It's official.. the Lake District is (so far) our favourite place in England! 🤗 And... don't forget... Come travel with us! Fill out the survey here: my.trovatrip.com/public/l/survey/delightfultravellers - Anna & Trevor
With regards to house prices, you are correct it’s not cheap. For the more expensive parts of the Lake District and for the larger houses, you could be paying in excess of £1 or even 2 million.
I live in the Cotswolds but the Lake District is my favourite place in the U.K. but you need a week to 10 days at least to explore!…a car helps but a good pair of walking boots is a must! the locals are so friendly, over going there once or twice a year for quite a few years I got to know some of the locals in Keswick, tbf, they always recognised my dog first! Believe me, the Cotswolds, though beautiful, was not my choice!🤷🏻♀️ but life sometimes has different plans for you.
The Cotswolds. Yorkshire Dales. Cornwall. Peak District. South Downs. Wales. Scotland has the most dramatic scenery I’ve ever witnessed. There are SO MANY beautiful places on these islands of ours that it would take all day to list them all.
The Lakes are definitely one of the most beautiful places in England, I have been many times. York is great, Whitby and Scarborough too. The peak district is hilly and very green. North Wales is fabulous too.
When I moved to England years ago I was in awe of London...the buildings, history and people. I still love visiting now. But the English Lake District is staggeringly beautiful! I'm lucky enough to live there now. The seasons are so different and bring a different view wherever you look each day. Very different to London :) x
The Lake District is my favourite place to have a holiday in the UK. Stunning scenery with some of the best hiking in the whole of the UK. You definitely lucked out on the weather.
Glad you enjoyed the Wainwright ale. Alfred Wainwright is famous. Over a long lifetime he wrote guides to walking the Lake District mountains and hills. They are unique books, not normal print font but reproducing his handwriting and drawings. Hill walkers treasures.
The Windermere, Ambleside, grasmere area is really pretty but can become a bit of a Lake District theme park in my experience, especially in high season. If you ever go again try going over to the west side where everything gets a lot more rugged and real, but just as beautiful - with the benefit of it being harder to get to so you don’t end up with the massive queues of traffic and people.
Totally agree..its become a theme park now...too many people at windermere ,coniston ect...cars and motor homes everywhere..electric scooters in forests to hire..😂...it's being ruined.
I am English, from Yorkshire, when we were kids mum and dad took us camping every yearto the lakes for summer holidays, I now live in Spain but would love to visit the lakes again
If you get the opportunity, skip the tourist traps...Try to spend as little time in London as possible. One day in London then Cornwall for a day, then Wales for a day, then the Lake District for two, then Edinburgh for a day, then the Norfolk Broads for two then fly back from London. That is a relaxing holiday that covers everything.....Although you will wish you spent your time in Norfolk and the Lake District. The Norfolk Broads alone are full of tiny villages that go unnoticed, so full of history and charm.
For a Canadian to describe our country ( or at least a part of it ) as beautiful is quite a compliment. I think Wainwright was a chap who sojourned the hills and dells in the north of England and produced a survey ( written and drawn ) of what he observed in front of him. There`s probably more to him than this, but the name `Wainwright` rings a bell and seems to me to fit well in this video.
I'm lucky enough to be born and live 40 miles from the lake district and visit a few times a year and the place is still as magical as when I first visited. For your reference you were nor far from the birthplace of Stan Laurel (Laurel and Hardy) he was born in Ulverston approx 25 miles from Windermere it's another beautiful place with a great museum dedicated to Stan and Laurel if you ever get to the area again go and check it out.
My wife LOVES Grasmere Gingerbread, and insists on visiting Grasmere whenever we're in the Lake District to purchase lots of it. I'm not too keen myself: It's OK, but rather than resembling a blend of 'cake and cookie' I always find it more resembles 'breadcrumbs atop a chewy bit atop what can only be descibed as a 'roofing tile'. 😉 The ginger flavour is excellent though!
Being based in Windermere, you really should have followed the route to Orrest Head from the road near the Railway Station, up to an incredible view of the lake and of the mountains beyond. It would really have taken your breath away. It was the first walk in the area taken by one 'Alfred Wainwright' and impressed him so much, that he committed the remainder of his life to mapping and catalogueing most of the walks to all of the beauty spots in the Lake District, opening up the Lakes, Tarns, Fells and Mountains of the area to all.
I'm so lucky to live in north Cumbria. It's truly stunning. It's hypnotic and has entranced many a writer, etc... over the years from Beatrix Potter, Alfred Wainwright, William Wordsworth, etc... and they've made it their home. The Cumberland sausage goes back 500+ years and there's no finite recipe for the sausage as it's evolved over the years as spices, etc... came to the U.K. and were adopted into local foods. The Cumberland sausage typically has pepper, thyme, nutmeg, sage and cayenne. That ginger bread you had, as you know, is both famous and amazing. But you also need to try Kendal Mint Cake, it's just a slab of sugar with peppermint essence added. It's the original energy bar. There's white sugar that is the traditional one but there is also demerara and a white sugar one enrobed in milk chocolate. Many a people take the milk chocolate version as an energy bar but broken up and added to hot water, makes a great energy drink. Mountain rescue, etc... would use it to raise sugar levels and warm up casualties being taken off the hills and fells.
