Keswick and The Cumbria Way
This story happened on: 21/05/2017
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After a long journey and the prospect of a short stay we decided to stay put on our recent visit to Keswick and enjoy the locality. We decided to let the bus take the strain on our second day in order to sample the famous 77 bus which takes everyone on a circular journey through some spectacular Cumbrian scenery. We were staying on the C&CC Derwentwater site, just a short stroll from the bus station. The journey took us up via Whinlatter Forest, Buttermere and the Honister Pass to name a few stops where walkers and sightseers got on and off along the way. This bus also goes past the club site in Borrowdale near the village of Grange which is where we got off and joined the Cumbria way for a pleasant easy walk to the Derwentwater launch at Lodore Falls, stopping for lunch on the way.
The site we stayed on is close to the entrances to Crow Park and Hope Park, in fact the park gates are just across the way. Hope Park is a lovely little park, beautifully kept with formal and natural plantings, equipped for all tastes including a cafe, miniature golf, a bird feeding station and picnic areas. I love it, so did lots of little walks through and these also lead on to the Keswick launches. We took another launch during our stay over to the Hawes End jetty which leads walkers to Catbells. However we joined the Cumbria Way once more to ramble to the Lingholm Estate. This has a newly restored octagonal walled garden and excellent terraced cafe (dogs welcome in or out.) See here about the connections with Beatrix Potter.... HERE
Back on site we noticed the "ready camp" area, it looked good and people were enjoying their stay there.
On our final night we'd booked a meal at the The Theatre On The Lake with lovely views from our table across Derwentwater, we saw a Terrence Rattigan play in a packed theatre. A nice ending to our stay and wonderful weather all week too.
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