Timewarp villages, literary figures and interesting conversation feature on this walking break in an ever-popular region
A plaque on the slopes of Catbells describes him as the “Father of the Open-Air Movement in this Country”. In the late 19th century, the pastor turned social reformer aimed to improve the lives of factory workers with walking holidays.Monk Coniston’ dates to the 1770s
Andrew Smith, a Lake District resident, who I get chatting to while looking around Coniston, says: “The trouble is, all these villages were built in Victorian times, or before.” In other words, they weren’t set up for high volumes of traffic. “Car parking here is very expensive. You pay to park in one village, and the next and the next. They’ve never had a scheme where you can buy a pass for a week.”
Holidaymakers like me, who don’t drive, rely on public transport or our own two feet – which proves easier than I anticipate.
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