A little bit late because I got busy doing the end of the MOOC, but here's the final day of my Ambleside break. My plan for the day was to go up to Stockghyll Falls and then have a look round the town itself. I've been up to the waterfalls once before, when I came across them completely by accident - by which, I mean the sign that pointed the way ( Read more... )

Following on from my visit to see Loki and a Roman fort the day before (see here if you haven't already), I decided to stay in the Roman period and visit Hadrian's Wall. It's been such a long time since I was there as it's quite a way from Lancashire but Ambleside is about half-way there so I thought I should probably make the most of the ( Read more... )

Here is the post a lot of you have been waiting for, photos of my trip to Ambleside! I did so much and took so many photos that rather than reduce it down to cram all in one post, I'm going to do a post per day. As usual click on any photo for a bigger image, and you're definitely going to want to do that here, there's some amazing scenery.

( So many photos!! )

3 days.
308 miles driven.
Uncounted miles walked, climbed and hiked.
3 counties visited.
185 photos taken.
2,000 years of history experienced.
Lots of yummy food eaten.
Much sunshine had.

I'm home. More detailed post and photos to follow :)