10 of the best winter walks

The view from on high

Burnmoor Tarn, Lake District

Goodbye to Christmas lunch guilt as, booted and gloved, you forge up the fellside to the shores of moody Burnmoor Tarn. Up here, vistas of the Lake District's western mountains strike awe into every beholder.

Practicalities From Burnmoor Inn follow track north to east shore of Burnmoor Tarn; south-west by Burnmoor Lodge and down Miterdale; ascend south slope beside Black Gill; return by White Moss and Boot Bank.

Length 6 miles.

Pint and a warm-up The Boot Inn, Boot, Eskdale (01946 723224).

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