Book description
A guidebook to walking a scenic, seven-day circular route (93 miles)
around England's Lake District. The tour gives a flavour of each of the
main Lakeland valleys and their different character. The route starts at
the railway terminus at Windermere village. Quickly leaving the crowds
behind, it passes through Ambleside, Langdale valley, Coniston,
Dunnerdale, Eskdale, Wasdale, Ennerdale, Buttermere, Newlands Valley,
Keswick, Borrowdale, Grasmere then Ullswater, before returning back to
Windermere via the Troutbeck valley. With a flavour of each of the main
Lakeland valleys, and time to stop and wonder at their charms, the walk
described in this book leads quickly away from the busy tourist centres
to the quiet pleasures of the fell country. The shepherds and drovers
chose their paths well, logical links from one valley to the next, and
many of these ancient ways have been chosen for this walk. All footpaths
and bridleways used are on established rights of way and illustrated
with OS maps. High level alternatives are given, including options for
ascents of Coniston Old Man, Scafell Pike and Helvellyn and also nine
short walks from the overnight stops. Information on accommodation,
facilities and transport are also provided for each day stage. Jim
Reid is 36 years old and lives on the northern fringe of the Lake
District. Educated at Newcastle and Lancaster universities, he has made
a living variously and precariously over the last fifteen years as an
ecologist, school teacher, youth hostel warden, restauranteur and
landscape gardener. When writing, subjects close to his heart are
travel, food, nature and hillwalking.
