Description
A running legend’s journey through Lakeland.
In 1983, Joss Naylor completed the roughly 105-mile Lakes, Meres and Waters route in 19 hours and 14 minutes. The book takes this achievement as its starting point and returns to the route many years later. The result is a story of both a remarkable athlete and the landscape that shaped much of his life and work in the Lake District.
From Loweswater to Over Water.
The route links 27 of the area’s lakes and waters, offering an unusual perspective on the Lake District. In the book, it is divided into ten stages, so the journey can be experienced without following Naylor’s competitive pace. You can choose a continuous hike or use individual sections as the basis for your own day trips through the same part of the landscape.
Stories and practical route information combined.
Vivienne Crow brings Naylor’s experiences and stories together with descriptions that support a new attempt at the route. The book therefore serves as both reading material and a planning resource. It suits readers interested in British fell running, as well as hikers who want a more personal approach to the area’s lakes and the connections between them, without aiming for a record attempt.
For readers seeking inspiration and a trip of their own.
You do not need to be a fell runner to enjoy the story or walk selected sections, but the stages must be adapted to your own ability and current conditions. The book invites you to experience the landscape at a different pace than the historic run. Use the route information alongside up-to-date planning of transport and accommodation if the reading is to become the start of your own longer hike through the area.
A long tradition of hiking guides.
Cicerone has published guidebooks since 1969. The publisher grew out of a community of climbers and mountain people who wanted to share detailed knowledge of their routes – a tradition that still shapes the publisher’s books on hiking, trekking, and other outdoor experiences.
About this edition.
Author: Vivienne Crow and Joss Naylor. English language. 160 pages. First edition, published in 2021. ISBN 9781786310873.
