Wainwright's passion was IGNITED on this hill / A wander through Windermere 

Going to the high points and the large mountains is great. But sometimes the best Lake District magic is walking through the valleys and going to the smaller hills.

Love the village journeys...thank you!!!

Loved that, really like that kind of video, thanks 👍

BC, great You Tube. Could have popped in for a brew when near the school. Keep up the excellent channel

Watching your videos and seeing your love for the area inspired me to revisit the Lake District after quite a few years. I spent a week there last week and realised that I’d forgotten just how beautiful and magnificent a place it is! So much so that I’m returning in October and again next Spring 😊 I did some fantastic walks despite some dodgy weather and loved every minute 😊 So thank you so much for being so inspirational and please keep up the good work ❤️

Love your vlogs. Nothing better than chillin' out with a few G&Ts and letting you do all the hard work whilst we enjoy the views and narrative. Thanks for a really relaxing hour around Windemere 👍 btw, that van you spotted is a Aixam Mega Multitruck. Only ever seen one 'in the flesh' so to speak. A few years go and it belonged to a Garden Maintenance guy from Clitheroe.

Great video mate

Nice to see Windermere and Orrest Head. If you're going to do low-level walks in the area, have you thought about doing Ulverston and the Hoad or Barrow and the Abbey? Keep it up!

Thanks for the nostalgia, we got engaged in Windermere, visited Claife Heights after we chose our wedding venue and got married in Far Sawrey. We’ve done that exact walk apart from going a bit off piste on School Knott!

Just spent a long weekend in windermere and Bowness visiting the inlaws and friends , best Chinese in windermere is the golden mountain, and a good meal in bowness is in The Albert pub, and a really nice pub in windermere called The Elleray

Enjoyed that video and that last section is a posh council estate compared with ours on the West Coast of Cumbria.

I have not watched this yet as soaking my bones in the bath. Just completed day 2 of a navigational course (inspired by you), just done part of Kentmere horseshoe, fab day, a tad chilly, and at times windy but got to say, HI HERDY, HAVING A MARS BAR and waved at my shadow. Oh, and I sort of learnt to read a map and use a compass 🧭

A good hike Friday taking in the Cathedral caves. Your videos are very inspiring. I probably wouldn't have gone if I hadn't watched your adventures. 👍

Oh yeh first to comment 🤣, happy Sunday to you and Finn . I finally got to the cotswold area even though I’m technically homeless at present 🤣 and have been out exploring ( mainly trying to find places to walk the dogs ) and I’ve found some really gorgeous walks ❤️❤️

You should come to Kendal, do Benson Knott from Kendal castle down to meal bank and follow the river!

Cheers, Glen. 😊 Can't wait to get back up in May. Greetings from Devon.

Good to see another side of the Lakes. I’ve driven down that road loads too and never walked there. I’ve been to Bo’ness a few times but not walked around Windermere. I’m usually on my way towards the Grasmere area.

Lovely place Windermere. Was only at the Lakes for a weekend and was based at Millom. So a lot of the time was spent in the car. Shame I missed out on some walking but I was with the ex back then and she wasn't into hiking. But we drove some stunning routes and stopped off at Lakeland motor museum on the way back to Shrewsbury. Can't wait to return

Orrest Head was my first introduction to the Lakes & its fells way back in 1959, thanks Glenn for this vid great to see Windermere parts Iv'e never seen before

Great view from Orrest Head ,bit disappointed nearly got to the area next week but last minute couldn't make it

U missed out homeground cafe x 😮

At one point the video seemed to stray into Top Gear territory and then the audio went a bit funny, you FFFFFFFFF... something ? Normal service was resumed shortly afterwards thankfully 😃

You always make my Sunday evenings. I look forward to seeing your walks around the Wainwrights and feel that I am walking right along side you. The beautiful views wash away the blahs every time. I live in a part of Texas, USA called the Hill Country. We have hills with scrub oak, pine type trees (not the Lob-lolly Pines of East Texas), Cedar and Mountain Ash (both of which play havoc with allergies during pollen season) and, although to me the hills are beautiful, they do not compare to the Lake District of England. Thank you for your videos.

Great little walk Glenn, done that route when we stayed in Bowness a few yrs ago.Got homesick when I saw the white van with the Ulverston Meat Co. logo on the side.... it's where I grew up. All the best Brian in Cotswolds

We stayed at Orrest Head House in Oct just down the path from the view point at Orrest head, it was a great location for exploring the Lake District. Never knew Wainwright himself sat up there and got inspired to write his books. Enjoyed the video Glenn 👍

I love that you’re taking us thru villages! They are so quaint! So more historic than U.S. towns.

Wow!!! Another great video!! Yes we have been on that road hundreds of times but it just goes to show we must stop and use our legs more often,!!!! Been up Orrest head but not that way, must investigate 👌 thank you, keep up these amazing videos xx

Another good video that was fun to watch. Beautiful views, serious looking people, unhappy looking people, children having fun and not forgetting the now squeaky shoes. Keep it up.

So 'thwaite' is pronounced differently in the Lakes? I'm based in North Yorkshire and it's just pronounced how it's written here. Funny how I never knew there was a difference!

