Gales and Floods at Troutbeck Head, Penrith.

We postponed our trip by a day with no fuss (thank you Mr Warden) due to high winds and arrived for the first time at Troutbeck. We usually do CLs but as we had a voucher for a free night (Club Caravan Insurance) thought we should use it! 

Pleasantly surprised by the site, open, curved roads and no long, straight lines but...by 'eck, did the wind blow (snapped a fibre glass awning pole) and the rain turned the babbling brook at the edge of the site into a raging torrent! The entrance road was literally a river of water and autumnal coloured leaves flowing none too serenely into the site!

We still got out and did the usual Lake District things - walking, cafes, pubs, more walking, more pubs. Tarn Hows in the pouring rain and the Black Bull pub in Coniston for relief. Chesters (lovely cafe/shop by Skelwith Bridge) totally overflowing so we left, as was Ambleside. Derwentwater and the Borrowdale valley stunning in their reds, russets, yellow and orange colours. Excellent walk from Rosthwaite and the cute Flock Inn cafe at Yew Tree Farm. The Lake District in autumn...wet and wild but still ....wow!