Sydney International Airport
29 kwietnia, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
It's just a waiting game now as we wait for our flight to London and a 7-week stint in England. We will start with a few days in Manchester and Liverpool, then a month touring the Lakes District, then Czytaj więcej
Changi International Airport
29 kwietnia, Singapur ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
A 2 hour stopover here before we continue our flight to London.
London - Heathrow
30 kwietnia, Anglia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
We arrived in London right on time and then travelled to Manchester on the train. The adventure begins!
Manchester - Old Trafford
30 kwietnia, Anglia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We arrived in London and caught our train to Manchester where it was sunny and warm - perfect weather. After checking in to the hotel it was straight to Old Trafford for a tour of the stadium and the Czytaj więcej
Manchester
1 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
This morning we toured Manchester on the hop-on-hop-off bus. Manchester is not overly scenic but is certainly historic and therefore really interesting.
Liverpool
1 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We left Manchester and headed off to Liverpool on the train. We have great views from our hotel on the Royal Albert Docks alongside the Mersey. After an exploration of the docks we abandoned our pub Czytaj więcej
Liverpool
2 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
We spent today in Liverpool. It is a great place and we really enjoyed our time here.
We started off with a visit to The Beatles Story museum which was terrific. Then we went on the Mersey Ferry for Czytaj więcej
The Lakes District
3 maja, Anglia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We left Liverpool on the train and travelled north to Preston and then to Kendal in the Lakes District where we picked up Lynne and Kate. Our hire car was upgraded from a Ford Kuga to a Jaguar - very Czytaj więcej
Near Sawrey & The Tower Bank Arms
3 maja, Anglia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Our home in Near Sawrey for the next 3 nights is the historic 17th century village inn, the Tower Bank Arms. Good food, local beers, heaps of character - all the boxes are ticked.
Near Sawrey
3 maja, Anglia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Today was spent walking around Near Sawrey, up to Moss Eccles Tarn, along Esthwaite Water and towards Hawkshead. We also visited Hill Top Farm, the home of Beatrix Potter, where she wrote the stories Czytaj więcej
Near Sawrey
5 maja, Anglia ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Today was spent walking around Near Sawrey. We walked up to Moss Eccles Tarn, down through the farms and fields to Far Sawrey, stopped at St Peter's Church and the Cuckoo Brow Inn, before returning to Czytaj więcej
Bowness-on-Windermere
6 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Today was a quiet one as we drove from Near Sawrey to Bowness-on-Windermere, which was only about 50kms.
Along the way we had some great views of Lake Windermere and also stopped at the rather grand Czytaj więcej
Lake Windermere
7 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Today we cruised along Lake Windermere, the largest lake in England. We went from Bowness to Lakeside, then caught the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Steam Railway, before returning to Bowness by boat once Czytaj więcej
Windermere & Orrest Head
8 maja, Anglia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Another day spent around Bowness and Windermere was a really good one. We climbed up to Orrest Head which overlooks the lake and the surrounding fells and enjoyed its views.
Then it was off to the Czytaj więcej
Hawkshead
9 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
We left Bowness, crossed Lake Windermere on the ferry and spent the morning in Hawkshead, an old market town. It is a very pretty place. We went to the old Hawkshead Grammar School, where William Czytaj więcej
Yew Tree Farm - Coniston
9 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
After leaving Hawkshead we drove to Yew Tree Farm at Coniston where we will spend the next week. The farmhouse was built in 1690 and is a special place to stay. Beatrix Potter bought it in the 1920's Czytaj więcej
Coniston
10 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
We walked from Yew Tree Farm into Coniston, about 2 miles, along a very pretty woodlands path with plenty of bluebells. Along the way we ran into a charity walk - the Keswick to Barrow 40 - which is a Czytaj więcej
Hawkshead Hill
11 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Another sunny blue sky day in the Lakes. We drove to visit a friend of Lynne's who lives on Hawkshead Hill, with great views over the valley, to have a look at his stunning and colourful garden, full Czytaj więcej
Tarn Hows
11 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
A walk around Tarn Hows, which was yet another pretty spot, was a relaxing few hours.
Yew Tree Farm has its own butcher shop and we stocked up on some herdwick lamb and belted galloway beef which Jon Czytaj więcej
Coniston
12 maja, Anglia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A very relaxing day today. This morning we walked to the Tom Gill waterfalls which was a pretty walk, then to Yew Tree Tarn, which was also pretty.
After lunch at Yew Tree Farm, we walked into Czytaj więcej
Coniston
13 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Englands unseasonally warm, dry and sunny weather continues, but we are not complaining.
Today we had breakfast at the Bluebird Cafe on Lake Coniston, (a bacon butty), then went to Brantwood Estate, Czytaj więcej
Elterwater
14 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
This morning we drove to Skellwith Bridge with the plan to have breakfast at Chester's By The River and then walk along the Brathay River to Elterwater. But the cafe was a vegan one and there was Czytaj więcej
Coniston Museum & Monk Coniston
14 maja, Anglia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
In the afternoon we went to the Coniston Museum which told the story of Conistons history - copper mining, sheep farming, mountain climbing, the influence of John Ruskin and also of Donald Campbell. Czytaj więcej
Torver & Lake Coniston
15 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
This morning I climbed the hill opposite the farm to take some good photos and after that we drove to Torver, which is about 3 miles from Coniston. From there we walked down to Lake Coniston, through Czytaj więcej
Ulverston
16 maja, Anglia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
This was a really good day. We left Yew Tree Cottage and Coniston and made our way to Eskdale in the western Lakes District.
Our first stop was Ulverston, where we went to the Laurel & Hardy Museum Czytaj więcej













































































































































































































































































































































































