Exploring Lake District Dales
A guide to their landscape, history, culture and nature
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:5th Jun '25
Should be back in stock very soon
Explore the beauty of the Lake District dales with this enchanting and absorbing guide.
Crisp and sharp, fascinating throughout, [this book] is an outstanding journey through the Lake District. - Bill Birkett, Author, Mountaineer and Photographer
The Lake District has over 100 dales, many of them tranquil enclaves far from the hectic comings and goings of daily Lakeland life. Yet beyond the main river arteries, most dales remain little-known; some see more sheep and deer than humans. Even locals would be hard pressed to pinpoint some with certainty.
Ticking your way through a list of Lake District summits is easy; they stick up and are easily accounted for. Less so the dales. Where, for example, is Blengdale, or Miterdale, seldom-visited Woundale, Fusedale, Moasdale and Pasture Bottom?
In Exploring Lake District Dales, Terry Marsh champions the cause of the dales. Diving into their geology, geography, history, culture, folklore and matters of curious and touristic interest, this book reveals the beauty and appeal of dales, great and small.
Among captivating text and stunning photography, Exploring Lake District Dales also provides you with essential visitor information such as transport links, the most inspiring visitor attractions and sights, unmissable restaurants and great places to stay, making this book the complete package for all Lake District admirers.
Crisp and sharp, fascinating throughout, [this book] is an outstanding journey through the Lake District. -- Bill Birkett, Author, Mountaineer and Photographer
[A] detailed, highly readable guide ... I could hardly put it down. -- Will Smith * Cumbria Life *
Think nothing new can be written about Cumbria... think again. Terry Marsh’s painstakingly researched and beautifully written book fizzes with new information leaping from every page. * Mick Smith, Cumbria and Lakeland Walker magazine Editor *
Few contemporary writers have lingered longer or more thoughtfully among these landscapes than Terry Marsh. A single philosophical fragment characterises this exploration: “…A patient and watchful eye, an attentive ear and the ability to stand still and let Lakeland come to you will reward even the least valiant of explorers…”
There is a quality at work here, one seldom met amid screes of guidebooks. He cheerfully confesses to being a tree hugger, and that an affectionate pat for standing stones “makes me feel grounded”. Sixty years of Lakeland exploration are distilled here: the result is a mature work that fuses writing and photography into a single artform honouring one man’s sense of place.
Wordsworth’s “universe of Nature’s fairest forms” has rarely been so admirably served.
ISBN: 9781844867127
Dimensions: 244mm x 188mm x 16mm
Weight: 756g
240 pages