A guidebook to the Cumbria Way, a 73-mile long distance path through the heart of the English Lake District from Ulverston to Carlisle. The route is largely low-level, but this book also describes alternative mountain days which add the Coniston Fells, Glaramara and Skiddaw en route.
The guide divides the route into 5 stages of between 12 and 16 miles, but there is plenty of opportunity to plan your itinerary for a more easy-going 7 to 8 days. This guidebook also provides useful information for every stage, from accommodation to available facilities en route, as well as an annotated OS map and details on points of interest.
Walking The Cumbria Way : Ulverston to Carlisle - main route with mountain alternatives
Description
Table of Contents
Map key
Introduction
The main route
The mountain routes
Wildlife and plants
Geology (Ronald Turnbull)
When to go
Getting there
Accommodation
Safety
Planning your itinerary
What to take
Maps
Using GPS
Using this guide
The Cumbria Way
Stage 1 Ulverston to Coniston (or Torver)
Stage 2 Coniston to Great Langdale
Stage 2A Torver to Great Langdale - mountain route
Stage 3 Great Langdale to Keswick
Stage 3A Great Langdale to Keswick - mountain route
Stage 4 Keswick to Caldbeck
Stage 4A Keswick to Caldbeck - mountain route
Stage 4B Keswick to Caldbeck - foul weather route
Stage 5 Caldbeck to Carlisle
Appendix A Route summary table
Appendix B Facilities summary table
Appendix C Accommodation stage by stage
Appendix D Useful contacts
Author Description
John Gillham has been a professional writer, illustrator and photographer since 1989. He writes for several outdoors publications, and two of his books have won the Outdoor Writers & Photographers Guild Award for Excellence.