Lakes District -
Ambleside
Another
lengthy drive from Scotland down to a small cottage in Ambleside, with the
quaint name of Low White Stones. Very busy here, as people had warned us. Mixed
weather with some rain but sun out often, and cool enough to make walking
pleasant. The Lakes are arguably the walking capital of England, with heaps of
Wainwright books on sale in the shops. Very pretty countryside, with lots of
hills (“fells” as they call them here) to tax the legs. We managed several
walks (ambles?) around Ambleside, and one near Keswick to Catbells, described
by Wainwright as a walk suitable for grannies and children. It was actually
quite a slog up to the top on a nice day, completed along with numerous other
people, dogs and children. To rest our legs, we had a day of cruising on Lake
Windermere on the ferries, lazily contemplating the scenery, with further
entertainment from RAF jets practising low flying manoeuvres along the lakes.
Ambleside has plenty of choices of good pubs and
restaurants, so we’ve managed to replace all of the calories consumed by
walking. There are several local small breweries in the district, with some
nifty product names – my current favourite is Dog’th Vader (“dark and
powerful”), with the bottle featuring a cloak clad black dog wielding a light
sabre – inspired stuff and the beer is excellent!
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Ambleside's most photographed building:
The Bridge House |
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| Bridge House again! |
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| Ambleside Church |
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| Downtown Ambleside |
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| Typical pub |
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| Quaint old tearooms |
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| More Ambleside street scenes - lots of dark slate buildings |
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| Cute cottage and cottager |
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| Old mill, now a cafe |
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| Stock Ghyll (creek) above town |
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| Stockghyll Force - the local waterfall, just out of town |
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