Worden Hall and Windermere Lake, England

Left Liverpool to head to the Lakes District today. On the way we stopped at Worden Hall, Leyland where the Farington family owned an estate for 25 generations until 1974. The Farington ancestry has been traced from my mother's side of the family. The estate is now an enormous parkland for the town and the buildings and Manor are partly in use by local artists and as a coffee shop.
We drove onto Bowness-on-Windermere which is on Windermere Lake, the largest natural lake in England. We had a sumptuous lunch overlooking the lake then cruised a loop from Bowness to the northern most point, Ambleside. Cruising or walking around the lake is ideal because if driving the car there are no pull over areas and the bushes are right up to the edge of the road so there is very little chance to see anything.
After a detour to the Gingerbread shop in Grasmere we had an interesting side trip through the narrow back farm lanes to get to our accommodation tonight in Kendal.Read more