Walks in the Lake DistrictLooking across Wast Water to Yewbarrow, Great Gable and LingmellI have been visiting the Lake District for many years now and I never tire of it. The Lake District is the most visited National Park in the United Kingdom which is not surprising because of its ...
Some of the best hiking trails in the Lake District allow you to ‘bag’ the Wainwright Fells. England’s highest mountain, Scafell Pike at 3,209 feet (978 m), is a strenuous walk that rewards your effort with staggering views, though every valley has its own fellwalking highlights. ...
The Cairngorms is a stirring landscape of towering trees, shimmering lochs and majestic wildlife. The area was designated as a national park in 2003, and later extended in 2010. It is our largest national park – almost twice the size of theLake District– and home to four of the five hig...
So if the walk is north of Sheffield and south of the Scottish border and is not to be found in the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales or North York Moors then it may be found here. And what superb areas there are such as the North Pennines, Eden Valley, Teesdale, Weardale, ...
Lake Okareka Walkway Created in 2002, Lake Okareka Walkway is a gentle 5.5km return walk around the small but perfectly formed Lake Okareka. At a relaxing pace, the walk should take around 90 minutes to complete. It's probably the best lake in Rotorua for bird watching with plenty of info...
At 912 square miles, the Lake District is the largest National Park in England and home to 214 fells, including England’s highest mountain, Scafell Pike. In winter, many of the most dramatic walks can be treacherous, but this one is good year-round and equally impressive. ...
Others found the post, in tens of thousands, and many wrote to me asking what I could do to help. Sadly, nothing, I was in regular touch with one of the leaders of the search but couldn’t take part myself. I’m not going to speculate here as to what went wrong for Dr Mosely,...
There are some waterfalls near the parking area that I’d never been to and they were seriously impressive and apparantly very popular with the canyoning fraternity (something I’ve had a lot of fun with in the past). It was a much brighter day than we thought it might be and the view...
I also lived in Cairns, in Queensland's far north, which has dense tropical rainforest. This really sparked off my love of bushwalking, beginning with trekking to pristine waterfalls, and swimming in fresh water creeks among the boulders and fresh-water crocodiles. “In Xiamen, I found a ...
s various woodland areas where you might run into rare wildlife, such as the red squirrel. Or take in the spacious panoramas from the trails that line the many lake shores, exploring nearby streams and gushing waterfalls. Such routes are deservedly popular, with dramatic mountain views that ...