The Lake District is a mountainous region of countryside in north-west England, to which I’ve been returning over and over again since the 1990s.
Lead photo: Crummock Water from Low Fell, 2024
The Wainwright Fells
214 of the fells (hills and mountains) in the English Lake District are described in Alfred Wainwright‘s seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. The books, featuring wonderful hand-drawn illustration and the authors’ own experiences of the many hiking routes, remain the definitive walkers’ guide to the region.
I’ve been visiting the Lake District since the 1990s and after taking up hiking in 2010, the Wainwrights have become my favourite destination; even trumping the wonderful and breath-taking routes I walk at home in the Swiss Alps.
Arnison Crag from Patterdale
The third of our slightly soggy hikes in the English Lake District in autumn 2022.
Latrigg from Applethwaite
An autumn ramble from our holiday rental to the top of the nearby Wainwright Fell above Keswick.
2020 Retrospective – The Wettest Walk
Of all the walks Jo and I have undertaken, the path to Haystacks in the English Lake District seems to be the most prone to failure. The attempt we made in 2020 was no exception, although a sudden change in the weather led us to an alternative success.
Scafell Pike from Wasdale
Oh, did I forget to mention? Jo and I walked up the biggest mountain in England in 2017.
