A bizarre heat-wave hit us at the start of September and we couldn’t resist a 2 night 3 day camping trip in the hills. We headed north on a bus through the Lake District where we began an extremely steep hike, gaining about 500m elevation in less than a kilometre. We’d camped in the same…
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Day hikes, sunsets and wildlife in the Lake District
While we had big plans of camping throughout the summer the weather had other ideas with June through August being a soggy mess so instead we opted for day hikes during the dry spells. We managed to do a pretty good job of hiking in the good weather-windows and exploring a few new routes. On…
Two extremely different camping trips | Thunderstorms and crazy sunsets
Summer in the Lake District has looked a little different to what we were expecting, call us ignorant but 3 months of rain and wind was a bit of a shock. Our camping trips came to a grinding halt because it’s just miserable in bad weather, saying that we did a spontaneous trip for my…
Our first wild camping trip in the Lake District
To make the most of our days off in the Lake District we want to go wild camping as much as possible. So as soon as a nice weather window appeared we left work at 4pm on the dot, had a speedy shower and set off. We carried our heavy backpacks filled with tents, sleeping…
Mountain pass and idyllic camping | The Lake District
We opted to take the Honister Pass road to Buttermere Lake which turned out to be a beautiful winding road with steep mountains on either side of us. There were some lovely spots to park up and enjoy the view and one was so nice we decided to stay the night. We parked up right…
NON STOP TRAVELLING 