Article: As you lake it; TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE IN CUMBRIA.(Features)

Byline: LUCY BARNES

IF one word could sum up Cumbria it would surely be "inspirational". Its beauty has fired the imagination of poets, artists and novelists for centuries.

And anyone who visits the area while it's dressed in burnished autumn colours will immediately see why.

Poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey are most often associated with the area but it also inspired artist and critic John Ruskin, children's author Beatrix Potter and the writer and historian Arthur Ransome.

The dramatic landscape of high mountains, tranquil ...

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