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Dry-stone-wall folks... Is there a technical name for this kind of wall feature? (This one - like many other fine examples – is in Scandale.)

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Haytime, under High Rigg.

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The old corpse road. St John's in the Vale.

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The white stuff in Ambleside. Just about got out!

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Blencathra inversion.

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Last light on the Helvellyns.

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Crepuscular loveliness. From Heron Pike. The Ambleside Walking Companion is nearly done. Nearly.

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Below Derwent Folds.

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Another from yesterday's wintry wander... Amazing sunset behind Helvellyn.

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One more from yesterday... Seathwaite dam in the mist...

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Out researching our next book... The Ambleside Walking Companion... Eight down, eight to go...

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Exceptional day on the fells. Grey Friar from the Duddon.

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Far eastern fells.

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In search of the earliest hunter-gatherers... in Great Moss. What a fab day recording for next week's pod.

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Winter conditions on Slight Side.

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A few more pics of the amazing Lego Lakes... Currently displayed in a Derbyshire library...

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Well, the gold was always at the ODG :-) The joy of days like these... (double) rainbows.

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Ullswater loveliness.

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Crummock Water.

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Last light on the Scafells.

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Dave's walking the Cumbria Way! Bloomin' beautiful Back a' Skidda'.

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Snow and crags on the Helvellyn massif.

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The great fellwanderer on Pen-y-ghent. Commemorating the 30th anniversary of Alfred Wainwright's passing, episode #49 is now live... Photo (c) Richard Else - thanks Richard.

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Approaching St John's in the Vale Church.

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On one side of The Raise it's fog; on the other clear. And in the middle... General loveliness around Helm Crag.

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Another majestic day testing walks for the in-coming Ambleside Walking Companion. 12 down, 4 to go :-) Today's - bus to ODG then back via Blea Tarn, Slater Bridge, Colwith Force... and the rather lovely Bog Lane.

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Snow on the northwestern fells.

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Fairfield Horseshoe on today's route testing for the forthcoming Ambleside Walking Companion... Essential kit... Pen, paper, tea, caramel crunch biscuits.

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Heather on the Rigg and a break in the showers.

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CS96... Lakeland legend Eric Robson @stridingedge on his enduring live affair with Wasdale; on dedicating his OBE to #Cumbria ; on filming with Alfred Wainwright; of the magic of @terrybnd 's films... and the joy of chairing @BBCGQT . @golakesculture

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4 years

The road back to Clough Head.

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Enjoyed a lovely wander in Little Langdale this afternoon, even spotted a little rise from Bridgend beside the tree-shaded Greenburn Beck.

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Buttercups, evening light, Helvellyn (just!)

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Coming soon... Our all-new Ullswater Walking Companion... 20 cracking walks... All accessible via either the bus or @UllswaterSteam . Is your favourite in there?

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Birkett and Outlying Fells bagging... Boat How et al, out West.

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1 year

Important protest - fab turnout - and major props to CS regular @TheHatton for his tireless campaigning. Time for @unitedutilities to do the right thing. Depriving locals and visitors of a road their forebears promised to keep open forever is not a good look.

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Attended the protest rally regarding the ridiculous ongoing closure of the road around the west of Thirlmere. Fantastic turnout. Huge respect and thx to organisers. #thirlmere #lakedistrict #cumberlandcouncil #unitedutilities

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3 years

Square of loveliness...Descending to Ambleside.

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Wonderful evening vista from Talkin Fell. See the Scafells, Lingmell and Great Gable, and of course Blencathra across the misty Eden vale. Clough Head completes the view on the left.

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Doesn't get much better... The classic Dowthwaitehead wander...

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Blencathra looking vibrant after the rain.

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Plenty of the white stuff on Helvellyn. (And almost none on any of the other high fells). Chilly tho❄️

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Hasn't been a day like this in a while!!

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Fab out there.

