The Cumbria Way

The Cumbria make a fantastic guided walking holiday meeting like minded people The Cumbria Way is a long Distance walk that starts from Ulverston on the edge of the #Lakedistrict  National Park that runs through the heart of the Lake District to the Border city of Carlisle, the route is 73 miles long most people take 5 days to do … Read More

Brief Summary of The Cumbria Way Route

The Cumbria Way Takes 5 days to complete Day 1 Ulverston- Coniston 15.5 miles Ulverston is home to the Laurel and Hardy museum as as Stan Laurel was born in Ulverston, the route starts from the Cumbria way Marker at the Gill from there The Cumbria Way heads out over rolling farmland then a climb  on to the Blawith Fells  … Read More

Brief route summary of The Dales High Way

Our Guided walking holiday is done over 6 days Day 1 Saltaire- Skipton 18 miles The Route from Saltarie head to the hills straight way, the route follows the canal then crosses the river Aire  the starts climbing to the wild openness  of Ilkley moor, Ilkley Moor marks the Northern end of the Southern Pennine Range, when you reach the … Read More

What to wear when going for a walk

Wearing the right clothes when going out walking is essential  to enjoying the day out and being comfy you need to choses clothes that are comfy and will keep you dry and choose wicking fabric that will wick moisture away from your  skin and have a layer system so you can add or take of layers depending on how cold/warm … Read More

what to consider before setting out on a walk

Before setting out on a walk you will need to think about the following What is the Weather Forecast? Before you set out you need to get a weather forecast  for the area you are going to walk and then you can plan a route you need to know if there will be rain if so the time, cloud base, … Read More

The Dales High Way

The Dales High Way is a long distance walk that runs from Saltaire to Appleby In Westmorland, the route is 90 miles going through the Yorkshire Dales. The route covers 6 distinct sections which are Rombalds Moor, Malham Dale, Ingleborough, Dentdale, Howgill Fells and The Eden Valley. The route follows drovers ways, pack horse tracks and green lanes traversing the … Read More

Guided Walk, Wild Boar Fell

I am running a guided walk on the 2nd April up Wild Boar Fell walk length is 9 miles , the walk is led by Mark Killala a qualified mountain leader with extensive experience of walk in the #Yorkshiredales Wild Boar Fell is a #Mountain in the #YorkshireDales #NationalPark in the parish of #Mallerstrang in #Cumbria, Wild Boar Fell is … Read More

what to do in an emergency

Accidents happen in the great outdoors no matter how well prepared you are or how experienced you are, if you get into serious trouble and need help then you call mountain rescue, here is what to say/do Call 999 and ask for police then Mountain Rescue Give them the location ideally a grid reference Name, gender and age of casualty … Read More

Special Offer

Book before 31st March 2021 and take advantage of these  offers £30 of per person per booking on our guided walking holidays and 15% of all other activities www.northernguiding.co.uk

What’s on in April?

Want something to look forward? or have a goal to work to and want some motivation then take a look at the events we have on in April  we have map reading course, challenge walks, guided  walks, back packing weekends and a mini walking break in the Lakes, all the walks are guided by Mark Killala a qualified Mountain Leader … Read More