AMERICAN Reacts to The Lake District: 10 Best Things To Do
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- The Lake District is INSANE! American Reacts to 10 Best Things to do at The Lake District England!
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Remember we filled our country full of towns and villages long before anyone decided that bits should be kept as national parks for people to enjoy. So when national parks were set up it limited the kind of development work that could be done, but didn't remove anything. That's why these villages have an old-world look to them.
One of the best things about being poor growing up was my family couldn’t afford holidays abroad in the summer. We got to go to the Lake District every year and I’m incredibly privileged to be able to say that. It’s my favourite place on earth. I’ve since been to Disney world, I’ve been to Barcelona and skiing in Austria, I’ve been to Cape Town and a dozen places in Spain, I’ve been all over the uk and nothing beats the Lake District for me. It’s my 30th birthday in a couple of weeks and I will be spending it by Derwent water and I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather be.
Whenever you get the chance to visit us over hear, I hope you check it out x
Ambleside would be better than Keswick
Yeh we were the same! We didnt go abroad until we were much older and all our childhood was spent having holidays in the UK, including the lakes.
Lol only poor people go the lakes?
I holidays there from when I was a kid. It is my favourite place tool
Grateful to have grown up and live here
'That's got to be older than America' - Yep everything is older than America, even my underpants.
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We joke, but I have an atlas on my home-office bookcase that was printed while George Washington was still President.
@@countertony And folk are often surprised to learn the US Marines are older than two of the Guards regiments.
@@1daveyp Yes, the Irish and Welsh guards. Only recognised in their own right, not limiting the Irish and Welsh involvement prior to recognition, but doesn't detract from the fact the Queens guard precedes the formation of the marines by around 120 years.
You're right JT, that castle from the stonework looks like 12th century latest but many of them are built to protect (and control) a relatively recently unified England. The lake District is also awesome for getting the motorbike to do some decent service 😉
The Lake District National Park covers over 900 square miles, when you visit give yourself a few days, better still a week and also visit the Yorkshire Dale's National Park that borders it. Both are rugged and beautiful. The castle dates from 12th century. As well as what you saw in the video the Dale's has the oldest sweetshop in Britain at Pately Bridge est 1867 though the building is from 1661. The Tan Hill Inn was built in the 1600's and is Britain's highest pub at 1732 feet (582 above sea level). Bolton Castle near Wensleydale where the cheese comes from (Wallace and Gromit) held Mary Queen of Scots for 6 months. Google is your friend JT, look it all up before you plan your trip.
I was born in the Lake District and lived in Ambleside for my first couple of years. Went up to visit grandparents annually and it’s beautiful. Only downside is that the real tourist areas are difficult to park in.
I was born, and brought up, there too - just go in autumn - the most beautiful time of year and all the kids are back at school 🎉 and most of the tourists have gone home. 🤞🏻
Beatrix Potter was an amazing children’s author and illustrator. She bought a part of the Lake District which she made sure is preserved for people to enjoy to this day. There was a film made about her which you might want to watch. You need to research the famous father and son team Donald and Malcom Campbell land and water speed records.
So, Beatrix Potter is not Harry Potter's grandma ! 😆
@@russcattell955i She was also a snooker player that juggled pints of ale.
And not a peep from JT, that is Majorly Disappointing. He asked the Question
Had the book set back in the day,read diff book every night b4 bed,🤣
I live with the Campbell memorial right outside my house, and worked in the Ruskin Museum for a year or two as a teen, the Campbell's story is definitely an interesting one, and Gina is a wonderful lady.
The Lake District is my favourite place in England. It is extremely beautiful and peaceful (if you can get away from the tourists)
I have been everywhere and done everything in that video plus lots more when I was younger. We did Helvellyn when I was 10 years old on a school day trip.
The Lake District is a beautiful part of the UK. Some lovely towns, my favourite of which is Keswick. The Lakes themselves are stunning with the most amazing scenery and walks. Old castles and forests. We often take our touring caravan to Keswick which has an amazing camping and caravan park right on the lake with amazing views but just 10 minute walk into Keswick Town. We are off to North Yorkshire in a couple of weeks which also has amazing countryside and beautiful villages and towns. Much more to the UK than London. We are lucky to live in Llandudno, North Wales with the mountains as a back drop with the snowdonia national park on our doorstep and some incredible unspoilt beaches.
