Tom Hutton strikes gold in a little-known corner of the Lake District Words & Photography Tom Hutton It’s not often an injury turns out to be a lucky break. But it’s always good to try to see positives in these things. And, as I gazed up from the climb at the peaks of Western Lakeland backed up by a totally cloudless, azure sky, I was having an easy job convincing myself that my last little…

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