MikeyT Posted 19 November 2011 Posted 19 November 2011 Have a good time Ken. Take some photos. Great landscapes up there.
Asha Posted 19 November 2011 Posted 19 November 2011 Have a top holiday Nightguard. Sounds like you've been working really hard of late looking for work and completing your IT course, so have a deserved break, relax, and enjoy yourself!
Trav Le Bleu Posted 19 November 2011 Posted 19 November 2011 I know you like your beers, so if you're in the Southeast part of the lakes try this place. http://www.masonsarmsstrawberrybank.co.uk/ Great beer, niced food (though a tad expensive) and lovely views over the Lyth Valley. Have fun.
The Doctor Posted 19 November 2011 Posted 19 November 2011 Have fun, from what you've posted of late you've been working hard, enjoy a nice break. edit: And happy birthday by the way.
nuttytimmy Posted 19 November 2011 Posted 19 November 2011 Hawkshead Brewery in Staveley is well worth a visit. Wilf's cafe next door is good and cheap too, and you can take your pint through from the brewery tap to have your lunch! Gummer's How offers great views along Windermere and isn't a million miles from Strawberry Bank and the aformentioned Masons which is superb. Watermill at Ings is excellent too, also in the SE Lakes. If you're over towards the SW, head for Eskdale and Boot which have a couple of good pubs. And, of course, in the Langdales there's the Old Dungeon Ghyll's Climbers' Bar which is a must. Alas, I know little of the Northern Lakes so if you're North of Grasmere I'm afraid this essay is entirely redundant! Enjoy your break anyway, make sure to show us your pics.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 19 November 2011 Posted 19 November 2011 Hawkshead Brewery in Staveley is well worth a visit. Wilf's cafe next door is good and cheap too, and you can take your pint through from the brewery tap to have your lunch! Gummer's How offers great views along Windermere and isn't a million miles from Strawberry Bank and the aformentioned Masons which is superb. Watermill at Ings is excellent too, also in the SE Lakes. If you're over towards the SW, head for Eskdale and Boot which have a couple of good pubs. And, of course, in the Langdales there's the Old Dungeon Ghyll's Climbers' Bar which is a must. Alas, I know little of the Northern Lakes so if you're North of Grasmere I'm afraid this essay is entirely redundant! Enjoy your break anyway, make sure to show us your pics. Have walked from Strawberry Bank to Gummer's How. As you say, great views. And got to agree with you about the Climber's Bar too... also the pub at Wasdale Head, forget it's name. Like many pubs in the area, might not be the greatest inside, but sat outside in the beer garden in the surrounding granduer of nature... superb!
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 19 November 2011 Posted 19 November 2011 Just off up Lake District for a week. You lucky old lad, Ken. Enjoy it. One of my favourite places. I spent my honeymoon in Keswick. The Lakes are heaven on earth to me.
cambridgefox Posted 19 November 2011 Posted 19 November 2011 Just off up Lake District for a week. Enjoy,sounds like you deserved a holiday.
purpleronnie Posted 19 November 2011 Posted 19 November 2011 Absolutely beautiful place, enjoy yourself.
21st Century Fox Posted 19 November 2011 Posted 19 November 2011 Hope you come back with some Coleridge-like inspiration for your writing
Guest Bilo Posted 19 November 2011 Posted 19 November 2011 Have a good 'un chap. I'd love to visit the place one day.
Finnegan Posted 19 November 2011 Posted 19 November 2011 You lucky old lad, Ken. Enjoy it. One of my favourite places. I spent my honeymoon in Keswick. The Lakes are heaven on earth to me. Keswick has literally the single best sandwich shop on the entire planet. Fucking brilliant. Took some cobs from there up Skiddaw and sat huddled behind a cairn at the top having lunch and looking at the views. One of the best meals of all time!
Webbo Posted 19 November 2011 Posted 19 November 2011 Just seen that it's your birthday as well. Have a good trip Ken.
Rincewind Posted 20 November 2011 Author Posted 20 November 2011 Thanks all. Still in bedroom. not sure what I'll do while here. Only got a small digital camera with me. Limited with my luggage. All the family came round and got new gear, trousers, shirt etc, so had to dress up. Loads of food and drink available. I shall inquire about those places. Stopping in the Northern lakes, Cockermouth area. Not too far from Keswick I suppose.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 20 November 2011 Posted 20 November 2011 If you go to Cockermouth, get yourself on the Jennings brewery tour if it's still going. It's ace
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 20 November 2011 Posted 20 November 2011 Keswick has literally the single best sandwich shop on the entire planet. Fucking brilliant. Took some cobs from there up Skiddaw and sat huddled behind a cairn at the top having lunch and looking at the views. One of the best meals of all time! Sounds perfect. :thumbup:
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 22 November 2011 Posted 22 November 2011 Glad you enjoyed Ken, looks a lovely place if not a little bit chilly
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