England's Literary Lake District Walking Vacation
If anywhere is the heart and soul of walking in England, it's the Lake District in the northwest of the county-a wonderful area of high mountains, deep valleys and of course, deep blue glacially formed lakes.
The reason for its popularity may be historical with a strong connection to the literature of England; this is where Beatrix Potter, Williams Wordsworth and the Romantic writers first engaged in walking and enjoying the outdoors for aesthetic or spiritual reasons only, rather than just a means of transportation. Many famous walkers from Sir Walter Scott to Queen Victoria became frequent visitors of this "earthly paradise that only England knows."
Another reason this particular Lake District Walk is popular may be appearances. You will be walking in the very heart of the Lake District: The incredibly charming village of Hawkshead, the "Vale of Grasmere", with is lovely town and tranquil lake, Rydal Mount-The Wordsworth home, and beautiful Borrowdale. Each day walkers are surrounded by ever-watchful mountains and fells, wild and rugged, with the quiet lapping waters of the Lakes Grasmere, Windermere, Rydal Water, and Derwentwater-created by glaciers 10,000 years ago, now reflecting each day's moods-dazzling blue, deep green, slate grey.
The walk you will experience gives you the best of the Lake District-to walk the valleys, dream beside the shining stretches of water, climb the hills, see the homes and villages of the great writers, and feel their influence.
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England's Literary Lake District Walk
2008 Dates & Prices:
June 1-7, June 22-28, Aug. 3-9, Sept. 14-20.
$3,500 per person, shared
$290 single supplement
Includes:
6 nights B&B accommodation, 5 days of guided walking, breakfast each day, 5 picnic or pub lunches, fruit and juice breaks, 4 dinners, all entrance fees in the itinerary, Blue Badge Tourist Guide, back-up transport during walk, luggage transfer, tax.
Meeting Point:
Hotel in Hawkshead. Transfers are not included.
Difficulty of Walk:
Walking along footpaths, narrow earthen tracks which can sometimes be uneven and a little rocky in places. Occasionally there will be farm tracks and paved minor roads.
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