Local Products

Lakeland Llama Treks are proud to be able to support local industry, maintain the landscape and assist in the preservation of local breeds.

With the support of Cameron's Brewery, Lakeland Llama Treks have begun to manage the land on the slopes of Scales Fell using Herdwick Sheep, a breed made famous by the writer Beatrix Potter, which has declined in numbers over recent years. Through the dedication of local farmers, the breed still exists and is valued not only for its fleece and meat but for maintaining the landscape through years of traditionally grazing specific areas, known as ‘hefting’.

The Llamas are versatile and provide much more than their value as a pack-carrying animal. Their fleece can be clipped, spun and knitted to make garments such as jackets, jumpers, scarves and socks to name but a few items. A range of T Shirts and Sweatshirts bearing the Lakeland Llama Trek logo are available to prolong your memory of the experience and are a talking point for time to come. Please see our Llama shop for T shirts, hats, handbags, key rings, drinks coasters and cards.

Both Llama and Herdwick wool products are available through ‘The Woolclip’, a group of twelve farming and craft working women, who combine their skills in spinning, knitting, dyeing, feltmaking, weaving and sheep breeding. The Group produce a range of products for sale at a shop in Caldbeck and also run workshops.

Herdwick sheep, meat and free-range eggs are available from Robert and Pam Hall at Fornside Farm, in nearby St. Johns in the Vale.