England's Magnificent Lake District 😍 Is it as Good as they say? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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    We're in what might be the most beautiful place in England, the Lake District. We're staying in Windermere, a town in the Lake District. We start the video getting our first glimpse of Lake Windermere walking through the Millerground and then walking up Queen Adelaide's Hill.
    We then head back into Windermere to try Cumberland Sausage for the first time.
    The next day we take the local bus to the town of Grasmere where we walk around and try the famous Gingerbread. Later we take a boat from Ambleside Pier down to Bowness on Windermere. This was a perfect couple of days in the Lake District and some of the best things to do while visiting the Lake District.
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    0:00 Welcome to the Lake District
    2:40 Queen Adelaide's Hill
    4:51 Housing Prices
    5:56 Windermere
    9:26 Off to Grasmere
    10:59 Trying Gingerbread
    12:12 Incredible Boat Ride
    15:45 Wrap Up
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Комментарии • 261

  • @DelightfulTravellers
    @DelightfulTravellers  8 месяцев назад +12

    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

    • @rufdymond
      @rufdymond 7 месяцев назад

      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.

    • @joannesmart6021
      @joannesmart6021 7 месяцев назад

      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.

  • @mikesaunders4775
    @mikesaunders4775 8 месяцев назад +27

    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.

    • @ellehan3003
      @ellehan3003 Месяц назад +1

      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.

    • @PranksterKidsFamilyFun
      @PranksterKidsFamilyFun День назад

      The word "tarn" is usually reserved for man made lakes. "Tarn Hows" is a good example :)

  • @TheCornishCockney
    @TheCornishCockney 8 месяцев назад +29

    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.

    • @giovanni6636
      @giovanni6636 7 месяцев назад +3

      Scotland is bleak, it isn’t a patch on the Lake District

    • @patrickkelly7085
      @patrickkelly7085 7 месяцев назад +2

      Did you never visit Durham and its neighbour Northumberland.

    • @clairel2430
      @clairel2430 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@giovanni6636💯

    • @jujutrini8412
      @jujutrini8412 7 месяцев назад

      @@giovanni6636Loch Ness is beautiful.

    • @kevindobson8002
      @kevindobson8002 3 месяца назад +1

      Don't forget my stomping ground,the North York moors and the wonderful Yorkshire coast!

  • @dorothysimpson2804
    @dorothysimpson2804 8 месяцев назад +13

    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.

  • @MuckMan_Movies
    @MuckMan_Movies 7 месяцев назад +11

    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.

  • @AutoAlligator
    @AutoAlligator 7 месяцев назад +4

    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

  • @BeckyPoleninja
    @BeckyPoleninja 8 месяцев назад +7

    Northumberland and Holy Island .stunning

  • @mickeyfitzgerald6266
    @mickeyfitzgerald6266 8 месяцев назад +12

    The Cotswolds is another beautiful part of England well worth a visit..

  • @bluestreak2701
    @bluestreak2701 18 дней назад +1

    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.

  • @ynys_mon6928
    @ynys_mon6928 8 месяцев назад +11

    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.

  • @Superdelphinus
    @Superdelphinus 7 месяцев назад +5

    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.

    • @Mike-vd7ee
      @Mike-vd7ee 28 дней назад

      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.

  • @4svennie
    @4svennie 8 месяцев назад +7

    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.

  • @DaveBartlett
    @DaveBartlett 7 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @dogwithwigwamz.7320
    @dogwithwigwamz.7320 8 месяцев назад +8

    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.

    • @ollielowe7534
      @ollielowe7534 8 месяцев назад +2

      Wainwright is famous in the area, he did a lot of walks and published them.

  • @InformingChoices
    @InformingChoices 2 месяца назад

    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.

  • @jon-ei8iz
    @jon-ei8iz 7 месяцев назад +2

    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 😊

  • @rosfow
    @rosfow 11 дней назад

    You must visit Keswick too. A gorgeous market town in the Lake District.

  • @AussieAngeS
    @AussieAngeS 8 месяцев назад +17

    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 🥰

    • @cjw419
      @cjw419 4 месяца назад +1

      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.

    • @vallee3140
      @vallee3140 Месяц назад +1

      @@cjw419 so many make the mistake of staying in London, they miss the best.

