Day 15
A beautiful day of touring the Lake District today!
We awoke at Nab Cottage around 8. After careful study, we came to the conclusion that old is not always historical. Sometimes it is just plain old!
Had an ok breakfast. Jill was in a bad mood because she didn’t sleep well. We left and headed back in and out of Ambleside to a waterfall just outside of town. Nice, but kind of inaccessible.
Then we took a route through the Lake District that would rival the most scenic on any continent. We went up and down countless mountain passes, past lakes and mountains. People were hiking everywhere – young and old.
From Ambleside to Kestwick, over Honnister Pass and on to Loweswater where we had lunch overlooking the lake. Then through Cockermouth and Whitehaven and over the spectacular Hardknott Pass. One lane road for about 15 miles, up and down 30 degree grades. At one point the grade was so steep that the tires skipped, going uphill, on dry pavement! The views were spectacular, the pictures tell the story.
Then down to Windermere and up A592 past Ullswater up to Penrith. We are staying at the Nunnery House, an 18th c. ex-nunnery recommended by my cousins Leslie and Allison, who were here 3 years ago.
We are the only guests tonight, out of 7 rooms. They were not serving dinner tonight, so we went to the nearest town, Kirkoswald, for a pub dinner.
Dinner was excellent, for ₤5.50! I had Yorkshire pudding with roast beef, and Jill had chicken and chips, plus a few pints.
Then across the street to another pub for one more. Everyone seems to know everyone else in this small town.
Day 16 >>>
We awoke at Nab Cottage around 8. After careful study, we came to the conclusion that old is not always historical. Sometimes it is just plain old!
Had an ok breakfast. Jill was in a bad mood because she didn’t sleep well. We left and headed back in and out of Ambleside to a waterfall just outside of town. Nice, but kind of inaccessible.
Then we took a route through the Lake District that would rival the most scenic on any continent. We went up and down countless mountain passes, past lakes and mountains. People were hiking everywhere – young and old.
From Ambleside to Kestwick, over Honnister Pass and on to Loweswater where we had lunch overlooking the lake. Then through Cockermouth and Whitehaven and over the spectacular Hardknott Pass. One lane road for about 15 miles, up and down 30 degree grades. At one point the grade was so steep that the tires skipped, going uphill, on dry pavement! The views were spectacular, the pictures tell the story.
Then down to Windermere and up A592 past Ullswater up to Penrith. We are staying at the Nunnery House, an 18th c. ex-nunnery recommended by my cousins Leslie and Allison, who were here 3 years ago.
We are the only guests tonight, out of 7 rooms. They were not serving dinner tonight, so we went to the nearest town, Kirkoswald, for a pub dinner.
Dinner was excellent, for ₤5.50! I had Yorkshire pudding with roast beef, and Jill had chicken and chips, plus a few pints.
Then across the street to another pub for one more. Everyone seems to know everyone else in this small town.
Day 16 >>>
