If you find the traffic in the Lakes a problem you might be interested in getting involved in a little traffic survey. Click here for details. It only takes a few minutes and who knows, it might turn up some interesting results.

For some, a leisurely four day walk around Windermere is just too long. Welcome to the Windermere Marathon 2008.

Since a couple of my friends were running I sat and took photos, waiting for them to pass by. Pics are here (for a couple of weeks only).

Well done to Lorna, Graham and anyone else I missed.

Since I started the Windermere Way website I’ve had the odd request for information about guided walks around the route. A bit of online research soon showed that whilst there were plenty of people offering to guide along the Dales Way or the Coast to Coast footpath, no one was yet offering guiding along the Windermere Way.

Well, few people know the route as well as I do and as more requests were coming in I decided to set aside a few dates to lead small groups around the Lake.

The dates planned so far for this year are

June 4th - 7th (Wednesday to Saturday)
July 8th - 11th (Tuesday to Thursday)
August 11th - 14th (Monday to Thursday)
September 12th - 15th (Friday to Monday)
October 10th - 13th (Friday to Monday)
November 13th - 16th (Thursday to Sunday)

I’ve set up another website lakeland-walks.co.uk to promote the walks and explain all the details and how to book. So if you fancy a gentle walk around the best lake in England, make a date in your diary now and send in your booking.