Ribbon walks in the Lake District

We as a family are visiting the Lake District to camp. Are there any walks that my 3 sons, age 22,20,18 can do that would include two nights camping along the way. They want to carry all there gear, tents, food etc, with them and be collected at the end. Preferably in the Helvelyn, Skiddaw or Scafell Pike areas?

Barry Sewell, Hebburn

A. The best thing to do is combine several circular walks to make one longer 'ribbon' walk. For example your sons could follow c110 The Eskdale Skyline from Eskdale up Sca Fell and Scafell Pike before following c194 Scafell Pike from Great Langdale down from Scafell Pike to Langdale. They could then follow c281 The Langdale Pikes via North Rake from Great Langdale up The Langdale Pikes and then c329 The Langdale Pikes and High Raise from Stonethwaite over Ullscarf and down into Borrowdale.

There are countless other combinations they could do and the best way to choose which is best for you is by using our unique interactive Lake District walk maps:

- OS Explorer Map OL4 The English Lakes - North Western Area,
- OS Explorer Map OL5 The English Lakes - North Eastern Area,
- OS Explorer Map OL6 The English Lakes - South Western Area,
- OS Explorer Map OL7 The English Lakes - South Eastern Area

or Ordnance Survey Landranger Maps (pink cover):

- OS Landranger Map 89 West Cumbria,
- OS Landranger Map 90 Penrith & Keswick
- OS Landranger Map 96 Barrow-in-Furness & South Lakeland,
- OS Landranger Map 97 Kendal & Morecambe

NB. 1:25,000 scale Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps offer more detail and are therefore more suitable for walking and hiking than 1:50,000 Scale Ordnance Survey Landranger Maps

Hope this helps

Mike (Editor)

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