Yet winter is the time of coming together. It is the season of celebration and feasting. We are safe inside, with the fire crackling and the guilt of the gym a million miles away.<\/p>\n
Just as the hedgehogs, foxes, and badgers of the Lake District lowlands scurry themselves away, we too focus our attention on what\u2019s important \u2013 feasting on the treasures collected over the summer. Winter is a time for family, for love and for peace. And nowhere else is this more so than in the Lake District.<\/p>\n
You may notice that we have used words like beck<\/em>, fell<\/em>, and gill<\/em>, rather than river, stream and gorge. Beck<\/em> and gill, <\/em>along with fell, <\/em>come from our Viking ancestors and they are words still used today here, as the ancient heritage of the Lake District lives on. In fact, the Lake District has one of the highest concentrations of Scandinavian influence and over the winter months, this history comes alive with festivals, Christmas markets, winter droving, lantern parades and Dickensian performances. The Cumbrian version of hygge<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Left to Right: The Grange, Windermere | Langdales in Winter | Tree on a hill, Ben Bush<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Yet, here in the Winter, the Lake District offers another side, one for those ready to embrace Old Man Winter and head outdoors, under the Lake District\u2019s famous huge dark, winter skies.<\/p>\n A blanket of snow on the ground muffles any sounds, with the lone figures of hardy Herdwick sheep and silent wandering deer or scampering red squirrels, the only tell-tale tracks of life on the quiet fells. \u2018The other Lake District\u2019 is for folk who just want to head outdoors regardless of the weather and light.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lakelovers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/winter-solstice.png\")
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