Hawkshead is possibly my favourite place in the lake district, was one of the first places I went around there as a kid, also grasmere for the gingerbread, i usually cant stand ginger but that stuff is delightful. Coming from Liverpool it's not too far to drive, nor is north Wales, kind of lucky to be so close to such fantastic parts of the UK.
Whoop whoop! Born and bred in keswick, I live literally like 200 ft from the pencil museum. Small world.
In addition to the world’s biggest pencil the museum also has a small display of pencils that were included in the Red Cross parcels sent to POW’s during the Second World War.
At first glance they look like any other pencils but they have a piece of steel built inside the pencil which has been made magnetic, so that by apiece of thread around it or floating it in a bowl of water it could be used as a compass for escape attempt’s, others were hollowed out to hide small sections of a silk map for the same reason, the hidden object was sealed in by another small piece of pencil and the joint covered with a layer of paint.
Isn't that amazing I didn't know that thank you
British national parks are quite different from those in the US. Land is still privately owned in British parks, farmers and villagers still live there. It is not simply a monument or a museum, but each is a living, working area. The regulations in each park require no changes to buildings or land use, and public access is universal other than in the immediate area around farms, within towns, and across planted fields during growing seasons.
I hiked Scafell Pike a couple years ago, the sights are beautiful but my legs were never the same afterwards 🤣🤣
i did skiddaw & i was the same but i,d do it again all over 🤣🙏🙏🙏
As a Londoner I'd suggest that you spend lots of time in the Lake District and the North of England in general. London is overrated.
Beatrix Potter wrote Peter Rabbit and lots of other animal stories. She left lots of her land to the nation.
I was going to explain who Beatrix Potter is but you said it
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just had Tom cruise up here filming his latest movie, a lot of people got to meet him and say hi while he was filming a helicopter scene for mission impossible. Hollywood is doing a lot of filming In the Lake District the last few years, from doctor Doolittle,the Witcher,the force awakens,snow white and the huntsmen,Paddington 2, plus dozens more, many of them showing beautiful views of the Lake District Hollywood style.
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@@XeroxGaming2 TT a day keeps the Dr away
I got back from the Lake District yesterday. Love it there. For anyone who’s interested try Lowther Castle near Penrith. It’s awesome! Also try a walk around a lake. Derwent Water is a good easy one. 10 miles ish. And grasmere and rydal water are great. Only about 6 miles around the two together. Went swimming in Rydal, AMAZING! Definitely recommend it.
Great video, cheers 🙂👍
We hike in the Lake District every weekend as we live less that an hour away. We’ve done loads of videos of our hikes, including Englands highest peak.
Carlisle Castle is a fine example. The licking wall in one of the dungeons is worth a visit. Licked by the prisoners. Some major Roman ruins running east from Carlisle, Hadrians wall.
As someone who lives an hour away from the lake district and visit there often, it's definitely a truly beautiful place to visit and the people always seem friendly, just got to watch out for sheep on the road
2mile from Beatrice Potters cottage,,ISA deep mine shaft,it goes down 10 mile and takes about 2hours to decend,,it gets very hot so take 15 litres of water with per person,which can be bought at Hunters Cafe at the surface before entering the mine of death.its truly an amazing place good luck.!
Be carfeul if you do go to the Lake District, people die almost every year on Helvellyn and Striding Edge. Check the weather before you attempt it. I climbed Helvellyn for the first time when I was 10, this was back in the early 80's as my family went to the Lake and Peak District every year for our summer holidays. Such a beautiful part of the country. Hope you get the chance to see it one day
Looking at an old castle (which I find amazing) is like looking at the bones of a long-dead and decayed animal; some old castles are still well kept, but most are remnants of their former power and grace. You have to remember that the people living there were the wealthiest of people, and the insides and grounds would have been showing off their wealth and power.
The Lake District is massive, used to go with my family loads when I was little. Also went camping there with Guides.
The Lake District is one of my favourite places to visit, along with Dorset, York and Yorkshire, the Cotswolds, the New Forest, Cornwall, Scotland and Norfolk !
There are plenty more things to do in the Lake District too. Canoeing, fishing, paragliding, wild camping, mountain biking, off-roading. There are also things just outside as well like visiting Hadrian's Wall. It is called the Lake District but a lot of people mostly go to climb up the mountains. The Lakes themselves are also worth boating on or walking around for those that can be. They got some decent rivers up there as well which are good for fishing like the Lune, Greta, Derwent, and Eden. There are also tarns some of which are very high up and contain Arctic Charr from the last ice age. They can be incredibly deep just like the lakes but you wouldn't think so from looking at them.
