Long Distance Walks – Walks With Olly

Walking the Cumbria Way: Day 4

Wednesday 21st May 2025

I emerged from my tent on this morning, with a view of an almighty Skiddaw beyond the dry-stone wall. Blue sky for the most part, sun already shining. A youth hostel with all facilities behind me. This was going to be a good start to my penultimate following this trail.

Walking the Cumbria Way: Day 3

Tuesday 20th May 2025

After a single shower of rain in the evening, I was ready to depart Chapel House Farm the next morning. A decent night’s camping and a site I’d happily return to another time. Perhaps when one day following the Coast to Coast Path.

Walking the Cumbria Way: Day 2

Monday 19th May 2025

It’s been almost a year now since I completed the Cumbria Way and I’m keen to finish my write up on this, while also recounting other walks I’ve completed since. In short: I’ve missed blogging and had never intended to leave things this long.

This is actually my second attempt at writing this post today; having accidentally deleted this morning’s completed work, at the point of publishing!

Walking the Cumbria Way: Day 1

As planned out in a previous post, earlier this year; the Cumbria Way would become my first long-distance walk since the Cleveland Way of September 2021.