Here is the latest news from Keswick Tourism, the National Trust and the Lake District National Park on where to walk after the destructive Storm Desmond. Keswick Tourism says “There’s no doubt that Storm Desmond left Cumbria in a less than perfect situation.  We have had many landslides, which have affected many rights of way. Please do enjoy the Christmas holidays with us in the great outdoors – we still are the place to be.” For more information, click here. National Trust says “We’ve had 21 landslides in Borrowdale and Buttermere Valley alone and the rangers have spent the past few weeks doing their best to tackle the most urgent damage. We’re trying our best to keep paths open wherever we can. Where safety is a concern we have had to close a very small number of paths and bridges – please keep yourself safe by respecting the closure notices. You can still walk these routes, just take extra care and allow extra time for your walk. Remember sunset is a shockingly early 3:45pm in late December / early January and if it’s raining or overcast it gets dark even earlier, so don’t forget your torch. Paths open, but be careful out there.” For more information, click here. Lake District National Park says “Our rangers and volunteers have been busy surveying bridges and path surfaces on rights of way since the floods in early December 2015. We have over 1,400 bridges and almost 2,000 miles of path to check and so have concentrated our survey work so far in those valleys which were worse affected. We have checked many of these bridges and paths already and we will continue to survey them until we have checked them all.” For more information, click here. [columns] [column width=”one-third”] [hover category=”the-national-parks”]

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