You'll need hiking boots, waterproof jackets, fleece, base layers, backpacks, outdoor GPS or maps, and a compass and all that jazz if you're climbing any mountain, and an early start. Aira force is a nice waterfall up there as well. If you like caves, well there is one called The Priests Hole that you can sleep in overnight if you really want to. You might need to take a warm sleeping bag with you as well though depending on the time of the year.
One thing I did when I was younger was I went on a tour of Sellafield Nuclear Power Plant which was awesome but sadly the visitors centre and tours are now all gone and they only do reprocessing and storage. Even the service station on the way to the Lake District is pretty special. You have to stop off at Tebay on the way up there.
4:25 - this was my introduction to the Lake District. Me and my fella spent 4 nights at a lush little B&B in Windermere (Invergary Guest House - highly recommend). When we went up Helvellyn, visibility was quite poor (very, very misty!). We went from the Swirls Car Park on the A591. No word of a lie, you could see less than 100 foot in front of you! We climbed. And climbed. And very much bloody well climbed, all the way to the 3,120 foot peak (that's 950 metres to you metric-heads!). We then went down and along Striding Edge. We got to the Hole in the Wall before turning back - after 3 hours climbing (im not exactly fit!) it was bizarrely at this point we figured the weather wasn't too good to continue. Our view from the top was clouds. Looking down at them. For that short period of time, we were Gods above the clouds (albeit low clouds) looking down at the Earth (well, the clouds as couldn't see the blooming Earth!!) But we were cold Gods
Hawkshead is a nice village to visit too. And cartmel for the sticky toffee pudding 😁
If you like fishing then I’d recommend the salmon and trout fishing that Cumbria and the northeast of England has to offer. I live in the northeast and I’ve been spending time in Cumbria frequently since I was a baby. The fells and lakes are beautiful and well worth exploring by for and boat, it’s mostly very dog friendly also, which is great because I have a Border Collie and there’s no way I’d go on holiday and leave my buddy behind. I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for Keswick, Braithwaite and Grassmere.
The Lake District was also featured in the childrens adventure book series Swallows and Amazons which is a series of 12 books about childrens adventures around sailing and water. 2 of the books The Coots Club and The Big Six were set on the Norfolk Broads in East Anglia (the bit of England that sticks out, north of where London is. The best way to describe the Norfolk Broads is the Lake District without all the hills.
I used to work in the Ruskin Museum, where one of the original Swallows and Amazon's boats is still kept to this day.
I go to the Lake District every other year. And it never gets old. So many cool and gorgeous places to explore!
Should try the Duddon Valley if you've never been, It is fantastically quiet and tourist free
Born and raised here! Love the Lake District getting a shout out 🥰
My favourite place in the world. I’ve been walking, climbing and camping there for all my 68 years. My channel has lots of Lake District related videos.
Yes loads to see, small steam boats on Windermere, miniature railway, hard knot pass and the roman fort, and sheep, lots of sheep.
“Kendal castle must be older than America” you say. Dude, that chocolate shop he showed in Kendal is almost as old as America. 😂😂
The Lakes are my favourite bit of the world and im lucky to live a couple of hours drive away! We take our boys there most years through the summer and do plenty of fishing and general messing around in streams and lakes! Its quite expensive and gets busy around the towns with visitors but its absolutely stunning!
My top 10 things to do are...
1) fishing
2) fishing
3) fishing
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10) fishing
Windermere is full of pike up to around 40lbs/20kg and it still holds Arctic Char which are a landlocked fish left from the last ice age! Loads of places to eat, drink and fish, if you visit the UK i couldn't recommend it enough 👍
I really enjoy seeing your reactions to these videos. I live just outside the Lake District National Park, on the Irish Sea coast. You can see Scotland from our small town where Ismay, Director of the Whitestar Line (Titannic) lived. The Lake District in roughly circular and includes dozens of villages and small towns. You should think about visiting the town of Cockermouth because it is a pretty town but also, no American can say the same without sniggering. Oh, it's the birthplace of Mr Christian, of The Bounty. Also where the poet Wordsworth lived (the daffodil guy). If you do come, use local buses and meet local people, you will love it and you won't have heart attacks when trying to drive the narrow roads. Come in spring or autumn when the crowds are not here. You would love it. All the best, Pete.