I was a pilot for over 20 years and flew many, many times around the Lake District from a local airport. The thing that always struck me was how jurassic from the air the Lake District looked.
That place looks gorgeous!! I loved the comment Trevor made about it looking like The Shire, I thought the same. Would love to visit there someday! Thank you for sharing your adventures!
Your use of Shire is quite accurate as JRR Tolkien loved walking and hiking in the English countryside and he intended the Shire to depict a rural idyll. Quite successfully too I might add!
Cumberland Sausage is traditionally made with chopped or coarsely mince pork (rather than finely minced pork with most sausages.) It's flavoured with thyme, sage, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne (the last three reflecting Cumberland's historic sea-borne trade with the Americas.) The sauce served with your Cumberland Sausage was probably 'Cumberland Sauce', (made with redcurrant jelly, mustard, pepper, blanched orange peel, and port wine.) It's often served in the region, usually to accompany cold meat, game, local lamb, or indeed Cumberland sausage, though serving with a sausage 'buttie' seems a little like overkill!
Beautifully filmed! I’m a Cumbrian lass living in Yorkshire and super excited to be gan back yam (going back home) soon! Wainwright was a well loved, famous local fell walker. He still holds a place in the hearts of Cumbrians. Also famous for his Wainwright Walks guide books. His favourite fell was Haystacks, towering over Crummock Water and Buttermere. His ashes were scattered over Innominate Tarn. A small body of water on the way up to the summit. I once had the privilege of climbing with him when I was a young girl. Hope you found time to just relax and soak in the beauty. 😊
The Lake District was a Norwegian settled region, most of the place names are Scandinavian in origin. This is the reason that most of the lakes end in 'Water' ,from old Norse 'Vatn'.The mountains are called 'Fells' and the smaller lakes 'Tarns'. Glad you enjoyed your trip.
Interesting. Where I am from in england we say someone is sneeped. As in upset deeply. Theyll try not to cry but you accidentally wounded them deeply. I thought it was a word used accross the country, but its not apparantly. It comes from sneypa from old norse. And it means all sorts, from dishonour or to stab or wound. Which is how being sneeped feels. I'm sure there are other origins though since we all spoke germanic languages. We have places named after Bridget or brides near me too and it makes me wonder why those names existed after anglo saxon occupation if those people were completely gone. The brythonic (welsh) goddess Bridget I mean. I love language anyway. Its a trail or family tree that most people ignore. It gives so much history away.
@@PranksterKidsFamilyFunnot true, there are around 200 tarns in the Lake District, almost all are a specific type of lake created by glaciers. The head of the glacier scoops out a part of the mountain and leaves a steep sided valley called a corrie, the water then fills that corrie and that is the tarn. The most famous is probably Red Tarn which fills the corrie between Striding edge and Swirral edge on Helvellyn. Tarn hows is an unusual exception as it’s artificial and was named after the natural tarns. The word tarn has Norwegian roots and means ‘small mountain lake’.
My favourite place, I love the Lake District. So glad you guys enjoyed it, it’s absolutely beautiful, in any season, but obviously Summer time is best.
I'm from Dorset, stunning jurassic coastline for hikes and views, Corfe Castle, lots of beautiful villages and local pubs, also check out the New Forest if you can :)
Not nearly enough time to visit this wonderful region of England! You will find other beautiful areas like Yorkshire, Cotsolds, Cornwall, Devon and Scotland is spectacular, but none surpass the magic of The Lake District! Lovely video, thank you both ❤
You can’t beat the Lake District! I live an hour away and it’s my favourite place. Also Snowdonia in North Wales is lovely too. Yes you will enjoy York…it’s a must!
Hi, I am from England. I thought you chose well with the hop on and off bus and boat idea. You definitely did well weather wise. It is so green in the Lakes because it get a lot of rain. Other beautiful places, Cornwall, The Cotswolds, The Peak District and Yorkshire. Xx
Yorkshire dales, Derbyshire dales, the Peak District, Northumberland, Wales, cotswolds, Cornwall, south downs, Norfolk broads Isle of White, Anglesey, Isle of man ,oh and Scotland all beautiful places rich in history ,and not mentioned London at all ,York for roman and viking history, the list is endless 😊
Go further afield even within the Lake District. The Lake District is my favourite area, but sadly it's a few years since I was last there as I now live a bit farther away than I used to. Back in the 70's I even went canoeing on Lake Windermere, and I walked from Rydal Water to Ambleside to Derwent Water. Also walked around parts of Wast Water and up Great Gable, sadly too foggy to see much. Other areas I can no longer remember the names of. The Horseshoe????? The Drunken Gosling pub near Hawkshead!
great video, loved that you went on the open top bus - we missed that but it would have been fun. we did however have a car , loved when you were walking along the residential road to get back to Windermere town - we walked along there one evg from where we had parked our car. a long wal but beautiful homes. nex time you need longer. !!
If you'd have taken the Service 555 bus from Windermere, you could have travelled beyond Grasmere, up past Thirlmere and into Keswick on the northern side of Derwentwater, (but it would have taken a fair bit more time, and you wouldn't be able to ride on the 'open top'.)
