We’ve just returned from a really lovely break away in the Lake District.
We stayed in Heaning in this lovely little cottage, one of three made from a converted barn.
We wandered up to Stockghyll force in Ambleside to admire all the lovely waterfalls there.
Careful there Rich!
Sam all togged up for his tree trekking adventure – he loved it and was racing ahead of me on the course.
Emily looks pretty happy here, unfortunately she turned out not to be a big fan of the tree top obstacle course though she managed to make it all the way round and loved the aerial slide at the end.
After so much climbing ice creams were needed.
During a wander around Grasmere lots of sheep were spotted.
Having a well earned rest from wandering.
We spent a really lovely day at Allan Bank – a lovely National Trust property with a really relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
While out looking for pumpkins around Allan Bank Rich wanted to point out yet another lovely view.
After much pumpkin spotting there was enough time for a bit of rope swinging.
Next day we made another trip to a National Trust property – this time it was Wray Castle.
We joined in with a shadow puppet performance which was great fun.
The latest local royalty enjoying their new realm.
On our way to find the Cathedral cavern we were quite amused by this road sign…
We managed to find our way up to the disused quarry – should have known it was not going to be an easy trek with having to climb up a tricky stone stile just to get on the path up to this sign.
The main cavern was very impressive.
Here is Rich and the kids waving down to me in the cavern after a very impressive climb.
And after a bit of a struggle I managed to join my family of intrepid climbers 🙂
On our final day we visited an original 17th century farmhouse called Townend.
It was heavily wood carved by an earlier owner, I loved the room containing the library there.
Before heading home we drove over to Blackpool.
Sam said hello to the sea.
And we stayed late enough to admire the illuminations.