Below Scafell
There are still places in England where elemental nature dominates, and man appears hardly more than a speck. In Eskdale, below Scafell, the tilted...
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There are still places in England where elemental nature dominates, and man appears hardly more than a speck. In Eskdale, below Scafell, the tilted granite and the sky are the senior partners of the farmer. They have bred among the Cumberland folk patience and philosophy learned from the strength of the hills. They have kept at bay the fume and fret of the cities, deterring those who are uneasy in the presence of solitude or who have 'no head' for splendid height.
The author of this account of daily life in the region lives on a farm among the fells. He writes of the vagaries of Scafell's weather that can veer swiftly from sunshine and the beauty of coloured landscape to blinding cloud and bitter hail; of the changeless yet always changing fells themselves; of warm and eager life in the dale; of everyday work with the sheep that browse austerely; and of the risks and ardours of mountain rescue work.
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