After watching this delightful video, I just had to subscribe to your channel. Thank you for making my evening, which was already pretty good, extra special xx
Alfred Wainright wrote amusing walking guides, with hand sketches of features. One is the long distance Coast to Coast walk across three National Parks , which are the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, and North Yorkshire Moors.
It’s Bowness as in rainbow, I was there last week. A visit to Cartmel, famous for it’s sticky toffee pudding and horse racing is well worth it. The late 12th century Priory which was funded by William the Marshall, Earl of Pembroke and Earl Marshall of England is well worth the visit. There are still bullet holes from the Civil War in the side door of the Priory. The 14th century choir stalls are a work of art.
As an aged englishman, i've never seen ginger bread like that, either. Glad ya got some good weather, the Lake District is reckoned to be the wettest place in all England. ( Also one of the most expensive, outside London. ) PS The Yorkshire Dales is another spot that's up there. Well worth a " butchers hook". ( Rhyming slang for look ! )
We are lucky enough to consider the Lake District as our cheap and quick holiday and have been visiting since I was a child. It's amazing when you have the good weather. As I'm sure you already figured out on your first day, you need a lot more time to actually explore. Good to see someone get outside of London (I've only ever been to London once to visit lol)
For anyone visiting the Lake District from abroad, and put off by the expense of accommodation in the area, you should consider the option of choosing self-catering accommodation: you may not get room service, and may need to search around for the best places to eat or (god forbid,) cook your own food with the excellent local ingredients available, but on the good side, you'll get to spend time in excellent, often historically significant, cottages or houses that will make your trip that bit more special.
Definitely! I don't understand why groups don't go to the UK, some of the properties available are stunning as a small group...You could rent for the month cheaper than a week.
The Lakes is one of my favorites. There so many Lakes and parts of it. Some are mad touristy and others peasful and quiet. But the scenery wherever in the Lakes is amazing. They cover a lot bigger area than some realize and mountains cover some parts.
Try and visit the North West lakes. They are equally beautiful but a little less touristy. Loweswater, Bassenswaite Lake and Crummock Water area. I'm from Cumbria (Workington) and we can see Loweswater valley in the distance from my parents living room window!
You can't go wrong with the Lake District, it's my favourite part of the country and right up their in the best places in the world. I have visited regularly for 30 years from home in the south. You can even take public transport into places like the Langdale Valley which is walking central. Glad you found the area anyway.
The Lake District is a beautiful part of England but is notoriously expensive. Oxford or Cambridge are lovely Cities to visit, they each have prestigious Universities there. I love the Malvern Hills in the west of England, the composer Edward Elgar lived there and when I hear his music I am immediately transported back there.
There are parts of the UK that are quite popular tourist areas, such as the 15 National Park regions - and accomodation can be pretty expensive in the holiday season, although off-season there are bargains to be had. However, there are lots of very scenic areas that are a lot quieter and thus more affordable generally, but still worth seeing. For example, Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, Herefordshire and the Welsh Borders, and maybe even Suffolk and Norfolk
I love the Lake District, Cotswolds, Devon and Cornwall , so many places, love London as well but tourists need to get out of London from time to time to see Britain as a whole ❤
The term 'Mere' for most bodies of water is likely Old English or Norse Viking derived word for lake. The lake district was very much Viking settled and most of of the names are left over Norse. (e.g. the names of the mountains are Fells - which derives from Fjels - Norwegian/ Norse world for mountain).
I live so close to the lake district but don't visit nearly enough. It's a fantastic part of the country. Become a member of the YHA, and staying there for a few nights is so cheap. You get to meet so many interesting people too.
Grasmere is famous for William Wordsworths and Gingerbread. I'm so glad you tried it. I love it. I am hoping you will try Rum Butter. It's best on toast and very local it was created due to smuggling. Sticky Toffee Pudding was created in Cartmel and is probably the best pudding in the UK. HAWKSHEAD is a small village in the Lakes, its close to Beatrix Potter sights and has great pubs for lunch (perfect in the winter with open fires and filling food. The last time I was at Windermere I saw 2 Spitfires (iconic WW2 fighter planes) fly down the mere and bank right in front of me, AMAZING.
Can I recommend the border between Wales and England? Visit Ludlow, Whittington Castle, Shrewsbury and a lovely castle near Hereford known as Hampton Court castle and gardens. Well worth the trip I think.
The Lake District has always been one my favorite place in England. I spent a great deal of weekends there back in the 80's & 90's camping and climbing the fells where you get fantastic views of the surrounding country, unless of course the tops are covered in cloud, which unfortunately is often, when you get a great view of the 20 or so feet around you. The beer you drank is named after Alfred Wainwright who wrote definitive guides to walking the fells of the Lake District, though an OS map is, in my view, a necessity I would not be without one of Wainwrights books, full of detailed hand drawings pointing out all the little things on the routes, stiles, brooks, notable trees, sheepfolds etc with his often humorous thoughts and notes on the places passed on the way to the tops. It was always a pleasure to sit and read up on the next planned walk while enjoying a well deserved pint at some pub at the foot of the hills just climbed.
