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Ambleside

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    • Day 5

      Von Liverpool nach Südschottland

      May 11, 2022 in England ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

      Wir fuhren heute von Liverpool mit dem Ziel Killmarnock bei Glasgow. Als wir durch den Lake Distrikt kamen, hat es mehr als einmal die Sprache verschlagen. Die Landschaft mit den sanften Bergen und grünen Tälern, den malerischen Orten und zahlreichen Seen lud uns ein sie mit unserem Bruno zu erkunden und diverse Roadchallenges zu absolvieren. Unser Ziel Killmarnock war wenig spektakulär und wird hier nicht groß erwähnt. Für den nächsten Tag haben wir große Pläne mit Inselhopping durch die Hebriden. Es bleibt also spannend.Read more

    • Day 36

      I wandered lonely as a cloud

      October 6, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      …….that floats on high…. Ok enough you get it. Wordsworth country. We’re in the Lake District after flying from Lisbon to Manchester yesterday and driving up here in the afternoon. No daffodils but beautiful rolling hills and stone walls. Saw where Wordsworth is buried, the house he lived in plus Dove Cottage and Museum. Dove Cottage where he lived and wrote a lot of his poems. Was fantastic. It was a full day where we did what is expected. Ie ate scones with jam and cream and took a country stroll. Gazed upon herds of black faced sheep that dot the countryside. Think the breed is Herdwick. It’s also Derwent coloured pencil land. It’s a good time to come here, colours of autumn makes me want to get some pencils and start colouring in. Also…. plenty of hiking shops and I admit to spending a bit getting some great waterproof gloves and a few other things. Ready for our next hiking adventure. 👏😊 (am going to need to reconsider giving up hiking 😬)Read more

    • Day 10

      In and out of Wales

      July 24, 2022 in England ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

      Wales 🇬🇧 zapuščava z mešanimi vtisi. Čudoviti kotički, med njimi pa dolge in nezanimive poti. Tukaj najdeš vse: 5.000 let stari sveti kraji, opuščene in mistične "abbies", prelepi prelazi, divja obala, predvsem pa neskončni pašniki, polni ovac, kar pa pomeni, da je večina lepe narave enostavno nedostopna. Privat Propery. Še najbolj naju je navdušil SZ obalni del, iz južnega Walesa pa odnašava le posamezne koščke.
      Velika pričakovanja se niso v celoti uresničila, upala sva na več bivanja v naravi, a sva bila bolj kot ne omejena na ceste.
      Vreme pa: veter!! 🌬️🌬️ In dež. 🌧️
      Vrhunci: Trinity Abby, Black mountain passes, Hay-on-Wye bookstores in obala otoka Anglesey.
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    • Day 221

      Lake District

      June 15, 2023 in England ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      Eines unserer größten Highlights war der Tagesausflug in den Nationalpark „Lake District“. Mit einem Reiseunternehmen fuhren wir mit einem Dutzend anderer Menschen circa 2 Stunden aus Liverpool raus und fanden uns in einem grünen Himmel auf Erden wieder. Mit 16 Seen, unzähligen Hügeln und Wäldern, ortstypische Steinmauern und eine Herde Schafe nach der anderen war es für uns ein wahr gewordener „Hobbit“ Traum. Mit Zwischenstopps in kleinen Städten, wo wir mitunter in einem urigen Pub zu Mittag aßen, und einer halbstündigen Seefahrt zum Abschluss war es ein wundervoller und außerordentlich gelungener Tag. Das inoffizielle Highlight war unser Busfahrer, der einen jungen Hagrid aus Harry Potter hätte spielen können.Read more

    • Day 7

      Ambleside

      May 19, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      We took the train up to Ambleside via Oxenholme and Windermere.

      Another train broke down in front and we were stuck on the train for a couple of hours. We eventually made it to our accommodation and did a little walking tour before dinner.Read more

    • Day 15

      Ambleside, UK

      July 30, 2018 in England ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

      Bonjour 👋🏻,

      Aujourd’hui devait être une journée de parapente pour Julie (cadeau du 50e car elle n’avait pas eu de place en NZ quand je l’ai fait) et de son fils mais malheureusement lors de notre appel d’hier pour réserver, les conditions n’étaient pas propices, donc partie remise. On va voir si on aura plus de chance 🍀 en Ecosse.

