Hiking and walking
Main image: Haystacks, Lake District, 2015
Blog posts about hiking and walking
A wet and cold walk to a small Wainwright fell in January 2019.
A gentle autumn walk to wonderful views across Lorton Vale and Crummock Water.
A short break and brief drone flights above the farmland in the sunset near the highest point of the UK motorway network.
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.
Silver How and Lang How from Grasmere
A wet and cold walk to a small Wainwright fell in January 2019.
Low Fell from Thackthwaite
A gentle autumn walk to wonderful views across Lorton Vale and Crummock Water.
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.
Recent walk reports
Imposing mountains at Bannalp in August 2024
Around the eastern side of Grindelwald in March 2024
A couple of hours’ walk from home in February 2024
Hiking amongst glacial screes in September 2023
Interesting links
Scotland’s Best Wee Hills
Sometimes you don’t have the energy or time to slog your way up one of the great iconic giants of the Highlands. Some of Scotland’s best-loved hills are the smaller peaks, often more accessible, full of character and offering equally spectacular views. Here’s our pick of 16 of the best wee hills around the country… some widely famed and celebrated, others virtually unknown, but all under 600m high.
