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View from the new webcam. Lovely clear blue sky with fells lit by sunlight in the distance and the rooftops of Keswick in the foreground.

We have a webcams page where you can find links to over twenty webcams around the Lake District so you can check the weather right now. We've just added the webcam at Northern Lights Gallery which has a lovely view towards Catbells and Grisedale Pike.

Start here www.walklakes.co.uk/webcams.html

Screenshot from our Ko-Fi page. It reads: John Newsome bought a coffee: "Completed the 214 Wainwrights with much assistance from your website - so just want to say ‘thank you’." We replied: "Wow! Well done John, and thank you for your very generous donation."

John just completed his first round of Wainwrights and thanked us for our help by making a *very* generous donation to us via Ko-Fi. If our site helps you then you can do so too if you're so inclined. It helps us keep the web site going.

Start at ko-fi.com/walklakes

Total distance of the walk, so top and back.

From the LakeDistrict community on Reddit: Found a camera in a scree slope coming down off Great Gable yesterday, looks knackered but SD card might be saveable Explore this post and more from the LakeDistrict community

Camera found in a scree slope by redditor coming down off Great Gable yesterday, looks knackered but SD card might be savable.

www.reddit.com/r/LakeDistri...

Apparently you can use your parent's credit card so we're now an adult. Bet that's happening a lot right now. Easy to borrow your parent's card and, as it's not charged, they'll never know. 😜

Age Assurance message from Bluesky: "The laws in your location require you to verify you're an adult before accessing certain features on Bluesky, like adult content and direct messaging."

WalkLakes was born in 2011 so we're 14 now. Looks like we won't be doing any direct messaging then ...

It's a dull and damp day in the #LakeDistrict today but don't forget you can always see how the weather is now on one of the many #webcams around the area. We have a page with links to many of them and here's a screen shot of the view from George Fisher right now.

www.walklakes.co.uk/webcams.html

A few Walks Near Grasmere A few Walks Near Grasmere. Today we're looking at three of our walks starting in or near Grasmere village, rated by us as one, ...

Today we're looking at three of our #LakeDistrict walks starting in or near Grasmere village, rated by us as one, two and three "fells" in order of difficulty.

www.walklakes.co.uk/opus79698.html

Avoiding needing help Avoiding needing help. We've been struck by some reports from Wasdale MRT about recent rescues they've undertaken. We have some ...

We've been struck by some reports from Wasdale MRT about recent rescues they've undertaken. We have some thoughts.

www.walklakes.co.uk/opus79697.html

#BeAdventureSmart in the #LakeDistrict

A golden retriever X collie wearing a backpack sits in the sun beside a small cairn on the grassy summit of a fell. More fells can be see in the distance. All under a blue sky with some small alto cumulus clouds.

Here's Jessie posing for a photo on Mellbreak North Top.

You can visit it on our #LakeDistrict walk 'Mellbreak and Scale Force'

www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_88.html

A sunny day in the Lakes. In the foreground a mass of bracken, further back a few deciduous trees, and beyond them a lake with fells behind it. All under a blue sky with only a few clouds.

Looking down on Rydal Water from the Coffin Road.

This photograph is featured in 'Grasmere and Rydal Water' which is currently our third most popular #LakeDistrict walk.

www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_76.html

On Saturday, 16th August you can join the Friends of the Lake District on this unique sponsored walk across the tidal sands of Morecambe Bay to raise money to protect #LakeDistrict landscapes.

www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk/Event/mbw

A golden brown collie X golden retriever sits on the base slab of a concrete trig point, There are lots of small stones on the ground and more fells in the distance. All under a clear blue sky.

Today sees our last #LakeDistrict #trigpoint photo and it's Jessie, of course, sitting close beside the trig point on Skiddaw.

Poster about event - too much for alt text, follow link in post for details.

#WasdaleMRT are holding a big event on Saturday, 10th May at their Longlands Rescue Base just outside Gosforth in the morning and up the valley at the Wasdale Head Inn for the afternoon activities and live music from local band Kickstart and special guests.

Info at www.wmrt.org.uk/2025/03/come...

Traditional stone built trig point sits in the sun on fairly bare rocky ground close to an edge. More fells in the distance all under a fairly blue sky with some cloud.

