Spring Bank Holiday – Secret Places of the Lake District

We stay at the Newby Bridge Hotel, at the southern end of Lake Windermere.

We stay  Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday – four nights stay, but you may extend it on Tuesday night if this helps your travel plans. Walking days – Friday afternoon,  Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday until 3pm. Accommodation is single/double en suite rooms – no sharing. All our hotels have a bar, and a comfortable lounge. The hotel is a walker’s paradise with many varied walks from the door. The hotel also has a drying room should you get wet clothes!!

Please note that due to its location. mobile signal (depending on network) may be variable. You will however during your walks,. be able to access mobile reception. Wifi is available and is free all over the hotel.

Your  Spring Bank Holiday programme starts with the first walk on arrival day at 2.30pm from the hotel foyer so please meet at 2pm in your walking clothes with rucksack. If you are unable to make the first walk please let us know.

All full day walks start at 9.30 am, and we generally finish for that welcome cuppa at 4.30  pm  where appropriate.. This will give you plenty of time to get ready for dinner. Your walks leaders will make this holiday break relaxing and the wonderful walking will stimulate your enthusiasm for the wide outdoors.

Walking on Friday afternoon, Saturday, Sunday,  Monday and Tuesday – finishing at 3.00pm to allow you to get away back home. Check out Tuesday morning.

All the walking is done with our social, relaxed approach – talking is as important as walking.

Sample Walks

Dependent on the abilities of each group, we choose an appropriate set of walks.

In the Southern Lake District there are endless choice of walks, so we will tell you on the first afternoon which walks we will do during this holiday.

The Southern Lake District offers a wide variety of terrains and walking opportunities. We will describe each walk the night before and what it entails. We walk at a steady pace, we don’t rush – we want you to enjoy our lovely scenery. These fells are a walker’s paradise with good, mainly well marked paths and an ever changing landscape. There are hills to ascend which we will take slowly.  What’s the point of huffing and puffing, being exhausted then not being able to enjoy this fabulous land? This is a land of ever changing vistas – on any walk we get four or five different landscapes to enjoy. Don’t forget your camera.

We walk between 9 and 10 miles per day. 

Paths on this Lake District holiday are mostly well marked and walked but can have rough and uneven with stony parts to them. These we take carefully, bearing in mind your safety at all times.

You need good walking footwear, preferably waterproof walking boots with good soles for protection.

Whilst we do not ascend the high fells- we will ascend and descend on our walks – up to a total in a day of 750 metres. So, there will be some short, sharp ascents and descents.

Exclusions

Although our leaders are well trained and experienced in dealing with different capabilities of our walking clients, if they have any concerns about any clients ability or suitability to undertake safely any walking activity we plan or they feel that participation of an individual may affect the groups safety and cohesion, then they have full permission to exclude that client from an activity.

They will try at all times to provide an alternative suggested activity, though this may involve the client in additional local cost.

We rarely have to enforce this above recommendation, but it is a sensible and necessary protection for the individual client, the group and the leaders.

On this holiday we walk in the area bounded by Lake Windermere, Coniston, Grange Over Sands and the Southern Lake District down to the Morecambe Bay. Wonderful walking in outstanding natural beauty. At 885 square miles the Lake District is England’s largest national park just waiting to be explored.

The Lakes are home to England’s deepest lake Wastwater; longest lake Windermere and highest mountain, Scafell Pike In fact there are only 5 peaks over 900m in England and they are all here in Cumbria. With 50 stone circles, and Hadrian’s Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Whether you want to delve into our deep, sometimes dark past or simply enjoy some stunning surroundings, there’s plenty of local history and heritage to keep you interested in the scenic highlights of the Lake District.