Best holiday destinations

[darlowolf64]

So, I've just been to the travel agent to pay the balance off our holiday.

Call me an idiot but in September we are off to America...

5 nights in Chicago, tickets bought for Bears vs Cowboys. Overnight Amtrak to Memphis spending a couple of days there and then Amtrak to New Orleans for a couple of days there.

 

[UKYankieWWFC]

So, I've just been to the travel agent to pay the balance off our holiday.

Call me an idiot but in September we are off to America...

5 nights in Chicago, tickets bought for Bears vs Cowboys. Overnight Amtrak to Memphis spending a couple of days there and then Amtrak to New Orleans for a couple of days there.

Let me know where you will be at
I'll try and make a trip to Chicago whilst you're here

 

[darlowolf64]

Let me know where you will be at
I'll try and make a trip to Chicago whilst you're here

Will do Ray

Land in Chicago on 18th September

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Just booked a farm stay in August in Cumbria. Halfway between the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District.

We’ve never been to that part of the country before. Looking forward to it!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Nice part of the world.

You probably wont be too far from Shap by the sounds of it.

Make sure you stop at Tebay services and use the farm shop (its just before Shap on the M6). Best service station IN THE WORLD.

If you are in the lakes a bit of hill climbing is probably in order.

Fairfield horseshoe is a long walk but lovely. Helvellyn is a great climb.

Skiddaw is the easiest of the 3000 foot fells. Plus you can combine it with a day in Keswick.

The Scafells are a bit of a pain to get to but again spectacular.

Ambleside is a good town to visit and the start of the Fairfield horseshoe walk.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Nice part of the world.

You probably wont be too far from Shap by the sounds of it.

Make sure you stop at Tebay services and use the farm shop (its just before Shap on the M6). Best service station IN THE WORLD.

The farm is just outside Tebay but we exit the motorway before the services. I’m sure we’ll pass it sometime while we’re driving around thioigh.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

The butcher's shop in there is excellent and the pies are fabulous. Whenever we were going to Scotland on holidays we used to pull into Tebay to pick up a pie to cook for dinner upon arrival.

Strangest museums in the world contender in Keswick. There is a museum dedicated to PENCILS. I shit you not.

Some really good pubs in Windermere, Ambleside and Keswick. Wainwright beer is rather nice. I always used to like Jennings Snecklifter (Cockermouth brewery) but I think they have been taken over by Whitbread or someone like that so it is probably a bit generic now.

If you or the family don't fancy the big hills, then Loughrigg fell and Low Pike are just outside Ambleside and only about 1500 feet or so. Same for Latrigg just outside Keswick.

 

[Hereford Wolf]

Off to the Isle of Wight tomorrow for a couple of days to see an old mate (we went to the games together late 70’s early 80’s).
I think he has converted a few locals to the Wolves way of life!

 

[leedswolf]

Some really good pubs in Windermere, Ambleside and Keswick. Wainwright beer is rather nice. I always used to like Jennings Snecklifter (Cockermouth brewery) but I think they have been taken over by Whitbread or someone like that so it is probably a bit generic now.

Wainright is part of Carlsberg/Marston's portfolio. There's some really good micro/nano breweries in that region;
Lakes Brew Co
Gan Yam Brew Co
Watermill Inn Brew Pub
Westmoreland Brewery
Handsome Brewery


Incidently, Jennings is once again an independent brewery.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I didn't know that about Jennings. Good news indeed.

Another lake district thing I can think of - Beatrix Potter cottage is near Windermere and pretty much exactly as she left it when she died. Worth a visit if you have very little ones in tow

 

[sycophantia]

Based in Tebay, if you tire of the lakes (unlikely) the Dale's are close in the other direction. Also if you want venture further afield, Northumberland isn't far, Hadrians wall has some interesting sites.
It's a good base for loads of stuff.

 

[Keef]

There’s the Ruskin museum at coniston water, got the actual restored Bluebird speed record boat on display there, and stuff about the poet Ruskin obviously

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Wordsworth cottage in Grasmere I think

 

[Mel Evo]

All of the fells in the Lakes are good of course. If you’re Tebay way though then you’re handy to get in to Mardale Head and climb High Street by the direct ridge. It’s a bit of a journey out and in if you’re actually in the Lakes, so relatively little visited but a great walk.

 

[EpsomWolf]

Wordsworth cottage in Grasmere I think

Coincidentally stayed in Grasmere on Tuesday evening and did a big hike the following day. Had never been to that village before, but what a stunning little place.

Tweedies (terrible name) has terrific food and a bar full of ales and was a joy spend a shattered evening in.

Loads of great hikes about from there but tbf that could probably be said about anywhere in the Lakes. Would recommend the AllTrails app for the hikes which always makes the planning and execution a doddle.

Beautiful area generally but yeah, Grasmere, wonderful.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

I didn't know that about Jennings. Good news indeed.

Another lake district thing I can think of - Beatrix Potter cottage is near Windermere and pretty much exactly as she left it when she died. Worth a visit if you have very little ones in tow

Drove past it last year on the way into Windemere from Ullswater, was sorely tempted to visit as my son loves Peter Rabbit and the wife like Beatrix Potter but we were on the way back from Center Parcs and needed to find a pub to grab some lunch and feed and change the boy. Didn't have the time on the day, regret it now.

 

[sycophantia]

Coincidentally stayed in Grasmere on Tuesday evening and did a big hike the following day. Had never been to that village before, but what a stunning little place.

Tweedies (terrible name) has terrific food and a bar full of ales and was a joy spend a shattered evening in.

Loads of great hikes about from there but tbf that could probably be said about anywhere in the Lakes. Would recommend the AllTrails app for the hikes which always makes the planning and execution a doddle.

Beautiful area generally but yeah, Grasmere, wonderful.

Hate to sound like a big brother but I would recommend anyone going into the hills to get a map and compass (and learn how to use them) to compliment any apps or GPS.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I have seen people trying to navigate by the drawings in the Wainwright books.

 

[leedswolf]

 

[Mel Evo]

I have seen people trying to navigate by the drawings in the Wainwright books.

Nothing wrong with that, teamed up with an OS map of course. The latter won’t help you pick the top of the Corridor route or out of the Lords Rake, the scale just doesn’t work. They’re superb guides.