Event Calendar

Black Dog Outdoors

You can find details and booking links below for our confirmed events. The links will take you to our JustGo booking platform where you will need to register as a member. You will only need to register once on JustGo and, in doing so, you will receive notifications of future events. If you need support in registering, then please contact us at admin@blackdogoutdoors.co.uk and we’ll gladly help you through the process.

Plans for our 2024 events are well underway and details will be released around 2 months before the event date.

    Mar
    23
    Sat
    Walking Event – Coastal Cumbria (Latrigg Circular)
    Mar 23 all-day

    We have teamed up with the Outdoor Partnership in Cumbria to run a number of free walking events for residents of Copeland and Allerdale, which includes a 10am minibus pickup on the day at Whitehaven Library.

    The walk will be along the old Keswick to Penrith railway line trail (the last train was in March 1972) before turning to ascend the easter flanks of Latrigg. The summit of Latrigg is described by some as one of the best viewpoints in the Lake District (weather permitting) offering outstanding views over Keswick, Derwent Water and the surrounding fells.

    Further details of the event, including the booking link, can be found on our JustGo platform.

    Apr
    6
    Sat
    Walking Event – Bolton-le-Sands
    Apr 6 all-day

    This session is intended to give you an overview of map reading skills to enable you to use a map for planning and completing walks in the UK countryside. We will start the event with a short indoor session at the Carrington’s roaster where we will introduce maps and along with some introductory navigation skills. We will then go for a walk to Warton crag where we will put this theory into practice!

    Rising dramatically above Morecambe BayWarton Crag marries stunning habitats that have seen the reserve become part of a network of nationally important wildlife conservation sites. Limestone grassland, limestone pavement and ancient semi-natural woodland boast thin, free-draining soils and rugged, rocky outcrops that support an extra special array of species of flora, fauna and wildlife.

    Further details of the event, including the booking link, can be found on our JustGo platform.

    Apr
    13
    Sat
    Walking Event – Bleaklow
    Apr 13 all-day

    Setting off from the A57 Snakepass our circular walk will take us to Higher Shelf Stones and onto the wreckage of ‘Over Exposed’ which was a Boeing RB-29A Superfortress that had been modified for reconnaissance. The aircraft crashed at Higher Shelf Stones on 3 November 1948. The aircraft was on a routine daytime flight with two other aircraft, leaving RAF Scampton near Lincoln at about 10:15 and heading to the US Air Force base at Burtonwood near Warrington.

    If the weather is favourable, we will then continue on to the high point of Bleaklow Head before returning to our vehicles.

    Further details, including the booking link, can be found on our JustGo platform.

    Apr
    20
    Sat
    Walking Event – Buckden Pike (Yorkshire Dales)
    Apr 20 all-day

    Buckden Pike sits at 702m (2,302 feet) high above the picturesque dales village of Buckden. The roman road that runs along Buckden Rake across the side of the hill once linked forts at Ilkley to the South and Bainbridge to the North. This was once a thriving lead mining area and old mining works and buildings are scattered below the summit.

    We will start from the village of Kettlewell and ascend via the Top mere track to the edge of the moorland plateau. From here we cross the plateau to the summit of Buckden Pike where, if the weather is favourable, there are stunning views from the summit of Great Whernside, Pendle Hill, Fountains Fell, Pen-y-ghent, Whernside, Ingleborough, Wild Boar Fell, Great Shunner Fell and if we’re very lucky; the mountains of the Lake District.

    Further details of the event, including the booking link, can be found on our JustGo platform.

    Apr
    27
    Sat
    Walking Event – Coastal Cumbria (Buttermere & Haystacks)
    Apr 27 all-day

    We have teamed up with the Outdoor Partnership in Cumbria to run a number of free walking events for residents of Copeland and Allerdale, which includes a 10am minibus pickup on the day at Whitehaven Library.

    Further details of the event, including the booking link, will be posted approximately 2 months before the event date.

    May
    11
    Sat
    Walking Event – Scafell Pike
    May 11 all-day

    The highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike sits not just high above the surrounding fells but also high on many walkers’ lists of must climb peaks. The starting point of Wasdale is found on the western edge of the lake district and can be an adventure of its own to get to so allow plenty of time to travel to the starting point.

    The plan is to follow the valley until we reach a path called Moses Trod. This will be a gentle warm-up before we begin our ascent. Once we reach Moses Trod, we will head to the popular and picturesque Styhead Tarn. It’s the perfect place for a snack break. After that, we will make our way along the Corridor Route. This path offers some of the most spectacular mountain scenery the Lake District has to offer. However, the path does have a few small sections that require scrambling and can feel quite exposed in places. Once we reach Lingmell Col, we will rejoin the main route and finish our ascent of the highest mountain in England. There are various descent options, but the most likely route will be the most popular one up and down the mountain. We will head down the Hollow Stones route straight back to the car park.

    Further details of the event, including the booking link, can be found on our JustGo platform.

    May
    17
    Fri
    Paddle Event – Rodley (Leeds Liverpool Canal)
    May 17 all-day

    We will be using Sit On Top kayaks to paddle on part of The Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

    Launching from Rodley we will be heading through Calverley towards Apperley Bridge Marina.

    Starting with a 10minute introduction and 20-minute warm up followed by a 2hr paddle starting at Rodley Canal heading towards Apperley Bridge Marina and back.

    A slow and tranquil paddle through a beautiful stretch of the Canal heading through Calverley Woods. Built in 1770 The Leeds & Liverpool Canal was built to connect the big industrial towns of Yorkshire and now supports a vast array of wildlife protected by the Canal River trust founded in 2012.

    Further details of this Kayaking event, and how to book your place, can be found on our JustGo platform.

    May
    18
    Sat
    Walking Event – Ben Lomond
    May 18 all-day

    Starting by the banks of Loch Lomond, Ben Lomond is a steady climb with magnificent views across the Trossachs and beyond. At the heart of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs national park, Ben Lomond is the most southerly of the Scottish Munros. The summit is at an elevation of 990m which on a clear day can offer spectacular views across the west coast and even as far North as Ben Nevis.

    The route has a clear path with some rocky sections. We’ll start heading uphill through some woodland with some muddy sections. Our ascent takes us up Ptarmigan ridge with short sections of steep ground, and our descent takes us down a gentler route across the eastern shoulder of the hill.

    Further details of the event, including the booking link, can be found on our JustGo platform.

    Walking Event – Coastal Cumbria (Keswick & Catbells Terrace)
    May 18 all-day

    We have teamed up with the Outdoor Partnership in Cumbria to run a number of free walking events for residents of Copeland and Allerdale, which includes a 10am minibus pickup on the day at Whitehaven Library.

    Further details of the event, including the booking link, will be posted approximately 2 months before the event date.

    May
    26
    Sun
    Rock Climbing Event – North Wales
    May 26 all-day

    Further details of the event, including the booking link, will be posted approximately 2 months before the event date.