I do hope that you have enjoyed visiting this site but please keep in mind that it is not intended to be a guidebook. It is simply a personal record of my walks, so please do not follow any of the routes without making sure that you are properly equipped and prepared
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Andrew Locking
GUESTBOOK
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Kim Bowdery
from
Orpington
wrote on 14 June, 2023
Hi Andrew. I’d just like to thank you for your website’s role in our wonderful week in the western Lakes last week. Much as I love reading Wainwright’s guides, your route descriptions complement them brilliantly. So, for example, when tackling the High Stile range, it was handy to know about the steep section below the summit of Red Pike (we had the red hands to confirm!), and to be ready for the “knee-jarring descent down Gamlin End”. I now appreciate your caption under the photo of the Grasmoor signpost at Cinderdale Common (“… the distance indicated is the longest 1.5 miles I’ve ever walked”)! And on the Saturday we took your advice that when the hordes head for Buttermere, Lorton Vale is never the wrong choice: starting near the foot of Brackenthwaite Hows, the first other human we saw was the man in the Lorton village shop. Bliss.
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John Wylie
from
Leeds- Wakefield
wrote on 14 June, 2023
HI Andrew, thanks for posting the pics of your hols round Rieti Provence of Lazio Region. Wow what lovely places to visit. Good to see you out and about again and hope the knee is improving. Kind regards John Wylie.
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Jo Bail
from
Notts
wrote on 17 May, 2023
Just came across your site from a Twitter link and wanted you to know how much I have enjoyed escaping to Rannerdale and its beauty with you. We’ve both cabin fever, having contracted the ( non covid) coughing virus from Hell and this has cheered me up no end. The photos are stunning and I may well get my paints out to reproduce my two favourites! Thank you, Andrew.
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Brent Sharples
from
St Albans
wrote on 9 May, 2023
Thank you so much Andrew for all your work. We have used your website for our primary holiday walks for over a year now, covering North Yorkshire Moors, Dorset, Tenerife to date. Peak District later on this year, and looking forward to sampling your extensive Lake District catalogue next year. Your stunning photography for the walks, together with the OS Map links, are just exceptional. I hope your knee is fully recovered soon. Thanks again Brent.
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John Wylie
from
Wakefield / Leeds.
wrote on 27 April, 2023
Hi Andrew, good to see you back walking again.You take it steady for three months, building up a bit at a time. Come the autumn / winter months hopefully you will feel the benefit of your new knee.
Kind regards John Wylie.
Kind regards John Wylie.
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Robert
from
Skelmersdale
wrote on 27 April, 2023
Great to have you back with your wonderful photographs.
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Derek
from
Bowie, Maryland, USA
wrote on 27 April, 2023
Good to see you taking your new knee for a walk! I have been waiting for this day…..but sorry that you ended up in pain. Hope you soon make a full recovery- certainly in time for the incomparable Rannerdale bluebells, I look forward to those pictures each year!
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Jane
from
Wigan, Lancashire
wrote on 24 April, 2023
Hello Andrew, lovely to see your first recovery post. A beautiful day to be out and about. Looking forward to more of your walks and beautiful photography. Hope the recovery continues well.
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Tracey Latham
from
York
wrote on 12 April, 2023
Hi. I’ve been looking for a walk in the temperate rainforest and I stumbled across your site this morning. It’s really informative and I appreciate the time it must take to record and upload all of this detail. Thanks again! ☺️
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Martin
from
Carlisle
wrote on 8 April, 2023
Hi Andrew, I've been meaning to message for quite some time in appreciation for your work, and now with some quiet time around Easter I can finally get around to it!
For the past couple fo years, we have been using the list of Wainwrights as an encouragement to get out and explore more of the Lakes. Your website has become my first port of call EVERY TIME I'm feeling inspired to look for a good walk. I really appreciate all the hard work you've put in to making it the superb resource it is. It's full of useful and clear information, and looks fantastic. Your wonderful photos really do enhance the walk even before it's begun and are a real driving force in getting out and starting the adventure.
I wish you all the best for a speedy recovery and look forward to more stunning content as you're able. 😃
For the past couple fo years, we have been using the list of Wainwrights as an encouragement to get out and explore more of the Lakes. Your website has become my first port of call EVERY TIME I'm feeling inspired to look for a good walk. I really appreciate all the hard work you've put in to making it the superb resource it is. It's full of useful and clear information, and looks fantastic. Your wonderful photos really do enhance the walk even before it's begun and are a real driving force in getting out and starting the adventure.