One of the quieter areas is Ennerdale in the North West of the Lake District, a very quiet area mainly catering to Hikers and Walkers. But to really see the Lake District you are better off Hiking up and over the Mountains. Believe it not but you can actually Walk/Hike from the West Coast of England to the East Coast of England on the Coast to Coast Route, and it only takes most of us Hikers 10 days to complete it, I know I have done it twice, once West to East and again the following year East to West. Happy Memories for me when I was younger and fitter. Now Happily retired. Tony in Essex
I'm from the North West of England and only about 1.5 hours away from The Lake District and it is one of the most beautiful areas in England, the only places I think that can rival it is Devon & Cornwall. If you're looking a bit further afield and talking about the whole of the UK the Welsh coastline along the Cambrian coast is stunning and if you get good weather you can't go far wrong with the Scottish Highlands for scenery.
Well done Anna, you closed the fence behind you. A lot of tourists forget. Freedom to roam comes with responsibility. However do we need to know what you had for lunch?
100% you need to visit Wast Water in Wasdale Valley. It got voted " Britain's Best View " and youll see why when you get there !! " the route to take is "Hardknott Pass" . You'll drive through the Cumbrians Mountains ! To say the least its a challenging drive but well worth it !
An interesting story: When the railways first came to the Lake District in the 1840s, the train was planned to terminate farther south at Bowness-on-Windermere, but the worthies of that town didn't want to spoil the peace and atmosphere by allowing trains to travel there, so the railway companies had to terminate their service at a small town named Birthwaite, which was a couple of miles north of Bowness, and about a mile from the lake itself. Still, they named their station: 'Windermere' and over time, there was so much influx of tourism via train into Birthwaite, and the local economy boomed because of it, that they changed their town name to match the Railway Station name: "Windermere"
The Lakes, North Wales, and The Lizard peninsula (far South-West) are my 3 favourite UK spots (I live down in the SW). Did 7 days in the Lakes a few years back and crammed in as many of the popular photo spots as I could but definitely wasn't enough. Got loads of awesome photos though :)
It's official.. the Lake District is (so far) our favourite place in England! 🤗 And... don't forget... Come travel with us! Fill out the survey here: my.trovatrip.com/public/l/survey/delightfultravellers - Anna & Trevor
With regards to house prices, you are correct it’s not cheap. For the more expensive parts of the Lake District and for the larger houses, you could be paying in excess of £1 or even 2 million.
I live in the Cotswolds but the Lake District is my favourite place in the U.K. but you need a week to 10 days at least to explore!…a car helps but a good pair of walking boots is a must! the locals are so friendly, over going there once or twice a year for quite a few years I got to know some of the locals in Keswick, tbf, they always recognised my dog first! Believe me, the Cotswolds, though beautiful, was not my choice!🤷🏻♀️ but life sometimes has different plans for you.
@@joannesmart6021How about saying that Cumbria is your favourite place, as the Lakes are in it !
The Cotswolds.
Yorkshire Dales.
Cornwall.
Peak District.
South Downs.
Wales.
Scotland has the most dramatic scenery I’ve ever witnessed.
There are SO MANY beautiful places on these islands of ours that it would take all day to list them all.
Scotland is bleak, it isn’t a patch on the Lake District
Did you never visit Durham and its neighbour Northumberland.
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@@giovanni6636Loch Ness is beautiful.
Don't forget my stomping ground,the North York moors and the wonderful Yorkshire coast!
The Lakes are definitely one of the most beautiful places in England, I have been many times. York is great, Whitby and Scarborough too. The peak district is hilly and very green. North Wales is fabulous too.
Couldn't agree more! We luv it - Anna
Northumberland and Holy Island .stunning
When I moved to England years ago I was in awe of London...the buildings, history and people. I still love visiting now.
But the English Lake District is staggeringly beautiful! I'm lucky enough to live there now. The seasons are so different and bring a different view wherever you look each day. Very different to London :) x
The Cotswolds is another beautiful part of England well worth a visit..
We've heard a lot about that place! 😀 - Trevor
The Lake District is my favourite place to have a holiday in the UK. Stunning scenery with some of the best hiking in the whole of the UK. You definitely lucked out on the weather.
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Glad you enjoyed the Wainwright ale. Alfred Wainwright is famous. Over a long lifetime he wrote guides to walking the Lake District mountains and hills. They are unique books, not normal print font but reproducing his handwriting and drawings. Hill walkers treasures.
Wainwrights is a bit misleading. It's brewed in Wolverhampton!
I grew up in the Lake District and is still one of my favourite places in the uk but there are so many to choose from on this small island 😜.
Lovely video and showcase for the Lakes...it is idyllic, and great waking country.
The Windermere, Ambleside, grasmere area is really pretty but can become a bit of a Lake District theme park in my experience, especially in high season. If you ever go again try going over to the west side where everything gets a lot more rugged and real, but just as beautiful - with the benefit of it being harder to get to so you don’t end up with the massive queues of traffic and people.
Totally agree..its become a theme park now...too many people at windermere ,coniston ect...cars and motor homes everywhere..electric scooters in forests to hire..😂...it's being ruined.
I am English, from Yorkshire, when we were kids mum and dad took us camping every yearto the lakes for summer holidays, I now live in Spain but would love to visit the lakes again
Lived nearby I’m Morecambe and the Lake District is stunning.
Oh wow the scenery is just magnificent guys 🥰 I’d love to go to England, I have cousins there I’ve never met. Loving your travel destinations 🥰
If you get the opportunity, skip the tourist traps...Try to spend as little time in London as possible.
