Product Description Wild Swimming Walks, Lake District, authored by our very own Pete Kelly ( Swim the Lakes director and swim lead). Pete’s book delves into his local knowledge and thirst for adventure to combine classic Lake District walking with some of the best wild swimming in Britain. Detailing 28 routes which take in the best that the Lakes has to offer, giving insights into local history and folklore along the way – visit dark and mysterious tarns nestled high up in the fells, hunker down in Millican Dalton’s cave and discover secret waterfall pools and swim into deep, slow flowing river dubs and watch the trout glint below. Wild Swimming Walks Lake District, things to do… • Swim in the deepest tarn in the Lakes beneath the towering crags of Mardale • Plunge into the pool at the base of the highest waterfall in Cumbria • Explore the islands of Ullswater and visit Devil’s Chimney • Summit Scafell Pike before wallowing in the delightful pools of the upper Esk • Visit the island home of Saint Herbert during a tour of the best swimming spots on Derwentwater What’s included? Wild Swimming Walks Lake District includes good directions, detailed maps and fascinating background information on each swimming location. For future updates on books, swimming articles and guided wild swims visit lakedistrictswimming.co.uk Routes included: 1. River Caldew and Bowscale Tarn 2. Silver Bay and the Ullswater Islands 3. Howtown, Sandwick and Kailpot Crag 4. Helvellyn, Red Tarn, Glenridding Beck and Ullswater 5. The Tarns of Patterdale and Hartsop 6. Blea Water and Small Water 7. The Falls of Swindale 8. Cat Bells and the Derwentwater Shoreline 9. Harrop and Blea Tarn 10. Blackmoor Pot, Galleny Force and The Fairy Glen 11. Castle Crag, the River Derwent and Millican Dalton’s Cave 12. Crummock Water and Scale Force 13. Bleaberry Tarn, High Stile and Buttermere 14. Stickle Tarn and the Langdale Pikes 15. Yew Tree Tarn, the Holme Fell Tarns and Hodge Close Quarry 16. Sour Milk Gill, Easedale and Codale Tarns 17. The Vale of the Lake District Poets 18. Wray Castle, Windermere, and the Latterbarrow Ramble 19. Staveley, the River Kent and the Tarns of Potter Fell 20.Windermere, Moss Eccles and Wise Een Tarn 21. Finsthwaite, High Dam and the River Leven 22. Scoat Tarn and Low Tarn 23. The Emerald Pool, Sprinkling Tarn and Styhead Tarn 24. Upper Esk and Scafell Pike 25. Blea Tarn at Beckfoot 26. The Duddon Valley and Seathwaite Tarn 27. Coniston Launch Adventure 28. Blind Tarn, Goats Water and the Tranearth Pool Wild Swimming Walks Lake District Specifications: ISBN: 9781910636336 Title: Wild Swimming Walks Lake District: 28 lake, river and waterfall days out Author: Pete Kelly (Ambleside) Publication: 2nd May 2022 by Wild Things Publishing Price: £14.99 Binding: PB with flaps Format: 224pp, 190mm x 150mm, Illustrations: 100 photos, 28 maps BIC Code: WTH, WSZ
