One family's Lakeland Fell walking Blog by Rob Marsh

 
"Many are those who have fallen under the spell of Lakeland, and many are they who have been moved to tell of their affection in story, verse and picture"

….. A. Wainwright

Welcome to
aloveofthelakes


We are ... Rob, Sue, Ste and Spud - and this is our personal blog about walking to all the 214 Wainwright classified Fell summits in the Lake District. We use images, videos and text to describe how we get to the tops of all of the Mountains.We hope to provide sufficient detail within the blogs for anyone to follow so that they themselves may enjoy the wonderful views to be had in this outstanding area of natural beauty. Please feel free to give us a "Like" on Facebook should you find the blogs useful.
Our individual fell counts are displayed below

Rob

Rob
: 214
Sue

Sue
: 214
Ste

Ste
: 160
Spud

Spud
: 64

Latest Walks


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Black Combe
6/3/24
Discover how to reach the summit of Black Combe

Irton Pike
26/2/24
Discover how to reach the summit of Irton Pike

Great Gable
The "214th" 19/7/23
Discover how to reach the summit of Great Gable from Seathwaite

The Mosedale
Horseshoe 15/6/23
Discover how to walk the Mosedale Horseshoe from Overbeck Bridge

Our Wainwright Summits Tick Lists

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The Eastern Fells Guide Book

The Eastern Fells
Book One 1955

The Far Eastern Fells Guide Book

The Far Eastern Fells
Book Two 1957

The Central Fells Guide Book

The Central Fells
Book Three 1958

The Southern Fells Guide Book

The Southern Fells
Book Four 1960

The Northern Fells Guide Book

The Northern Fells
Book Five 1962

The North Western Fells Guide Book

The North Western Fells
Book Six 1964

The Western Fells Guide Book

The Western Fells
Book Seven1966

The Outlying Fells Guide Book

The Outlying Fells
Book 1974




"Surely there is no other place in this whole wonderful world quite like Lakeland... No other so exquisitely lovely, no other so charming, no other that calls so insistently across a gulf of distance. All who truly love Lakeland are exile when away from it"

… A Wainwright

Lookbacks

The years best photographs of all our walks in a slideshow set to music

2015 Lookback | aloveofthelakes
2015 "I love you"
2016 "Mr Blue Sky"
2017 "Happy"
2018 Lookback | aloveofthelakes
2018 "Lovely Day"
2019 "Here comes the Sun"
2021 "Shine"
A lookback at 2022 on the Lakeland Fells
2022 "Clocks"
2023 lookback image
2023 "I feel good"

Other sites

We are inspired by the efforts of others,these are a few websites that we would highly recommend you visit

Web page of the Masarnen Ramblers


Masarnen Ramblers

Dave and Angie Walsh illustrate in great detail everything about their epic long distance walks with their working Cocker Spaniel - Fudge

Long walks, Short walks all with downloadable gpx routes

Lakeland Routes Home


Lakeland Routes

Richard Jennings' site that describes not only the Lakeland walks with stunning pictures but the historical stories that surround the region

The home page of Wainwright Routes One

Wainwight Routes

John Lennox`s long established website that details every individual fell route. An ideal first port of call for your own route planning