Since 2004 I have been walking the Lakeland fells and slowly collecting Wainwright's as I go along but the Cumbria Way has always been there in the back of my head as something for the future. On searching the internet to whet my appetite and to see what the route actually involved I found no sites and very few information resources on the route at all.

This website is my answer to that and is primarily designed as a resource centre for the Cumbria Way to help newbies to the route to find out more and hopefully lend a hand in inspiring and cajoling them to tackle a long distance walking holiday in Cumbria.

Hopefully the site will evolve into a useful and informative resource centre for the Cumbria Way on the web and also act as a focal point for user interaction such as trip submissions, photos, tips and advice from Cumbria Way veterans.


Beacon Tarn looking towards the Coniston fells
The Cumbria Way near Stonethwaite looking Eagle Crag © Sean McMahon
The Cumbria Way near Stonethwaite looking
back towards Eagle Crag


thanks
The building of this site was made far easier by having a wonderful wife who shared my love of the fells and agreed with me that the Cumbria Way was far too good a route to be overlooked. Sadly Lou died in 2009 leaving everyone who knew her with a very heavy heart and a big hole in their lives. The site will be kept going as a tribute to Lou who was not only my wife but my best friend, fell-walking buddy and someone who I was lucky to have shared all too brief a life with.

Many thanks to those who have encouraged me to go ahead with this site even when the outdoors was beckoning very loudly or work was beckoning even louder!

Thanks also to those advertisers who have donated money to Mountain Rescue in Lakeland as voluntary 'payment' for a listing on the site.

Finally, a website built by me without mention of Anf Lowneys assistance would be simply wrong - so many thanks to Anf for leaving work in 2007 and going to college thereby keeping his influence out of this site - only joking Anf!

Photo credits
Grateful thanks go to David Harrison of www.cumbriaphotographic.com for the free use of his excellent photos and the fact that he almost seemed to make a special trip to take some of them - cheers Haz, much appreciated.

Many thanks go also to the following for generously allowing the use of their photos on the site:
 Sean McMahon - www.stridingedge.net
Dave & Edith Brown - www.wainwright-wanderings.co.uk
John Maher - http://homepage.mac.com/john.maher
Andy Malcolm - www.gateway2thelakes.com
Gary Richardson - www.mywainwrights.co.uk
Ben Barden - www.cumbriaphoto.co.uk
Michael Elcock - www.whitecottage.org/trek-cumbriaway.htm