http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cumbria/Windermere/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Cumbria , Windermere en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 17:35:25 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:35:25 +0000 Thought you would be interested in the typical week end we have just had here at 1 Park Road a bed and breakfast in The Lake District http1parkroad.combedandbreakfastgtBed and Breakfast in The lake Districtwhich is very informal relaxed with conversations between and with the guests. Sometimes as happened this week end after breakfast we sit and chat after dinner chat in our loungeWe off http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cumbria/Windermere/blog-785704.html Visitors to the Lake District will usually spend a good deal of their time around Lake Windermere. This is the largest and most attractive lake in the area and there is always plenty of interesting things to see and do here. Many of the best options for Lake District hotels and accommodation are to be found locally. Things to See at Lake Windermere Some of the most interesting things to see in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cumbria/Windermere/blog-781532.html 1 Park Road in Windermere is a luxury boutique hotel who have just started some intering and imaginative packages. For exmaple they have a duvet break which is breakfast in bed with buck fizz newspapers srammbled eggs and salmon with other linked packages treatments at their local health spa with discounts off all their treatments. The in the evening eat at one of their wonderful local restauran http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cumbria/Windermere/blog-773435.html What dork would like to stand in stinging nettle twice in 1 day Pick me Pick meWhat dork would like to end up in an ankle deep muddy puddle Pick me Pick meWhat dork would like to resort to peeing in a forest because she couldn39t wait any longer Pick me Pick meQuite an eventful day today I must say So we were up on timeish and had our cereal breakfast it took us about 4 d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cumbria/Windermere/blog-655593.html One wet and windy weekend was spent in the Lake District with Suzanne and Emma the charity organisers and ten of the seventeen trekkers who we were to be sharing the adventure of climbing Kilimanjaro with. It was great to be able to meet so many of our fellow trekkers before the the actual trek we also had the opportunity to hear the reasons for each participants personal reasons for wanting to r http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cumbria/Windermere/blog-618606.html Hi allThis morning after a lovely breakfast at Cherry Garth Cottage we drove to the Lakeland Motor Museum so as Steve and Alex could have a look at the famous 'bluebird'. The Bluebird boat and car set land and water speed records and were driven by Donald Campbell.While the boys poked about at the museum Carrie and I went for a nice long walk along the river and into the nearby town.We then s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cumbria/Windermere/blog-606608.html Today we headed off with Carrie and Alex to the Lakes District.Our first stop was at The aqueduct called Pontcysyllte. This is an amazing engineering feat. The canal is suspended on a huge brige across a river. You can walk across the aqueduct it is very high. The aqueduct carries the Llangollen canal 39metres above the River Dee. It is a monument to the Industrial Revolution and to its de http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cumbria/Windermere/blog-602691.html As Mum had finished her contract work in Scotland we met her back at Aunt Sybil's to get ready for our Tour of Scotland. In the course of our planning I had suggested that as The Lakes region was on the way why not drop in for a night or two No one seemed complain so we made way for Cumbria and The Lakes district. The trip was broken up by a visit to Judith and her husband Ken who live in Lanca http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cumbria/Windermere/blog-527114.html Today was one of the best drives for scenery yet it took about four hours to drive from Edinburgh to Windermere in the lake district. Kept stopping to admire the views also stopped for a while in the little village Pauls dads descendants had emigrated from found the local graveyard and there was a lot of Armstrongs buried there. I have had the worse day yet flu wise once we got to our http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cumbria/Windermere/blog-526974.html