The eyemask really works and I wake at 8am instead of dawn as is usually the case when camping. A peak outside at the weather turns to a moment of panic all the other tents have been hastily packed away by people fleeing from the zombie attack. Ten seconds later the sleep has cleared and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Hawkshead’
No news is good news
Posted in Lakes 2009, Posts, tagged Beer, Camping, Danny Baker, Elterwater, Grasmere, Hawkshead, Jennings Cumberland Ale, Lake District, Langdale, Zombie on 14 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First Steps
Posted in Lakes 2009, Posts, tagged Ambleside, Beer, Camping, Coniston, Elterwater, Hawkshead, Hodge Close Quarry, Lake District, Lucys of Ambleside, Wordsworth on 13 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A light morning mist hovers above but the sun is fighting through to reveal the nameless peaks that surround the campsite as I emerge from my tent. The forecast is good and my abused walking boots beckon from beneath the peak district mud I that failed to clean off them last time out. It’s 9:30am [...]
Stairway to the stars
Posted in Lakes 2009, Posts, tagged Beer, Camping, Hartleys, Hawkshead, Jennings, Kirkstone Pass Inn, Lake District, stars on 12 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For somebody traditionally organised I find myself in the unprecedented situation of starting my holiday today having made precisely no arrangements. It’s all laid out in my mind, a 5 night walking tour of the Lakes taking in some known and treasured areas and (unsurprisingly) pubs, but when I tried booking accommodation last Wednesday everywhere [...]