National Parks in the UK, are lived in and working areas of the countryside, its just that when an area is designated a national park, it gets an body appointed to manage the park for that as it develops (and they do) the changes dont detract from the reason it was made a national park in the first place
I met an American tourist once in Ambleside, when I was staying there. He was stunned at the natural diversity of the UK, and he had stumbled across the Lake District and loved the place. We lice quite close to the Lake District, and can day trip there and I did on numerous occasions. It's has fantastic scenery and loads of thing to do a visit. JT you have to visit this place. I can't say much about the fishing sadly only sea fished, although I used go to a place called Sandside which is on the estuary of the River Kent. The same river that flows through Kendal. It's a really good fishing spot. Caught quite a few good sized Flounders there.
On the west shore of Esthwaite Water, there's a place where you can hire a boat and equipment, and obtain a temporary visitors licence to fish there, so you can try your hand at catching Trout and Pike, among other species.
@JT, The guy in the video says at about the 7:18 mark (on YOUR video, this one I'm commenting on!) that Kendall castle is a 12th century castle, so it was built somewhere between the years 1101-1199 CE making it around 900 years old.
As well as the Lake District I would highly recommend to you to visit the Peak District too when you do get over to visit the UK.
It is such a beautiful part of England, if you enjoy camping and outdoor life you could either camp or stay in a Youth Hostel in the Castleton area, or nearby Hathersage. It is a truly stunning part of the world (IMO!)
Castleton itself is well geared for travellers and tourists and has a tourist information centre and car parking plus the Youth Hostel, local camp sites, B&Bs nearby, and pubs with rooms and accommodation, but it still primarily functions as what you'd probably call a "quaint" village that happens to make it's revenue from tourism. And has a castle overlooking the town! The clue is in the name!
Oh, and regarding towns in national parks, yes they're a thing, in fact with the Peak District covers part of the city of Sheffield! Which has been a settlement for thousands of years. Also has 2 universities so pretty vibrant, good music scene, museums, galleries, parks, gardens etc etc!!
Beatrix Potter was an English writer, illustrator and conservationist, best known for her children's books such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Man the nostalgia I used to love Peter Rabbit
It's been a few years since I last went to the Lakes; if you do happen to go I can reccomend the campsite at Coniston. Coniston itself is a nice village (the Ship is, or at least was every time I've been, a very nice pub), and the campsite is by Coniston Water (a large lake); you're also near the Old Man of Coniston, a far easier mountain to climb than Scarfell Pike (I think I first made the climb when I was 5, didn't beat Scarfell until many years later), and if you look towards the mountains from the site you can see a beautiful waterfall known as "the White Lady".
Word of warning though, it's a "traditional" campsite - that is to say there's no defined pitches, you just let them know how many tents, and then turn up and pitch where there's space. I would also advice, should you go to this site, arriving during daylight hours; there are small streams running through which are very hard to spot in the dark, even with headlights on, and you don't want to accidentally leave the track and end up in a river. Also, as it's an untilled field, some bits are lower than others, and you don't really want to camp in a depression in case it rains.
This would be Coniston Hall campsite, to be specific. Lots of walks around my home village, good for all ages.
Born and raised here. Kendal is technically a town in South Lakeland which is a whisker hair away from The Lake District. A lot of people just consider Kendal as part of The Lake District anyway, because it's so ridiculously close. Generally all of the tourists going into 'The Lakes' (colloquial slang for The Lake District) use here as their starting point, with the access to the plentiful hotels.
There's pretty excellent connections via train to Manchester, Edinburgh, London, Windermere Town and lots of other places.
The town definitely has its problems, with a lack of things to do, but it's probably one of the most beautiful towns in England. Albeit, the ticket fares are pretty extortionate.
JT, as well as National Parks, we have Areas Of Outstanding Natural Beauty. All these places are lived in by ordinary folk.
If you think that pencil is big, wait until you see the size of the sharpener. 😂
At the beginning of this video where you paused thinking the cars were on the wrong side of the road, I once got stuck up there in my car in a freak snow storm which came from no where. Luckily I had stuff with me and managed to slowly get down although my heart was racing as it was both exciting and scary at the same time. I live in the neighbouring county to The Lake District and Yorkshire and feel I am so lucky to have all these beautiful places on my doorstep.
Beatrix Potter is one of the best children's authors that have come from the UK. Her books were most of our childhoods.
Last time I saw the lake district in any high profile show/movie was the Witcher and it had the caves. Haha.
