With apologies to  George Ratcliffe Woodward

 

Ding dong merrily on high,

In Cumbria bells are ringing.

Ding dong! Look at our Dark Sky,

Its sight sends spirits singing.

Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

 

Landscape’s more than just a view

Much more it does provide us.

We must care for it too,

Relationships should be thus.

Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

 

The Lake District’s own Local Plan,

We think needs some amending.

We’ve worked since the process began,

To make it less offending.

Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

 

Our roads occasionally are crammed,

Options to cars still fall short.

Nobody wants visitors banned,

We need alternative transport.

Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

 

All across the Westmorland Dales,

Projects are a-sprouting.

Our Scheme is firmly on the rails,

And so we feel like shouting.

Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

 

Lake District National Park

Some locals want extending.

So on the task we did embark,

Our application’s pending.

Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

 

Thundering down our quiet green lanes,

Sports vehicles are disturbing.

That this behaviour remains,

We find simply perturbing.

Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

 

Some say our Park is under threat

It’s going to be spoil-ed.

If Sandford’s Principle is met,

Wrong actions will be foil-ed.

Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

 

Of our County we are proud,

We only want it better.

Damage shouldn’t be allowed,

Improvements we won’t fetter.

Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

 

Our efforts nobody should thwart,

Nobody should ignore us.

Thank you all for your support,

Ev-reething you do for us.

Friends, Friends of the Lake District