That sweet anticipation of planning and booking a new trip. As thoughts move towards summer, I’ve put together a little guide of my six go to books for planning your Lake District adventure. All of these books I own and have loved and used in various ways since moving to the Lake District two years […]
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A few days before Christmas 2019, sitting in Mathelidies cafe overlooking Helm Crag in Grasmere, I set out a vast series of exciting goals for the coming year ahead, goals which now seem whimsical such as visiting one new country, hiking the Cumbria Way, running a half marathon, dipping my toe into freelancing in social […]
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At this time of year, it’s oh so easy to just hop on to Amazon and make a quick, generic purchase for friends and loved ones and be done with it. But after a topsy turvy year, it’s not Amazon who are struggling, it’s small businesses run by passionate, creative individuals who take the time […]
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And then suddenly, it was autumn. The fells have faded from the rich green to coopers and golds, the swathes of bracken on the hillsides now reduced to crisp skeletons. Misty mornings spent kicking through the invariably wet autumn leaves, the trails I run now thick with mud. Last Friday, after abandoning plans to tackle […]
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Standing in the middle of Booths supermarket in Keswick, I wasn’t quite sure what to do next. Where to go, how to fill the time. Tears of panic trickling down my face. Outside, the rain continued to pour down in the early March gloom. I had two hours before my interview at the youth hostel. […]
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Standing in Crow Park, a short walk from Keswick, I can trace the outline of the fells and recall a vivid memory from many of the mountains which line the shores of Derwentwater and beyond. There’s the towering, imposing figure of Skiddaw, which I summited in an unexpected flurry of sleet the day after my […]
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This is the second part of my ‘Learning to run in the Lake District’ series – from 5k to my first 10k race at Kendal Mountain Festival You can read the first part of my journey on overcoming the stories we tell ourselves and my Couch to 5k journey here. We start on the 1st […]
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Tucked up in the far north west of England just below the Scottish borders, the Lake District is the jewel in the English National Parks crown. Easily accessible by car or a variety of public transport options, it is the perfect place for a short holiday or a stop a longer UK roadtrip. The two […]
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After leaving the Hawkshead valley only once during being on lockdown at the hostel, I was beginning to feel frustrated and restless. At the end of April I also sustained a knee injury from running which rendered my usual adventures to shuffles around the hostel grounds. I missed going to find a random tarn or […]
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