It is stunning there, I live in the Welsh equivalent 'Snowdonia' which is another mountainous national park, living near the mountains you can't help but fall in love with them, I'm a fell runner and a wild camper so spend as much time as possible in the mountains, fell running is just running up and down mountains, it actually started in the Lake District and it's quite a popular sport now with loads of races all year round. wild camping high up in the mountains is just awesome, there's something very special about it and you'd definitely love it!
I live about a 10minute drive from the Lake District and visit regularly. Every time I leave my home on Walney Island across the bridge I have a view of the Lake District. The county of Cumbria is The Lake District and has many towns and villages. The closest to me is Ulverston, home of the Dickensian Festival and birthplace of Stan Laurel. Kendal is around 30 minutes away and 15 minutes to Windermere. Beatrix Potter wrote children's books about various animals most famously 'Peter Rabbit' And yes I have visited her museum and the Pencil museum! LOL!
You forgot Millom, The home of revered Lakeland poet Norman Nicholson
We're neighbours lol i live in barrow i went to lake district when i was a kid would love to go again amazing place to visit
We go about twice a year, we were there in May staying in this tinny little cottage and we are going again September camping this time in Grizedale Forrest. It is a very lovely place to visit and that video didn’t even scratch the surface of all the things you can do, we went on the ferry rides on Windermere, visited the Beatrix potter museum and took an open top bus ride (not for the faint of heart because the roads are narrow)
The Lake District is truly breathtaking! There is also lots of fishing and boating. You can catch a ferry across Lake Windermere. Great episode JT. Thank you xx
William Wordsworth’s poem ‘daffodils’ was inspired by the view from his window in the Lake District. I would say the lakes is the most stunningly beautiful place in the world and the view from the summit of the Pike is outstanding.
Daffodils by Wordsworth was actually inspired by a walk he and his sister Dorothy took around the land overlooking Glencoyne Bay on Ullswater. Hardly 'a view from his window' since he was living at Town End in Grasmere, some 10 miles or so from the daffodils that inspired him.
I used to live there and still only live about 40mins away! As nice as Rydal cave is, I would recommend going to little Langdale quarry (cathedral Caves) as there are more caves to see and tunnels to go down ect.. really amazing and one of my favourite places ❤️
peak district is the one next to me back home.. beautiful scenes a walk away from my house. Perfect smoke spots all round
As a English person I have always wanted to visit the Lake District but never had the time or money to go as I live in Hampshire but thanks to my dad being in the r a f been all over the world but still the Lake District has to be one of the most beautiful places in England
You should do all you can to visit, you won’t regret it.
The film about Beatrix Potter is called Miss Potter & starred the US actress Renée Zellweger as Beatrix. She also had something to do with the production of it & does a passable British accent. Kids all over the world read her books one was made into a couple of movies, Peter Rabbit 1 & 2, kids films but worth a watch.
I have spent 40 odd years going to the Lake District. It is like a piece of heaven on earth.
Kendal Castle was built in the 1100s. England was invaded in 1066 and most (but not all) of our castles date from the next 200-300 years after this. After about the year 1500 newly-built castles became more like palaces than actual defensive structures although there were some exceptions and this is quite a broad generalisation.
I'm one of the lucky ones who gets to live in the Lake District. I live in a small village, 3 miles from the coast with Scafell Pike visible from the garden. We're glad to be here :)
A British person here and if you want to go to an amazing national park around Kentucky, I’ve recently visited the us and went to many but the smoky mountains national park in tennessee was spectacular. You’ve probably heard of it as it’s the most visited NP in the us but there are some amazing sites to see.
Love visiting the lake District, beautiful lakes and mountains (little compared to the Alps ECT.) but the views are the best 🙂
I love the Lake District and I've had a few holidays up there. I've also hiked up Helvellyn a few years back and its amazing! Not for the armature hiker though! I did it on an Army Youth Training weekend and we also jumped off rocks into the pool at then bottom of a waterfall, on the way down!
There are sooooo many places to go, which he didn't mention, like Lake Windermere! The Lake District its self is huge, a massive chuck of Northern England!
Almost forgot! Check out Wrynose Pass and Hardknott Pass, if you want some heart in mouth driving!
Me again JT.
