Tag: family

  • Penny Rock Beach, Grasmere

    Penny Rock Beach, Grasmere

    Penny Rock Beach, on the shores of Grasmere, is one of our regular family outings. You can combine it with a walk from White Moss, Rydal Caves or up Loughrigg Fell. Or just head straight to the beach for fun in the sun! We love to take a picnic, our swimming stuff and our friends…

  • Buckstones Jump, Rydal

    Buckstones Jump, Rydal

    Buckstones Jump near Rydal has been on our list for a long time, and finally we made it there today!  What an awesome little spot!  It’s a short walk up from Rydal and offers a great little beach area, with stones on one side and grass on the other.  There’s waterfalls and pools to swim…

  • Furness Abbey, Barrow-in-Furness

    Furness Abbey, Barrow-in-Furness

    We found ourselves in Barrow-in-Furness, to the south of the Lake District, on a beautiful sunny afternoon.  We’d heard about Furness Abbey, but never visited.  What an amazing hidden gem! The place is amazing!  Huge ruins of the old abbey.  The children absolutely loved clambering over and through it.  They played games and we stayed…

  • Holme Fell, Coniston

    Holme Fell, Coniston

    Today’s 2 mile family walk took us up a “Wainwright”… Holme Fell, which lies between Skelwith Bridge and Coniston. Views from the top stretch right out over Coniston Water in one direction and the Langdale Pikes in the other.

  • Rydal Hall, Rydal

    Rydal Hall, Rydal

    Rydal Hall is a beautiful, and often quiet place, in the sometimes very busy Lakes, which provides everything required for a fantastic fun family walk. With waterfalls, formal gardens, woodland, fairy trails, the sculpture path and no entry fee, we have always wondered why no one has ever truly discovered this secret gem!

  • Helsington Barrows, Kendal

    Helsington Barrows, Kendal

    Today we did a short, fun, adventurous 1.3 mile geocache walk round Helsington Barrows, just outside of Kendal and very close to Scout Scar…

  • Morecambe – Happy Mount Park, Prom & Beach

    Morecambe – Happy Mount Park, Prom & Beach

    Although technically not a family walk in the Lake District, this was a fantastic family day out, which also involved a walk along the wide, safe prom.  You could walk as little or as far as you liked!  The day involved some time at Happy Mount Park in the splash park and a stint on…

  • Pepperpot and Eaves Wood, Silverdale

    Pepperpot and Eaves Wood, Silverdale

    Today’s walk was a fun and easy 2-2.5 mile out and back (or loop) walk up to the Pepperpot monument in Eaves Wood, Silverdale.  The views from the top reach as far as Ingleborough, Morecambe, Warton Crag, Arnside Knott, Morecambe, Heysham, the Blackpool Tower, Barrow and beyond.