Grasmere Hotel
Broadgate Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England, LA22 9TA, United Kingdom
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Lost in Scotland
... border into Scotland and ended up in Newcastleton, a little border town. It was full of stone buildings and we stopped at a little pub called the Vines..................yummmmmmmm.
The food was beautiful, I had the smoothest tastiest pate with oat bread and Will polished off a bowl of Lentil and bacon soup that was to die for. We both then had the roast which again was cooked really well and presented beautifully......was a very nice surprise.
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Nick's place
... reviewer at Geocaching.com was kind enough to grant permission for me to go ahead with this.
On Saturday I set off early to avoid the crowds (it turned out the place was deserted!) and placed the geocache container as planned. It was a beautiful and quiet morning and so I took a short walk over to the ferry port, where I recall I ...
If at first you don't succeed...
... first stop for a couple of geocaches and a bit of info on the area:
The Greenside Mine in Glenridding produced lead from the late 1600s until its closure in 1962. The mine was owned by Glenridding Mining Company established in 1825 and was the first to introduce and use many innovative technologies. They were for example the first to install electric winding gear and generate their own hydro-electricity. They also built a number of houses for ...
Glenridding Dodd but no Sheffield Pike this time
... we were again faced with defeat as the said 'Post' where the cache was hidden at St Patricks fountain (down the road in Glenridding) was impossible to find and the one by the lake on the way back to the house was cut short by the sudden downpour!
So, instead we returned to build up the log fire and finished off the evening with a visit to the local pub for some home cooked yumminess.
The ...
The Lake District!
... and some of her friends from Wake Forest that I had met the first week that I was here. -- ( it was weird seeing people that i met during my first couple of days in London but haven't seen in over a month! ) -- and our team DOMINATED, and ended up winning and taking home the trophy ( see picture), basically we were awesome and the night was a lot of fun!
We went to sleep relatively early that night though because the strenuous activities ...


