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Windermere Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Windermere, United Kingdom
Fun and Frustration in England Lake District
This is a top pick! So, we set off to do something we'd been anticipating for quite a while. We visited a national park in England called the 'Lakes District’, which often spoken of by our English friends as a beautiful place to go, a ‘must visit’ in ...
Meet the Parents
This is a top pick! ... my Dad's college buddy, Jon. Jon is pretty incredible in that he's probably driven every side street and country road in the United States and Europe and also remembers where everything is. Whenever we're getting ready for a Blank Family vacation Jon is ...
Lake District
Sunday some of us went to Windermere which is the biggest lake in the Lake District. We joined the Manchester International Society and they offer day trips for a sensible price, so we went to see the infamous beautiful lake district. And it left nothing ...
Terrible Journey
... from there to Windermere. So, we got the Glasgow train, got off at the station we were told to and found no trains to Windermere. We quickly found another train man, who said we should have gotten off at the next station (just as the train was leaving). ...
Oh, the rain!
... morning. Hence, I'm sitting in the town's only Internet cafe (which is quite pricey), just so I have something to do!! I'm at Windermere, the largest lake in the area, near a town called Bowness, which I'm in right now. I wanted to go hiking and ...
WINDERMERE (The Lake District)
2 nights Bridge and I stayed here in Windermere for two days. Unfortunately I got a cold just when we arrived, so I was actually quite sick, and the cold air defiantly does not help. We went for a long walk along the lake and chilled out in a coffee ...
Alrighty where to start? it's been a while ...
... evening. I guess if you're on the seedy side of town you're luck to not get shot. Sunday, Alice drove us up to Windermere, which is in the Lake district. It was a beautiful drive, lots of sheep and cows and stone walls, rolling hills and grey ...
Beatrix Potter in the Lakes District
... came up to me and asked if I was ok after it! Anyway… after some awful train ordeals I finally arrived in Windermere, one of the main towns in the Lake District, supposedly the most beautiful part of England. I found my hostel easily ...
My own personal heaven
... the North of England. The whole area is charming beyond belief and the people are lovely. Granted when I first arrived in Windermere (considered one of the gateway towns to the Lake District) I wanted to die. I was missing my parents so much ...
This is what weddings do to you...
... entry you have read so far...] You will be please to know I have posted my first travel picture. It was taken in Windermere, the lakes, during one of the most Disney like weddings I have been so far this year. I've done quite well for weddings ...
3 weeks to go..
Hello People! I will be going to set off traveling on 12th January and have decided to write a blog so that I can let you all know how I am getting on while I'm away and post photos and other thrilling bloggy things. So feel free to check it out and ...
Lake District
... let us down somewhat. The Lake District is an area and has a few main towns. We stayed at the most central town, Windermere. While it's a lovely town, it didn't amazing us. It was merely, nice. Our b&b was the cheapest we ...
Lake District and Oxford
... up to Orrest Head viewpoint. The lookout provided a panoramic view of the fells (mountains/hills) surrounding Lake Windermere and the rolling hills with walls that reminded me of Morgan Freeman walking down the walls in Prince of ...
We've Seen it in the Movies
The hilltops were clagged up, so we used up one of our wet weather ideas. It threatened to rain, but actually only spat a little bit occasionally. We drove to Bowness. Beatrix Potter lived in Sawney, but the "attraction", opened by Renee Zellweger and ...
Breathtaking Lake District of England
... take us the farthest into the Lakes District without needing a car. Cause I ain't driving here! We ended up in Windermere, a beautiful & tourist-y Lakes District town. Other people had the same idea as us apparently. We went to the tourist information ...
Lake Windermere
A detour on the way back from High Force waterfall: out of the snow, West to Kendal, and then on to Windermere and the Lake. Whilst Dad outmanoeuvred the parking attendent in the pay and display car park, Joey and I skipped down the steps to the edge ...
The Lake
... day... We woke up and I'm sure had a quick breakfast before heading for the bus to Bowness, which is basically a part of Windermere but technically the two are distinct townships. The bus ride was literally only about 10 minutes, mainly due to a couple ...
England (North West)
... the heavens had opened and the mist had rolled in so we had to make do with a driving tour. Having arrived at Lake Windermere we headed across to Wast Water, voted Britain's Favourite View. We decided to take the scenic route across two passes, Waynot ...
The Incredible World of Beatrix Potter
... constructed from stone.We passed through the winding roads and at the end was a wonderful hotel situated on the edge of Lake Windermere and this is were we are lucky enough to have spent two nights. Supper was delicious and extremely expensive, three ...
The Lake District
Really nice little town, but its low season i.e. nothing was really open b/c its usually rainy and wet this time of year...and whattaya know? It was! On the upside, the little lake cruise that I went on was really serene and I had fun with the owners ...
Terrible Weather for a Train Ride
... mile walk up a hill to the actual hostel, but when we finally made it the view was incredible. It sat atop a hill overlooking Windermere and the rolling hills. We felt so secluded up on the hill and it was quite peaceful. After checking in we ...
Holiday in Lake District with Winter Weather!
After an incredibly stressful week in the laboratory (yes....the job I was so excited about in my last entry!) I was at my wits end of frustration and it made me even more excited and appreciative about my Easter weekend away to the Lake District in ...
The Lakes
... us....from our bedroom window we look down the valley ...through steep hills...to the lakes...at night the lights from the town of Windermere glow on the hillside at the other end of the valley and from our hilltop it looks like we are seeing all the way ...
Holiday in Lake District with Winter Weather!
After an incredibly stressful week in the laboratory (yes....the job I was so excited about in my last entry!) I was at my wits end of frustration and it made me even more excited and appreciative about my Easter weekend away to the Lake District in ...
May 27 - 31, I wandered lonely as a cloud
... the end of the day, I would enjoy a pint of cold beer, either at the terrace of my youth hostel with a view of lake Windermere, or in the Queen's Head Pub, a local waterhole that has been in business for more than 300 years. The English Lake District, ...
Hiya! well it's coming down to the last few ...
... leave. As usual, I'm trying to pack everything into the weekends I have left. The weather has been gorgeous and a day trip to Windermere in the Lake District seemed like the perfect thing to do. I went with my boyfriend, Steve - we caught the ...
Bowness on Windermere- The Lake District
... staying close to Lake Windermere and drove around most of the lake. First stop was Beatrix Potter territory in Bowness - on-Windermere. Beatrix Potter of course is well know for her childrens stories and lovely illustrations Some of her characters are the ...