Guides and Places The book “Wainswrights without a Car” was shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year Awards – Guides & Place section. The awards were held on Tuesday 7th July at the George Hotel in Penrith. The Guides & Places section was won by the book King Charles III – Coast Path North

Tales of more ascents In 2023 members of the Eden Valley Mountaineering Club ascended all the Wainwrights and the book, Wainwrights without a Car, recalls all these ascents with accounts produced by the members and this was the basis for the book and its format. During the year I climbed 86 of the summits and

The Stagecoach 2026 Summer Timetable is now out, and runs from 23rd March 2026. You can download the timetable here: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/cumbria-and-north-lancashire/explore-the-lakes-by-bus For more detailed information on specific timetable changes see – https://www.jaggedlakes.co.uk/timetable-changes/

Workington Bus Stations was opened on 19 March 1926 Cumberland Motor Services as the first purpose-built covered bus station in Great Britain. In March 2006, a request from the Workington and District Civic Trust to have the building listed was turned down as it was deemed to have had too many modifications. In October 2006,

On page 181 of the book there is mention of members of the Eden Valley Mountaineering Club running a relay over the Wainwrights in 1993. This challenge was taken up by the current members of the Club. Over 4 ½ days in June 2025 16 members ran around the 214 Wainwrights, following roughly the same

As mentioned in the book there is no official bus stop at Scales and a bus will only stop if the driver of the bus considers stopping there is safe, so cannot be relied upon to stop. The underlying issues here are the following National Highways is the authoritative body which has determined that it

During 2025 the 555 bus service from Lancaster to Keswick celebrated 100 years of operating between these two locations.