Lost in the Lakes: Notes from a 379-Mile Hike Around the Lake District

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Jack Thurston, best-selling author of the Lost Lanes series takes you on a freewheeling tour of the lost lanes and forgotten byways of Northern England – Yorkshire, Lake District, Pennines and Northumberland. Tom did his walk in April so he experienced the full range of Lake District weather and learned, like us, to respect the MWIS forecasts. From barmaids to town mayors, Chesshyre lends an inquiring ear to everyone who crosses his path, resulting in a delightful portrait of a community that is proud of its past but unsure of its future.

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Whether this engages with the Insta crowd and the inappropriately-dressed selfie takers remains to be seen. OK, Wordsworth and everyone and their dog since have written one of the 50,000 books about the Lakes and you can still find yourself alone, but I will not be alone in wanting to follow the list of hostelries mentioned as one 370-mile long pub crawl. He is not obsessed by “bagging Wainwrights”, the peaks made famous by Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991) in his excellent Pictorial Guide series, though he does clamber up a few from time to time. If you are interested in the lake district read it but if you aren't get another one of the millions that already exist. Tom Chesshyre sets off to make a meandering circle of the Lake District on foot with one aim in mind: ‘to let happenchance lead the way.

Ride traffic free paths along the River Wharfe and Swale stopping for river swims and picnics in sun-dappled woodlands.Rebecca Lowe, journalist and author of The Slow Road to Tehran * Lyrical, witty and full of cheer, Lost in the Lakes avoids tales of heroic climbs in favour of the quieter - and oft-overlooked - story of everyday life in one of Britain's rural honey-pots.