LOST IN THE DIRECTIONS

As I've mentioned, walking here in the UK is very popular.  Folks go on walking holidays, especially here in the Lake District, also known as the Walking Capitol of the UK.  So, not being familiar with the area we rely on directions given to us either by the tourist office or in the case here in the Lake District, directions given to to us by our hosts David and Marilyn.  Now both of them are avid walkers and they are a wealth of knowledge about the area.  So we asked if they could suggest a 5 or 6 mile hike, oops, I mean walk, that we might enjoy. We soon learn that a glossary is needed to help decipher the directions.

So here's the directions to our first walk.  Walk on the track and go over the beck.  Turn right and make for for the bottom.  When you get to the second farmhouse, take the track that goes behind the barn to the trig point and keep going over the fell. You'll pass a lovely force, then climb the tor to the water.

Are you lost yet?  Well,  we were lost in the directions before we started walking.  So after learning what these terms mean, here is a glossary for future reference,  not in any particular order.

BRITISH WORD                                                          WHAT IT MEANS

Hill Climbing                                                                      Climbing big hills
Rambling                                                                           Walking
Walking                                                                             Hiking
Beck                                                                                  Stream
Bottom                                                                               Lower part of a Valley
Dell                                                                                    Valley
Glen                                                                                   Valley
Spout                                                                                 Waterfall
Force                                                                                 Waterfall
Trig Point                                                                            A concrete survey marker
Water                                                                                 Lake
Great Wood                                                                       Forest
Plantation                                                                            Forest or Tree Farm
Pike                                                                                    Sharp well defined peak or mountain
Fell                                                                                     Mountain or hill
Tor                                                                                     Hill
Pen                                                                                     Hill
How                                                                                   Hill

Naturally there might be some confusion with these terms, so in clarification a hill could be a mountain or a hill, it could be steep or not so steep, it might be tall or short but it all likely hood it is up hill from where you are standing.

HERE WE ARE ON A FELL OVERLOOKING THE DELL AND THE

WATER.  IN THE BACK GROUND YOU CAN SEE

THE PIKE IN THE CLOUDS