Broadening the appeal of the Lake District

Yes as from Jane Eyre " Reader, I married him".
But it wasn't a happy ever after.
My present husband was even more keen on roughing it.

Oh dear
I too found someone else whose idea of a fun holiday was borrowing a scout tent and a Calor gas stove, finding a field and 'roughing it'.
Thankfully he has mellowed as he got older, or achey joints put him off.

We must have played a part too though Callistemon.
I used to enjoy most of it until I finally rebelled against backpacking. always looking such an unwashed mess. That was when we changed to YHA.

I rebelled after a damp holiday in Cornwall and having to trek across a field to the damp loos and showers.

We have done YHA but finally we bought a caravan but too little, too late, the DC didn't want to come any more!.

Oh Callistemon, I did that on my honeymoon, trekked across a wet field to the showers. We didn’t have any money for a proper honeymoon, so we went camping but we carried on camping when our children were born, first Eurocamp, then a trailer tent, then a caravan. Now it’s hotels or apartments, bliss.