I do love these meandering strolls through the towns and villages. Thnaks for sharing 👍👍

Thank You, for a lovely stroll, Glenn! A quaint village, beautiful countryside, and amazing moss covered walls. 😊

Really enjoyed the walk through Windermere. I try to avoid Windermere as full of coach tourists. Not for me. It’s been 15 years since we used our annual Lakes visits to stay in Windermere. Nothing against Windermere but not for me. I did enjoy seeing changes in shops etc. I usually head to Booths first weekly food. I last did Orrest Head 32 years ago and there were no seats like there is now. Thanks for sharing. Those previous photos from orrest were impressive and majestic memories want to take a photo of that view.

Great walk around thanks for sharing 👍

lol I hope residents in the “grim” house not watching

I really enjoy your videos but this one was of particular interest because I live in Windermere and my house appeared in this one. I also do my training/fitness runs up School Knott and up the wheelchair access route up Orrest Head. However, my main reason for commenting is to say that you have corrected a misapprehension that I have been under. For at least the last decade I have believed that Windermere was originally called Heathwaite. So, when I heard you say it was Birthwaite I said to my wife "he's very good this fella but he's slipped up saying it was originally Birthwaite" and, therefore, I would comment and, respectfully, correct you. However, my own "double-check" research further underlined just how much research and attention to detail you go into with your walks. You are absolutely correct in saying it was Birthwaite. Well done and thank you for educating me on the history of the Town I have lived in for the past 12 years.

When you climb the lesser hills luke this & Lattrigg & Muncaster Fell you get as good a view & satisfaction in walking as if you'd climbing the 3k footers in Lakes 🎉

Love your videos, hope I can hike that area one day. What camera are you filming on. I checked your gear but which one is the filming camera? Is it the gopro 11?

Thanks again for the excellent video’s interesting to hear your views on England Good Luck tonight to Mallorca in the 2 leg My team sky blues had a good win last night 😊

Hi Glen, really enjoyed the walk. We have never really walked around Windermere area before an idea for the spring. Please could I ask what type of jacket you were wearing on the walk.

The walk up to Orrest Head is nicer from where we live at Troutbeck Bridge, we love going up there but usually go early or later when it`s not so busy. And your right, the food at the Tilly bar is still nice, although I did prefer the pigs menu was better. Great video by the way 👍

I like to play the game "spot the Poc" while I'm there. You can also play it by watching the vid.

Strange to see the painting of Johnny and Baby from the film Dirty Dancing in the gallery window at 10:37

Thanks Glenn, that was such a lovely trip down memory lane. I used to stay in Keswick a lot in my youth and we visited Windermere every trip. This video brought back such wonderful memories with my late Mum and Dad. Like you say cherish every moment and I certainly did when I was in the Lake District.

Something a little different, Glen. I like it very interesting that was and a nice walk to boot. Cheers mate.

I wish I was in my garden when you walked past my house, I’d have invited you in for a beer 😊

your shoes are starting to sound like the baby velociraptors in jurassic park! i had a set of inov8s do the same thing and they replaced them under guarantee

ooh, that food from the toast shop. It really made me salivate. Looked delicous. 😛

great vlog orrest head was my first hill i went up but you still need to go round my home town of kendal

Can you tell me please the map app you use when up in the mountains

An enjoyable short walk around the bustling town centre of Windermere, then off to Orrest head just a stones throw away. Amazing views from here. A popular walk for visitors to this town. Yes, another on the list of to do. Thanks Glenn.

Beautyfull.....

Ye 😂😂only just mentioned if you had a video out 😂😂

Your sound is great what are you using for a mic setup ?

One of the places I steer away from is Windermere

That was very differant but interesting and now I know how to pronounce 'thwait'😊 Cheers

That bridge in that garden is my mates house 👍😂

Oh dear !!. Don’t give up the day job🙄. That has to be the worst vid I’ve seen from you !!. Bring back Fynn !!

Thiught David Attenborough had the most relaxing voice but your pushing him close. You can see how Wainwright was smitten. Another great video mate,( loved your reaction to the truck driver ) 😂

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You can really see how the view from Orrest Head captured the heart and mind of a young Wainwright on his visit. Went up on a Monday morning after a meet up with some other black clan members. It was the day after a recent storm so I was lucky to get the top to myself.

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks.

Brill 👍

Please Black Crag stop these videos. I understand your physical limitations but Windermere has made itself into a pleasure park. The planning authorities are driven by money and at the cost of any basic value set on monetising the Lakes. Windermere, Keswick, Grasmere and any, even the remotest hamlet "selling" the Lakes. Do not support them by aiding them with video's like this. Contrast this video with your other just released videos. All you are doing is inviting more tour buses, more "adventurers" more cars, more parking, more cafes. Please tell people how hard it is to access the Lakes, show the snows, the wind, the rains, tell them more about Herdwick's becoming "endangered". Be more local. Drive out tourism. Stop road development, Stop encroachment. Stand up and defend the Lakes. Not destroy them by this sort of video.

Not best pleased with the “grim” comment. We live in a council area ourselves not by choice me and my partner both work full time but can’t afford to buy a house as we aren’t well off. Usually like your videos but didn’t appreciate that section but keep up the good work 👍