Wild Swimming Walks Lake District. This book is for swimmers and walkers with a sense of fun and adventure who want to get the most from their time in the Lake District. Discover where the locals swim and become immersed in one of the finest locations for outdoor swimming in the World.
Wild Swimming Walks Lake District Book
£14.99
Product Description
Wild Swimming Walks, Lake District, authored by our very own Pete Kelly ( Swim the Lakes director and swim lead). Pete’s book delves into his local knowledge and thirst for adventure to combine classic Lake District walking with some of the best wild swimming in Britain. Detailing 28 routes which take in the best that the Lakes has to offer, giving insights into local history and folklore along the way – visit dark and mysterious tarns nestled high up in the fells, hunker down in Millican Dalton’s cave and discover secret waterfall pools and swim into deep, slow flowing river dubs and watch the trout glint below.
Wild Swimming Walks Lake District, things to do…
• Swim in the deepest tarn in the Lakes beneath the towering crags of Mardale
• Plunge into the pool at the base of the highest waterfall in Cumbria
• Explore the islands of Ullswater and visit Devil’s Chimney
• Summit Scafell Pike before wallowing in the delightful pools of the upper Esk
• Visit the island home of Saint Herbert during a tour of the best swimming spots on Derwentwater
What’s included?
Wild Swimming Walks Lake District includes good directions, detailed maps and fascinating background information on each swimming location. For future updates on books, swimming articles and guided wild swims visit lakedistrictswimming.co.uk
Routes included:
1. River Caldew and Bowscale Tarn
2. Silver Bay and the Ullswater Islands
3. Howtown, Sandwick and Kailpot Crag
4. Helvellyn, Red Tarn, Glenridding Beck and Ullswater
5. The Tarns of Patterdale and Hartsop
6. Blea Water and Small Water
7. The Falls of Swindale
8. Cat Bells and the Derwentwater Shoreline
9. Harrop and Blea Tarn
10. Blackmoor Pot, Galleny Force and The Fairy Glen
11. Castle Crag, the River Derwent and Millican Dalton’s Cave
12. Crummock Water and Scale Force
13. Bleaberry Tarn, High Stile and Buttermere
14. Stickle Tarn and the Langdale Pikes
15. Yew Tree Tarn, the Holme Fell Tarns and Hodge Close Quarry
16. Sour Milk Gill, Easedale and Codale Tarns
17. The Vale of the Lake District Poets
18. Wray Castle, Windermere, and the Latterbarrow Ramble
19. Staveley, the River Kent and the Tarns of Potter Fell
20.Windermere, Moss Eccles and Wise Een Tarn
21. Finsthwaite, High Dam and the River Leven
22. Scoat Tarn and Low Tarn
23. The Emerald Pool, Sprinkling Tarn and Styhead Tarn
24. Upper Esk and Scafell Pike
25. Blea Tarn at Beckfoot
26. The Duddon Valley and Seathwaite Tarn
27. Coniston Launch Adventure
28. Blind Tarn, Goats Water and the Tranearth Pool
Wild Swimming Walks Lake District Specifications:
ISBN: 9781910636336
Title: Wild Swimming Walks Lake
District: 28 lake, river and waterfall
days out
Author: Pete Kelly (Ambleside)
Publication: 2nd May 2022 by Wild Things Publishing
Price: £14.99
Binding: PB with flaps
Format: 224pp, 190mm x 150mm,
Illustrations: 100 photos, 28 maps
BIC Code: WTH, WSZ
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