@fixthefells

Our rangers and volunteers help protect the spectacular Lake District landscape by repairing and maintaining upland paths.

 Cumbria
fixthefells.co.uk
Joined September 2010
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Happy birthday @fixthefells! 🎉This week, we met up with the professional rangers, the amazing volunteers, partners, staff and supporters to celebrate 25 years! @NTlakedistrict @lakedistrictnpa @lakesfoundation @NECumbria
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Want to improve your ability to work in a team, resilience, confidence and leadership skills, meet like-minded people and widen your friendship group? And make a valuable contribution as well, find out how #volunteering with @fixthefells does all this: c-js.uk/3FfXOSP
Two people work digging peat next to a tarn with a blue sky and scudding clouds in the background. Text reads: Volunteering with Fix the Fells

ALT Two people work digging peat next to a tarn with a blue sky and scudding clouds in the background. Text reads: Volunteering with Fix the Fells

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Volunteers make It happen. 🤝 Fix the Fells relies on 160 passionate volunteers who give their time and skills to restore the Lake District’s upland paths. Isabel Berry, Fix the Fells Partnership Manager, says, “Volunteers are central to everything we do.” Help us support them by donating. donate.biggive.org/campaign/… 🔗 #VolunteerPower #FixTheFells #ChristmasChallenge ©National Trust Images/Paul Harris Fix the Fells Lake District National Park National Trust Lake District Friends of the Lake District Natural England Big Give
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WE ARE LIVE! 🌟 The Big Give Christmas Challenge has officially started! 🎉 Every donation you make to Fix the Fells this week will be DOUBLED, helping us protect and restore the beautiful Lake District paths we all love. 🌿 donate.biggive.org/campaign/… @pollyrowena @Melissassmile
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Thanks to all the #volunteers who braved the cold & joined us for our annual Fell Care Day! Dry stone walls repaired ✔️footpaths cleared ✔️ rhododendron sorted ✔️ bridleway maintained & scrub cut back✔️ @nationaltrust @lakedistrictnpa @fixthefells
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We're getting booked up fast! Our annual Fell Care Day takes place in Coniston on Friday 22 November. Check out the volunteering opportunities available here: loom.ly/SY-Yvkc 📸 from last year's Fell Care Day 🎉 @fixthefells @nationaltrust @lakedistrictnpa
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🚨 The KMF website will launch on Halloween from noon 🚨 Early Bird Pricing Available! 🚴 Sports Tickets: Swim | Bike | Run | Hike | Tri | Adventure ⛰ Festival Tickets: Live Music & Speakers (to be announced soon) keswickmountainfestival.co.u…
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Another bit of path repaired on Loughrigg. Roughly five metres in length, joining on to a section of old path that had started to erode and fall out...
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Just nipped up Stone Arthur to check on some of last year's path repairs. Path is settling in pretty well. Before, during & after photos of a section of the path (roughly 18 months between first and last photo)...
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We're back on Loughrigg again today, repairing the footpath from the Terrace up to the summit...
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Volunteers get stuck in at Buttermere Fell Care Day A fine day, teamwork and cake to fuel the workforce proved a winning combination once again with volunteers from across the county delivering some remarkable results. friendsofthelakedistrict.org…
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Replying to @NTCentralFells
@NTCentralFells Fix the Fells ranger team was recently joined by a journalist from the i Paper for the day. You can read her article here: inews.co.uk/news/fix-fells-t…

Fears TikTokkers trampling over Lake District is worsening erosion

As twin forces of increased footfall from an influx of tourists and extreme weather batter the beautiful Lake District with erosion, i spends the day with a Fix the Fells team working tirelessly to...

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We're heading up to Fairfield today, carrying out a path survey...
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honoured to have been asked by @paula_hudgell Tony Hudgell to join him on his #mountainclimb on 8th August. @TonyHudgell_fdn @BendriggTrust , @CrohnsColitisUK @fixthefells. donate.giveasyoulive.com/fun… #seetheability #challenge #fundraiser #lakedistrict #GoTonyGo #SummitsupforTony
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PLEASE DO NO USE BBQ OR MAKE FIRES IN THE LAKE DISTRICT.
Lake District
@lakedistrictnpa3 Jun 2023
Please don't have BBQs or camp fires in the Lake District, especially during this dry warm weather. Please be #LakeDistrictKind 💚
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We're back repairing the footpath on Stone Arthur again, and it's another glorious day...
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We're back repairing the footpath on Stone Arthur again today. Slowly progressing upwards...
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fixthefells retweeted
fellfixernorth@cbdgb12 May 2023
You know you are in for a great day @fixthefells volunteering in Wasdale when the first picture you try to take is photo bombed by NT ranger Rob. Good day, great company and excellent engagement with walkers heading up Scafell Pike. Rebuilding old steps and adding some new ones
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We did it!!! Thank you from the @fixthefells team and ourselves you are all amazing! £11,265 rasied plus GiftAid donate.biggive.org/campaign/…
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We are so close to reaching our @BigGive £10k target for @fixthefells All donations are DOUBLED until noon tomorrow (Thurs 27 April) #GreenMatchFund. Any donations in the next 26 hours will be gratefully received!: bit.ly/41n97OD
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