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Neda comes out of the office with a big smile and a thumbs up. Yay, we have somewhere to sleep tonight!
The farm where we are staying. Sheep are our neighbours
Lots of holidayers too
The campground is crowded! Our tires squish the wet grass as we ride around looking for a clear spot to set up camp. The sun is peeking out from behind rain clouds, which gives us a window of dry weather to pitch our tent. Kids everywhere emerge from campers and tents to savour every last bit of dry weather before they have to go back to school next week. This is the way vacationing is done in the UK!
I know this small window of dry weather will be short, so as soon as we get the tent up, we walk into the tiny hamlet of Coniston to find a warm and dry place to sit down, grab a cold pint of some local Cumbrian ale and some Internet. At least the weather looks good tomorrow.
And it is! We head out into the sunshine of the Lake District the next morning.
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Why do they call it the Lake District? There are twenty-one large bodies of water here, a lot of other smaller ones
But only one of them is actually called a "lake". The Brits have other names for these, like meres, tarns and waters. That lake we crossed yesterday wasn't Lake Windermere, it's just Windermere.
Very pretty here. Neda says it reminds her of a Thomas Kinkade painting. I have to Google who Thomas Kinkade is. Nice! I can see why this is such a popular place for hiking and camping. But that's not the reason we are here. We're motorcyclists and we like riding roads.
Heading up the single track road of Hardknott Pass
The weather is cooperating beautifully with us as we twist and wind our way around the Duddon Valley. There's still a little bit of the holiday traffic on the roads, but everyone is polite and pulls over to let us pass at the next pullover.
Twisty tarmac as far as the eye can see on the Hardknott Pass
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We get held up at a series of hairpin bends. No room for the cars ahead of us to pullover!
Whee! We like hairpins!
Such beautiful scenery!
While nowhere near as scenic as the Scottish Highlands, the Lake District does offer up some great views without having to travel the distance to the northern-most reaches of the island.
Onwards, we march!
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welcome back Gene & Neda
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Great to see the stories back on line
Hope you guys are good
Gino & Fiona
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