2024-june

Another excellent forecast, but after two hard-ish days we decided to take it slightly easier today. We went over to Townend, in Troutbeck village. A 400 year old farmhouse, much altered over the years, with a fascinating history. We strolled down to the beck to find a geocache, on an island in the stream with Read more

Another excellent forecast 😎 We drove to Ash Landing, where the motor ferry comes from Bowness (but we didn’t get the ferry). We walked up over the fields to Far Sawrey and then Near Sawrey, and Beatrix Potter’s house Hill Top. After visiting the house, we had our picnic in the garden, then we walked Read more

The weather showed low chance of rain. We walked down the hill to where we could cross the river, then back up the other side to the waterfalls, Stockghyll Force. Given how much rain we’ve had over the last few months, it was in full force. We made our way up Wansfell, with the view Read more

Again the forecast wasn’t so good, so we decided to take the boat down to the far end of the lake, and visit the aquarium. Again though, it turned into a lovely day – although we could see the hills to the west looked a bit gloomy. The Aquarium was quite low-key, but had some Read more

The weather forecast was for intermittent showers, so we decided to stay low-level – but there was no drop of rain all day! We parked in Grasmere and walked along the side of the fells to Rydal. The weather was in fact excellent, so we had splendid views over the lake to the fells the Read more

We left York about 10.30 Got to Penrith about 12.30, had lunch in Booths’ Cafe. Decided not to look at the castle as it was starting to rain. Got to Ambleside about 2.30, but couldn’t get in the house until 4. Went to the Garden Centre to see if we could get a cup of Read more