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Walking with kids - some great resources

25th February 2025

Coming to High Winder Holiday Cottages with kids, or simply looking for some easier walks, two of the best resources I have found are https://thehikinghousehold.com/ and https://www.lakedistrictkids.com/ They can be found on their instagram feeds @thehikinghousehold and @thelittlesandthelakes respectively.Well worth a follow to see their walks and get yourself some ideas.

Cheat Code Wainwright Walking

21st January 2025

Cheat code Wainwright walking. Hiking up Latrigg, one of the smaller Wainwright fells at 368m, the hike from Keswick is a 6.5km hike climbing nearly 270m. Parking at the top of Gale Road it’s merely a 2km walk climbing just 90m. And for such little effort the views, even on not the brightest days, are stunning.

When winter comes it comes hard

7th January 2025

After last weekends 72 hour snowbomb hitting the Lake District hard, especially the Northern part. Some stunning snow pictures from High Winder Cottages and on Askham Fell. It was a tough walk from Askham at times wading through knee deep snow.

Winter is coming

19th November 2024

So not quite the snow blitz that was forecast for the county. But the high tops have got their hats on. Today the Helvellyn range could be seen white for the first time this year. You can track the conditions on Helvellyn by following The Fell Top Assessors.Each winter, usually from December to March, the Fell top assessors walk up Helvellyn to check conditions, take photos and supply a report...

Cloud Inversion Season

27th September 2024

It's the start of Cloud Inversion or Temperature Inversion season.Cloud inversions occur in still air when temperature increases with air height, and night mist and fog can get trapped in the cooler air lower down. This can cause some stunning cloud inversions, MWIS often report whether an inversion is likely, set your alarm clock and get ready to head up a hill early. Sometimes cloud...

22nd August 2022

What a view of Pooley Bridge from the fell behind High Winder.There is no doubt that when we get a lovely sunny day the sunsets are outstanding - and just a short walk.

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