ANYWAY, Windermere is the largest lake in the region, and also is the most touristy (although by American standards, it really wasn't very touristy at all). The drive took longer than expected, and was very windy and hilly. That being said, it really was an incredibly scenic drive through the glacier-made mountain range. Here are a few photos...
We drove all the way to the most southern point of Windermere, where a nice, family park is located. 
The kids enjoyed some time on the playground there, and we then took a small water taxi over to a point where we could take a boat tour of the lake. (This is the view of the park's tea room as we were in our water taxi.) 
(This is our tour boat coming to pick us up.)
The tour was very nice. There was a lot of activity on the lake... people boating, windsurfing, and sailboating.
The tour took us to a village called Bowness. We were only there for an hour or so, but in that time we had some delicious local ice cream, walked down the village streets to see the shops, 
and spent some time down by the water, where there were dozens of swans and other water fowl. 
We then had a leisurely boat ride back to the park, and the children enjoyed wading for a few minutes before getting back into the car.
We ate dinner at a local pub that night, and slept well!Next time, I will blog about our last day in the Lake District. It rained, but we did a lot anyway.
2 comments:
A tea room in a park? Did you partake?
What a cool place--definately NOT in Kansas anymore, are you? :o)
EVERYWHERE you go, there is a tea room! I guess it's like having a snack bar or small restaurant at touristy places in the States. No, we didn't go to this particular tea room. But, the ice cream later was worth the wait!
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