Grizedale Forest

This was a walk in Sept 06 to Grizedale Forest- our first walk in the lakes and one of my favourites. It was a great day for walking. You can basically choose different paths around the forest all colour coded and make the walk as long and hard as you want. We chose the hardest walk to the top point of the forest at Carron Crag - just over 1000 feet up. It is only 3-4 miles all told but it seemed much longer and it was quite steep as the path curved around to the top. There are sculptures around the forest too and mountain bikers flying past on the way down. Great views from the top and a great walk. ps. these are two of my favourite pictures of Henry and Amy :)

Downham - near Pendle Hill

Another walk I did over a year ago..

This walk started off in the very picturesque village of Downham in the shadow of Pendle Hill. We skirted around the smaller hills surrounding Pendle and despite the cool looking hills on here the walk was actually fairly flat. This walk was very muddy and we had some cattle to dodge which always makes me nervous when you have a dog with you.

Some great scenery, we even scrambled up a grass slope to find a couple of goats there already!

This is a place that is perfect for a slow walk on a nice summers day and I want to come back again :)

Warton Crag -Warton - near Silverdale

I thought I would add a few 'older' walks on here. This was one of our 1st walks together back in Sept 06! Warton Crag is only some 500 feet high but as the land around is so flat it seems bigger. It is steep and you walk along some pretty big drops. You can see Carnforth and Warton village from the hill and on the top there is a Beacon that they used to use to burn to warn of invaders! Once you get to the top the walk changes into a scenic walk through long lanes and by nice ponds and lakes. Only problem is I must have took a wrong turn and the walk ended up taking about 5 hours and at least 10 miles long! We came out eventually and walked the last 3-4 miles along the road passing through small villages that seemed to take forever as by now I could barely walk my feet were hurting so much. Still Amy rates it as one of her favourite walks so I reckon we will come here again.