June 5th (Sunny)
Got up real early, 5:30, had eggs bennie, tidied up, (have to keep everything in order in such a small space),and fumbled our way out towards the Lake District before 8 a.m. Drive was absolutely beautiful through winding backroads of North Yorkshire and Cumbria where we came across many old small villages with very unusual names. Georg especially took a fancy to one called “Querenhow”. On the way , we encountered lots of sheep and cows and neverending cultivated fields. Sometimes the sheep are in stone fence enclosures, but a few times today I almost made mutton out of one in the middle of the road around a quick bend.
The scenery today ranged from barren hills to very treed. We often stop along the way and enjoy the wonderful old (1100 A.D.) churches and buildings or stop and buy groceries. Georg and I have always been very interested in reading gravestones and England has some very interesting yards next to the churches. Georg speculates that the road builders over here laid out the system assuming that everyone knows where they are going. This leaves us driving tourists fair game for the locals. Also noticed that “pull outs” for scenic vistas are nonexistent. If your car breaks down, a traffic jam is sure to follow.
Today we took advantage of a Wi-Fi site that Georg picked up as we were stuck in traffic, so we quickly pulled off the road to a very old but quaint hotel. We had some cappuccino and downloaded our blog. Most of the time, we have to pay approx. 3 pounds to access. Unfortunately, we are still not able to attach pictures to the blog. We made several attempts but to no avail, until we figure out the process, we will forward some pictures via hotmail.
Our destination for today was to arrive at Ravenglass on the west coast of England, however due to the many twists and turns on this two-lane road, we pulled in to a campsite in the town of Coniston, which is in the bottom/middle of the Lake District National Park. We appreciate why the English are enthralled with this area. It abounds with treed hills, rivers and lakes and if we did not know any better, this could be any campsite on the coast of B.C.
Got up real early, 5:30, had eggs bennie, tidied up, (have to keep everything in order in such a small space),and fumbled our way out towards the Lake District before 8 a.m. Drive was absolutely beautiful through winding backroads of North Yorkshire and Cumbria where we came across many old small villages with very unusual names. Georg especially took a fancy to one called “Querenhow”. On the way , we encountered lots of sheep and cows and neverending cultivated fields. Sometimes the sheep are in stone fence enclosures, but a few times today I almost made mutton out of one in the middle of the road around a quick bend.
The scenery today ranged from barren hills to very treed. We often stop along the way and enjoy the wonderful old (1100 A.D.) churches and buildings or stop and buy groceries. Georg and I have always been very interested in reading gravestones and England has some very interesting yards next to the churches. Georg speculates that the road builders over here laid out the system assuming that everyone knows where they are going. This leaves us driving tourists fair game for the locals. Also noticed that “pull outs” for scenic vistas are nonexistent. If your car breaks down, a traffic jam is sure to follow.
Today we took advantage of a Wi-Fi site that Georg picked up as we were stuck in traffic, so we quickly pulled off the road to a very old but quaint hotel. We had some cappuccino and downloaded our blog. Most of the time, we have to pay approx. 3 pounds to access. Unfortunately, we are still not able to attach pictures to the blog. We made several attempts but to no avail, until we figure out the process, we will forward some pictures via hotmail.
Our destination for today was to arrive at Ravenglass on the west coast of England, however due to the many twists and turns on this two-lane road, we pulled in to a campsite in the town of Coniston, which is in the bottom/middle of the Lake District National Park. We appreciate why the English are enthralled with this area. It abounds with treed hills, rivers and lakes and if we did not know any better, this could be any campsite on the coast of B.C.
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