Saturday
We travelled on the morning and stopped at The Horse & Farrier Inn to get some lunch before going to collect the keys for our apartment. After settling into our apartment we found a fish and chip shop for some tea and took a short walk around the town.
Sunday
On Sunday my whole family was exhausted from travelling for most of Saturday so we walked around town again and bought some Lake District necessities (waterproof trousers). In the afternoon we decided to go to Whinlatter forest park and do a four hour walk around there. We climbed Lord's seat and Barf (lovely name isn't it :/) and then we ate in the little cafe at the forest park to gain some of the energy we had lost by doing the walk.
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| (View half way up Lord's Seat) |
Monday
Again we looked around the shops and bought some present for people at home. Then we played Crazy Golf before heading to the Bank Tavern for some lunch.
Tuesday
We climbed Binsy in the morning to look at the amazing view from it, you can see for miles and on a clear day you can see Scotland in the distance. Afterwards we spend the whole day at North Lakes Safari Park looking at all of the animals they have there. One thing I love about North Lakes Safari Park is the talks and feeding opportunities that the keepers give throughout the day.
Wednesday
We spent the full day at Nichol End after taking the ferry across Derwent Water. The view was spectacular from the balcony where we ate our lunch and the food was delicious. As some of you may have known the Perseid meteor shower was happening while we were away and because of the rural area we were staying in we managed to see them first hand. It was spectacular, you don't actually realise how many stars there is until you go to the countryside. I would strongly recommend that next year, if you are in an area with little to no light at night, you try to see them because you will be blown away by how many of them there is and how fast they travel.
Thursday
In the Wainwright books High Rigg is pictured as a lovely little hill that anyone could climb with lovely views all the way up. However this was NOT how I experienced it. Bracken has taken over and covered most of the path which would have previously been used, also this bracken is well over 5 foot tall and so anyone only just above 5 foot (me) can only see bracken the entire way up. It was a bit of a let down and it took a lot longer than we had originally planned because paths cut off and we had to retrace our steps quite a bit in order to get the the main path again.
Friday
It rained a lot so we visited a local museum, ate come ice cream and then headed home in the evening.
Have you been on holiday during the summer holidays? Comment where you went below.
Fiona xx
