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Chong been here once, and he claimed it is not a place to be missed in England. Well, after a 5 day stay here, I believed much of it.
Once again, the weather made all the difference. Back home, everyday is the same. You can either have sun, or sun with rain. Somehow, you don’t appreciate the sunshine much cos you have it all the time. Not so in England. People talk about the weather all the time. I really mean ALL THE TIME, cos you make your decisions based on it, a lot.
Orrest Trail
Just 10 mins walk from our B&B, another 30mins to walk all the way up. The trail was buggy-friendly, we could almost push it all the way up except for the highest peak where we had to carry Nathan and the pram separately. But Nat didn’t give us a chance to carry him in our arms, he insisted on walking all on his own two tiny feet. There were difficult terrains, but we congratulated him on his determination to succeed. The walk was made more trying with occasional strong winds. But when we reached the top, the view was breathtaking. We could only sit there to enjoy for alittle while, cos the wind and rain came shortly after. We had to walk down quite hurriedly. Thank God, we made it.
We had a nice encounter with a donkey along the way. It looked lonely and seemed to want some play mates. It actually followed us some metres before he turned and left. I was a little afraid that it might knock down the fence and come straight out at us. But a donkey is really very harmless.
Beatrix Porter house at Hill top
This wasn’t a track at all. We took a boat ride across a lake, then waited for the local bus to take us up there. We attempted to make the climb, but it was beyond us. If we had brought a carrier with us, it might still be possible, but not with the pram.
The house was nothing to ‘wow’ about, it was a cultural experience. It was known that there was where the famous author got all her inspiration for writing. We wanted to take in some creative juice from the tour.
Of course, I bought some souvenirs from the shop.
William WordsWorth grave
Sounds ridiculous, but there was only his grave to be found, not his house. Another famous writer of his time, I remembered studying some of his poems at University. He seemed to write on love and how it revolves with nature, like the wind, clouds and water, yes, lake district’s got many lakes around, the smallest one is bigger than any reservoir found back home.
There was a Ginger bread house. Bakes yummy ginger bread. The tourist guide book says that even getting into the bakery to smell the aroma is good enough.