  • @jenniferwhite3258
    @jenniferwhite3258 8 месяцев назад +4

    William Wordsworth lived and is buried in Grasmere.

  • @christianboutell7112
    @christianboutell7112 7 месяцев назад +2

    The jurassic Coast in Dorset,is stunning,I think you'd love it there,Charmouth and Lyme Regis.

  • @briwire138
    @briwire138 7 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @YesYesYessYes
    @YesYesYessYes 7 месяцев назад +1

    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❤

  • @DaveBartlett
    @DaveBartlett 7 месяцев назад +2

    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!

  • @susanthomas7567
    @susanthomas7567 3 месяца назад +1

    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

  • @nikkilewis1699
    @nikkilewis1699 8 месяцев назад +10

    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 :)

  • @joelnelson7472
    @joelnelson7472 Месяц назад

    Yes you can't beat the lakes for an English getaway. I'm in Yorkshire and go a few times a year

  • @colleenc2023
    @colleenc2023 8 месяцев назад +10

    Wow, a great video showcasing an area of England - and a beautiful place, as well - that I never would have known about otherwise 😊.

    • @keithdawes2685
      @keithdawes2685 2 дня назад

      Really? You had never heard of the Lake District? Where are you from?

    • @colleenc2023
      @colleenc2023 2 дня назад

      @@keithdawes2685 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • @katashworth41
    @katashworth41 6 месяцев назад

    My favourite place in the world, going up again in a couple of weeks.

  • @Tina-gb7bi
    @Tina-gb7bi 8 месяцев назад +1

    Chatsworth House, Peak District, Hay on Wye...lots of beautiful green places!

  • @DaveBartlett
    @DaveBartlett 7 месяцев назад +3

    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!

    • @wessexdruid7598
      @wessexdruid7598 7 месяцев назад

      Cumberland sauce is a good accompaniment to haggis on toast.

    • @wiganfan3373
      @wiganfan3373 Месяц назад

      It also has black pepper, white pepper, paprika and other secret spices

  • @JayAaronRoy
    @JayAaronRoy 8 месяцев назад +5

    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!

    • @DelightfulTravellers
      @DelightfulTravellers  8 месяцев назад +1

      So glad you enjoyed the video 👍 - Trevor

    • @revbenf6870
      @revbenf6870 8 месяцев назад +1

      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!

  • @rosfow
    @rosfow 11 дней назад

    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!

  • @ashleymoor4004
    @ashleymoor4004 7 месяцев назад

    Wast Water in Wasdale Valley is stunning.. but would recommend take the hardknott pass route.. views are just incredible 😍

  • @user-TonyUK
    @user-TonyUK Месяц назад

    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

  • @SJ-GodofGnomes21
    @SJ-GodofGnomes21 7 месяцев назад +1

    Wainwright's beer is named after Alfred Wainwright.... the man that walked the Fells

  • @lynncuthbert2307
    @lynncuthbert2307 8 месяцев назад +1

    Tranquil and magical. Its just a happy place.

  • @suziesroka9869
    @suziesroka9869 3 месяца назад

    I live about an hour from the lakes, it is unique. ❤

  • @carolemousdell4444
    @carolemousdell4444 8 месяцев назад +8

    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 ❤

    • @TheJthom9
      @TheJthom9 8 месяцев назад

      Scotland surpasses it

  • @martinarscott3524
    @martinarscott3524 Месяц назад

    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 :)

  • @_starfiend
    @_starfiend 7 месяцев назад +1

    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!

  • @paulm2467
    @paulm2467 3 месяца назад

    That is a surviving part of the original temperate rainforest, it’s a very rare and precious haven for many species.

  • @helennuttall
    @helennuttall 8 месяцев назад +3

    Aw loved this! You captured it beautifully! It’s 45 years since I last tasted Grasmere gingerbread…on our honeymoon! 😁🤗

    • @DelightfulTravellers
      @DelightfulTravellers  8 месяцев назад +1

      It’s such a beautiful area, and a honeymoon there would be amazing! Plus that gingerbread is so good 😋- Trevor

  • @karoliinakaita
    @karoliinakaita 4 месяца назад

    I recommend south coast, especially Eastbourne. I have never visited Lake District yet but looking forward to it.

