Wild Swimming Walks leads you on 28 adventures in the captivating landscape of the Lake District. Find secret waterfalls, pristine mountain tarns and sparkling rivers.
Complete with photos and practical guidance, rich in local history and legend, this book will appeal to wild swimmers, family explorers, nature lovers and walkers alike.

* Discover beautiful pools below the highest waterfall in Cumbria
* Swim around the islands of Ullswater and into the Devil’s Chimney
* Bathe in the deepest tarn in the Lakes beneath the towering crags of Mardale
* Explore the craggy highs and the watery lows of Scafell Pike from the wonderful Eskdale Valley
* Seek the legendary talking fish of Bowscale Tarn

Including detailed directions, maps and downloadable route information to print out or take with you on your phone or tablet.

About the Author:

Pete Kelly was brought up in northern England and learnt to swim in the tidal pools of Northumbria. He now lives in Ambleside with his wife Andrea and son William. Together they founded Swim the Lakes in 2005, pioneering guided adventure swimming. Pete has appeared on BBC Countryfile and Secret Britain and writes for Outdoor Swimmer Magazine.

Table of Contents

Routes included:
River Caldew and Bowscale Tarn
Silver Bay and the Ullswater Islands
Howtown, Sandwick and Kailpot Crag
Helvellyn, Red Tarn, Glenridding Beck and Ullswater
The Tarns of Patterdale and Hartsop
Blea Water and Small Water
The Falls of Swindale
Cat Bells and the Derwentwater Shoreline
Harrop and Blea Tarn
Blackmoor Pot, Galleny Force and The Fairy Glen
Castle Crag, the River Derwent and Millican Dalton’s Cave
Crummock Water and Scale Force
Bleaberry Tarn, High Stile and Buttermere
Stickle Tarn and the Langdale Pikes
Yew Tree Tarn, the Holme Fell Tarns and Hodge Close Quarry
Sour Milk Gill, Easedale and Codale Tarns
The Vale of the Lake District Poets
Wray Castle, Windermere, and the Latterbarrow Ramble
Staveley, the River Kent and the Tarns of Potter Fell
Windermere, Moss Eccles and Wise Een Tarn
Finsthwaite, High Dam and the River Leven
Scoat Tarn and Low Tarn
The Emerald Pool, Sprinkling Tarn and Styhead Tarn
Upper Esk and Scafell Pike
Blea Tarn at Beckfoot
The Duddon Valley and Seathwaite Tarn
Coniston Launch Adventure
Blind Tarn, Goats Water and the Tranearth Pool