Lake District Holiday June 2002 - page 3
On the final page of our Cumbrian holiday we Fell walk in the
beautiful Kentmere Valley and alongside the River Kent along the Dale
Way. We also visit Grange-over-Sands plus 'The Watermill Inn' at
Ings.
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This was the first of two Cumbrian Fell walks we did from Staveley, a 12
mile one in and around the Fells of the Kentmere Valley. Despite
early rain, the day turned out fine and sunny and was the best day of the
week weather wise.
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Stopping to admire the beautiful Kentmere Valley scenery by this
stream. We'd done a few miles uphill and were looking for a suitable
spot to consume our picnic lunches, it's amazing how hungry you get
walking in the Cumbrian Fells!
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We found a great picturesque spot for lunch by this stream in the Cumbrian
countryside, here's Mike in mid mouthful. See our UK
tourist links page for websites giving details of walks in the Lake
District and indeed the UK.
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Another shot in the bag, a picture of Longsleddale. Despite it being
high summer and sunny, we still found it chilly in the Cumbrian Fells and
also quite boggy underfoot owing to the large amount of rainfall the area
receives.
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In our Staveley holiday cottage enjoying a candlelit fish and chip dinner
from the local shop, washed down with red wine. This was the evening
of our 12 mile walk, we were glad the cottage had a bath to soak in to
sooth our aching legs!
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Mike leans against the railing at Grange-over-Sands, looking out across
Morecambe Bay. But where's the sea? It's just grass! The
town seemed rather uninspiring to us, so don't believe everything you read
on tourist websites!
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The one redeeming feature of Grange-over-Sands was the pub we found for
lunch, we were able to sit outside which was just as well owing to the
very smoky atmosphere inside. Our links
page lists the website that recommended this town!
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This eating at pubs is getting a bit of a habit! In the evening we
went to 'The Watermill Inn' in Ings, the next village up the road to
Staveley, where we enjoyed another good meal, washed down with plenty of
the local ale.
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An excellent evening meal in the Watermill Inn at Ings. On our last
night we did a pub crawl of all three pubs in Staveley after another yummy
meal in The Eagle and Child where we'd dined earlier in the week.
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On our last day in the Cumbrian countryside we did another Fell walk, the
Dale Way, which mainly follows the River Kent. It was rather wet,
raining most of the day as you can see, but we set off despite the rain!
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Belinda has her nose in the rather soggy guide book on the Dale Way walk,
in fact she had her nose in it most of the time to ensure we didn't go
wrong! The book started to disintegrate later in the day due to the
atrocious weather.
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Here a suitably drenched Mike puts on a brave face for the camera, the
point at which Belinda was tempted to push Mike into the river for
deciding to go Fell walking on such a dreadful day! See our video
clips of our Cumbrian holiday too.
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Fortunately we brought a bin liner to sit on while eating our lunch which
was just as well as we couldn't find anywhere dry to sit. We cut the
Dale Way walk short owing to the rotten weather, only doing eight miles
instead of the full twelve or so, longing to get back to the cottage for a
nice long soak in the bath.
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Belinda's case always seems to be bulging at the seams for the return
trip! This time it must be all that Kendal Mint Cake she bought
stuffed in it! Despite the 'iffy' weather we had a most enjoyable
week in the Lake District, it's a vast area and we'd need far longer next
time. Websites relevant to the places we visited are on our tourist
links page.
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