Lakes District

I have dedicated one post to our visit to the Lakes District. It was outstanding, unfortunately rained most of the day, at times torrential. So many trampers & bikers that take advantage of the outstanding landscape. We intended to do some short walks but not possible.
Each corner you go around provides another gorgeous sight. Lake Windermere was the busiest with so many boats on the lake and moored up, you could do every type of water sport there. It is very much a mini Queenstown packed with tourists like us.
We went down through the middle of Lakes District National Park then round the coast back to Maryport. We were originally going to stay in Keswick or Windermere to be right in the middle of the Lakes District but we took one look at the accommodation prices and decided to stay out of the main tourist area.
Our exchange rate is 2.2 so everything is expensive for us here but that is what happens when you travel. With our rental car we can buy some groceries and use the accommodation kitchen to cook ourselves something. If you eat out all the time the money can run away, hasn’t stopped us getting our flat white’s & scones, jam & cream though 😆Read more