Kingsley Jones

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Category Archives: Lake District

Wireless Adventure

January 1, 2018by Kingsley Jones 4 Comments

Dear Mr Turner, Re: Your plans to install 8 separate zip wires across Thirlmere, in the Lake District. This is published as an open letter. “Come take a walk with […]

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fell running, Lake District, trekking

Cicerone Press open day

November 18, 2017by Kingsley Jones 1 Comment

As I drove through Kendal yesterday towards Murley Moss, there was no doubt that it was the mountain festival weekend. The uniform of festival attendees was evident walking down every […]

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cicerone, Lake District, writing

OWPG Best Guidebook award 2017

October 19, 2017by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

I’m back from the Outdoor Writers & Photographers Guild (OWPG) annual AGM weekend. To be fair I didn’t have to travel too far, as it was just up the road […]

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Chamonix, fell running, Lake District, OWPG, trail running, writing

Lake District book out!

April 26, 2017by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

This week my latest mountain running guidebook, “Trail and Fell Running in the Lake District” was published by Cicerone Press. This project has taken years to come together, and countless days out […]

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fell running, Lake District

Running off grid

December 31, 2016by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

It is purely coincidence that it’s New Years Eve when I happen to post this, but there’ll surely be more than a few people who drink a little too much tonight, […]

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fell running, Lake District, routes

Tour de Helvellyn

January 3, 2015by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

A few minutes on the internet, and I came up with three answers about the distance; 38 miles, 40 miles and 42 miles. Looking for the elevation gain produced a […]

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fell running, Lake District, trail running

Lakes in a Day

October 17, 2014by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

To live somewhere, yet to learn to see it in a totally new light, is something you can’t achieve every weekend. Last Saturday I ran the first edition of the […]

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Lake District, trail running

Grizedale Ultra 26

November 27, 2012by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Last weekend, I ran the Grizedale Ultra 26 race, the first in a new series of ‘short’ ultra marathons designed to help people training for 100 mile races like the […]

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Lake District, trail running

Lakes Fell Running

November 12, 2012by Kingsley Jones 1 Comment

I’ve been based in the Lake District for a few weeks now, and the running training is going well. The photo above was taken running the Fairfield horseshoe last weekend, […]

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Lake District, personal training, trail running

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Feral Fellrunners!
Herdwick’s Heaf!
Flying over Langdale!
Luna’s Langdale
Ullswater viewed descending Birks
Troutbeck Sunset 🌅🏔🐏 time lapse, the sun dropping over the shoulder of Wetherlam and the Coniston Fells.
Best▪️Dog▪️Ever 🐶🐾
Freya fell running 🏔🏃🏼‍♀️ this evening, looking down on Rydal Water and Loughrigg Fell.
Stunning Sunset 🏔🌄 Sky on fire this evening, over the Coniston fells.
Sunset rock! 🌅🧗‍♂️🏔 Freya doing her first autonomous abseils. Incredible to have warm Spring evenings so soon after the recent ice!
Dawn patrol 🏔🏃‍♂️🐶🐾 running from the door with Luna.
Langdale Puddles 🏔🌊🚴‍♀️ Après home school, energy burn. Soaked. Muddy. Happy!
LIVE- Ambleside Flooding 🌊☔️💦⚠️ Rothay Park fast becoming a lake, with rivers over bank-full levels.
Mines of Moria (Khazad-dûm) 🏔⛏🔥🐉 Alway think the old quarries on the West flank of Yoke, have a Tolkien-esque look to them.
Fell Dog 🏔🐶🐾🦴 Luna in full Border Collie alert mode on a moody Black Crag in the clag.
Herdy fell runners 🏔🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑 So much for ‘slow travel’. Herdwick sheep running laps of the drumlin. Pure joy!
She’s good at hints 🏔🏃‍♂️🐶🐾
Snow laden skies ❄️🌨🌙 at dusk last night.

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