I don’t get to the Lake District as much as I’d like these days. It’s just a little too far for a day trip. So I was thrilled to go to a family wedding at Troutbeck Bridge (near Windermere town) last December. It was only a short stay, but I still enjoyed my walk by the lake after a full breakfast the next morning, with views of (I think) Langdale in the distance... [see more]
Category Archives: Cumbria
Goodbye, Buttermere!
Two days after our arrival, it was time to say “Goodbye, Buttermere! So long, and thanks for all the rain.” We had once holidayed in France, where we camped by a lake in an isolated wet weather pattern for two days... [see more]
Crummock Water and Mellbreak
So, what does one do in The Lakes, and it’s lashing it down with rain? Stay indoors and keep warm? Or how about a seven mile walk by Crummock Water and Mellbreak? It had been persistently raining most of the morning, but it suddenly stopped, and the sky seemed to brighten by the minute... [see more]