  • @MsCheesemonster13
    @MsCheesemonster13 Месяц назад

    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

  • @gabbymcclymont3563
    @gabbymcclymont3563 7 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @angelataylor2049
    @angelataylor2049 8 месяцев назад +2

    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!

  • @DaveBartlett
    @DaveBartlett 7 месяцев назад +1

    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'.)

  • @johnnyramblefinely2430
    @johnnyramblefinely2430 8 месяцев назад +2

    Very wise choice going to The Lakes. I'm back there in 3 weeks and can't wait. Don't forget Yorkshire Dales though.

    • @Brian-om2hh
      @Brian-om2hh 8 месяцев назад

      I live in the Lakes, so I want to see something different. North Yorkshire is where I head to......

  • @TruthRDare
    @TruthRDare 8 месяцев назад +2

    Cotsolds is a must see. You will love it 😍😍

  • @hilarydavis-vo6ur
    @hilarydavis-vo6ur 8 месяцев назад +5

    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

    • @DelightfulTravellers
      @DelightfulTravellers  8 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks so much for the recommendations (and for watching)! - Anna

    • @wessexdruid7598
      @wessexdruid7598 7 месяцев назад

      @@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...

  • @TontonMacoute
    @TontonMacoute 5 месяцев назад

    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?

  • @blackbob3358
    @blackbob3358 7 месяцев назад +1

    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 ! )

  • @thejuanfandangoclub
    @thejuanfandangoclub Месяц назад

    South Coast, visit the Witterings. The most beautiful sandy beaches, Historic market town of Chichester near by. Well worth a summer visit

  • @clarehowells8157
    @clarehowells8157 8 месяцев назад +1

    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. !!

  • @DaveBartlett
    @DaveBartlett 7 месяцев назад +1

    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"

  • @StardustSnowdrops
    @StardustSnowdrops 7 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @susaneaston6976
    @susaneaston6976 7 месяцев назад

    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. 😊

  • @reluctantfellrunner
    @reluctantfellrunner 7 месяцев назад

    Hope you enjoy your trip. Best wishes son the next.

  • @user-TonyUK
    @user-TonyUK Месяц назад

    The main reason why its so green is because it rains alot. As most of the UKs weather travels from West to East all the rain fall first on the West Coast, ie the Lake District or Wales.

  • @peterstewart3080
    @peterstewart3080 7 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @mrgrumblebum7613
    @mrgrumblebum7613 7 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @sololife1968
    @sololife1968 8 месяцев назад +1

    Gorgeous Little Towns!

  • @veradanson5890
    @veradanson5890 8 месяцев назад +2

    Christopher spent his childhood Summers in the Lakes. His grandparents lived there. Gorgeous place, amazing hikes.

    • @DelightfulTravellers
      @DelightfulTravellers  8 месяцев назад +2

      Oh no way! I don't think we knew that. We'll see them in again in a couple months 😀 - Trevor

  • @ianprince1698
    @ianprince1698 7 месяцев назад

    near the north sea is the dryest. the atlantic side is the wettest but we can go weeks without rain

  • @diannadowney7633
    @diannadowney7633 8 месяцев назад

    Beautiful town always enjoy your videos

  • @andyb2706
    @andyb2706 7 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @jenniemorris4520
    @jenniemorris4520 8 месяцев назад +2

    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.

    • @frglee
      @frglee 8 месяцев назад

      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

  • @janicepottie802
    @janicepottie802 8 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic scenery and weather!!!

  • @StartLivingNow1963
    @StartLivingNow1963 8 месяцев назад

    Another Awesome Adventure Trevor and Anna🙂

  • @johnwelsh6065
    @johnwelsh6065 8 месяцев назад +1

    Buttermere, and surrounds, is my favourite. Have you tried that?

  • @garethhunt2655
    @garethhunt2655 8 месяцев назад

    Glad you enjoyed it, it's our little gem 😊 ullswater and buttermere is well worth a visit also 👍🏻

  • @glastonbury4304
    @glastonbury4304 8 месяцев назад +3

    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 ❤

    • @DelightfulTravellers
      @DelightfulTravellers  8 месяцев назад +1

      So agree! London is a blast but our fav is outside the 'big city' - Trevor

    • @glastonbury4304
      @glastonbury4304 8 месяцев назад

      @DelightfulTravellers ...
      living your best lives, that's all that's important , we're here far to short a time not to enjoy our tiny planet 👍♥️

  • @littleannie390
    @littleannie390 8 месяцев назад +8

    A mere is a lake that is shallow in relation to its size and a water is basically just another name for a lake. The other type of lake in the Lake District is a tarn, which is a small glacial mountain lake.

