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Second Lakes Festival Of Climbing Set For June
By Dave Mycroft on 26/05/2009 12:44:47
Duddon valley to host Free BMC festival again
The second ever LakesFestival of Climbing is fromFriday 12 - Sunday 14 June, based in the Duddon Valley again, close tolots of valley cragging, within walking distance of Dow Crag, and onlya short drive from Esk Buttress and Scafell. Plenty
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Wild Camping Own Goal By Lakes Park Authority
By Jon on 27/07/2010 17:29:30
LDNPA slams 'wild campers' in Duddon Valley illegal camping fiasco.
A bit of an own goal by the Lake District National Park Authority which has sent out a press release detailing concern over what it calls 'wild camping' in the picturesque Duddon Valley on the west side of the Lakes.The problem is that what
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Camp, Pub, Climb, Pub, Walk, Eat, Pub, Sleep :-)
By Jon on 11/06/2003 16:14:37
Last weekend's OM Meet-Up in the Duddon Valley on the quieter side of the Lakes was a cracker with some frenzied action, not least in the pub...
You know how planning a barbecue guarantees instant rain? Well, wedidn't pack the barbie and as a direct result, it didn'train...But did anyone thank us for the perfect Saturday weather? Did theyheck. Otherwise though, the OM Meet-Up in the Duddon
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Walna Scar Closed To Motor Vehicles
By Jon on 10/02/2012 11:23:02
Final decision made on status of popular track between Coniston and the Duddon Valley.
The Walna Scar Road route running from Coniston over to the Duddon valley in the Lake District has finally been permanently closed to motorised vehicles after more than 30 years of uncertainty.The track was recently the subject of a £10
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Lakes Festival Of Climbing Last Weekend
By Jon on 12/06/2008 15:56:15
First time BMC event to promote less obvious crags kicks off this Friday in the Duddon Valley.
A quick reminder that this weekend - 13-15 June 2008 - isthe date of the BMC Lakes Festival of Climbing based in theDuddon Valley.It's the first ever one and is intended to promote climbing in theLakes away from the 'obvious honeypots of Langdale
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Scramble Route - Harter Fell, Lakes
By Dave Mycroft on 13/11/2007 14:31:26
Sound grade 2 scrambling on the quieter side of the Lake District.
Harter Fell, Lake District Grade: 2 Harter Fell, in the Duddon Valley, is one of those places for when the holiday masses are swarming all over Eskdale
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Electric Fences For Lakes
By Jon on 06/11/2001 12:16:39
Walkers group panics at prospect of deadly volts that jolt as NT plans aid to re-hefting of sheep in the area
the other on Ulpha Common in the Duddon Valley areawould get a total of 19 km of electrified fencing to help NT farmersto restock the land with sheep.Around 2,000 hefted Herdwick sheep belonging on Trust land wereculled because of foot and mouth. The problem
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Walna Scar Stays Closed To Motor Vehicles
By Jon on 12/01/2011 11:27:52
LDNPA decides to continue ban on 4x4s and motorcycle use.
Walna Scar Road in the Lakes, the high-level track leading from Coniston over towards Seathwaite and the Duddon Valley, will remain closed to motorised transport after a meeting of the Lake District National Park Authority Rights of Way Committee
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Lakes Track Gets £10,000 Flood Rebuild
By Jon on 11/07/2011 12:12:04
Walna Scar Road above Coniston is set for an extensive £10,000 improvement and repair programme.
The popular Walna Scar Road track which runs from Coniston over to Seathwaite in the Duddon valley is about to get a £10,000 makeover with work due to start this week, so if you're heading that way and come across a 13 tonne digger on the trail
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OUTDOORSmagic Summer Meet-Ups!
By OM on 30/05/2003 14:57:51
Coming very soon to a hill perhaps not near you...
Just a reminder about the OM summer meets, one of which is coming up the weekend after this.OUTDOORSmagic Lakes Meet-Up: 7-8 JuneWe're going to head for the Duddon Valley in the Lakes - seemap - where we'll be staying at the campsite at Turner Hall
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