The Lake District, a wild or manicured beauty? Irregularly shaped hills with rocky outcrops are laced with carefully placed stone walls separating paddocks. Walkers seem to strictly adhere to trials that slice through sheep and cattle pastures. I stay in Ambleside, alongside Windamere (panorama). Ambleside, located on the eastern shore, about a third down from the northern tip, is a town in which the buildings have been constructed with slate that has been cut into rectangular blocks. Windamere, shaped like a finger is the largest lake in the district. This Windamere, with its towns, piers and boats superficially appeared to be very different from Lake Windamere, located in the Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania. That lake, like the surrounding country is relatively untouched wilderness. Yet, both were created by glaciation during
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