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Our very own Dave Felton @ByLakeland with the superb Amy Bateman @Croftfoot , Jim Watson and Vicky, with the wins - including Lakeland Book of the Year at the wonderful @LakesBookAwards . Time for the 🍷:-)

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Distant Helvellyn from icy High Rigg.

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Morning after the night before, from Ambleside YHA @YHAOfficial .

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Wet-weather wander on Friday - wind and clag all day bar a 2-minute window of sunshine over Robinson.

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Coming Friday... we're back! In the heart of Borrowdale talking about the professor of adventure, Millican Dalton.

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Skiddaw beyond the rime fence.

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Researching the first ever Countrystride book... 18 fab walks from Threlkeld. Lucky with the conditions!

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And we're live... Ep. #81 'Cumbrian dialect' with the fab Jean Scott-Smith and Donald Angus. A joyful celebration of language and culture; a historic exploration of names and their meanings; some nostalgic flights of fancy; and two note-perfect poems.

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From a couple of days ago... blue skies over Bannerdale Crags. (And its best ascent line!)

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The posties round from Shap passes by Shap Abbey and presents the most wonderful perspective on Swindale.

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Fabulous boundary stone at White Oak, on the lower flanks of Gavel Fell. One of many lining various watersheds locally, though the most impressive.

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Bloomin' heather. Up the Glenderaterra valley.

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A murky change in the weather, Thirlmere.

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Another cracker out there...

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Another wander out west... one of the best terrace routes in the Lakes surely !

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Something for the weekend: CS103 live... A gentle town tour of Ambleside with @amblesidealison as we step back to Roman times, through a remarkable milling history to the dawn of the tourist age. Apples, mills, protests, inns, education & more...

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New for Friday: CS #112 - in which we return to post-war Cumbria in the company of the mighty Melvyn Bragg, to reflect on his early years in the market town of Wigton – a close-knit community on the threshold of change.

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On OS maps it's Burnt Horse. To locals it's Brunt Hause. And even that is likely a corruption of Brant (steep) Hause. Whichever... it is undoubtedly the finest way up Lonscale Fell.

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We're live... Our Christmas podcast, a chilly Grasmere wander with Joanne Hunter from @BestGingerbread in which we take a trip down memory lane to talk rushbearing; the hard life of gingerbread creator Sarah Nelson; west coast spices... and whist drives.

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Valley fog at dawn... gonna be a scorcher!

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As part of our 100th celebrations we got some PR shots done by our friend the fab @Croftfoot . Did mean brushing our hair, but it was suitably moody at Ullswater - and we'd have it no other way.

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Out now! Countrystride #82 is all about the county's dry-stone walls, with Arthur Robinson. How to make a wall last three centuries. Why were they built, and when? And the satisfaction of laying 'one over two, two over one'... @JRfromStrickley @DSWA_GB

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Emotional return to Greendale by local boy and fellrunning legend Joss Naylor, joint author with Viv Crow of the @ciceronepress book focusing on his Lakes, Meres & Waters run of 1983, still unchallenged. Our latest podcast recording in Wasdale today.

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Tomorrow...

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Mountains are places of adventure and danger. In our latest podcast we discuss the commitment and operation of Mountain Rescue teams in Lakeland with Richard Warren from Wasdale Head.

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SAVE THE DATE! Join Dave @ByLakeland and Mark @fellranger1 in Ambleside Sat 11 November for the first ever Countrystride Live. A packed day of walks, talks, food, music and CS bonhomie. Tickets on sale soon. Get them first: sign up to our newsletter at

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Tomorrow... 9 mile walk / podcast from Chapel-le-Dale to Dent, every step a joy. (Including the many wet ones!)

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Last light on Causey Pike.

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...and a rather lovely final day walking south into Ulverston on the Cumbria Way; Beacon Tarn a new discovery for me (Dave). Now feet up for a day or two...!

