A walk up Orrest Head
Unless you live very near to the hotel, the chances are that you cannot see the Lake District from your window. So to bring a little more of the region into your sitting room, (or wherever you use your computer) we have a little cinematic treat for you. Jonathan Craig guides, who publish the Walks around Windermere book that you get at reception have recently completed a short video of a walk up Orrest Head. This is no 3 day production, with a big crew and lots of camera trickery. It was just the walk checkers taking video shots as they went round and then editing them into a video.
The resulting video, which is titled Wainwright's First Walk, retraces the first walk of celebrated guide author Alfred Wainwright. He came to the region by train with his cousin in 1930, took the short walk up to Orrest Head, which is one of Lakeland's most famour viewpoints, and was so moved by the spectacular views from the top of the fell that he vowed to climb all the peaks in the Lake District.
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