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The pubs of Ambleside

With the massive emphasis on supporting Lake District businesses in the wake of the terrible floods I thought I should do my bit and when I was up in Ambleside a few weeks ago and spread the love to as many Ambleside pubs as possible. Whilst there are a plethora of hostelries in one of

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A circuit of the Derwent and Howden reservoirs

Full album on Facebook 7.1.16 Waking with; Nathan Nathan has been a longstanding friend of Come walk with me as we met when we were both working towards our Mountain Leader qualifications. We have had some excellent outings in the Lake District, Wales and Scotland but on this occasion we decided to stay local and

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2015-A review of the year

Well, what a year it’s been here at Come walk with me, our second year of full operation. There have been some fantastic highs and on a personal level very few lows. Some personal highlights have included leading a month long expedition to Uganda with Camps International that included project work, wildlife viewing and a

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Two Ambleside walks

15-16.12.15 Walking with; Nobody Ambleside is one of the great destinations of the Lake District, a town that sits at the end of Windermere, England’s longest lake, and has more Outdoor shops, tearooms and pubs than you can shake a stick at. It can sometimes be the victim of it’s own popularity and that can

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A circular walk from Hathersage to Bretton and Abney Grange

Link to the full album on Facebook 16.11.15 Walking with; Nobody   I’ve not spent as much time around Hathersage as I have in Edale and Hope so with a few spare days this week I thought I would head out that way and have an explore. I had to drop Mrs H off at

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North Face Men’s Alpine Project Hybrid Hoodie-Kit review

Link to the product on E-outdoor   I am not one of these outdoorsy types who would classify themselves as a “kit junkie”. For many years before the outdoors became my living I was generally happy with some Quechua kit from “Decathlon” or whatever I could pick up on the bargain rail at TK Maxx,

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Latterbarrow and the Windermere shoreline

  A link to Rob’s art 10.11.15 Walking with; Nobody Full album from the trip There was a wee bit of wild weather about in the Lake District this week but as I was due a long overdue catch up with Lake District artist Rob and his wife Susie (not to mention their new Patterdale

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Australia with Salewa “Get Vertical” and Cape to Cape Explorer Tours

Full album from the trip 15.9.15-23.9.15 Walking with; Al, Laura, Flo, Kathi, Carlo, Franzi and the guides from Cape to Cape Explorers   Some things in life are just too good to turn down. So when a long established walking buddy phoned up and told me he had just won a walking holiday Down Under

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Rydal to Buttermere and Loughrigg with Christine

11.9.15 Walking with; Christine     Christine was visiting the UK from Hong Kong and whilst she had spent time in the Lake District before she hadn’t been out walking in the area and so contacted Come walk with me to organise a day walk for her. As she was staying in Ambleside, and after

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A Dark Peak tour with Patricia

Walking with; Patricia 7.9.15 One of the things we pride ourselves on here at Come walk with me is our flexibility, whilst we believe that on foot is the best way to see the countryside we appreciate that not all our clients are able to put in a 20 miler so we adapt our itineraries

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