Many thanks to the pilot who posted the video. Its obvious that your actions throughout are a lesson to all of us on the handling of an EF.
I used to live in the Lakes and know that had you continued to fly North to Carlisle, you would have had another 10+ miles of very uneven terrain to fly over with few choices of landing field anwhere near civilisation (ie emergency services access to you by road). The flexible planning approach, altering plans as better alternatives are decided upon is something that pilots should always be ready to do. I'm sure many other pilots would have continued to try to make Carlisle and killed themselves somewhere near Ullswater in the process.
Re the landing, it looks like it was stalled in from about 6-8 feet up. Given the choice, having slightly misjudged the approach and coming in a little hot, knowing that I would be going through a dry stone wall at possibly 50kts I may well have opted to do the same and stretch the glide over the top.