  • @d-jbradford1451
    @d-jbradford1451 7 месяцев назад

    You guys would love Keswick in the north Lake District x

  • @craigix
    @craigix 8 месяцев назад +1

    You should climb one of those mountains next time, some of them are amazing with crazy rock formations and lakes at the top.

  • @glastonbury4304
    @glastonbury4304 8 месяцев назад +1

    Love Buttermere and Grasmere ❤

  • @ZG0002
    @ZG0002 7 месяцев назад +1

    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)

    • @DaveBartlett
      @DaveBartlett 6 месяцев назад +1

      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.

    • @cjw419
      @cjw419 4 месяца назад

      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.

  • @WanderingDutch
    @WanderingDutch 2 месяца назад

    The best views are at the top of the mountains 😉

  • @anglonig1
    @anglonig1 7 месяцев назад

    So glad you used the correct flag on the thumbnail, the cross of St George.

  • @reggipher
    @reggipher 7 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @DariaThomasNr1
    @DariaThomasNr1 7 месяцев назад

    Great video you guys! 👍🏻 I can highly recommend the White Cliffs of Dover and Broadstairs. 🏖️ Both beautiful places as well. 😊

  • @marthamika7372
    @marthamika7372 8 месяцев назад

    It's September 24th when I am watching this. Yes I agree it's beautiful 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @janekinnane5884
    @janekinnane5884 7 месяцев назад

    York, Grassington and the Yorkshire dales

  • @paulwilliamson8293
    @paulwilliamson8293 8 месяцев назад

    When visiting windermere, some of your video shows you in bowness on windermere

  • @tonyrantnrave6854
    @tonyrantnrave6854 8 месяцев назад

    Your very lucky with the weather because can rain a lot!

    • @Brian-om2hh
      @Brian-om2hh 8 месяцев назад

      But it's as Alfred Wainwright said......"there's no such thing as bad weather - only unsuitable clothing" It isn't actually that bad. It only ever rains on days ending in AY.

  • @WTU208
    @WTU208 8 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @edwardleecaliforniausa
    @edwardleecaliforniausa 8 месяцев назад +1

    Hi all good morning happy Sunday morning and I loved your vlogs and you all amazing Supporter

  • @ashleymoor4004
    @ashleymoor4004 7 месяцев назад

    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 !

  • @susandibble3525
    @susandibble3525 8 месяцев назад +10

    In the uk you can name your house whatever you want 😁

  • @petercresswell5402
    @petercresswell5402 3 месяца назад

    Nice video, your little sequence in Windermere was filmed very close to my friend's restaurant.
    The beer, I'm afraid the marketing plot fooled you. That beer is made in the Midlands it's not local at all, but don't worry it's designed to make people think it is by using the name Wainwright.
    There are hundreds of local breweries but a lot of the older traditional big brewers were bought up and production moved south.
    You must have arrived in Grasmere on a quiet day. The buses are awful!!! They serve the tourists VERY well but step off into the quieter local villages and you'll be lucky to get ONE bus a week. A tourists experience of public transport is very different to that of the locals, living here a car is essential.
    Some beautiful shots of the landscape I enjoyed it just thought I'd point out a residents perspective of the Lake District.
    The house prices......yeah you're correct those types of properties will set you back several millions sterling. Even a modest house will cost an awful lot more than in other areas.

  • @IanCassanova
    @IanCassanova 8 месяцев назад +1

    You defintley lucked out with the weather. I would say Devon & Cornwall & The Lake District are the best please in the UK to visit.

    • @DelightfulTravellers
      @DelightfulTravellers  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the suggestions. Devon and Cornwall are definitely on the list for next time - Trevor

    • @Ionabrodie69
      @Ionabrodie69 8 месяцев назад

      You’ve obviously never been to Northumberland then ,have you..?