We are almost out of #LakeDistrict #trigpoint photos but here's the one on The Old Man of Coniston taken on another fairly sunny day.

We've got lots of walks up or around the Old Man
www.walklakes.co.uk/walks.html?s...

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• "Best website for lake district walks by far"

• "Such a fabulous website, super helpful and clear"

• "Thanks for this website! It's amazing!"

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Traditional stone construction trig point sits on rocky ground with a thin covering of snow under pretty clear blue sky with high cirrus.

Here's the #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint on Seatallan on a clear but cold February day. Traditional stone construction again, so much nicer than concrete.

You can visit on our walk "Middle Fell, Seatallan, Buckbarrow - a Greendale round"

www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_144.html

A traditional stone built trig point sits on a rocky fell top to the right of the photo with a small tarn to the left. There are many more fells in the distance. All under a sky with some cloud but the sun is breaking through.

Oooh, we've found another good photo of the #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint on Red Screes.

A traditional stone built trig point sits on a rocky fell top with many more fells in the distance. There's still a little snow on one of them. All under a sky with some cloud but the sun is breaking through.

Not sure why we stopped posting #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint but here's the one on Red Screes. Traditional stone construction and in good condition when we visited on a fine April day.

You can visit on our walk 'Red Screes and Middle Dodd from Ambleside'

www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_148.html

A stone built trig point set on rocks sits on a fell under cloudy skies. In the distance a lake can be seen.

It's been a couple of weeks since we posted #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint (cos Covid 😷) but here's the one on Place Fell. Traditional stone construction again and in good condition, with Ullswater beyond. Bit of a grey day when we visited.

Stone built trig point stand on open fell top with lots of small stone around and some grass too. More fells can be seen in the haze in the distance.

It's been a couple of weeks since we posted #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint but here's the one on Pillar. Traditional stone construction and in good condition when we visited on a fine September day.

You can visit on our 'A Mosedale Horseshoe' walk
www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_20.html

Parliamentlive.tv Westminster Hall

Thank you to @kirstysnp.bsky.social for raising the issue of proportionality in relation to the implementation of the Online Safety Act in the debate at Westminster Hall today and especially her reference to "a hill walking forum that gets three posts a week"

parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

#OSA

Jess (tri-colour collie from the look of it) lying down with their rescue harness on and looking intently into the distance

This is a fairly routine #Wasdale MRT call out report but the team lead was Jess who was a Very Good Dog and we couldn't resist the photo.

www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/co...

Trig point on popular Lake District summit repaired - The Keswick Reminder A Lake District trig point believed to have been wrecked by vandals has been rebuilt this week.

Yes, it was vandalised in Feb 2023 but repaired in May 2023 by staff from the Lowther Estates.

keswickreminder.co.uk/2023/05/26/t...

A stone built trig point sits on rocky ground. There is a dusting of snow around, both on the same fell and more distance fells and the sky is blue with some white clouds.

A favourite #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint of ours is the one on Loughrigg Fell and our walk to it from Ambleside is currently our most popular download.

www.walklakes.co.uk/walk_141.html

Stone built trig point sits on bare ground but the rest of the fell top is grassy. An overcast day but some fells just visible in the distance. At the foot of the trig point is a plastic(?) triangle of red about a foot across.

Today's #LakeDistrict #Trigpoint is the one on Loadpot Hill, one of Wainwright's Far Eastern Fells lying between Ullswater and Haweswater.

Traditional stone again and looked like it had been grouted recently.

(The red thing at the base is an orienteering marker for a race happening that day.)

Under a blue sky with little cloud a stone built trig point in good condition stands on a grassy mound with browner ground beyond across the fell top. A dog sits further away looking into the distance.

Today's #LakeDistrict #TrigPoint is the one on Little Mell Fell and was in fine condition when we visited it on a sunny day, with Blencathra in the distance behind it.

It's easy to access via a remarkably short and steep walk from the straightforward access point of The Hause.

Now installed, a couple of days late, on the back of my phone.

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We have today written to our MP about the Online Safety Act 2023, its appalling and disproportionate implementation, and how it will affect our web site.

www.walklakes.co.uk/forum/viewto...

#OSA