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New for the weekend: Countrystride 104 Eskdale - Living the Fisherground dream with Ian & Jen Hall. The highs and lows of making a living on a Lake District hill farm; gate stoups and Herdwick rudd; making peace with tourism; and the 'Hayter Potatovator'.

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Joss Naylor's sense of custodial care for Greendale extends to beating the bracken and re-building stone features.

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New! #76 : Wild Fell – Restoring Haweswater, with @leeinthelakes ... Reborn tarns, ghost beasts of the fells, England's last golden eagle, balancing light-touch farming with ecological recovery and more... @RSPBEngland @WildHaweswater

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Our very own @fellranger1 and the brilliant @onLoughrigg in Borrowdale exploring the miniature world of lichens on a fine old ash tree ahead of CS 106.

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Wishing all of our listeners a Happy New Year – and with thanks for your support over the past year. Lots to look forward to in Jan and Feb, including Skiddaw House, Haystacks, the English Coast Path, the young people of Cumbria... and much more. @fellranger1 @ByLakeland

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Pleased to announce the first tranche of speakers for the inaugural Countrystride Live - 11 Nov in Ambleside. Walks, talks & more. Including: @DrPennyBradshaw @Croftfoot @TheHatton Dr Angus Winchester, Bill Shannon, @fellranger1 ... TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!

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The Castle Rock.

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Coming tomorrow... Victorian tourists, Colonial tree collectors and Baronial money and power... A brief history of Aira Force.

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Looking forward to the release of episode #107 on Friday, which ventures to the site of the old Greenburn Copper Mine.

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New: #68 - Beatrix Potter. The childhood holidays that gave a shy girl a lifelong love of the Lakes; her 7-times rejected 'little books'; the 'spring' that 'came to her late in life'; and her @nationaltrust legacy... @BeatrixPotterSo @BeatrixPotter

Countrystride #86: BEATRIX POTTER

...in which we take a warm-weather wander from Far to Near Sawrey in the footsteps of author, illustrator, farmer and countrywoman Beatrix Potter. In the company of long-time Hilltop volunteer and...

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Nearly there... Final edits to our up-coming Ambleside Walking Companion... Released first week April.

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Our very own @fellranger1 doffs his cap to the brilliant @FellFoodie in a sheltered ravine en route to Silver How as we record CS #114 . Fresh stew, flatbread and salad: best lunch stop in Countrystride's history!

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Plenty of snow north o' t' Raise...

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Out yesterday recording for the Big 100 with the fabulous Rob and Harriet from @butnorain , local legend Bill Birkett, @fellranger1 , @ByLakeland , 90-year-old Gordon Bambrough, sharing our birthday, and Elaine from @SReadBooks . The weather – and Helm Crag – were both kind.

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Towards Skidda'.

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A reminder that in theory it's summer !

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Rain forced us indoors, but conversation was about the outdoors... and record-breaking rounds of the Wainwrights and Nuttalls with the superb @jamesmforrest . Coming soon...

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3 years

Coming soon... The Ullswater Walking Companion. 20 fab walks from our very own @fellranger1 - all accessible by bus or boat :-)

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Out now! CS #114 : an ascent of Silver How to dine in a dell with the brilliant outdoors cook, author and mental health speaker @FellFoodie . Alcohol, addiction, healing in the outdoors, Mary Berry and a bounty of puns from @fellranger1 .

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Martindale Old Church, a linescape for next week's podcast in this beaautiful sanctuary east of Ullswater.

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Helvellyn over Thirlmere.

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One half of the podcasting duo plans to venture into Swaledale come the summer months, with all its heritage and beauty. As you may judge from the mock-up cover attached!

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CSLive #1 - The Amblestride. We had a blast, with thanks to @Croftfoot @TheHatton Back Sail, @leeinthelakes , Geoff Darrall, @fellranger1 , @DrPennyBradshaw and so many more. Thanks for joining us.

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Wishing our friend - and star of Countrystride #8 - @terrybnd luck on the big night of the final film in his Life of a Mountain trilogy. A true lover of the Lakes.