“What’s the best walk to Wordsworth’s cottage?” I asked at the Information Center in Ambleside, England. “Take the old coffin route through woodland and across meadows to Grasmere and Dove Cottage,” ...
Lake District residents fear their beloved national park faces serious danger from hordes of visitors causing lasting harm — unless a contentious tourist levy is imposed to control them. Day visitors ...
“It is so pleasant and fruitful a country that if I should make a full description thereof, it would be taken for a poetical fiction than a true and serious narration,” wrote Sir John Davies, Attorney ...
Nestled in the shadow of the northern fells in the Lake District is a tiny village which feels a world away from the tourist hotspots in the southern lakes. Caldbeck features rows of pastel-coloured ...
Visitors to a Lake District town without a train station will be able to travel there using a rail ticket. The scheme is to encourage more tourists to travel around the national park without using a ...
Summer is the ideal season for a road trip, and what better place to explore than the stunning landscapes right in the north-west of England? The beautiful Lake District route showcases some of the ...
Beatrix Potter famously once said that “not even Hitler” could damage the Lake District, such is the enduring beauty of its rolling hills and natural landscape. But now locals fear their popular ...
Today we venture along Alpine Lake located in Marin’s Lake District — where Lake Lagunitas, Bon Tempe and Alpine are gathered together like blue beads strung on Lagunitas Creek. The hike we take along ...