Walking: Five walks around Keswick

We hadn't been to the Lake District for a few years, and certainly not since we started walking seriously (I think the last time was June 2013, when we stayed near Cockermouth and I went to Woolfest; we did manage one walk, round St Bee's Head, though I suspect it would seem very short by our current standards), so we decided it was time for a return visit and booked a holiday flat in Keswick for our spring holiday this year on the grounds that it might be nice to be in walking distance of shops and restaurants, and Keswick had seemed like a pleasant place when we were there before and had a branch of Booths (the Waitrose of the north-west). This proved to be a very good decision, as Keswick is very pleasant and pretty much a walker's paradise (rather like Fort William, it must be a bit frustrating to live there if you ever want to buy anything other than outdoor gear, though as well as branches of every single outdoor chain and a couple of independents Keswick also has all of the outdoor-inspired fashion chains - Seasalt, White Stuff, Fat Face, Joules) and we managed to find a week's worth of walks starting from the town itself which meant that we didn't have to use the car at all while we were there.

( Walk 1: Latrigg )

( Walk 2: Walla Crag )

( Walk 3: Derwentwater Circuit )

( Walk 4: Catbells )

( Walk 5: Castlerigg Stone Circle via Threlkeld )