Lakes..Lakes...Lakes....Lakes all around!!
 Trip
to Lake District
Its
a long drafted plan, but we were not able to make it a couple of
times, some thing or the other came in the way and the plan was
dropped in the nascent stages itself, even now it was on the
verge of getting dropped until I got a call one weekday
afternoon from the YMCA lakeside Hostel reception.
 On
a weekend we were actively searching for Hostels in lake
district and to our dismay, all of them were booked for the
weekend, and the lake side hostel did not have a availability
check online, so we decided to mail them regarding the status,
it was after 2 days we got a call from the Hostel, they said we
have rooms for you guys, we were 10 people in all and the next
word i said was am booking it for 10 people.
At last so
joyous, I have made the booking for 10 people and we are all set
to go, immediately we booked 2 cars as well from Enterprise, I
guess it is one of the good Car rentals around......
Now all set
and done.... Read on below to know more details........
 A
brief up of our start......
We travelled
by 2 cars, it is better to go by car if you want to explore as
many places and save your precious time.
We all
assembled in my house in 41Vangaurd in Hackney, our plan was to
start by 9, but Srinath and group not yet in the scene, mobiles
not reachable, where the hell did they go???
At last by
9:30 we caught them on phone, due to some signal problem in the
underground, they had some delays, poor fellas, cant complain,
they have to travel a long distance from sunbery, which in Zone
6, and takes an hour and a half to reach our house.
In the mean
time we went to Tesco and picked up croissants, biscuits and
fruits for the trip, all r there and the whistle ready to blow,
we started of our journey to the LD at 10:30PM Friday and the
two cars zoomed out of the 41 Vanguard house.
Arif and
myself were the drivers for the Vauxhall Corsa grey class C and
Prakash and Babu for their Red Nissan....
Speed limit
on the motor way is 70mph, but cant help, we were at 90 to
100mph, who dares to go slow in such excellent roads...
 The
Lakes Trip Gang
Nissan -
Prakash, Babu, Anirban, Srinath, chendhil.
Corsa -
Arif, Kannan, Rajiv, Kumar, Pruthvi.
We reached
the lakes by early morning 4:30 and took some snaps of the early
morning scenaries and reached the YMCA, but the reception opens
only at 8:00AM, so had a good sleep in the car and the reception
guy turned in at 8:45 and we all checked in to our bunker house,
had a shower and started on our journey to explore the Lakes.
 Preparations
and Things to take.
 How
to reach Lake District
Lake
district is very near from the M6 motorway, some 30 miles from
Blackpool, wherever you are from inside London, try to reach M6
motorway and you can zooom your way to Lake district, below is
the route details.
Also check
Google maps for the route or better if you have Microsoft route
map software.
Route from M6 to Lake district.
Once you
are into A590 then check your local map to the place you want to
go, you are into lake district now.
 Places
of Interest in Lake District.
Once your into the
place, check for the tourist information centre and get a copy
of the attractions map and decide
on the places
 Lake
Windermere :
One of the
biggest lakes in the Lake District area and you have boat trips
and walks around the Lake.
 Hardknott
& Wrynrose Pass :
This is one
of the places where you need a car to go, the roads are very
narrow, preferably have a
small car to navigate the steep roads and narrow bends, the
drive along this stretch will be very exciting and a test on
your driving skills, this is an amazing and awesome place to
visit, the roads take you to the top of the Hills where you can
get some breathtaking views of the place and you can get a
couple of good fotos.
Park your
car in the available side spaces and climb the hills, allow some
6 to 7 hours for the entire trip from the start and back to the
start place, but believe me you got to visit this Pass, its
worth the time.
The route to
the Pass is full of streams and creeks and rivers flowing
across.
 Other
Places around :
There are a
couple of other places as well, you can go to Kendal, Ambleside,
Coinston, but wherever you go is full of Lakes and natural
beauty all round.
 Going
around in Lake District.
Always have
the OS map with you and navigate the roads and driving is a
pleasure here.
 Travel
Information.
YMCA
Hostel - 15£ per night with Breakfast.
Car
Rental - 28£ per day for an Automatic D class
car.
The total
trip costed us 95£ per head.
2 full days
in Lake district will be an ideal plan, but a weekend trip is
also as exciting.
Check out
the
 fotos
section to find out more on the enchanting beauty of The Lakes
in the Lake District. |
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