The Melbreak Country Hotel Workington

Six relaxing nights in The Lake District.

We stayed in a cute little cottage by a stunning lake in Wasdale.

Enjoyed lots of pub lunches, scenic walks and climbing to the top of the highest Mountain in England, Scafell Pike.

Very relaxing week and such a peaceful, beautiful place.

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Just a quick message for all to see if everyone gets the idea. At the moment were still waiting for 2 visa's, gemma's bikes chain and pannier rails, life insurance (chill ma, its only travel insurance), Carnets and a bit of sunshine would'nt hurt!
So as a busy 3 weeks await T...

What should have been a 4 and half hour journey turned into about a 6 hour journey, resulting in Rachel getting very tired, hungry and frustrated (it didn't help that she had a headache either). Again, our journey was made up of a few train rides. The first few of these went without a hitch. It was when we were waiting for the Glasgow train that...

The party season has begun for the ancient rat sorrority from Kingston Rowing Club so I had to venture North for a bit of a do in Cumbria. It is quite a long way to go for a party on a Saturday night but one has to put oneself out for old friends and special occaisions. I broke the journey by staying with alternative friends in Northamptonshire ...

This morning started in Liverpool, it was biiterly cold and raining so we did not end up doing any of the planned visits but found somewhere warm and drank coffee. Ron got to try his 'scouser' which he was impressed with.
We then headed satnav in hand to pick up our hire car. We are not sure what the problem was but for some reason the lady...

After spending Christams day with family in Chelmsford we took a short trip to test drive our Kombi van who has adopted the name 'Grandpa'. And if you want to really test drive a kombi van than take it to the Lake District at Christmas. Nothing like -1 degree temperatures to weed out any faults.

The surrounding scenery turns to white sn...

Travelled to Cumbria to see Mum and catch up with old friends - was originally going to leave all my kit here but realised that I needed more time to get used to the weight on the bike (and assess whether I might need to get panniers after all) so the trip has become largely a social affair. This is good though, as the next time I am here will b...

A couple of weeks ago, we walked the majority of Hadrian's Wall. Once in Carlisle, we felt let down that we had not completed the walk even though we had decided a long time ago not to do the full walk. However, whilst walking, I had already decided that as there was a bank holiday comoing up in May, I thought that we could walk the last stage, ...

Lake District was the northernmost area we visited. That's probably why the Lake District is one of the best attractions of U.K. John told me the story of Beatrix Potter, the author of Peter Rabbit.
Actually, I don't remember which lake I visited, because John took me there. I still remember I took a boat to the opposite side of the lake an...

Woke up late and took a shower. Lesley (a cousin I believe) took us on a drive to the Lake District. I didn't see very much because I had a really bad headache and was sleeping. We stopped for tea at a pub. We then stopped for lunch at the Britannia Inn. I didn't eat much because of my headache. Grandma was very grumpy. I ordered a jacket with C...