After a morning chat with BI Consultants Altius, where the likely prospect of worked was discussed, followed by answering an email from Jon at esure who had said a contract role was likely, we drove up to the Lakes, with me occasionally fretting about what to do! A good position to be in, but nothing I really wanted to think about during our weekend of fun!
We stopped at the service station where we bought lunch, some lentil crisps and discussed the quote that had just come in for sorting Waky’s rust out. Then it was back on the road, in pursuit of Sam and JC who were a good hour ahead of us. As we neared the Lakes, it started raining, but not hard and it made very little difference as we huddled in Waky, drinking some early doors Prosecco and opening birthday pressies including my birthday box of fun! The campsite was beautiful and the views stretched for miles. There were sheep in our field and horses in the field below.
The next morning started with JC’s amazing granola which gave us the strength to cycle up the hill, before cycling down at top speed all the way to a pub for an early morning pint. The pint then gave us the strength to cycle all the way back up and down the other side where we found another pub, had a second pint and teamed this up with some lunch. For me it was scampi but the lady wasn’t too happy about me asking for beans and I soon squired the reputation of difficult customer, so left the rest of the ordering to everyone else.
In this cute little town we picked up supplies for later in the day and enjoyed a cycle back along the old railway line all the way back to the campsite where the afternoon consisted of running up and down the hill, playing games on bikes and resting up in the hammock. Then it was back to the first pub for some dinner.
In this cute little town we picked up supplies for later in the day and enjoyed a cycle back along the old railway line all the way back to the campsite where the afternoon consisted of running up and down the hill, playing games on bikes and resting up in the hammock. Then it was back to the first pub for some dinner.
The next day we choose to visit Ambleside by car, but only after an amazing eggy breakfast, Waky style. The first half of the day was spent shopping for knick-knacks and I happened to find my most favourite ever earrings, one of which I have sine lost (another trip to the Lakes is therefore needed). We found a coffee shop for some tea and cakes and had a mooch, then we drove a little way out of town and hiked into the hills.
The hills and Lakes were stunning and you could feel the wildness of the area. The views were spectacular and in reminded me of hiking in Peru, not that I’ve ever been there. It was rainy at times, but that made it even more fun and we hopped, skipped and jumped our way to the tor at the top. The way back town took us through swampy sections and we even found the cave that Hols and Mark found, just at the moment when Hols called – spooky!
The efforts shown by all more than made up for the amazing foods we treated ourselves to from a quick shop stop on the way out of town. And we ended the night with firepit BBQ delights, dancing and music loud enough to drown out the in JC’s words ‘twat on a guitar’ that always seems to spring up in these situations! A thoroughly enjoyable and memorable time in The Lakes.