One day in London then Cornwall for a day, then Wales for a day, then the Lake District for two, then Edinburgh for a day, then the Norfolk Broads for two then fly back from London.
That is a relaxing holiday that covers everything.....Although you will wish you spent your time in Norfolk and the Lake District.
The Norfolk Broads alone are full of tiny villages that go unnoticed, so full of history and charm.
@@cjw419 so many make the mistake of staying in London, they miss the best.
For a Canadian to describe our country ( or at least a part of it ) as beautiful is quite a compliment. I think Wainwright was a chap who sojourned the hills and dells in the north of England and produced a survey ( written and drawn ) of what he observed in front of him. There`s probably more to him than this, but the name `Wainwright` rings a bell and seems to me to fit well in this video.
Wainwright is famous in the area, he did a lot of walks and published them.
Wow, a great video showcasing an area of England - and a beautiful place, as well - that I never would have known about otherwise 😊.
Really? You had never heard of the Lake District? Where are you from?
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Looks like you had a great trip. There's a reason there are so many lakes, streams and greenery-it rains, a lot. You were lucky with the weather.
This is England.... Green, natural, fresh air...
I'm lucky enough to be born and live 40 miles from the lake district and visit a few times a year and the place is still as magical as when I first visited. For your reference you were nor far from the birthplace of Stan Laurel (Laurel and Hardy) he was born in Ulverston approx 25 miles from Windermere it's another beautiful place with a great museum dedicated to Stan and Laurel if you ever get to the area again go and check it out.
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Tranquil and magical. Its just a happy place.
My wife LOVES Grasmere Gingerbread, and insists on visiting Grasmere whenever we're in the Lake District to purchase lots of it. I'm not too keen myself: It's OK, but rather than resembling a blend of 'cake and cookie' I always find it more resembles 'breadcrumbs atop a chewy bit atop what can only be descibed as a 'roofing tile'. 😉 The ginger flavour is excellent though!
Aw loved this! You captured it beautifully! It’s 45 years since I last tasted Grasmere gingerbread…on our honeymoon! 😁🤗
It’s such a beautiful area, and a honeymoon there would be amazing! Plus that gingerbread is so good 😋- Trevor
I'm a UK resident born and raised, but have never been to the Lake district.. its definetly on my list 😊👍🏿
Being based in Windermere, you really should have followed the route to Orrest Head from the road near the Railway Station, up to an incredible view of the lake and of the mountains beyond. It would really have taken your breath away. It was the first walk in the area taken by one 'Alfred Wainwright' and impressed him so much, that he committed the remainder of his life to mapping and catalogueing most of the walks to all of the beauty spots in the Lake District, opening up the Lakes, Tarns, Fells and Mountains of the area to all.
The jurassic Coast in Dorset,is stunning,I think you'd love it there,Charmouth and Lyme Regis.
I'm so lucky to live in north Cumbria. It's truly stunning.
It's hypnotic and has entranced many a writer, etc... over the years from Beatrix Potter, Alfred Wainwright, William Wordsworth, etc... and they've made it their home.
The Cumberland sausage goes back 500+ years and there's no finite recipe for the sausage as it's evolved over the years as spices, etc... came to the U.K. and were adopted into local foods.
The Cumberland sausage typically has pepper, thyme, nutmeg, sage and cayenne.
That ginger bread you had, as you know, is both famous and amazing. But you also need to try Kendal Mint Cake, it's just a slab of sugar with peppermint essence added. It's the original energy bar. There's white sugar that is the traditional one but there is also demerara and a white sugar one enrobed in milk chocolate.
Many a people take the milk chocolate version as an energy bar but broken up and added to hot water, makes a great energy drink. Mountain rescue, etc... would use it to raise sugar levels and warm up casualties being taken off the hills and fells.
Why have you got to be lucky to live there???
You forgot Rum butter, are you even Cumbrian if you don’t mention that !
North CUMBERLAND.
Loved watching your video. I love the Lake District. When I was a kid (70s/80s), our family had a caravan on Derwentwater Caravan Site in Keswick❤
I was a pilot for over 20 years and flew many, many times around the Lake District from a local airport. The thing that always struck me was how jurassic from the air the Lake District looked.
That place looks gorgeous!! I loved the comment Trevor made about it looking like The Shire, I thought the same. Would love to visit there someday! Thank you for sharing your adventures!
So glad you enjoyed the video 👍 - Trevor
Your use of Shire is quite accurate as JRR Tolkien loved walking and hiking in the English countryside and he intended the Shire to depict a rural idyll. Quite successfully too I might add!
@@revbenf6870 And Peter Jackson pulled it off very faithfully in the films.
Cumberland Sausage is traditionally made with chopped or coarsely mince pork (rather than finely minced pork with most sausages.) It's flavoured with thyme, sage, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne (the last three reflecting Cumberland's historic sea-borne trade with the Americas.)
The sauce served with your Cumberland Sausage was probably 'Cumberland Sauce', (made with redcurrant jelly, mustard, pepper, blanched orange peel, and port wine.) It's often served in the region, usually to accompany cold meat, game, local lamb, or indeed Cumberland sausage, though serving with a sausage 'buttie' seems a little like overkill!