I wish you all the best for a speedy recovery and look forward to more stunning content as you're able. 😃
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Gill
from
Shrewsbury
wrote on 17 March, 2023
Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery Andrew. I'll look forward to more wonderful inspirational photographs when you're out and about again.
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Norma
from
Carlisle
wrote on 10 March, 2023
Hi Andrew,
I have just stumbled upon your website which is amazingly helpful to someone like me who is just setting about on a journey of discovery. The lake district has basically been on my doorstep for 52 years and it's only now that I have realised the joy that walking can bring. Your detailed walks are amazingly detailed and the links to OS are brilliant for a novice. Thank you so much for the effort you have gone to with your website, and I hope you have a speedy recovery 😊
I have just stumbled upon your website which is amazingly helpful to someone like me who is just setting about on a journey of discovery. The lake district has basically been on my doorstep for 52 years and it's only now that I have realised the joy that walking can bring. Your detailed walks are amazingly detailed and the links to OS are brilliant for a novice. Thank you so much for the effort you have gone to with your website, and I hope you have a speedy recovery 😊
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Jane
from
Lancashire
wrote on 5 March, 2023
I have missed your fellwalking posts. Always love your superb photography. Wishing you a speedy knee recovery. Get well soon.
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Derek
from
Bowie, Maryland, USA
wrote on 23 February, 2023
Sorry to hear that you had to have knee surgery, Andrew. Have a safe and speedy recovery!
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Roger Peverett
from
Hythe Kent
wrote on 21 February, 2023
Age has reduced my visits to the Western Fells and “Andrew’s walks” are a marvellous consolation.I wish you an early walking return to Low Fell.
Roger Peverett
Roger Peverett
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Bex
from
Can Pastilla
wrote on 19 February, 2023
We did the round walk from Soller to Fornalutx (Mallorca) today . Thanks for the map and the description it was really helpful. Beautiful day, beautiful walk, oranges and lemons everywhere and the almond trees in bloom.
Thanks so much for the clear guide.
Thanks so much for the clear guide.
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Jude Moulsher
from
Saltburn by the Sea
wrote on 17 February, 2023
Hi, just wanted to say thank you for your efforts 👌 to make these walks come alive with your comments and amazing photos. Absolutely 💯 % perfect xxx
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Linda Stater
from
Roanoke, Virginia US
wrote on 6 January, 2023
I just wanted to say how I was taken in by your photos of Yorkshire. The walks in the Lake District just captured my heart and I was spellbound like a little girl with all the beauty and majesty of the country.
My brother used to live in the Lake District and unfortunately didn't get a chance to see all of it's beauty, but what I did see I truly loved. Thank you for all of your work, pictures and generosity in sharing all of this beauty with others. You started my day off in the best way possible, I will be saving your Webpage to my favourites for sure.
Linda.
My brother used to live in the Lake District and unfortunately didn't get a chance to see all of it's beauty, but what I did see I truly loved. Thank you for all of your work, pictures and generosity in sharing all of this beauty with others. You started my day off in the best way possible, I will be saving your Webpage to my favourites for sure.
Linda.
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Paulina Birchall
from
Hornchurch
wrote on 17 December, 2022
I was viewing your twitter account and thought the mountain shaped mist over Crummock Water could be categorized as a Dodd of Mist, having recently learnt the definition of Dodd, ‘a round protuberance’
🎅🏻Ho ho ho !
🎄A happy Christmas and Fell Walking new year
Paulina
🎅🏻Ho ho ho !
🎄A happy Christmas and Fell Walking new year
Paulina
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Stefan
from
Cheshire
wrote on 10 December, 2022
Hi Andrew,
I just spent a week in the lakes and came across your excellent site. Walked yesterday to Hayeswater Lake, with a side trip up the knoll. Cold, frosty, icy but stunning spot to walk.
Just wanted to say, thanks for putting this together. Beautiful photos.
I just spent a week in the lakes and came across your excellent site. Walked yesterday to Hayeswater Lake, with a side trip up the knoll. Cold, frosty, icy but stunning spot to walk.
Just wanted to say, thanks for putting this together. Beautiful photos.
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