Woodland WONDERS
Duration
Three nights
When
September 2020
Why?
All that the Lake District has to offer, without the crowds
My love affair with the Lake District began back in the long, hot summer of 1976. I had just started work as a cub reporter and money was tight, but I managed to escape for a long weekend at Waterhead, on the northern tip of Lake Windermere.
The area’s legendary lushness had been crisped to a cinder by months of blazing sunshine and the total lack of rain, but even so, I was bewitched by its beauty and the liberating feeling of being far removed from the cares of everyday life.
Over the years, I’ve been back more times than I can remember, and I still feel a frisson of excitement every time I leave the M6 to refresh the relationship. When my husband and I head there for a
