Wooded valleys offer seasonally changing splendour.
Buzzards circle way up, on the lookout for small mammals on the heather and bracken covered hillsides. Stone walls create a weaving latticed network across the valley floors and fells, whilst barns, farms, and small hamlets give this idyllic scene a human scale. The views, normally reserved for the serious walker, will open out in front of you as you negotiate the final twist and turn over another rocky outcrop to overlook the secluded valley below. It's true you won't have the lung-bursting exercise that our friend the walker has, but you will see even more of the wonderful countryside, and you will return at night just as invigorated from your experiences. The area is too interesting for me to let that happen.