Mosbergh Farm CL and Streetway House CL overnight on return

Mosbergh Farm CL Kendal, Lake District

Saturday

    We travelled up together in convoy with Carol & John.  We'd agreed to meet up at Shap services before leaving the M6 and head south to the CL.  This slightly longer route avoids going through Kendal but also gives us some wonderful views on the A6

    It's an amazing site with really brilliant views.  It's a working farm with beef cattle and sheep. Very quiet & absolutely peaceful.

After setting up, it was a bit of shopping and then it was time for a relax and chill.

Sunday

    Went into Kendal for a look around. Some places shut so will return especially as I found a stained glass shop.  Kendal is very historic and has a number of plaques around the town with historical information.

    On getting back, Carol & I decided to go for a little walk up the hill while the men had a chill and a beer  The views up there were even better.

    Back at the caravan, we had a good chat and Mike made some Greek leg of lamb on the BBQ.  Gorgeous.  We've certainly been lucky with the weather, it reminds of our week in York back in 2010!

Monday

    Today was the day that we'd decided to walk up Catbells and along Derwent Water.          Obviously, we went on our own as the men weren't up to it. (little did I know that I'd be needing a new hip a year later!) 

    It was a wonderful day with fantastic weather. 5.6 miles. I think Carol and I did very well! 

 

   I think that Mike and John saw a great deal of Keswick while they were waiting for us. Desperate for a toilet break, we headed for the Derwent Pencil Museum.  It was amazing with the world's  largest pencil but what blew our minds were the World War 2 stuff for the spies.  They made working pencils that had maps secreted inside them.

Tuesday

   We thought that today, we'd drive over to Hawes to visit the Wensleydale Cheese Centre.  On arriving at Hawes, we also discovered that the market was on.

Cleggy, Nora Batty & Compo 

"She doesn't like Wensleydale!!"

     Hawes itself is a lovely town. The Wensleydale Cheese Centre was really informative telling you how to make butter and cheese and of course we had a go at making butter.  It'll be something that we try with the grandkids.   After a good long look and tasting in shop, we bought a few blocks.  It was hard to choose, I think that Mike would have had the lot!

    Feeling very tired after yesterday!

Wednesday

    Another quiet day with a late start and into Kendal for breakfast at the Bristly Hog.
    I had Eggs Benedict for the first time! Chilled around site when we got back.    

   Another lovely sunny day.

Yes, it is that steep!

Thursday

    Mike wanted to show Carol & John the delights of Wrynose & Hardnott Passes, or as one of his friends calls it, Should Nott Pass.         It's a pass going over the mountains west of Coniston - single track roads with 1 in 3 gradients with tight bends.  Carol was having kittens at one point as she looked out of her window and couldn't see any ground apart from some a couple of hundred feet below!

    We stopped at the Hardknott Roman Fort for a while. it must have been a horrible posting in Roman times. The peace and views were spectacular, even the journey had been a little hairy getting there!  Mike's used to it as he's spent a lot of time up here either on bike rallies or going diving in Wastwater.

    A long drive way back via the west coast and Ravenglass and then back to Coniston.     We stopped there for a while and had our first ice cream. Unfortunately the weather was changing so it was too cold to sit at the waters edge to eat it. Mind you the waters edge was quite a way from Coniston Town.      We had a quick look around the Ruskin Museum that told the story of Coniston through the ages.  I think that Mike spent more time looking at an engine outside the museum than actually inside.  (apparently it's a V12 Merlin engine from a Halifax bomber that crashed in 1944 above Coniston)

  While we were in Coniston, we saw a shop selling 'I climbed Catbells' mugs so we had to have one each. 😀😀

    Back at the campsite, we packed up the awning ready for the first leg of our journey home tomorrow.

Friday

    We said our good byes to the people who we'd shared the site with, the beautiful views and set off. We were extremely glad that we weren't travelling north on the M6 as there was about 20 miles of almost static traffic! All due to the road works! 

    Arrived at our stop over. Streetway House CL,.  It was a little awkward to get into and were glad that we had a mover. John over-shot the entrance so you have to know where you're going (good old Google Earth).

    In the evening, we had a meal in The Bell pub. Not brilliant but edible. Another game of Yahtzee. That seems to be our game this trip. The road was noisy nearly all night including lorries!

Saturday

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