Why Solna
Brighter times ahead
Sól is Old Norse for sun. Solna is the moment the low sun breaks over a ridge at the end of a long day.
Why Solna
Sól is Old Norse for sun. Solna is the moment the low sun breaks over a ridge at the end of a long day.
The Lake District's map already speaks Old Norse — fell, beck, tarn and gill all arrived with the Norse settlers a thousand years ago. Sól is their word for sun. Solna is named for the moment the low sun breaks over a ridge at the end of a walk: the exact moment on our mark. And it carries a promise. Whatever the week's been like down in the valley, the sun comes back.
Solna grew out of a local hiking club, and out of watching what a day on a hill does for people. Not the miles — the headspace you get back from them. Phones in pockets, a proper view, and a group that was strangers at nine and isn't by four.
So many people want to get outside, meet new people and try something new, but find reasons not to. Maybe the walk feels too hard. Maybe going alone feels daunting. Maybe it's just the noise of everyday stress getting in the way. We built Solna to take those reasons away: a graded walk, a planned route, experienced leaders, and a ticket that's really a small commitment to yourself — to showing up.
A quarter of every Solna ticket goes to CALM — the Campaign Against Living Miserably — for the rest of this year. Solna isn't just about the miles. It's about reconnecting mind and body with the elements, and backing the causes that matter while we do it.
If a day out with us helps one person who was struggling, that's the point. If it helps fund CALM's helpline for someone we'll never meet, that's the point too.
£15 a ticket, under-10s free, 25% to CALM. Pick a date, book your place, turn up and walk.
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