I’m wondering if you’re going to open your PO Box again as I would like to send you some Lake District goodies 😃
Having lived in Ambleside for a collective time of 5 years (with a break in between) I have made my own list of top things to do and experience in the Lake District (FYI “the Lake District” and “the lakes” is used interchangeably)
1. Spa at Low Wood Bay
2. Low Wood Bay Marina - paddle-boarding, kayaking, wake boarding, motor boat hire
3. Grasmere gingerbread
4. Kirkstone Pass Inn
5. Wild Swimming in Loughrigg Tarn
6. Rydal Sports Day
7. Grasmere Sports Day
8. Ambleside Christmas Lights and Lantern Parade
9. Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding
10. Wrynose/Hardknott pass
11. Local ales
12. L’Enclume Fine Dining Restaurant - Cartmel
13. Alpaca trekking - Derwent water
14. Buttermere - everything to do with Buttermere 😃
15. Apple Pie Bakery
16. Zeffirelli’s Vegetarian Italian Restaurant, Jazz bar, Cinema
17. Water Edge Inn - beer garden
18. 555 open top bus journey from Kendal - Keswick
19. Fizzy Tarte Champagne bar
20. Taco Del Sol - takeaway 🌮🌯
21. Great North Swim
22. Grizedale Forrest
23. Crafty Baa - Windermere and Keswick
24. Wild camping - Easdale Tarn, Blea Tarn
25. Ullswater steamers
Thank you so much JT for reacting to this video. I'm staying in Ambleside with my children and am taking them to Kendal to go swimming today. Now I know I can take them to the castle after, so I'll make a picnic to take. Big thumbs up to you.
P.s love watching your videos
Been to malam cove great place to visit great views and some nice pub's
Hi JT.
I live in the Lake District (aka the lakes). Currently I live in Ambleside which is gorgeous.
Previous to living in Ambleside I lived in Kendal.
Kendal is a town know as the gateway to the lakes. Technically, it is not in the Lake District National Park but part of the county of Cumbria . It’s only a few miles away from the lakes though.
I work in a hotel near Ambleside as a Spa Therapist therefore my time is almost completely taken up by working. But I make a point of stopping at some point every day to appreciate the scenery and take a second to recognise that I am so lucky.
The Lake District very much relies on tourism to keep it’s economy going. Happily, the local economy is booming but like the rest of the world, the lakes is very understaffed at the moment.
Below I have created the pros and cons of living in Ambleside:
Pros -
* Gorgeous scenery
* Great outdoor lifestyle
* Higher wages than average
* So many amazing restaurants
* Good pubs/bars
* Locals are welcoming
* Permanent holiday atmosphere
* Beautiful properties to buy (if you have the money)
* Beautiful slate buildings
* Easy to find jobs
*Amazing local medical centre (staff are far better than anywhere else I have lived)
* Everywhere is dog friendly
* Less than an hour from the motorway
* 20 minutes from train station
*Central location (so other Lake District places of interest are not too far away)
*Christmas Illumination procession
*Summer Sports Day
*Good community centre
Cons -
*Too busy in summer
*Pavements are narrow and people don’t allow you to pass by safely (I have been pushed into traffic more times than I can remember this summer)
*Likewise, drivers don’t stop to let you get across the road (not enough crossing points)
*Lake Windermere isn’t hygienic to swim in (at the moment)😝
*Shared/staff accommodation is poor and a lot of landlords don’t respond to complaints
* Accommodation is so expensive in comparison for what you get.
*It is extremely hard to find any kind of accommodation
*Ideally, you need to have money to live here
*Needless to say, the weather isn’t great but I embrace it ☔️☔️
*Most tourists are fine but a lot just don’t respect the beauty of the place and leave rubbish everywhere
*Traffic builds up like crazy at busy times
*Parking can be a nightmare
The best spot is Rydal water, still warm for swimming in early september.Surrounded by lovely hills.
He does say that Kendal Castle is a 12th century building, so yes a lot older than America.
The true beauty of the Lakes is only seen in the rain. Or maybe just after rain, when all the streams are free flowing. My favourite was Sour Milk Gill (or Ghyll) near Grasmere.
btw saying Lake Windermere is technically incorrect, since "mere" means "lake". The only one where adding "Lake" is correct is Bassenthwaite.
The joke is that there's really only one Lake in the Lake District. 🙂
I climbed an active volcano a couple of days ago...and now I love hiking ❤️
I live in Cumbria which is the county that the Lake District is in. I just love the place. Castlerigg Stone Circle definitely trump's Stonehenge. The views that surround it are amazing.
