Kings Arms Hotel
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Lakes District
... after and we took a drive to Windermere for more photos and a quick walk. Everything combined to create some great scenery, the setting sun making golden the high fields, and the leave-less woods and trees. Roads and fields in the area, as well as many streams and paths were bordered by chest high stone walls that wandered as high as the snow line. Came back to see Wordsworth's grave at Grasmere's St Oswolds. Then went to buy some food from the supermarket for ...
Stratford-upon-Avon and the Lakes
... filled with hay) wake up on the wrong side (chamber pot was always kept on one side of the bed) put your foot in it (stepping into the chamber pot). Shakespeare was buried in front of the altar at the church. Weather was good in Stratford. There had been some frost but no snow and the temperature quickly rose above freezing. Had a Roast Pork Bap in the Henley Road marketplace. The ...
2 years on
Rheged, also used as a reference to the 'old north', which I assume is the reason for its name, is situated just off junction 40 of the M6 in Cumbria. Advertised as a ‘all weather day out’ it is in my view unlikely to fill all of your day.
There is a regular bus service from Penrith which stops at the main entrance, and goes on to Keswick and Workington, and it is also just 5 minutes from Penrith’s main train ...
Four weekends in September
BBC Proms in the Park, Alexandra Palace [8/10. The last of Summer weather. Very lazy weekend but the Proms were again a highlight of our entertainment season. Alexandra Palace was lovely and the weather made it beautiful. Shame it’s so inconvenient to travel from NW to NE. For anything outside of central London it’s really nice to have a car.]
Lake District [8/10 – we had one good ...
Orton offerings
I've been here twice now and yet there is still plenty on offer in the little village of Orton and surrounding area that I have yet to see and will be back for.
Wainwright described Orton as one of Westmorlands loveliest villages, and I can second that. If you are passing through whilst completing the Coast to Coast walk, or visiting the monthly farmers market, then you already know what this lovely village has ...
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