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Seathwaite

A mere five miles or so from Coniston as the crow flies, by road Seathwaite is nearly three times as far. It stands in one of the Lake District's most tranquil and least known valleys, Dunnerdale. According to the Met Office this farmig village is Britain's wettest inhabited spot with an average yearly rainfall of 140 inches; nearby uninhabited Styhead Tarn, however, has recorded 172 inches as its annual rainfall.

Little has changed here since the days when William Wordsworth, who knew the area as Duddon Valley, captured ts natural beauty in a sequence of sonnets. In his poem The Excursion, he wrote about the Rev Robert Walker, the curate of Seathwaite. "Wonderful Walker" as Wordsworth referred to him, served the church here for some 67 years, though he also filled various other jobs such as arm labourer and nurse, as well as spinning wool and making his own clothes.

Fell walkers and hikers who prefer to escape the crowds will delight not only n the solitude of this glorious valley, but also in the wide variety of plant, animal and birdlife that have made this haven their home.