Cumbria July 2009

[maidstone weather]

Hi all,

I've decided to break my holiday report down into posts for separate days, mainly because there are so many photos to process from my holiday.

My aim is to publish a day's worth of photos/report each day this week, if I have enough time that is. :lol:

Anyway, enough of my waffling, enjoy the views

Monday was spent travelling to the Lake District, so there are no photographs to show. Therefore I shall start with Tuesday.

Tuesday 7th July 2009

To get an idea of places to visit whilst we were in the Lake District, the first thing we did was to travel to the Lake District Visitor Centre, situated next to Lake Windermere between the towns of Windermere and Ambleside. View of the back entrance of the Visitor Centre:

Several views of Lake Windermere with the Claife Heights hills in the background, taken from the jetty at the Visitor Centre:

Local residents: :lol:

Few more from the eastern shores of Windermere, looking northwest:

We then headed to Hawkshead, home of the Beatrix Potter Gallery (which we visited, but no cameras allowed). A photo from the centre of the village however:

And to finish off, a nice weather related picture taken through the windscreen as we drove westwards from Hawkshead to Coniston. Here the Coniston Old Man is shrouded by the cloud bases:

More, hopefully, tomorrow evening!

[Koppite]

Nice photos MW, look forward to tomorrow's installment. Them locals look quakers to me.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Gawd bless the Lake District Visitors Centre - a free day out with the kids and a nice cup of tea too.

[maidstone weather]

Wednesday 8th July 2009

Today we drove some distance from the southern Lakes peninsula (where we were staying in a caravan) to Keswick in the northern half of the Lakes.

The journey offered some really good views of the Cumbrian mountain range and also of the various lakes.

These photos were taken at various places along this stretch of road.

We then parked up and took a walk around the village of Grasmere...

Is it going to rain?

A sheep taking a rest :lol:

Grasmere Lake:

More tomorrow!

[MAF]

great pics MW, i have travelled that route a few times and the scenery at different times of the year always looks great

thanks for sharing :lol:

[Osbourne One-Nil]

A sheep taking a rest

To be fair - we had been up all night.

By the way, don't forget there's only one lake in the Lake District.

[Koppite]

Nice pics once again MW, fantastic scenery.

[maidstone weather]

Next installment...

Thursday 9th July 2009

Today we went on a cruise around Lake Windermere and it's islands. The cruise takes 45 minutes and departs from Bowness-On-Windermere.

Bowness:

Nothing like a good scratch in the morning! :huh:

The cruise boat we went on (Miss Cumbria IV):

Views across Windermere whilst on the boat:

One hungry swan! :lol: :lol:

One final one for today:

More tomorrow!

[damianslaw]

Wonderful pictures from my hometown today, we did very well to escape the showers.

I know those swans all to well, they are very cheeky and often steal food whenever they can, I vividly remember when about 10 years old one swan swiped a whole hot dog off me!

[maidstone weather]

Next update will be to0morrow night, due to storm-watching tonight :huh:

What I can see is that Koppite, you will enjoy Saturday's (11th July) photos

[Koppite]

Next update will be to0morrow night, due to storm-watching tonight

What I can see is that Koppite, you will enjoy Saturday's (11th July) photos

The suspense is killing me, can't wait till Saturday.

[maidstone weather]

The suspense is killing me, can't wait till Saturday.

LOL No, but seriously, you of all people should like it B)

and my spelling is appalling in my last post, i meant 'say' not 'see'

[Koppite]

LOL :lol: No, but seriously, you of all people should like it B)

and my spelling is appalling in my last post, i meant 'say' not 'see'

Not long to wait now, go on give us a clue. By the way great pics.

[maidstone weather]

Sorry it's late, been really busy recently, so I'm going to post two days worth in one!

Thursday 9th July

On Thursday evening, I took a stroll along the coastline of the Cartmel peninsula overlooking Morecambe Bay. The first thing I noticed was the vast quantity of rip rap placed there (large boulders) to protect the adjacent caravan park from flooding (which must be quite a new addition as it isn't on Google maps yet!)

Despite having a great view of Morecambe Bay, it was completely dry!

any idea what this building is in the far distance? I suspect it may be Heysham Port buildings?

Friday 10th July 2009

On Friday I visited Lancaster to take a look around, a few pics from Lancaster...

Lancaster Castle, which, to my understanding, is used as a Crown Court as well as for tours? Well that might explain the vast amount of CCTV cameras and barbed wires lining the turrets!

Lancaster Priory, adjacent to the Castle...

view looking away from the Priory...

and a typical Lancaster street..

now we get to Saturday...

Saturday 11th July 2009

Being an avid Liverpool supporter, I had managed to book tickets to a tour of Liverpool Football Club's home ground at Anfield before I travelled back home

Come on! The interview rooms aren't really this small are they?? :o

Inside the Away Team's changing rooms, which is much bigger than the Home Team's! (as a polite gesture)

and inside the all-important Home Team's changing rooms - it was full of the people on the tour! Fortunately I managed to catch a shot with no-one in it!

THE sign!

The Director's and Executive's entrance - very nice!

and inside the stadium!!

The Kop Stand:

Centenary Stand on the right, Anfield Road stand far back:

Main Stand on left, with the 'Camera Box' (all the cameras used on TV) hanging from the stand roof:

Seating in the Kop Stand:

Hillsborough Disaster Memorial:

and the road right outside the front of the stadium - the most run-down road I have ever seen! So many houses boarded-up. Unbelievable to think of the stadium right in the middle of this. (Walton Breck Road)

and so endeth my holiday in Cumbria, and as a result, my photos

[Koppite]

Great pics MW, looks like you had a super holiday, and what a way to finish it off hey. :o Have you got any pictures of the trophy room? Or are you waiting till next year when it has the premiership trophy for 2009/10 in it. Your right i did enjoy that, thanks for sharing.

[maidstone weather]

Great pics MW, looks like you had a super holiday, and what a way to finish it off hey. Have you got any pictures of the trophy room? Or are you waiting till next year when it has the premiership trophy for 2009/10 in it. Your right i did enjoy that, thanks for sharing.

:o here's hoping!

nah, sadly not - some bits weren't accessible to the public due to construction work going on

thanks

[Koppite]

here's hoping!

nah, sadly not - some bits weren't accessible to the public due to construction work going on

thanks :o

Making more space in the cabinet i guess.

[Cheeseburger]

Nice pics B)

The buildings in the distance are Heysham power station, which is next to the port

[maidstone weather]

Nice pics

The buildings in the distance are Heysham power station, which is next to the port

ah cool, my sense of direction isn't too bad then!

thanks for confirming B)