CUMBRIA WAY - Trail Review to help your SUCCESSFUL completion

[@m6a3s]

SOLD. Thanks for a great review.

[@AmblingTrails]

Thanks for the watch and comment 😁

[@jamesvarney7041]

Looks like a great trail! Big fan of the gnome at the start!

[@AmblingTrails]

Ha, me to! 😁👍🏼

[@JIMcLauchlan]

fantastic video and great information about the route too. looking at doing this hike myself along with the coast to coast

[@AmblingTrails]

Great combination of trails, best of luck and have a great adventure 👍🏼

[@sulj3373]

Living on flat land makes me wonder about climbs but maybe this is doable. Funny the Tabasco sign in the hut. Comes from this part of Louisiana. Very helpful video thanks!😊

[@AmblingTrails]

Wow, well spotted on the Tabasco sign and you've widen my knowledge in very strangely! Thanks

[@honesty3440]

Absolutely great! Being there and going in all that beautiful nature is a blessing! Be healthy, enjoy! 👏🏻

[@AmblingTrails]

Thanks for the watch and comment, really appreciated. Cheers

[@honesty3440]

@@AmblingTrails 👍🏻🥂🍾

[@joshuajcoates]

What an engaing review! Thank you for this

[@AmblingTrails]

Appreciate the comment and watch, 👍🏼😁

[@stushikesandrides]

Another winner Nigel👍

[@AmblingTrails]

Thanks Stu 😁

[@dcaudwell]

A great and informative summary - thank you! I wonder if you have any thoughts on the high route vs the valley route? And, if a hybrid of the two might be desirable to get the best of both routes? Also, any pros or cons comparing S to N vs N to S?

[@AmblingTrails]

Interestingly, in some ways the high route is a kind of hybrid of both. I think it takes most of the best of the valley route and adds in the mountains to make it more interesting (and challenging!). The only part of the lower route which I would have enjoyed if I could tweak the high route further, would be to include Tarn Hows as well from the low route, but that would break the flow a bit. However, I like your suggestion very much and wondering if I could design such a route and do the Cumbria Way a fourth time. The S2N v's N2S question, I thought about quite a bit and when I hiked that direction I did film it with the idea of making a video but I just felt the scenery was not sufficiently different to merit a video. My conclusion, is that the only advantages of one over the other is the transport option and signage. When I finish a trail, I just like to jump on train as quickly as possible and not have to think too much, in that case Carlisle wins over Ulverston, but it is fairly marginal. Most of the signage and especially the non official signage works from south to north, so that might influence your choice if you are less experience of trekking. I think with this trail, more than most other trials, the deciding factor might be where you are based in the country and what your travel options are. Thanks for the questions, you really have got me thinking! Cheers Nigel

[@dcaudwell]

@@AmblingTrails Ah Ha! I hadn't realised that about the high route. If you do create your own route I'd love to see the results in a video - perhaps throwing in the route-planning challenge will tempt you back to do it again! I'm an ex-pat living on the coast of British Columbia but I regularly come back to the UK and the Cumbria Way High Route - or your improved version (; - is high on my to-do list! Anyhow, thanks as always for your videos - you are building quite the online portfolio of informative videos and I've no doubt you've helped and will continue to help lots of folks to get out and attempt a thru-hike or two.

[@AmblingTrails]

Yes you have certainly given me something to think about over the winter months, thanks! British Columbia, love how YT connects similar minded people and thanks for sharing that info. Cheers

[@edwardstroud8245]

I’ve done the high route and taking in Bowfell for the views is well worth it if the weather is good ( I was lucky). Am doing it again in February and am going to mix it up a bit this time, to see places like Coniston which I missed before.

[@AmblingTrails]

@edwardstroud8245 yes, I think that is the great thing about the high route your options are a lot greater, Coniston Old Man certainly worth the effort.

[@Adventurekatie2024]

Hi, in one of your videos I saw a rucksack that had a holder for a drinks bottle on the front and I think you said it was also waterproof. Just wondered if you knew the brand and where I could get it from x

[@AmblingTrails]

I think all my rucksacks have a bottle holder! However, the one that is most waterproof is the Atom Pack, which are custom made in Keswick in the Lake District. Just put atompacks into google and you should find them. Obviously, being custom made they are expensive, but they are also one of the lightest packs on the market and sold worldwide. Being custom made there is also usually a waiting list. Hope it works out :)

[@Adventurekatie2024]

@@AmblingTrails Thankyou will have a look on Google! X

[@vlcoates01]

Do you have to be very fit for the Cumbrian way

[@AmblingTrails]

Normal fitness for day hiking, this could easily be the next step!