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]
Category Archives: Cumbria
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]
Lake Buttermere
“Let’s go away at half term!” was the idea. Brilliant. Why not? We deserve a couple of days away from it. “Let’s not go too far though. We don’t want to spend the whole time travelling.” Wise words... [see more]