In area of paper covered with descriptions of it English lakeland is probably many square miles ahead of any equal portion of the earth's surface.
"Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England"
W. P. Haskett Smith
The dales of Yorkshire, and the hills of lakeland, not less than the towns of the Midlands, had men in them ready to rejoice in the touch of the spiritual, ready to respond to the movement of the Spirit.
"A Book of Quaker Saints"
Lucy Violet Hodgkin
I started to write in praise of walking, and I find I have written in praise of lakeland.
"Pebbles on the Shore"
Alpha of the Plough (Alfred George Gardiner)