My father is a member and fell in love with the Lake District in 1940 at The Great Tower Scout Camp. He is now 91 and lives with my mum in deepest Oxfordshire but we miss the Lakes terribly. I was looking through some old photos and wrote this Ode to Lakeland. Read more
My name is Liane Belas, I live in Ingelheim in Germany and since I’m retired I write short stories and stories for children. Whilst working in Keswick, I fell in love with the Lake District. I do hope you like my poem Read more
Leonard was an influential pioneer of the outdoors and a conservationist. A founder member of Friends of the Lake District, he was also heavily involved in the foundation of the YHA, Ramblers or the CHA and HF as well as a prime mover in the national park movement. Read more
Strong, and with a wonderful temperament, fell ponies are a distinct and much-loved breed with a rich history; a hardy inhabitant of the Cumbrian fells for centuries and a vital resource for farmers, traders and miners. Read more
Eileen Stonebridge recalls many happy and educational visits to the Lakes over the years, including being a tour guide, and starring in a documentary by David and Jonathan Dimbleby! Read more
Sweet smells the morning air, As cool deep draughts are drawn, While yet the rolling mists, To ghostlike fellsides cling... Read more
Wan sunlight filters through The morning mist, But barely warms the chilsome air; Read more
Behind and above the Museum at William Wordsworth’s Grasmere home Dove Cottage we find the celebrated, and perhaps infamous, Rock of Names. Read more
In a talk given at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, Ian Brodie explored the origins of the term and our modern interpretation of what is understood by ‘natural beauty’. Read more