Keswick Mountain Festival
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Keswick Mountain Festival |
To book Cathy's walks during the Cumberland Ale 2008 Keswick Mountain Festival from 14th to 18th May click here
In 2007 a successful FIRST Keswick Mountain Festival took place from 16th to 20th May.
This was the first Mountain Festival in Keswick. It gave visitors the opportunity to try a wide range of outdoor activities from walking to climbing; bird watching to photography; kayaking to gill scrambling. You could learn more about the history of the area with mine walks and stone wall building or practice with map and compass or go Geocaching. In addition there were plenty of talks and films about mountains and mountaineers in this country and abroad.
In 2008 the Cumberland Ale Keswick Mountain Festival will be from 14th to 18th May . This year the Festival sponsored by Jennings as The Cumberland Ale Keswick Mountain Festival will be bigger and better! More talks,more walks, a triathlon, lots of Mountain Biking and activities on Crowe Park oppposite the Theatre courtesey of the National Trust.
Click here to go to the Cumberland Ale Keswick Mountain Festival Site for full details of the programme. Cathy is leading three walks during the Festival. To book these go to the Group Walking page by clicking here
Reminders of Cathy's 2007 Mountain Festival Walks
A small group on a damp day, but everyone enjoyed themselves and we even had excellent views from the top. Thursday I helped with a photographic walk with local photographer Rob Graves. We met at Bowderstone Car Park and had hoped to go high but a damp morning meant that the best oppportunities for photography were in the valley. Friday saw me with Alan Hinkes taking a group over High Spy. All the group had won the oppportunity to walk with this world famous mountaineer by bidding on ebay or taking part in a competition. A wet and windy morning meant that we couldn't cross the lake by launch as planned. Instead, having breakfasted at the Abraham Cafe at Fishers, we took taxis to Grange and climbed from there. However the weather improved during the morning though remaining windy and an excellent day was enjoyed by all. After lunching on the top of High Spy we walked north across Maiden Moor and Catbells and returned to Keswick by launch from Hawes End. Everyone received a free Berghaus base layer and signed poster at Rathbones and retired to the pub for a well deserved pint. Saturday was a damp and very windy morning. Great Gable from Honister via the north west ridge was out of the question. It was decided instead to try the more direct route over Green Gable but when one lady was blown over as we crossed Gillercombe Head we beat a retreat down to Moses Trod and back round to Honister for hot mugs of tea. No photos I'm afraid. I was too busy trying to ensure everyone remained on their feet!
Finally on Saturday we drove round to Wasdale and enjoyed a superb ascent of Scafell Pike, descending via Corridor Route and Styhead. - The one sunny day of the Festival - let's hope all the days are like this in 2008! Return to home page or return to the top of this page click here
