Lake District on Wednesday

mandi

GIRLPOWER wrote:

Murphy the cat did a fantastic day out in the lakes that we followed to the letter and had a fantastic time.

a few searches on days out in the lake district should find it.

HTH

Here it is.. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=2705356&postcount=10........... Brilliant post by MTC..

Techno

Thanks again everyone (thanks button pressed for everyone I hope)
Shaun_d123 - living in 'sunny' North Wales we are fairly used to 'having a bit of weather!!' although the forecast looks OK for Thurs

we may well spend Fri following the MtC trail - looks good

savealot - how far is the farm from hawkshead?

shocking pink - could you please pm me with more info re your village?

save-a-lot

Techno wrote:

savealot - how far is the farm from hawkshead?

It is probably 2 miles to Hawkshead, the downside is there are no pubs within walking distance from the farm. Here is a map of their location - http://www.highwrayfarm.co.uk/map.htm

On the upside, there are some nice walks you can do from the farm, one we like takes you down onto the west side of Lake Windermere and through the grounds of High Wray Castle.

minifan

My partner and I love Bowness on Windermere. We have stayed at the Angel Inn which is rooms above a pub. Great food in the restaurant in the evening. We have also stayed at The Howbeck which is in Windermere. This is a gorgeous recently renovated hotel which serves a cracking breakfast. Take a row/motor boat out onto Windermere for an hour is its a nice day. Really relaxing.

Princessa_2

I love Windermere and Keswick, they're all driving distance wherever you stay, so have a good look around. Not really stayed in any reasonably priced hotels in the lakes, only in pampering places (which there's lots of) but theres loads of places to go.

gingerdad

Techno wrote:

Thanks again everyone (thanks button pressed for everyone I hope)
Shaun_d123 - living in 'sunny' North Wales we are fairly used to 'having a bit of weather!!' although the forecast looks OK for Thurs

we may well spend Fri following the MtC trail - looks good

savealot - how far is the farm from hawkshead?

shocking pink - could you please pm me with more info re your village?

I would also recommend the watermill or if you want to spend a little more the Linthwaite House Hotel near Windermere.

Or you could also stay at the aynsome manor hotel near Cartmel, which is a fantastic hotel with very good service.

Depends on what you want to spend...

Oh and don't forget to pop into the ice cream farm near grange if the weather stays like this.

I personally would avoid central Bowness very tourist trappy. One place to go for a very nice meal is Lucys on a Plate or Lucy Bistro in Ambleside.

Regards


GD

Bossyboots

Agree about central Bowness. It was great for finding presents to bring home and we did take the boat from there but it is touristy and not one of the more pleasing parts of the area. The public toilets were not a nice experience.

I will say though that the chaps on the ticket desk at the coach park were extemely helpful and pleasant.

altyfc

Hello from Kendal!

There's lots of places to recommend... Linthwaite, Gilpin Lodge, Holbeck Ghyll... Google for them and then go from there.

Try http://www.ukhotel.com/cumbria+lake-district/ also.

It'd be really useful to have a bit more information to advise more specifically.

Aaron

save-a-lot

Hi

Good website Aaron most useful.

gingerdad

Bossyboots wrote:

Agree about central Bowness. It was great for finding presents to bring home and we did take the boat from there but it is touristy and not one of the more pleasing parts of the area. The public toilets were not a nice experience.

I will say though that the chaps on the ticket desk at the coach park were extemely helpful and pleasant.

Captian Phil, he's a great bloke

GD