The Lake District is indeed a sheepwrecked landscape | Letters

Readers question farmers’ claims that they are proud and environmentally sound custodians of the countrysideRobin Milton, chairman of the NFU Uplands forum, and sheep farmer Louise MacArthur (Letters, 13 May) completely misunderstand the point George Monbiot is making (The Lake District as a world heritage site – what a disaster that would be, 10 May) in resisting the designation of the Lake District as a world heritage site. This landscape is totally artificial and manmade: it is a