Orrest Head

The Lake District vista that created a publishing phenomenon and sold two million books

Crinkle Crags, Bowfell, and the Langdale Pikes at sunset, seen from Orrest Head © Simon Whaley

“Konnichiwa!”

“Hello.” I smiled. The young Japanese couple slipped past me, arm in arm, along their return path to Windermere.

I’d barely taken two more steps when another couple dropped through the trees in the late evening light.