Is the Lake District still idyllic when you can’t see it?

In the latest in his series recalling memorable walks and pathways, Will Gore doubts his sense of direction

When the mist rolls in, beware (PA)

If it wasn’t for the tourist hordes, and the rain, the Lake District would perhaps be the most idyllic of all walking locations in Britain.

The hills are pointy in all the right places; the lakes are – under blue skies – a delight; it is the kind of landscape a model railway enthusiast might create for his (almost definitely his) little trains, if he were to pluck something from his imagination. It has more than its fair share of natural wonders.

No wonder it was here that William Wordsworth discovered the “loveliest spot that man hath ever found”.