I don't think any less of Pineau des Charentes for being an apéritif, and although it is unlikely to ever be a Lakeland main course, we shouldn't dismiss Little Mell Fell either.
10,000 trees: the changed face of the walk to Raven Crag
Raven Crag still stands proudly overlooking the northern tip of Thirlmere, but the lower slopes around it look a little different than they did a few years ago, and the direct route to the summit does not look like the one Wainwright wrote about in 1958 or even the version of Clive Hutchby in his excellent 2016 revision.