Cumberland sauce is a good accompaniment to haggis on toast.
It also has black pepper, white pepper, paprika and other secret spices
Beautifully filmed! I’m a Cumbrian lass living in Yorkshire and super excited to be gan back yam (going back home) soon! Wainwright was a well loved, famous local fell walker. He still holds a place in the hearts of Cumbrians. Also famous for his Wainwright Walks guide books. His favourite fell was Haystacks, towering over Crummock Water and Buttermere. His ashes were scattered over Innominate Tarn. A small body of water on the way up to the summit. I once had the privilege of climbing with him when I was a young girl. Hope you found time to just relax and soak in the beauty. 😊
Very wise choice going to The Lakes. I'm back there in 3 weeks and can't wait. Don't forget Yorkshire Dales though.
I live in the Lakes, so I want to see something different. North Yorkshire is where I head to......
The Lake District was a Norwegian settled region, most of the place names are Scandinavian in origin. This is the reason that most of the lakes end in 'Water' ,from old Norse 'Vatn'.The mountains are called 'Fells' and the smaller lakes 'Tarns'. Glad you enjoyed your trip.
Interesting. Where I am from in england we say someone is sneeped. As in upset deeply. Theyll try not to cry but you accidentally wounded them deeply. I thought it was a word used accross the country, but its not apparantly. It comes from sneypa from old norse. And it means all sorts, from dishonour or to stab or wound. Which is how being sneeped feels. I'm sure there are other origins though since we all spoke germanic languages.
We have places named after Bridget or brides near me too and it makes me wonder why those names existed after anglo saxon occupation if those people were completely gone. The brythonic (welsh) goddess Bridget I mean. I love language anyway. Its a trail or family tree that most people ignore. It gives so much history away.
The word "tarn" is usually reserved for man made lakes. "Tarn Hows" is a good example :)
@@PranksterKidsFamilyFunYan tan, tithera, means one two three in Cumbrian or Cumberland dialect!
@@PranksterKidsFamilyFunnot true, there are around 200 tarns in the Lake District, almost all are a specific type of lake created by glaciers. The head of the glacier scoops out a part of the mountain and leaves a steep sided valley called a corrie, the water then fills that corrie and that is the tarn. The most famous is probably Red Tarn which fills the corrie between Striding edge and Swirral edge on Helvellyn. Tarn hows is an unusual exception as it’s artificial and was named after the natural tarns. The word tarn has Norwegian roots and means ‘small mountain lake’.
My favourite place, I love the Lake District. So glad you guys enjoyed it, it’s absolutely beautiful, in any season, but obviously Summer time is best.
I'm from Dorset, stunning jurassic coastline for hikes and views, Corfe Castle, lots of beautiful villages and local pubs, also check out the New Forest if you can :)
Sounds incredible.. thanks for watching - Anna
Cotsolds is a must see. You will love it 😍😍
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Not nearly enough time to visit this wonderful region of England! You will find other beautiful areas like Yorkshire, Cotsolds, Cornwall, Devon and Scotland is spectacular, but none surpass the magic of The Lake District! Lovely video, thank you both ❤
Scotland surpasses it
You can’t beat the Lake District! I live an hour away and it’s my favourite place. Also Snowdonia in North Wales is lovely too. Yes you will enjoy York…it’s a must!
Hi, I am from England. I thought you chose well with the hop on and off bus and boat idea. You definitely did well weather wise. It is so green in the Lakes because it get a lot of rain. Other beautiful places, Cornwall, The Cotswolds, The Peak District and Yorkshire. Xx
Thanks so much for the recommendations (and for watching)! - Anna
@@DelightfulTravellersDefinition, for the Lake District - if you can't see the hills, it's raining. If you can see them - it's going to rain...
Yorkshire dales, Derbyshire dales, the Peak District, Northumberland, Wales, cotswolds, Cornwall, south downs, Norfolk broads Isle of White, Anglesey, Isle of man ,oh and Scotland all beautiful places rich in history ,and not mentioned London at all ,York for roman and viking history, the list is endless 😊
Chatsworth House, Peak District, Hay on Wye...lots of beautiful green places!
Gorgeous Little Towns!
Go further afield even within the Lake District. The Lake District is my favourite area, but sadly it's a few years since I was last there as I now live a bit farther away than I used to. Back in the 70's I even went canoeing on Lake Windermere, and I walked from Rydal Water to Ambleside to Derwent Water. Also walked around parts of Wast Water and up Great Gable, sadly too foggy to see much. Other areas I can no longer remember the names of. The Horseshoe????? The Drunken Gosling pub near Hawkshead!
great video, loved that you went on the open top bus - we missed that but it would have been fun. we did however have a car , loved when you were walking along the residential road to get back to Windermere town - we walked along there one evg from where we had parked our car. a long wal but beautiful homes. nex time you need longer. !!
If you'd have taken the Service 555 bus from Windermere, you could have travelled beyond Grasmere, up past Thirlmere and into Keswick on the northern side of Derwentwater, (but it would have taken a fair bit more time, and you wouldn't be able to ride on the 'open top'.)
William Wordsworth lived and is buried in Grasmere.
And Cockermouth !
