Hows and Knotts

In 2017 the English Lake District was awarded WorldHeritage status by UNESCO as a “cultural landscape” of global significance; a landscapegifted by Nature and modified by the activities of humankind to create a verydistinctive and special place.The famous English landscape painter John Constable oncesaid “We see nothing truly until we understand it”. This suggests that gainingsome understanding of why Lake District landscapes look as beautiful as they dowill enable us see them more clearly and have our enjoyment of them enriched.

To provide a beginning to this understanding is whatthis book is all about. Readers are taken to 22 prominent viewpoints aroundthe World Heritage Site, all with an historical, Norse-derived name of ‘how’ or‘knott’. Then, whether sitting on a rock at the viewpoint or sitting inan armchair at home (with an online panorama to assist), the guide relates thehistorical story of the view - how the key features came about and how they may change in the future in response to newenvironmental challenges.

After reading thisbook, readers will have enjoyed the beauties and story of the Lake District’sacclaimed landscapes, and quite probably will not look at them again in quitethe same way.