Lakes District 2

Next day was a bit cloudy, but after a hearty full English breakfast we set off to do the cruise and walk tour. The first leg was a half hour boat trip to the Ambleside Pier. We had been warned that there was nowhere to get food or drink on the walk so fortified ourselves with a beer at one if the lakeshore pubs before the next leg.

It was on a boat built more than a hundred years ago, which deposited us at the boatshed of a castle. The jetty was well and truly under water so the staff used brute force to hold the boat against a bank while we disembarked.


The walk was advertised as "a gentle two hour stroll"! But part of the track was under water and much of the 8km walk was up and down hills, and the track was rough with rocks and tree roots. We felt sorry for the two couples who passed us with a toddler carrying a pushchair! Still, it was a good walk, mostly very pretty, and the third boat trip took us back to the pier next to our b&b.



Here's a pic of Graham with our (his?) new toy, wearing his lovely new shirt from Venice.

We had our first flat white in ages at a place that supposedly had free wifi but we couldn't get online, so maybe tomorrow. We also had a drink at "Hole in t' Wall" the oldest pub in Bowness, having been there since 1612 and frequented by Charles Dickens in the 1800s. Beatrix Potter lived just up the road too, and we could have done a trip to Hilltop if we had time. The Lakes District has been the home to many authors, poets and artists it seems.


That night we found a chippy that did the very meal that Graham had been threatening to find for a while. Steak and kidney pudding with chips, mushy peas and gravy, yum!
;-) Ann-a-Gram