The lake district is the jewel in the crown of England nowhere comes close
You need a pair of good walking boots, a waterproof jacket, and an extra jumper, and then you're fit to walk up the mountains for the stellar views.
If you want the quieter lake go to Wastwater. It's over Hard knot and Wrynose pass. You'll find the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
Christopher spent his childhood Summers in the Lakes. His grandparents lived there. Gorgeous place, amazing hikes.
Oh no way! I don't think we knew that. We'll see them in again in a couple months 😀 - Trevor
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The lake District is stunningly beautiful..maybe one day try the Cotswolds..it's just as beautiful.🌹
i love the Lake District. I used to go every year with mum and dad and stayed in Grasmere.
Hi, Mere is of Germanic origin, it's related to the Dutch for lake Meer and Germanic Meer for sea ,glad you enjoyed The Lakes ❤
Alfred Wainright wrote amusing walking guides, with hand sketches of features.
One is the long distance Coast to Coast walk across three National Parks , which are the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, and North Yorkshire Moors.
It’s Bowness as in rainbow, I was there last week. A visit to Cartmel, famous for it’s sticky toffee pudding and horse racing is well worth it. The late 12th century Priory which was funded by William the Marshall, Earl of Pembroke and Earl Marshall of England is well worth the visit. There are still bullet holes from the Civil War in the side door of the Priory. The 14th century choir stalls are a work of art.
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Love Buttermere and Grasmere ❤
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I have done quite a few videos on great walks there. If you ever get a chance to go back, Catbells is one of my favourites ❤
Wainwright's beer is named after Alfred Wainwright.... the man that walked the Fells
Glad you enjoyed it, it's our little gem 😊 ullswater and buttermere is well worth a visit also 👍🏻
As an aged englishman, i've never seen ginger bread like that, either. Glad ya got some good weather, the Lake District is reckoned to be the wettest place in all England. ( Also one of the most expensive, outside London. ) PS The Yorkshire Dales is another spot that's up there. Well worth a " butchers hook". ( Rhyming slang for look ! )
Fantastic scenery and weather!!!
What a place! - Trevor
We are lucky enough to consider the Lake District as our cheap and quick holiday and have been visiting since I was a child. It's amazing when you have the good weather.
As I'm sure you already figured out on your first day, you need a lot more time to actually explore. Good to see someone get outside of London (I've only ever been to London once to visit lol)
For anyone visiting the Lake District from abroad, and put off by the expense of accommodation in the area, you should consider the option of choosing self-catering accommodation: you may not get room service, and may need to search around for the best places to eat or (god forbid,) cook your own food with the excellent local ingredients available, but on the good side, you'll get to spend time in excellent, often historically significant, cottages or houses that will make your trip that bit more special.
Definitely! I don't understand why groups don't go to the UK, some of the properties available are stunning as a small group...You could rent for the month cheaper than a week.
The Lakes is one of my favorites. There so many Lakes and parts of it. Some are mad touristy and others peasful and quiet. But the scenery wherever in the Lakes is amazing. They cover a lot bigger area than some realize and mountains cover some parts.
I highly recommend watching the film Swallows and Amazons, great family film set in the Lake District
Cool video, next time try the North lakes, it's even more majestic, you can stay in Keswick as a base
Next time!
Try and visit the North West lakes. They are equally beautiful but a little less touristy. Loweswater, Bassenswaite Lake and Crummock Water area. I'm from Cumbria (Workington) and we can see Loweswater valley in the distance from my parents living room window!
You can't go wrong with the Lake District, it's my favourite part of the country and right up their in the best places in the world. I have visited regularly for 30 years from home in the south. You can even take public transport into places like the Langdale Valley which is walking central. Glad you found the area anyway.
My favourite place in the world, going up again in a couple of weeks.
The Lake District is a beautiful part of England but is notoriously expensive. Oxford or Cambridge are lovely Cities to visit, they each have prestigious Universities there. I love the Malvern Hills in the west of England, the composer Edward Elgar lived there and when I hear his music I am immediately transported back there.
There are parts of the UK that are quite popular tourist areas, such as the 15 National Park regions - and accomodation can be pretty expensive in the holiday season, although off-season there are bargains to be had. However, there are lots of very scenic areas that are a lot quieter and thus more affordable generally, but still worth seeing. For example, Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, Herefordshire and the Welsh Borders, and maybe even Suffolk and Norfolk
Buttermere, and surrounds, is my favourite. Have you tried that?
Thank you for sharing your lovely video.
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I love the Lake District, Cotswolds, Devon and Cornwall , so many places, love London as well but tourists need to get out of London from time to time to see Britain as a whole ❤
So agree! London is a blast but our fav is outside the 'big city' - Trevor
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Wast Water in Wasdale Valley is stunning.. but would recommend take the hardknott pass route.. views are just incredible 😍
Great video you guys! 👍🏻 I can highly recommend the White Cliffs of Dover and Broadstairs. 🏖️ Both beautiful places as well. 😊
Thanks for the tips!
Try Coniston, it has a local IPA brewery, great views, local hikes around the water or the old man of Coniston. If you want quaint - Coniston is it.
Thanks for the tips! 🤙 - Trevor
I recommend south coast, especially Eastbourne. I have never visited Lake District yet but looking forward to it.
