We set off about 9am again from the cabin and we were all pretty sad to leave it. It was one of the best places we stayed at on the trip. We started the day off by walking down to the water and checking out the stores along the way. We went off in search of a camera store at the top of the town as Matt's 1gb xd memory had become corrupt and he lost all his photos from Manchester. He ended up picking up at 256mb card which worked fine for the rest of the trip. We had breakfast in a small cafe in the town of Windermere. When the waitress came to ask me how I wanted my eggs I told her "over easy". She didn't quite understand so I thought I would just try something else. "How about Sunnyside up?". Still, I just recieved the same blank stare from the waitress. After a few moments she replied "oh you mean you want dippy eggs?". Somehow I don't think that is what they are really called but hey when your in northern England I guess you just go with it.
After a bit of a walk around town we set out to take in the scenery of the Lake District. We drove north on some really small narrow passages up towards Ullswater lake stopping at least 5 times to take photos and also a few panoramas that I will never end up stitching together or posting on here. lol. Ok well maybe I will do one or two. Ullswater was amazing and all the stories we had heard about it were true. Just north of the lake we did a 2 mile hike to a waterfall called Aira Falls which just asked us to take tons of photos. At the top of the waterfall was a small stone bridge where we made our way up to after. From here we made our way over to the town of Keswick. On route we stopped to check out Castlerigg Stone Circle which is another stone circle but still was really impressive with the backdrop.
Our main reason to stop in Keswick was to see the famous museum there called "Cars of the Stars". This museum has tons of cars from the movies. The highlight for me was the Seeing the Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger and for those who remember back to the 80's the original Chutty Chutty Bang Bang. Other cars that were there were the Harry Potter car, Kit from nightrider, The A team van, Mr Beans mini, etc. So we were all pretty excited to see these. The major disappointment was when we were not allowed to take photos of the cars and when I wasn't able to see the other 5 James Bond cars they had. They said is was because they didn't have enough room so they only show one at a time and cycle the others throughout the year. Oh well what can you do. We walked around the town a bit checking out the camping stores and whatnot and then drove the road that goes around Derwent water. This lake was once again absolutely stunning and so picturesque that we spent a lot of the time taking photos and also just enjoying the view. There were a few sections as we drove up some mountains where we weren’t sure if the car was going to make it. But we made it all the way around and drove to the town of Cockermouth to find a place to stay for the night.
This is where the problems began as everywhere fully booked up. We tried trailer sites, hotels, motels, for a least an hour as we drove down the west coast of England. We finally found a small place that had a twin room for only £48 a night. As we had been doing Megan waited in the car while we went in and asked for a room. We never specified how many people it was and this old lady never asked. Although, she did see us trying to sneak Megan in. When she saw this she just went off. On and on how we didn’t tell her there were 3 of us and how that was not allowed. The result was us telling her to give me the money back and been sent on our way. We also had the key to the room in our pocket as well. We realised this and debated weather to turn around to give it back to her and in the decided it was a good idea as she had all our information. Anyways we kept on driving in the dark along narrow hedge roads in the rain. Good old England. After another hour and a half we finally found a amazing B and B that took us all in giving us 2 rooms for a great price and some awesome food at night and a full English Breakfast in the morning. It was the best place we stayed and the people were so friendly. Next time I am up that way I will definitely stay there again. We were all very tired from the drive so we had a few beers, watched the football game, and went to bed.
More lake district to come.....
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The lake District one of my favorite parts of the trip.
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