Walks

4 February 2012: This walk takes us to the summit of the Old Man of Coniston from Coniston village, but avoids the standard tourist routes. Instead we go via Goat's Hause and Goat's Water, and return via Dow Crag, giving us two great summits on a single walk.

15 January 2011: This is a short walk that begins with a trip on the Coniston ferry, before returning around the northern shore of the Coniston Water..

8 January 2011: This walk takes us to Latterbarrow, an excellent viewpoint for the northern part of the Windermere, starting from the pretty village of Hawkshead.

31 December 2011:This medium length walk from the Forestry Commission centre at Grizedale takes us out of the trees onto an area of unplanted moorland, before visiting Top o'Selside, a rare example of an unplanted fell in this area, and a great viewpoint.

20 November 2011: This delightful shorter walk takes us onto the low ridge of Muncaster Fell, at the entrance to Esk Dale.

23 October 2011: The circuit of Buttermere is one of the best low-level walks in the Lake District, and perhaps the best circuit of any of the lakes, combining some breathtaking mountain scenery with a comparatively short walk.

17 September 2011: Our next walk in the Peak District takes us into the less familiar upper reaches of the Dover Valley, above Hartington.

21 August 2011: This gentle medium length walk around Near and Far Sawrey visits one of the tourist 'honey traps' in the Lakes - Beatrice Potter's Hill Top, before heading off into an alternative Lake District of quiet roads and empty paths, all within a few miles of Windermere's crowds.

31 July 2011: Our third walk for 2011 is an ascent of Cat Bells from the side, avoiding the busy tourist path.

24 April 2011: After a longer gap than expected our second walk for 2011 takes us up Glaramara from Seatoller in the Borrowdale Valley.

9 January 2011: We start 2011 with our eleventh walk, a low level walk in Eskdale

22 August 2010: Walk ten takes us up Rannerdale Knotts, a great viewpoint on the edge of Crummock Water looking towards the Buttermere Valley.

11 July 2010: Walk nine takes us into Miterdale, a quiet valley in the western Lake District.

18 April 2010: Our eighth walk takes us up Brund Fell from Watendlath, an isolated side valley off Borrowdale.

5 December 2009: After a long gap we return with our seventh walk, in the Langdale Pikes.

14 September 2008: Sixth is a walk around Ladybower Reservoir in the Peak District.

12 July 2008: Walk five takes us through Whinlatter Forest

5 July 2008: Walk four is an ascent of Haystacks from Buttermere

17 September 2007: Our third walk takes us onto Kinder Scout from Edale

3 May 2007: Our second walk takes us up Lose Hill in the Peak District, starting from Castleton.

4 October: Today we add our first walk, a climb to the top of Cadair Berwyn, as well as an article on the Berwyn Mountains.