From Castle Crag in Borrowdale – scene of my first great (though cold!) day out in the Lake District, straight after restrictions from the third national lockdown lifted in early April. Alfred Wainwright called this the prettiest mile in England, and it isn’t hard to see why. Deep in the jaws of Borrowdale and it…
The English Lake District is all set to be “the place to be” again this spring and summer, with the warmer weather calling all Staycationers to our lake shores, water and mountains for swimming, sailing, walking, picnics and ice creams. At a time when we are still being encouraged to enjoy ourselves outside where possible,…
この秋の3度の瞑想の旅、2回目の今回は、アルスウォーター・ウェイ（ウォーキングコース）を行く、シークレット・レイクランド文学ウォークです。いつもは、グレンリディングからホータウンまでアルスウォーター蒸気船に…
At eve: how softly then Doth Aira force, that torrent hoarse Speak from the woody glen! (William Wordsworth, The Somnambulist, 1833) The second of three autumnal meditations this year took us on a Hidden Literary Lakeland walk in search of the Ullswater Way. I often like to catch an Ullswater Steamer from Glenridding to…
今回のビーサムからミルソープへ向かうシークレット・サウス・レイクランドの散策では、壮大なコントラストが楽しめます。田園の丘やまだら模様の森、農地、塩性湿地、そして海を訪れます。
This Hidden South Lakeland walk from Beetham to Milnthorpe is a walk of glorious contrasts, taking in bucolic hills, dappled woods, farmland, saltmarsh and the sea. It’s a treat as much for the feet on the ground, with stretches of limestone pavement underfoot, as it is for the head in the clouds, with blue September…
I recently shared a series of photographs taken by guests on my tours last summer on Instagram. It was both therapeutic as well as fun, revisiting the summer of 2019 at a time when I was unable to physically travel into the Lake District – at first, because of the UK national lockdown which started…
9月になり秋を迎えたので、写真を通して夏を祝いたいと思いました。コロナウイルスのため、日本からの観光客がしばらくの間来れなくなった今年の夏ではなくて。。。
とうとう環境にやさしい公共交通機関での移動が解禁です。6月下旬、イギリスでのロックダウン（外出規制）が緩和され、ボリス・ジョンソン英首相は、家にいられない場合は、自動車や徒歩、自転車での移動を促しました。
At last, the all clear for sustainable transport! When lockdown in the UK was eased in late June, Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged us to drive, walk or cycle if we couldn’t stay home. In the weeks that followed, the Lake District welcomed day-trippers, picnickers and more recently Staycationers flooding in by car and camper…