Walking Rounds
Dunnerdale"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees." John Muir, 1838-1914 "How often when I have been abroad on the mountains has my heart risen in grateful praise to God that it was not my destiny to waste and pine among those noisome congregations of the city." "And so when life is dull Or when my heart is full Because my dreams have frowned, I wander up the rills To stones and tarns and hills - I go there to be crowned." Frederick William Faber, 1814-1863 |
Bannisdale"I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least - and it is commonly more than that - sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements."
Henry David Thoreau. 1817-1862 |
Naddle Horseshoe“I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong to leave any district without setting foot on its highest peak.” – Sir Leslie Stephen
"There is a power to bless In hillside loneliness - In tarns and dreary places A virtue in the brook A freshness in the look Of mountains joyless faces." Frederick W Faber 1814-1863 |