THE FACTS ABOUT WORTH TRYING

England

Low Wood Hall, Nether Wasdale (01946 726 100; www.lowwoodhall.co.uk). Has an award-winning restaurant. Doubles from £85 B&B Wasdale Head Inn, Wasdale (01946 726 229). Atmospheric inn in sublime setting beneath England's tallest mountains. Doubles from £35 B&B Burnmoor Inn, Boot, Eskdale (01946 723 224). Doubles from £26 B&B The Bridge Inn, Santon Bridge, Wasdale (01976 26221). Doubles from £38 B&B. HOW TO GET THERE There are lengthy main road routes from junctions 36 and 40 on M6 or 1-in-3 gradient, single track over Hardknott Pass. Scenic Cumbria Coastal Railway links with the West Coast Main Line at Lancaster and Carlisle. Visit www.lakedistrictoutdoors.co.uk for rambling routes. The Jerwood Centre and Museum in Grasmere, housing many Wordsworth artefacts, will open in May; visit www.wordsworth.org.uk