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The Three Shire's Inn's location at the heart of the Lakes makes it the perfect base to set out and explore some of the area’s best tourist attractions either by foot or on your bike.
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If you think of rock climbing, you may well imagine svelte, muscled athletes hauling themselves up seemingly impossible precipices.
However, although this type of death defying feat definitely has its place in the world of climbing, the vast majority of climbers are usually engaged in much gentler fare; cruising up easy angled rock for the pure pleasure of the movement and being outside in the mountains.
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Blea Tarn, with its majestic backdrop of the Langdale Pikes, is one of the most visited tarns in the Lake District.
Aside from its obvious natural beauty, plus the fact it’s a great spot for a refreshing swim in the summer, Blea Tarn is also one of the most easily accessible tarns, with parking right by the shore.
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One of the things we love the most about living in the Lake District is the sheer variety of activities on our doorstep.
The Lakes and Little Langdale have hiking, cycling, mountain biking and climbing to die for, but this is just the beginning.
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Hands up who can remember the last time things were normal?
Dare we say it, ever since June 2016 and the Brexit vote it has seemed like events have been deliberately conspiring to keep us on our toes; whether it’s coronavirus and hokey-cokey lockdowns or storms cutting off our power. Even the relatively steady start to this year has been turned upside down by the war in Ukraine.
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As the days lengthen, we are able to turn our attention to taking slightly longer hikes into the higher mountains. Those extra couple of hours of daylight really do make a difference and there is no better feeling than descending from a good day in the fells as the sun sets in the early evening.
This circular walk follows a route from Cockley Beck, over Crinkle Crags and returns via Moasdale. It’s a beautiful outing, but with plenty of steep, slippery, boggy and rocky terrain.
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We’ve just passed that time of year when some of us voluntarily give up beer. Soft drinks and clear heads have been the order of the day for many during Dry January, as they turn their backs on the pleasures and pitfalls of a pint or two.
However, this doesn’t mean things are any less busy for Cumbria’s breweries. This is the time when they catch up on important maintenance and planning for the year ahead.
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Despite its relatively small height Loughrigg, at 335m, boasts one of the best views in the Lake District. To the south it offers a fantastic outlook along the length of Windermere, with vistas over Rydal Water and Grasmere to the north and towards the Langdale Pikes in the west. All this reward can be claimed for relatively ascent.
This circular route from the Three Shires Inn traverses Loughrigg via pretty Lakeland villages and countryside. The paths are generally very good, but it can be a bit rough on Loughrigg. It can also be humiliatingly easy to get lost there in bad weather.
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It’s that time of year when we all like to indulge ourselves a little and spend a bit of well-earned time relaxing in a comfy chair. However, all that lovely Christmas food and drink will only taste even better after a bracing winter walk. This low-level circuit around Great Langdale is never too taxing, but is just long enough to give you an appetite.
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It seems like a very long time since last Christmas, when we were working away at the Three Shires Inn, desperately juggling customers, restrictions, shifting Covid tiers and making plans for New Year’s Eve celebrations which were all cancelled at the last minute!
To say that the intervening 12 months have been ‘interesting’ is to put it mildly. From enforced closure at the beginning of the year we jumped back into action in April and were soon going at a hundred miles an hour as the Lake District filled with visitors.
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