michellotus2100 no spam <"michellotus2100 no spam "@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I want to go backpacking this summer(august)in the Lake District. Does anyone have good tips on
> what to go check out and what not?
When I wrote a similar post about walking in France, one of my kind respondants said my request
was vague; I now understand what he means!
Unless you're intending point-to-point backpacking, I'd suggest using Ambleside as a base for a
first visit to the Lakes. (I always recommend this to colleagues, and no-one's complained yet!)
There's lots of walking at all levels from the town itself, and easy access to Langdale and
Patterdale. Should you feel like a change from walking, go to the cinema, or take a boat trip
on Windermere. Plenty of choices of eating places and accommodation, and you're very much in
the centre of the district, with at most a two-hour journey to the most remote hill.
I don't think there's a better guide to the Lake District than the seven-volume series by
Wainwright (hills you can get to direct from Ambleside appear in books 1, 2 and 3). But you may
prefer a more modern one-volume guidebook; both Bob Allen and the Fell and Rock Club have
produced good ones.
Hope this is useful! If you're going to the Lakes for the first time, you're in for a real
treat; I envy you the joy of discovering the area.
Mark
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Mark Manning
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