      On en a donc profité pour passer un peu plus de temps à York, ha non je veux dire Jorvick!!! En 960, les vikings habitaient à Jorvick qui est devenu avec le temps York. On a visité l’attraction la plus populaire (amateur de family feud, voici une réponse ) de York en 2018, « L’expérience Jorvick ». Ils ont en effet très bien organisé cette visite. On s’assoie dans une espèce de buggy à six personnes et on se promène (sans marcher 😆) à travers l’histoire des vikings. Je dois dire que ce peuple était très intelligent, ils avaient tout, maisons, marché pour vendre un panoplie d’items, poêle 🍳, ustensiles 🥄, peignes à cheveux, etc. C’était très impressionnant. Le seul hic, les gens mouraient plutôt jeunes...30 à 45 ans!

      Par la suite on se déplace dans un autre parc du UK, soit le Lake District. Un autre trajet de 3h30 de voiture 🚗 vers le nord ouest (ben oui on se promène en zig zag au UK). On voulait faire cette fois-ci le plus haut sommet de l’Angleterre, le Scaffel Pike mais le centre d’information, nous ont découragé 😞 un peu (faut dire qu’on avait pas fait nos devoirs avant de partir pour celui-ci), ils nous mentionnent qu’il faut savoir lire des cartes pour se rendre au sommet et que ce n’est pas évident pour une première fois. De plus, comme on n‘avait pas bien planifié cette montagne ⛰, on est dans un village qui est pas mal loin du point de départ, mais tout un beau village quand même. On va quand même faire un trek à partir de ce village-ci, en plus, demain, la météo est de notre côté, beau temps prévu, car ce soir nous avons eu plusieurs averses. Je vous écrit demain au sujet du trek.
      Incroyable mais vrai, les routes sont encore plus étroites et à double sens, 😣

      Dans notre village d’Ambleside, on a vu une des plus petites maisons 🏠 du UK, qui a été conservée depuis le 17e siècle.

      Voilà pour aujourd’hui, je vais terminer ma bière Made in UK Wainwright, the golden beer!
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    • Day 54

      Amblesite was great

      November 6, 2022 in England ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

      Rainy .. very rainy - but great

    • Day 8

      At Windermere

      June 27, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      Yesterday was spent travelling from Ascot to Windermere. There were train changes at Reading, Manchester, and Preston . Then at Oxenholme the train was replaced by a bus to Windermere. The train service is very efficient.
      In Windermere we met Beryl and Keith. Beryl and I have a connection through both being descendents of the Higginbottom family. It is four years since Beryl and Keith drove from Canberra to Benalla to meet us, so there was lots to catch up on.
      As soon as we left the rail station at Oxenholme it became apparent that there was an abundance of stone in this area. There are many dry stone fences all impeccably built. But what is more impressive is that the buildings are also built using these stones. Unfortunately I did not take the tablet to dinner last night so photos of these buildings will have to come with the next installment.
      Included here is a church at Sonning built of flint which is prevalent there. Anita said this is the church Theresa May attends. Also a photo from the hotel window at Windermere. Next the boat house at Blue Coat and a tub of flowers near the loch at Sonning.
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    • Day 9

      An evening at Grasmere

      June 28, 2018 in England ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      Last night after dinner Keith kindly drove us to Grasmere. This is where William Wordsworth lived for a significant portion of his life, and where he is buried. It is light here until 10pm so we were able to have a good look around without the crowds of people which we would have joined if we had visited during the day.
      We visited the area adjacent to the churchyard where there are approx 3000 inscribed pavers. The people who subscribed about £100 for each paver wanted to be part of this scheme which as well as commemorating William Wordsworth also contributes to the upkeep of the church grounds.
      Keith also drove us to see Dove Cottage which is where Wordsworth lived. It is a white washed building adjacent to a cottage with very unusual chimney pots. By turning 90 deg on the same spot you can see the Fells which surround Grasmere. These substantial hills rise to over 1000 feet, and provide a photographic backdrop to Grasmere.
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    Ambleside, امبلساید, Амблсайд, 安布賽德

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