  • @joanneyoung8571
    @joanneyoung8571 8 месяцев назад +1

    What a beautiful video, you captured some of the gorgeous scenery well. I lived just a couple of hours drive away growing hoo and used to go for lots of weekends with family. Your video brought back lots of nice memories

    • @DelightfulTravellers
      @DelightfulTravellers  8 месяцев назад

      So good to know from a local that we did okay! 🤗 - Anna

  • @OriginsReborn
    @OriginsReborn 8 месяцев назад +3

    Buy an 'Ordnance Survey' map for the Lake District. It will show you many official walks / trails that you can take up into the hills, so that you can hike with confidence without getting lost or wandering onto private land. England's highest mountain is in this area (Skafell Pike), but there are many smaller hills to try out, ideal for the novice, and you will always be surrounded by stunning views!

    • @frglee
      @frglee 8 месяцев назад +3

      The 1: 25,000 scale Ordnance Survey maps are very detailed and very good for walkers showing all the rights of way and long distance footpaths, cycle routes, roads and tracks. The 1: 50,000 scale ones can be used too for walking, but are better for general exploration of an area showing an area about 25 miles x 25 miles (40km x 40km).
      Ordnance Survey also produce some very cleverly shaded maps to give a 3D impression of the landscape. Well worth checking out.

    • @OriginsReborn
      @OriginsReborn 8 месяцев назад

      ..just realised, Skafell Pike is in the background at 14:23.

    • @_starfiend
      @_starfiend 7 месяцев назад

      @@OriginsReborn Are you sure? I thought Sca Fell and Sca Fell Pikes were much further away from Windermere than that.

    • @OriginsReborn
      @OriginsReborn 7 месяцев назад

      @@_starfiend It's a distance away, but it is a big hill. Try Google street view, it should give you a similar view from Windermere.

    • @DaveBartlett
      @DaveBartlett 6 месяцев назад

      @@OriginsReborn The only thing in the background at 14:23 is The Belsfield Hotel. They're in Bowness-on-Windermere, miles from Sca Fell & Sca Fell Pike! Have you ever actually been to the Lake District?!

  • @denisebrotherton4268
    @denisebrotherton4268 7 месяцев назад

    come to newcastle then make your way up the northumberland coast

  • @selina.c
    @selina.c 8 месяцев назад

    Also cornwall kynance cove❤

  • @roseanneberrios7174
    @roseanneberrios7174 8 месяцев назад

    I know mire is a marshy area. Waters is moving in waves. There are other meanings to. Look it up, very interesting.

  • @anthonyquinn3671
    @anthonyquinn3671 8 месяцев назад

    Yes The Lake District is Beautiful, I originally lived in Manchester about 100 miles South of the Lakes, but for the last 50 Years I have lived in Barrow in Furness which is known as the Gateway to the lakes, I can be at Lakeside on the West of Windermere in about 20-25 mins by car. We also have an annual sponsored walk that starts in Keswick and finishes in Barrow that is a 40 mile Hike!

    • @davidross5331
      @davidross5331 7 месяцев назад

      I live in Barrow in Furness as well, where the lakes meet the sea. I have a building where nuclear submarines are built a about a mile behind my house. So, not far to go and I an in the lake district have wonderful scenery to admire.

  • @glastonbury4304
    @glastonbury4304 8 месяцев назад

    We even put a bar on our Aircraft Carriers...lol 😂

  • @maxmoore9955
    @maxmoore9955 8 месяцев назад +1

    Im from the Derbyshire Peak District. Whitch is lovely but the Lake District is more beautiful.

  • @jeanneale9257
    @jeanneale9257 8 месяцев назад +1

    Cornwall is a must
    Anywhere in the county
    Both coasts are stunning
    Peace l❤

    • @DelightfulTravellers
      @DelightfulTravellers  8 месяцев назад +1

      Noted!

    • @TheCornishCockney
      @TheCornishCockney 8 месяцев назад +1

      As an exiled Londoner,I CHOSE to live here because I love Cornwall so much.
      We’re currently on Bodmin Moor with cows and wild horses as neighbours.
      Very remote,just how we like it.
      The north coast has the best beaches in Europe and that’s not just my opinion,I worked and lived all over Europe and went to many a beach and lovely as they were,none of them came close to Perranporth,Watergate Bay,Polzeath,Constantine Bay,St.Agnes,Fistral…..I could go on.
      We’re all very lucky.