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Scotland 2007, Day 3, Glasgow to Carlisle
October 18th 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria » Carlisle
Sunday, July 29, 2007, Glasgow to Carlisle: 6:15am- Get the wake up call. Having taken my shower the night before I proceed to condense my two suitcases into one (since Globus will only “Tak ... 12 photos [full story]

Of course it rains ... it
48 days ago: m1ssjane published a blog
Of course it rains ... it's Summer!
August 24th 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria » Lake District
Scotland over, time to continue my August tour of the UK and to be even handed decided to stay in Englands this weekend and head up to the Lake District in Cumbria with Dee who I travelled with in Tur ... 39 photos [full story]

Lake District
65 days ago: monicalynn published a blog
Lake District
August 30th 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria » Lake Windermere
When I got off the train at Kendal, coming from Edinburgh, the station was closed and so I pushed the button on an information box and this guy told me where the nearest hotel is. Went there and the r ... 2 photos [full story]

Lake District, England
116 days ago: Jen C published a blog
Lake District, England
July 3rd 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria » Bowness-on-Windermere
I suppose I should have been more specific yesterday when I wished for cooler weather here in the Lake District , because today it poured rain, the first rain we’ve seen since we got to the UK o ... 25 photos [full story]

Windermere, The Lake District, England
119 days ago: Jen C published a blog
Windermere, The Lake District, England
July 2nd 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria » Lake Windermere
This morning after breakfast we caught a taxi to Waverly Station for our train to Windermere (Lake District). The train didn’t have internet access so I am falling even further behind on my blog ... 24 photos [full story]

Lunch in the countryside
124 days ago: Whiskers published a blog
Lunch in the countryside
July 2nd 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria » Kendal
Another glorious day in the Lake District with the prospect of temperatures near 30 degrees again.There have been reports of people passing out on the London underground and we can see why!! We want ... 7 photos [full story]

136 days ago: smkwan published a blog
Keswick
August 9th 2008  Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria » Keswick
Headed to Keswick after our yummy brekkie. Very excited to check out our Keswick Rickerby Grange B&B (esp after the little joke by the lady at the Visitors' Centre). As we entered the driveway, we s ... [full story]

Stagshaw Garden - Townend - Hilltop
159 days ago: Trabern published a blog
Stagshaw Garden - Townend - Hilltop
May 29th 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria » Lake District
Yay, the internet is working this morning so we have been able to load the first three days of our travel blog. We are really impressed with how easy it is to load and how straightforward it is to inc ... 7 photos [full story]

Ravenglass - Millom - Keswick
160 days ago: Trabern published a blog
Ravenglass - Millom - Keswick
May 27th 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria » Lake District
We really enjoyed our stay at Lowther House (13 Inkerman Terrace, Whitehaven). We had a good sized room and a huge ensuite bathroom. And this morning we discovered that the shower was to die for!! We ... 4 photos [full story]

Hardknott Pass - Lake District
160 days ago: Trabern published a blog
Hardknott Pass - Lake District
May 26th 2009  Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria » Hardknott Pass
With Bernie fully recovered from whatever it was that had him feeling crook last night we headed off to the Lakes District this morning after breakfast. On the way we decided that we should give the T ... 7 photos [full story]


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