Feature · 20 Feb 2021
9 days fell walking in the Lake District
Lesley and Jonathan Williams walked the entire 9-stage route of Lesley's book, The Tour of the Lake District, which explores the very best of the Lake District’s valleys and fells
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Focus · 13 Feb 2021
Fells and lakes of the Lake District
The Lake District National Park is central to the county of Cumbria in north-west England. For outdoor activities there is a wide range of choice, from easy lakeside walks, walking routes on the high fells including the best-known tops of Scafell...
Video · 10 Feb 2021
Walking the Tour of the Lake District
The Tour of the Lake District is a nine-day walking route exploring many of the best fells and valleys of the Lake District National Park. The tour covers nearly 150km with high level options on five of the nine days, providing opportunities to...
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Podcast · 23 Dec 2020
#AskCicerone: The Tour of the Lake District vs. The Cumbria Way, and Cicerone's plans for 2021
In our first #AskCicerone episode, we discuss the Tour of the Lake District and the Cumbria Way with Marketing Director and guidebook author Lesley Williams, exploring the...
Feature · 19 Dec 2020
Office to author via a tour of the Lake District
In a reversal of her role, Cicerone marketing director Lesley Williams stepped out from behind her office desk and into the world of being an author for her guidebook, Tour of the...
Feature · 12 Aug 2019
The Big Rounds: the bridge to enchantment
David Lintern has written the first guide to Britain's 24-hour mountain challenges – The Big Rounds. It's a book about people and places and the magic that happens when they...
Feature · 3 Aug 2019
A day of synchronicity on one of the Big Rounds
David Lintern has written the first guide to Britain's 24-hour mountain challenges. It's a book about people and places and the magic that happens when they meet on equal terms...
Article · 8 Nov 2017
How NOT to walk the Cumbria Way
Natalie Simpson reflects on her first long-distance experience - a failed attempt on the Cumbria Way - and the lessons she has since learned.
Feature · 8 Feb 2016
Accommodation along the Cumbria Way
Walking the Cumbria Way route through the Lake District from Ulverston to Carlisle.
Feature · 14 Apr 2015
The Cumbria High Way
The delightful Cumbria Way through the idyllic English Lake District is well known and well loved. Here John Gillham explains the inspiration behind the alternative, rather more challenging, version included in his guidebook to this classic route.
Article · 5 Aug 2014
The Cumbria Way, and the highest YHA bunkhouse in England
A weekend backpacking trip on the Cumbria Way provided a great excuse to stay at Skiddaw House a remote, characterful old building that occupies an isolated position 470m (1540ft)...