You should climb one of those mountains next time, some of them are amazing with crazy rock formations and lakes at the top.
The term 'Mere' for most bodies of water is likely Old English or Norse Viking derived word for lake.
The lake district was very much Viking settled and most of of the names are left over Norse.
(e.g. the names of the mountains are Fells - which derives from Fjels - Norwegian/ Norse world for mountain).
near the north sea is the dryest. the atlantic side is the wettest but we can go weeks without rain
I live so close to the lake district but don't visit nearly enough. It's a fantastic part of the country. Become a member of the YHA, and staying there for a few nights is so cheap. You get to meet so many interesting people too.
You must visit Keswick too. A gorgeous market town in the Lake District.
Grasmere is famous for William Wordsworths and Gingerbread. I'm so glad you tried it. I love it. I am hoping you will try Rum Butter. It's best on toast and very local it was created due to smuggling. Sticky Toffee Pudding was created in Cartmel and is probably the best pudding in the UK.
HAWKSHEAD is a small village in the Lakes, its close to Beatrix Potter sights and has great pubs for lunch (perfect in the winter with open fires and filling food. The last time I was at Windermere I saw 2 Spitfires (iconic WW2 fighter planes) fly down the mere and bank right in front of me, AMAZING.
You defintley lucked out with the weather. I would say Devon & Cornwall & The Lake District are the best please in the UK to visit.
Thanks for the suggestions. Devon and Cornwall are definitely on the list for next time - Trevor
You’ve obviously never been to Northumberland then ,have you..?
Yep. Cumberland sausage is the best closely followed by Lincolnshire sausage I think.
Can I recommend the border between Wales and England? Visit Ludlow, Whittington Castle, Shrewsbury and a lovely castle near Hereford known as Hampton Court castle and gardens. Well worth the trip I think.
The Lake District has always been one my favorite place in England. I spent a great deal of weekends there back in the 80's & 90's camping and climbing the fells where you get fantastic views of the surrounding country, unless of course the tops are covered in cloud, which unfortunately is often, when you get a great view of the 20 or so feet around you.
The beer you drank is named after Alfred Wainwright who wrote definitive guides to walking the fells of the Lake District, though an OS map is, in my view, a necessity I would not be without one of Wainwrights books, full of detailed hand drawings pointing out all the little things on the routes, stiles, brooks, notable trees, sheepfolds etc with his often humorous thoughts and notes on the places passed on the way to the tops. It was always a pleasure to sit and read up on the next planned walk while enjoying a well deserved pint at some pub at the foot of the hills just climbed.
Yes you can't beat the lakes for an English getaway. I'm in Yorkshire and go a few times a year
When visiting windermere, some of your video shows you in bowness on windermere
One of the quieter areas is Ennerdale in the North West of the Lake District, a very quiet area mainly catering to Hikers and Walkers. But to really see the Lake District you are better off Hiking up and over the Mountains. Believe it not but you can actually Walk/Hike from the West Coast of England to the East Coast of England on the Coast to Coast Route, and it only takes most of us Hikers 10 days to complete it, I know I have done it twice, once West to East and again the following year East to West. Happy Memories for me when I was younger and fitter. Now Happily retired. Tony in Essex
It's September 24th when I am watching this. Yes I agree it's beautiful 👍🏼👍🏼
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I'm from the North West of England and only about 1.5 hours away from The Lake District and it is one of the most beautiful areas in England, the only places I think that can rival it is Devon & Cornwall. If you're looking a bit further afield and talking about the whole of the UK the Welsh coastline along the Cambrian coast is stunning and if you get good weather you can't go far wrong with the Scottish Highlands for scenery.
Well done Anna, you closed the fence behind you. A lot of tourists forget. Freedom to roam comes with responsibility. However do we need to know what you had for lunch?
york. Its amazing..Sorry wrote that 5 seconds before you said York.
100% you need to visit Wast Water in Wasdale Valley. It got voted " Britain's Best View " and youll see why when you get there !! " the route to take is "Hardknott Pass" . You'll drive through the Cumbrians Mountains ! To say the least its a challenging drive but well worth it !
So glad you used the correct flag on the thumbnail, the cross of St George.
An interesting story: When the railways first came to the Lake District in the 1840s, the train was planned to terminate farther south at Bowness-on-Windermere, but the worthies of that town didn't want to spoil the peace and atmosphere by allowing trains to travel there, so the railway companies had to terminate their service at a small town named Birthwaite, which was a couple of miles north of Bowness, and about a mile from the lake itself. Still, they named their station: 'Windermere' and over time, there was so much influx of tourism via train into Birthwaite, and the local economy boomed because of it, that they changed their town name to match the Railway Station name: "Windermere"
Hi all good morning happy Sunday morning and I loved your vlogs and you all amazing Supporter
Good morning! As always we so appreciate it! - Anna
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Devon and Cornwall, the Yorkshire Dales , Peak District, Cotswolds , Northumberland, are all beautiful.
But don't forget Wales and Scotland.
The Lakes, North Wales, and The Lizard peninsula (far South-West) are my 3 favourite UK spots (I live down in the SW). Did 7 days in the Lakes a few years back and crammed in as many of the popular photo spots as I could but definitely wasn't enough. Got loads of awesome photos though :)