Ambleside Travel Blogs

My second night in London was better than the first - either the snorers didn't snore or I was just way too tired to notice! Got ready by about 540am, the taxi was waiting by the YHA and we were in Euston station around 615a. I'd passed by tons of "Delice de France" bakery chains in London on vario…

I got up in the morning, and noshed on my leftovers from the night before, and then caught the hostel shuttle out to Ambleside. I was really excited about this hostel, because the pictures I'd seen of the building on the internet were quite posh looking. It turns out (as I learned MANY times over t…

We slept in a little following the big night of jigsaw action so it was a bit of a rush getting up, showered, packed, breakfast and checking out.  We sort of followed the same plans as the day before and just drove around seeing the sights.  Spent an hour or so driving around the Lakes…

The lake district

The previous night was partylicious it appears and the hostel didn't do us any favours. We woke up tired, late and some of us didn't have time to dress up properly. In a word, knackered! I wasn't feeling too well. Fiona and I went for a walk in the town. Pretty little town this Ambleside. I'd love …

My day started with a bus ride through the narrow winding roads of the Lake District - slightly unnerving when the bus speeds round corners of the supposedly-two-lanes roads - we did come face-to-face with a rather large truck & the bus had to reverse a few hundred metres up the road to get to …

I woke up nice and early, hungry and ready for breakfast, I was able to get a shower without any waiting and decided to strip the bed before heading down.  Guess what I found; yes you guessed it, my bloody watch!  That quilt cover was even tougher than I had first thought, pinching my…

Breakfast was a test of Welsh language. We had to greet the lady owner in Welsh in exchange for our breakfast. The breakfast was sooo nice, the table was set in traditional English dining set, hot plate with hashbrown, beans, tomato, toasts, eggs, bacon and sausage. I love breakfast with more the c…

Just spent the weekend over in the Lake District. We completed the 24 peaks challenge for seafarers UK. You climb the highest 24 peaks in the

Lara and Steph's Great Big Fantastic Adventure!!!! A road trip aroud the UK and Busabout through Europe!

In the morning, I checked out of the hostel and embarked on the five-mile hike to the train station.  From the road, I could see Ray Castle sitting on the mountainside across Lake Windermere, but I would have to rely on memory to record the image since it was too distant to show well in photos…