Fairfield Horseshoe is a classic circular hillwalking ridge walk route starting from Rydal or Ambleside in the English Lake District that takes in all the fells that surround the valley of the Rydal Beck.
Born at Tabley House in Cheshire, 4 April 1762, he was the eldest son of Sir Peter Leicester, 4th Baronet, by his wife Catherine, coheiress of Sir William Fleming of Rydal, Westmoreland.
At the northern end of Rydal Water is White Moss House, believed to be the only house owned by Wordsworth, of which he bought for his son, Willie and which remained in the Wordsworth family until the 1930s.
'Rydal' comes from Rydal, Cumbria, in the Lake District of England where O'Neill was born, while 'mere' means a lake.
He played cricket in England in 2006, playing for Bashley (Rydal) in the Southern Premier League and Second XI matches for Hampshire.
Duncan Kenworthy OBE – Film producer, best known for producing films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually attended Rydal School