[ecocumbria]

I live here too, out in the sticks just a dog walk from the Ennerdale Valley. Walking and cycling is superb but you have to remember that over-grazing by sheep has rendered the Cumbrian uplands a biological desert. Ennerdale is undergoing a management change that will make it a wilderness the likes that England has not seen for hundreds of years. Can't wait, I spend many hours up in the fells enjoying the scenery and work out but I am always angered at the lack of wildlife courtesy of them wooly backed naffing lawn mowers. The local fell farmers will tell you sheep are needed to preserve the character of the Lake District, I say remove agricultural subsidy and get the sheep off of the fells and lets get some natural biomass back.