Walking and Climbing

The Lakes is Britain's most beautiful region year after year in surveys so surely it must have the best view. I reckon they've finally put a telephone in darkest Wales and the natives had noone to call it being the only telephone, so they all queued up to call in and vote for this view. Whereas we, in the Lakes, have had them for the previous 10 years so we have gotten blase about telephones and didn't call in for the vote  this year.

What about Scotland? When are they getting the telephone up there? I heard the locals kept using the telephone poles for some sport they do up there.

I personally don't like the Wastwater view, but the Borrowdale is an amazingly beautiful area, not a bad view in the whole of that valley.

People only vote for things they've seen.  A lot more of the people who vote for this sort have thing have seen the Lakes than the Highlands, I would guess.

I don't vote in this sort of poll: I'm well aware there's too much I haven't seen so my opinion as to the "best" is pretty irrelevant.  Same goes for polls of best  gear etc.

Pete.

Well if your asking, okay your not, but one of my most favourite views is the Fionn Loch and out to the Sea of the Hebrides, from near the summit of A'Mhaighdean. This view will only normally be seen by the determined Munro bagger as it is many miles from any public road. Hence it will never get to the top of the list.

Never been to the Lakes and never voted in this poll.

I am wondering where exactly this view actually is?

Is it the view of Snowdon and the gorge cut out of its slopes by Afon Glaslyn as seen from the road and layby at 658542  (on the A498)?

Or is it the Narrow Gorge of  the Pass of Aberglaslyn about 2 miles south of Bedgelert 595463 which is where the picture in the story is taken?

i 'd have thought its from the road bridge. so mr and mrs fatty dont have to even get out of their car to see it.

'Wind the window down love; ahh look- wilderness!!'

That's what I thought. 

The description describes it as a gorge cut into the slopes of Snowdon though and of it being used by hikers climbing Snowdon.  This makes me think it is the view from the layby instead. - Which, from a car window, is far more spectacular.

Just a couple of pic's from when I was there the other week.

Well, my point was that the views had to have some (maybe tenuous) connection to the National Trust.  As lovely as the Aberglaslyn Pass is (especially this time of year) there are far better ones in my opinion (both within northern Snowdonia and elsewhere through the UK).

I may be wrong but I'm fairly sure the first article I read said that.

Doesn't it also depend on comparative criteria being set.

I think you cannot get much better views in the UK than the Pembrokeshire coast, but then is that directly comparable with some mountainous areas?

Sean Clayton wrote (see)

Is that it? A gurgling stream and a couple of trees? Nice

Yep.

That's what made me think that it possibly refers to the view from the layby (just before the turn off to pen y pass) Rather than the the Pass of Aberglaslyn.

It (the Independant and other news sources) also mentions the slopes of Snowdon and being crossed by hikers climbing Snowdon which could back up my theory.

The whole 'best/favourite view' thing is probably just a tourist gimmick designed to promote the NT.

I'm fairly certain it means the Pass of Aberglaslyn as opposed to the gorge cut by the Glaslyn from the Nant Gwynant viewpoint.  The Snowdon reference I assume is there because:1) it's vaguely near Snowdon, 2) lots of people reading it will have little clue of where it is and mentioning Snowdon gives them a sort of known position, and 3) some of the people writing the articles are clueless (one or two even use the dreared Mount Snowdon!).

The view from the Nant Gwynant viewpoint is much finer in my opinion.

A silly competition that doesn't appear to even provoke debate about the relative merits of different scenery.

Bish had his finger (as it were) on the pulse when he made the point about what can be seen from a car.  Most of the folks voting would have been largely recommending what they've seen from the road.  

However, the best views are always seen by walkers.  Why?  Because the walker has actually connected with the surroundings by getting out of a car and walking.  He or she has invested some personal effort in attaining that view.  Think about it; 2 people on a summit  (or any other spot not accessible by land transport) and one has just stepped off a helicopter whereas the other has spent 4 hours walking to that point. 

The surroundings may be the same for both but the views will be totally different.