Itinerary


Date

Location/Lodging

Activity

5/20

Ambleside

Arrive in Ambleside.

5/21

 

**MET, Orrest Head hike, orientation, work as needed

5/22

Kendal

MET, Woodland Camp, High Wood hike

5/23

 

MET, Woodland Camp, hike to Windermere Village and High Lickbarrow Farm, hike National Trust farm

5/24

Kendal, Ambleside

MET, Woodland Camp, Class on Gilpin, meet w/C.S. L. Whitney, work as needed

5/25

 

MET, Claife Station, Beatrix Potter at Hawkshead, C.S. L. Whitney talk, work as needed

5/26

 

Church and day off

5/27

 

MET, class, BBQ, work as needed

5/28

 

MET, hike to Grasmere, Rydal Hall Garden, Rydal Mount Garden, hike to Ambleside, work as needed

5/29

 

Workshop with Will Clark, hike to Easedale Tarn, church, work as needed

5/30

 

MET, workshop with Elizabeth Howarth, hike to Blelham Tarn, work as needed

5/31

 

MET, Brantwood (Ruskin’s Home), Rayrigg House

6/1

 

Day off

6/2

Ennerdale

Church, transfer to Ennerdale, Gareth Browning pre-talk, work as needed

6/3

 

MET, Gareth Browning Workshop, hiking in Ennerdale, work as needed

6/4

 

MET, Neil Harnott Workshop – Cumbria Wildlife Trust, work as needed

6/5

 

Class, church, work as needed

6/6

 

MET, class, work as needed

6/7

 

MET, class, hike High Stile, work as needed

6/8

Keswick

MET, Wordsworth’s Home in Cockermouth, Wordsworth’s Gardens, settle into Keswick, work as needed

6/9

 

Church, Herdwick Event at Town Head Farm, off

6/10

 

MET, Rob & Harriet Fraser Workshop, work as needed

6/11

 

MET, Landscape Assessment – J. Darrall, work as needed

6/12

 

J. Rebank – Racy Ghyll Farm, Wild Intrigue at Racy Ghyll Farm, church, work as needed

6/13

 

MET, David Almond, Allan Bank, local farmer, Shepherd Hogg Hodgson, hike Hogg’s Farm, work as needed

6/14

 

MET, Slate Mine Tour
Work as needed

6/15

 

Day off

6/16

 

Church at Stone Circle, afternoon off

6/17

 

MET, Wordsworth Trust, work as needed

6/18

 

MET, Wordsworth Trust, work as needed

6/19

 

MET, Wordsworth Trust, church, work as needed

6/20

 

MET, Wordsworth Trust, work as needed

6/21

Grasmere

MET, Prepare for What is Natural? Student Led Conference, settle into Grasmere

6/22

 

MET, Prepare for “What is Natural?” Student Led Conference, work as needed

6/23

 

MET, “What is Natural?” Student Led Conference, work as needed

6/24

Coniston

Church, afternoon off

6/25

 

MET, Polly Atkin workshop, work as needed

6/26

 

Work as needed, church

6/27

 

MET, work as needed

6/28

Ambleside

MET, settle into Ambleside, farewell dinner

6/29

 

Program Ends: Students depart to individual destinations

*Itinerary Subject to Change
** MET – Metaphysical Time (individually or as group, per abroad leader’s directive)