Ullswater

The sunny weather continues which gave us a sensational day on Ullswater. After driving to Glenridding, we boarded the Ullswater steamer, MY Raven, which has been steaming tourists up and down the lake since 1889.

The weather was perfect and the scenery even better. We also had numerous flyovers by jets from the RAF which added to the spectacle. Our journey was a 2 hour round the lake cruise and was made even better by there hardly being anybody on the boat. For most of it we were the only ones on the top deck. The skipper was in a talkative mood and offered a look in his cabin and for the last third of the return cruise yours truly was the skipper. Under his instruction I managed to avoid the shoreline, islands and other vessels. Surprisingly we made it back to the Glenridding jetty. Great fun.Weiterlesen