NewsSun August 2nd to Fri August 7th

Lost Property

Remaining lost property is

Shorts 32” navy Workwear 

Buff,red and blue, “Doddie Aid. 2024”

Soft flask 500 Kalenji

Pair of folding scissors 

Leatherman Glasses, varyfocal, reading bit only

 

If you wish to claim any item please contact Sue Birkinshaw on the "entries at lakes5 dot org dot uk" email address.

Lakes 5 Days finish.

Thanks to Jon Hateley for some extremely challenging courses on Bigland's wooded slopes on Day 4, where it mainly stayed dry.

We wrapped up the week on Hampsfell's limestone being tested by Simonas Sakalauskas & Fraser Dixon to maintain map contact whilst watching your feet.

 

We hope to put up some prize giving photos in the next few days.

Hope you all have a safe journey home & see you again for Lakes 5 Days 2030.

Richard Tiley

L5D26 Co Ordinator

Reflections from first 3 days of Lakes 5 Days.

Firstly apologies for the queuing on entering and exiting todays Day 3 parking field.  

Thank you for your patience.

 

I hope that when you managed to start your course you enjoyed the extra challenge provided by the rain and low cloud restricting visibility.

Given that there has recently been a fence erected through the centre of the area then Planner Pete Owens must be commended on still delivering a great technical challenge.

 

Askham Fell on Day 1 was a replacement area and Planner Paul Watson delivered some great courses in a limited time frame.

 

Bessyboot and The Combe on Day 2 sit in the Borrowdale Valley which is reputedly the wettest place in England. Not that you would have known during the unexpectedly warm weather – even 48 hours before the weather apps were predicting rain! 

Roger Thomas had over 25 visits up and down the slopes in previous years during the creation of the maps and many more whilst planning your courses which I thought were amazing.

 

Fingers crossed that today was the worst weather day and that the sun will shine on Days 4 & 5.

 

North West Junior Squad are hosting the Rest Day event tomorrow (Weds 5th) as a Score event on Birkrigg Common, near Ulverston. Online & EOD entries still available – see Rest Day web page for details.

 

Finally there is still some pre-ordered merchandise to be picked up. Either at Day 4 Enquiries or Day 5 NWJS Cake stall.

 

Richard Tiley

L5D26 Co Ordinator

Event details

The details on each Event Day page are now complete.

There will be a Final Details summary published on the Home page 48 hours before each day. 

Those for Day1 – Askham – will be published here on Friday July 31st. 

The other days following on.

Results and Reports will also be published here.

A very simple Summary would be

• Days 1, 3 & 5 have parking adjacent to Assembly
• There is a walk from Parking to Assembly on Days 2 & 4
• Days 2 & 3 have the longest walks to the Starts
• There will only be clothing dumps on Days 1 & 2

We hope you enjoy the week.

Lakes 5 Days Traders

Binsey Field Kitchen, Podium Catering, Compass Point, Lal Yan Coffee & Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream will attend every day with NWJS Cake Stall on Sunday & Friday.

Podium Catering – same favourites every day – around £10 main meal

• Chilli with rice in a taco shell (beef or veggie)
• Soup and soda bread
• Homemade cake selection
• Bacon and egg roll (breakfast only)
• Selection of hot and cold drinks

Binsey Field Kitchen – different menu each day – around £10 main meal

• Torpenhow dairy mac and cheese, topped with Pulled pork & Mediterranean veg or Falafel
• Poke Bowls of Rice (cold) - broad beans, sweet corn, avocado, red cabbage topped with Sweet chilli chicken (hot) or Beetroot Falafel
• Greeks blinders menu: Lebanese flat bread, lettuce, tomato, cucumber and Greek yoghurt - Chicken souvlaki style - Mediterranean veg and halloumi – Side of Fries
• BBQ - Minted lamb or Vegetable skewers, Burgers, Hot dogs – Side of Fries - All served with double onions, salad and sauce, in either a brioche hot dog or burger roll
• Yorkshire puddings, garlic, rosemary and salt roast new potatoes, peas. Filled with either Beef brisket, Pulled pork or Nut roast
• Breakfast Menu:
• Sausage and bacon sandwiches, Linskeldfield farm eggs, Black pudding
• Avocado and tomato on toast
• Porridge
• Selection of hot and cold drinks

Lal Yan

• A range of coffees, from espresso to iced and a selection of specialty teas

NWJS

Cake stall will be present on Day 1 and Day 5, plus Rest Day event at Birkrigg.

They will be selling tea/coffee and other hot drinks along with a marvellous selection of cakes, including Gluten and Dairy free options.

Payment by Cash or card (assuming mobile signal).

Event Merchandise

Pre-ordered/paid merchandise will be available to collect on Days 1, 5 and Rest Day from NWJS operations and on Days 2,3,4 from Enquiries.

Some limited items of merchandise (Tops & Hats) will be available to purchase.

If we don't have your size then items can be ordered for delivery post event.

Payment by Cash or card (assuming mobile signal)

 

July 13th 2026

The third closing date was last night.

Entries will now be paused for 3 days whilst Start times are allocated.

Having taken entry numbers we will add a small margin before sending numbers to the printers.

There will only be a small number of maps remaining for sale for each course when Entries reopen on Thursday July 16th.

When they're gone, they're gone!

April 2nd 2026

Day1 - Aughertree Fell moves to Askham Fell

Unfortunately we lost the access to Aughertree Fell a few weeks ago.

Discussions with the Lake District National Park Authority in 2025 suggested that we would get permission for the area and we had arranged parking with a local farmer. Final confirmation was required from the Caldbeck Commoners Association’s annual meeting in mid-February. 

We found out that we had been refused access by the Commoners at the end of the month.

Since then we have pursued different options and have been successful with our third replacement area.

We are immensely grateful to both Lowther Estates & United Utilities for allowing us access to Askham Fell.

Whereas Aughertree lies to the North West of Penrith, Askham Fell lies to the South West.

But is similar in character being open fell with a myriad of negative features.

Further updates will be posted to the Lakes 5 Days website and our Facebook pages over the coming weeks as our organisation for this replacement area proceeds.

Richard Tiley  (LOC) – Lakes 5 Day Co-Ordinator

Karen Parker (BL)

December 3rd 2025

Entries for the Lakes 5 Days 2026 are now open via Fabian4. 

Please check the details on both the Competition and Entries pages regarding courses and competition information.

July 2025

NWOA are working hard to bring you another fantastic Lakes 5 Days in 2026.

The dates for your diary are Sunday August 2nd to Friday August 7th, with there being a rest day on Wednesday August 5th.

Permissions are being sought for areas but if everything comes together then the event outline is as follows.

Sunday kicks off with a Long distance race on an open fell area.

Monday is hoped to be a new open fell area for a long Middle race.

Tuesday is TBA.

Thursday is a Long distance race on complex open fell.

Friday finishes with a Long distance race on wooded limestone pavement.