Lake District Singing and Hillwalking weekend

03 Jan 2025—05 Jan 2025

Residential

Black Sail hut is just under Great Gable, Haystacks and Pillar in the Lake District

Every year our singers gather in the Buttermere village hall in the Lake District to learn a few songs together. Then we walk round Buttermere with stops for singing before going over the Scarth Gap to the iconic Black Sail youth hostel where we will stay and sing round for the fire for two nights.

Most of our singing will be outside – with meals inside this fabulous youth hostel which can only be reached by walking over the mountains. All the meals and packed lunch on Saturday and Sunday are provided – though please bring a packed lunch for Friday.

We’ll start in Buttermere village hall with a harmony singing workshop, as in previous years, and also sing on the tops of the surrounding fells, by waterfalls, and round the lake.

You need hillwalking experience to enjoy this weekend and be safe (eg hillwalking in Scotland, Wales, Lake District, Alps etc.), and some fitness too – everything else we can work with. We’ll provide meals and can help with lift shares where requested. I’ll also send a few songs with recordings in advance in case you haven’t sung with us before – such as the Joy of Living.

If you like hillwalking and harmony singing this is one of the best ways to start the new year. If you have never been hillwalking before, you would probably hate this!

Event details

Date

03 Jan 2025—05 Jan 2025

Time

All day/more than one day

Address

Black Sail Hut
Ennerdale
Cleator
Cumbria CA23 3AX

Cost

£185

Notes

You cannot drive to Black Sail - and there is no wifi or mobile phone reception - but the Black Sail hut is warm and comfortable with heating and log stove - and you are surrounded by mountains and nature in the raw.

Booking information

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