There is a small place in Grasmere in the heart of the Lake District that has a beautiful small garden on the banks of a trickling stream surrounded by the mountains between Keswick and Ambleside 5 miles from helvelin and 3 miles from rydal caves. Here I eat good food cooked by a chef if 50 years experience (me) while enjoying a glass of good wine whilst watching the sunset over the mountains with deer grazing in the meadow and herons and otters and ducks on the stream. It is in fact my house
It might be called the Lake District - I was born and brought up there - but only one “body” of water there is called that - Bassenthwaite Lake - the rest are called mere or water like Windermere or Derwent Water. And Scafell Pike is pronounced like scaw-fell ...(at a push like “score” but more scaw like paw).
Didn't realise there was so much to see in the lake district. I dined there once by a lake and that in itself was lovely. 😎👍🏻🇬🇧
I love the lake District, haven't done much hiking but love a boat trip on lake Windermere 🛥️
I remember constantly spinning around in circles when I sailed and canoed on Lake Windermere, as no matter how hard I tried to keep the thing straight, the current was that strong it was constantly spinning the opposite direction.
Love the lake District. I used to go with family for day trips and also when I was year 9 at senior school (3rd year highschool I think) we went to Ullswater for an activity week with school we did mountain climbing gorge walking sailing kyacking
I’ve seen that striding edge on helvellyn on a walks show and you do not do that unless you have had good experience of scrambles like that. Any falls and there’s a bad fall. We go to Lake District most years and stay in keswick. Its very nice. We use to go up mountains but now just go to different villages. In terms of caves Peak District (between Sheffield and Manchester) is best for guided caves in a place called castleton
Beatrix potter is the woman who wrote Peter Rabbit as well as many other childerens books. Peter Rabbit has had several tv series’s made based off of it and it’s rly famous
Definitely check out Ingleborough Cave too. You have to pay to get into that one as its a bit more dangerous (hard hats required) but its amazing to go through and see all the stalagmites and stalactites.
The Lake District is a truly beautiful place to visit and a whole holiday in itself.
I'm fairly sure I've been there too with Beavers/Cubs/Scouts or with my parents, as that name rings a bell, and the entrance photos seem familiar.
Most of the outdoor places I went to with Beavers/Cubs/Scouts I've forgotten about (apart from the two nearby campsites we used on a regular basis), and the only caves/caverns I've visited which I can remember the name of are the Blue John Caverns in Castleton, Derbyshire which I visited with my parents, plus some of my cousins, aunts and uncles.
The Lake District is stunning and my favourite part of England. I go over for a walking holiday every year (we pretty much always stay in Ambleside) with my Dad and sister (to remember my mum who loved it there too) and we never run out of new walks. It can be very wet at times though but if you get a showery day rather than solid rain then the sun after the rain leaves the most stunning light.
If you don't want to climb up hills then there's a lot of flatter walks or if you wanted an easy one then Catbells has great views for not a lot of effort. It's right by Keswick too.
The roads can be a bit hairy at times as they get so, so narrow in places (especially some of the passes which have very steep drops and nothing to stop you going off the road!) so if you ever came over I'd suggest avoiding school holidays as the roads are much quieter and it's easier to park. Parking in Keswick and Ambleside feels near impossible in the summer holidays.
Rydal Cave isn't very big. It's basically a big cavern. It's still nice to stand and look out of and enjoy but it's not like going caving. If you wanted more of a go underground exploring feel then Honister Slate Mine has activities where you can go into their tunnels and do a bunch of adventurous stuff.
There are multiple towns and villages in the Lakes. Keswick is the biggest and probably then Ambleside. There's also Hawkshead and Coniston. Honestly, if you visit the Lakes it's a holiday in itself and just a day or 2 barely scratches the surface.
I'm from Yorkshire, just south of the Lake District. I'm no mountain climber but I have walked up Catbells. The view from the top is fantastic, over a lake called Derwentwater. The town of Keswick on the edge of the lake. I have also walked from Keswick to the stone circle at Castlerigg.
Always enjoy the lakes, I live an hour away so it's always a lovely day out.
I have spent a week in the Lake District and I can tell you it's beautiful!! The scenery is awesome and I have climb scaffel pike and helvellyn and it scared the hell out of me. Having said that it felt awesome to be at the top.
The pencil museum is great. We visited and were fascinated by all things pencil.
If it wasn't for people inventing things like pencils you'd still be using a quill and ink! 🤣
To put into perspective how old some of the things in Britain are, Stonehenge predates the pyramids in Egypt. Even the Castlerigg stone circle shown in this video is around 400 years older than the oldest pyramid.
Swinside, Now that's a stone circle
@@wiganfan3373 it is a good 'un. Over 1,300 to choose from around the British Isles.
