Like all proper crossroads, the wooden four-ways sign offered walkers an agonising choice. The left fork promised “The Best View in England”; the right enticed us to the bottomless lake; straight on boasted that ... But the children had already decided. As we adults pondered, they’d set off down the 1,000-foot, tree-root staircase descent to Lake Gormire.
16 June 2016, The Tablet
Glimpses of Eden
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