Lake District
We’re just back from a brilliant weekend in the Lake District. The sun shone all day for three days in a row, and we managed a good balance of luxury (The Samling - more later) and exercise.
We managed three excellent walks (forgot camera, so had to make do with mobile phone):
A low level stroll along Derwent Water and up to Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick, just to get the legs stretched.
As Saturday was a promising clear day, with no mist on the fell tops, and as recommended by Roger a couple of years ago, we walked round the Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside - 10.5 miles/3250 ft climb (or for the metric-minded, approximately 14 km/1000 m climb). We certainly earned our dinner that evening!
And as a gentle follow-up, we went for a nice low-level walk through Borrowdale on Sunday. As it was the first weekend of the school hols, the place was mobbed!
Looks wonderful John!
Not too sure about your metric conversions - 10 miles is 16km, nearly exactly, so you walked further. You had better views - it was very misty when we walked to Fairfield.
[...] The Samling A brilliant 2 night stay at The Samling. We stayed in the Tyan - a large room decorated in a traditional Lake District blue pattern - very like something produced by the Timorous Beasties. Usual sumptuous bathroom, great to relax in the bath after walking round the Fairfield Horseshoe. [...]
[...] The Samling A brilliant 2 night stay at The Samling. We stayed in the Tyan - a large room decorated in a traditional Lake District blue pattern - very like something produced by the Timorous Beasties. Usual sumptuous bathroom, great to relax in the bath after walking round the Fairfield Horseshoe. [...]
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