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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 both enjoyed very long showers without feeling guilty about it. We were extremely well fed at breakfast finally having to pass on the croissants after we had already consumed cereal, full English breakfast and toast!! Mind you this ‘boutique accommodation’ came with a reasonably hefty £70/night price tag!
After breakfast we headed back down the coast to Ravenglass with plans to see the Roman ruins and Muncaster castle. Unfortunately the weather has taken a turn for the worse and it was wet today so we drove down the coast in the rain. We arrived in Ravenglass and could not find the Roman ruins. If the weather had been drier we would have gone looking for them, but with it being so wet we did not feel inclined to wander around looking for ruins that might not be worth the effort?!
So, we gave up on the ruins of the Roman bath house and decided to drive around to Muncaster Castle. We arrived there
and the car park was deserted. Oh dear, does that mean that the castle is closed on Wednesdays or just not open at 10.00am??? Bernie went across to the sign at the gate and reported back that the castle does not open until 10.30am. Rather than wait around in the car in the rain for half an hour we decided to drive down to Millom and try the folk museum instead. It had eased off to a heavy mist by the time we reached Millom so we took some photos of the 12th century church of St George and then wandered around looking for the 14th century castle ruin in the town. We had no luck locating that, but finally found the folk museum on Station Street - that would be the run that runs parallel to the railway line!!! However, having located the right building it looked pretty closed so we gave up and went back to the car!
From Millom we drove over to Lowick Green on the A595 and A5092 and then headed north towards Ambleside on the A 5084 and A593. From Ambleside we drove up the A591 to Keswick. With the weather being so
ordinary it was absolutely packed in Keswick when we arrived there. It took us ages to find a car park as there were cars and people everywhere. We finally found a spot for the car and then wandered over to the TIC for some assistance with accommodation. The TIC booked accommodation for us at ‘The Paddock’ guest house.
We drove around to the guest house and checked in … to a much smaller room than the one we enjoyed last night. Ah well, it is lovely and clean and has everything we need, except a bit of space to put our luggage!! Not to worry, we really only need the room to sleep in so we will manage! After lugging our bags up to our room, we walked back into the town centre to find something interesting to do. After wandering around the town center we ended up at the Cumberland Pencil Museum which was rather nerdy but very interesting!! Keswick, on the shore of Derwent Water, is the home of Derwent Pencils!! Who knew that pencils were made by sandwiching the leads between two pieces of wood and then shaping them into individual pencils rather than pushing the
lead into a cored out cylinder of wood?? We’ll never take a pencil for granted again!
We walked back to the guest house to off-load our camera gear and then headed back into town for some dinner. We ended up at the pub for dinner tonight where I had the beef and ale stew in a giant Yorkshire pudding and Bernie had the individual steak and kidney pie washed down with a local Jenkins ale called Sneck Lifter!
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Cathy
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Pencil museum...
We're so envious of your visit to the Pencil museum. We're not sure it's up to the standard of our favourite - the boot heel museum in Kettering - please pay it a visit if your in the area!