@@thelastmotel saw some good ones in Scotland last year, we really are blessed with history
@@wiganfan3373 We really are. Do you ever get over to Ireland? If so, and you haven't already, check out any cillín you can find. Do a search online about them. They have only been around for about 400 years, but they are special places.
Remember going to Kendal Castle . It was a clear day when we walked up .
Then when we were in the castle, the fog descended. It felt as if Christopher Lee was about to emerge from the murk 🧛♂️
It’s pretty much on my doorstep being from Newcastle amazing place to see the stars and Milky Way
another place id recommend going in the Lake District is the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Steam Railway
Had my honeymoon in the lake district, beautiful place. Had all seasons in one day, which was fun.x
Castle rig is the most amazing stone circle and the Lake District is the a truly beautiful place.
I’ve been to the Lake District loads of times! It’s so nice
A friend of mine worked at Wray Castle as a chef for a few years when it was a naval school. I visited often. The first time, I was given the 'Tour' and shown the ships radar set up on top of the highest turret. We were admiring the view when the darned thing started up rotating. I don't think I've ever seen anyone move so fast as the guy showing me round as he leapt across the tower to hit the emergency stop button. Those things give off a fair blast of radiation.
The castle is 12th century. He mentioned it was the home of the Lancaster family
Hi there JT! The Lake District takes up most of the county of Cumbria, but unlike American national parks UK ones aren't a ringfenced area that you have to pay in order to access. People do live and work within them.
Kendal Castle is a medieval fortification, built in the 13th Century. We love Kendal, a lovely traditional market town in the Southern lakes. There was a thriving community there at the time of the Doomsday book in 1086.
Kendal, predominantly a Viking settlement but also settled by the Romans, is just outside the National Park to the south-east. I am very fortunate to live in the National Park and this is perhaps the main variable that differentiates National Parks of the UK from the USA. Whereas the USA's National Parks are generally wilderness areas with a small human population, the Lake District population is about 44,000 in an area similar to Greater London. There are many small towns, villages and hamlets. The landscape is a product of millennia and has experienced many periods of industrial exploitation. Give it a visit some time JT Reacts and I'll show you around. You'd be very welcome!
A national parks contists of several towns in a protected full Borough. Your state parks are only small protected areas of land.
I live in keswick and it's such a wonderful place. I feel very lucky to live here. One of the most exciting school trips we had was the pencil museum.🤣 there is a lot of good tarns(tiny ponds in the mountains/fells) in the lake district that you can fish at and camp aswell, so you can have the bonus of hiking, fishing and camping. The national trust is funded and keeps the lakes maintained. Alot of the villages and towns were built in the 1800's and has been extended over time. I suppose the lakes is like a compact national park with everything in it. We have a lot of beautiful water falls and swimming spots in the summer. If you do come and visit the lakes, please bring waterproofs as it can rain 200 days of the year.😄 we had a google review saying there was to much water in the lakes and derwent water could be drier. 🤦♀️
When I was a child I was taught all the states (back then 52) all the flags and capitals around the world. So turn around JT find the Lake District in England on your map, stick a pin in it if you want to visit there 😁
Hey JT great video as always! 🙌🏻
I'm from the edge of the Lake District so spend a lot of time there and do a lot of work there now.
There are four towns within the actual lake District boundary, Keswick, Windermere, Ambleside and Bowness.
Though loads more on the edges such as Penrith and Kendal.
The actual Lake District is a UNESCO world heritage site and covers 912 square miles.
You should definitely visit if you're in the UK, it's amazing!
Plus as an architect I'd say the Windermere jetty museum is a great visit ☺️
I just imagined you thinking "I'll have to put my Crocs in four wheel drive for that!" While watching the mountain hike part 🤣
I use to work at derwentwater house which backed onto the lake, brilliant place to work in
I spent many childhood holidays in the Lakes and when my friend group and I could drive we would regularly randomly go to Malham bc its only about half an hour from where we live. I had to laugh when he mentioned the pencil museum, just bc I was remembering about going there on holiday. The other stand out memory 0of said holidays was how much it rained! Dont let that put you off though, its stunning .
Another place of interest to visit for most Americans is the coastal town or port of Whitehaven, where the American Navy had its first successful action against the Royal Navy during the War of Independence under the command of John Paul Jones.
hell of a story that, the JPJ reported they had burnt some coal ships. However it didn't happen because they got distracted by the pub :) and when they finally did try the weather was so bad they only got 1 ship alight which the locals put out.
Well said Andrew couldn't agree more