fixthefells

While our rangers draw breath before they start work on the fells in April, our volunteers continue to be out and about across the Lakes, maintaining paths. Here, enjoying the sun in Far Easedale. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

Heli-lifting to Helvellyn successfully complete! @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria @pdgaviation

Earlier this week Fix the Fells lifted stone and aggregate onto Gowbarrow, ready for work in 2026. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

Chilly but scenic work for our rangers, gathering stone from the fellside above Thirlmere this week. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

Our rangers gathered stone from #unitedutilities last week, for use on our Helvellyn project starting in April. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

Massive thanks to @teamBMC474551 #AccessandConservationTrust for the donation of four cargo nets, to help us move stone on the fells. thebmc.co.uk/en/act-cargo-n… @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria Photo: British Mountaineering Council

2026 ranger team plans... 9 rangers will work this spring and summer on Helvellyn. Today we were out putting finishing touches on plans for the work. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

Fix the Fells volunteers have enjoyed some tasty cakes and bakes while out maintaining path this winter, with massive thanks to #chestersbytheriver of Skelwith Bridge. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

More winter volunteer activity as nearly 40 completed regular maintenance on 5 routes from Grasmere. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

Fix the Fells volunteers celebrated their year by gifting a weekend of work, on stone work, path maintenance, hedge laying and fence removal. Great fun and lots achieved. Thank you all! @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

Read about work completed by Fix the Fells this year, thanks to a £34,070 grant from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund on the Westmorland Gazette website. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria @WandFCouncil

Fix the Fells rangers have completed erosion repair work at multiple sites alongside Loft Beck, upper Ennerdale, on the Wainwright's Coast to Coast route. Here are some before and after photos. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

Congratulations to our LDNPA Fix the Fells Ranger, Annie, who was recently a nominee at the Cumbria Women of the Year Award. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

Celebrations at Gowbarrow as 12 years of work on the west side are completed, with a tree planting day. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

This autumn we say a fond farewell to three of our rangers; Liam, Nathan and Greg. Thank you so much for all your hard work and passion for the fells, and good luck in your new jobs! @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

National Trust colleague Zoe Gilbert, and Stephen Cooper, have just published, "Chasing the Phantom: the lost words of war poet Nowell Oxland". A proportion of profits will support Fix the Fells. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

A busy couple of weeks, including staff and volunteers completing multiple path maintenance routes from Buttermere, following by tea and cake. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

Fix the Fells volunteers have been enjoying beautiful atmospheric conditions out and about while maintaining paths this month. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

Massive thanks to @teamBMC474551 and Access and Conservation Trust for their gift of steel toe-capped boots to Fix the Fells! @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria

2018, pre-erosion repair vs 2025, six years post-erosion repair, at Maiden Moor, Borrowdale. @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @friendsoflakes @lakesfoundation @NECumbria