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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria » Hardknott Pass May 26th 2009

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 TomTom voice a name rather than continuing to call her TomTom. An iconic Australian woman’s name we thought. Bernie’s first suggestion was Priscilla, but I thought that the ‘Queen of the Desert’ didn’t seem quite right for touring around England?! The next iconic Australian woman who came to mind was ‘Edna’ so we settled on that! We travelled straight through to Ambleside where we stopped to buy some sandwiches to take with us as we ventured over Hardknott Pass. We read in a guide book that this is one of Britain’s most spectacular roads so we were keen to check ... read more
Hardknott Fort
Eskdale from Hardknott Fort
Caravan Park at St Bees




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