Lake District Places To Visit

The Lake District is filled with fun and exciting things to see and do for all the family of all ages. To simply enjoy the breathtaking views while on your journey to the Lake District is one thing but what can you do when you get there.

Muncaster offers a mine field of Lake District attractions in one place. As Cumbria covers a vast area it's also nice to know that all your requirements can be met at one establishment.
If travelling with children and being brave enough to venture out, Muncaster can especially cater for our little ones with many an activity to ensure they have a fun packed day with lots to see and do.
When browsing through brochures and wondering where or what to do that can offer perfect Lake District attractions without the need to rush other places for food or accommodation then Muncaster fits the bill in all aspects of the term!

Often we are geared for our holidays, destination firmly imprinted, accommodation sorted but then the last thing that we rarely consider and which only hits us once we arrive and unpack and have a chance to unwind is "what are we going to do?"
Whatever your age, what ever your size Muncaster Castle has attractions in the Lake District to occupy any curious mind or historic enthusiast. From discovering the legends within the castle, to ghost hunting! There really is so much on offer here that one day simply is not enough to justify you taking in all that Muncaster has to offer. Luckily, there is accommodation available whether it be 4 star accommodation, a guest house or simply a cottage to house the whole family, there really is no excuses why you can't come and sample the all round family fun that Muncaster has to offer.

One of the country's most beautiful and historic spots, possibly one the world's great places to visit, the Lake District. Made famous for its mountainous landscapes, Muncaster is nestled on the West coast of this highly tourism populated area. If looking for culture and remnants of history then Muncaster has the facility to satisfy that craving. Muncaster holds many events including haunted night for Halloween and Easter egg hunts for the Easter holidays. Offering facilities for school visits to the castle grounds and birds of prey centre it really is spectacular whatever the weather. While at the castle you can take five and relax at Creeping Kate's Kitchen serving sumptuous treats. Once fully recuperated and refreshed you are then fit to tackle the rest of the Muncaster castle grounds. With so much on offer you may find that you'll be right back the following day to discover other areas you missed the day before.

How else could we describe this colourful event? This is by far one of Cumbria's favourite annual events, the Festival of Fools offer the opportunity to place a smile on anyone's face. A sample of this year's highlights and performers as follows:
New for 2010 - We had Tom Fool's Foolish Flyer Zip Wire! From Tom's Tree in front of the Castle zoom at speeds of over 35MPH, 200 metres towards the River Esk. There were various side shows including a giant bouncy pirate ship, foolish ferret racing, as well as a bar and BBQ each day in the Marquee, plus all Muncaster's usual attractions - so why not come and enjoy next years Festival!
Muncaster Castle, never a dull moment!!

Wild Camping Highlights of 2011

A few clips of my wildcamps I threw together please like and comment
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Our camping trip in the Lake District

Ullswater in winter

boat on ullswater febuary 2007
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Wild Camping In The South Brecons, Wales. - WolfCrafter, Jimbo75, Alfeo, Atomic Bimbler
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The exclusiveness of Lake District Restaurants

A large number of people know the place by the name of The Lakes or Lakeland. This is typically a hilly region located in the north west of England. Every year millions of tourists come to this place to give them a wonderful break out of their hectic urban life schedule. The major attraction of this place is its amazing lakes and sky-scrapping mountains but this place has close connections with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth and the other famous Lake Poets.

This area has got its identity is the year 1951 when it was referred to as the Lake District National Park. The Lake District Park is the biggest of the all thirteen national parks in England and Wales, and the second largest in the UK. The best thing about this place is its wonderful people and their heart-touching hospitality.

For tourists, there are large numbers of local restaurants in the town. These Lake District restaurants are a true exhibition of hospitality and customer service that make them unique for tourist coming here.

This place has everything you look out from a fabulous tourist attraction. Right from untamed natural beauty to mouthwatering delicacies, there is everything you sought for. There is no limitation of your budget. Whatever your budget is, you can easily enjoy comfortable accommodation along with world-famous local dishes at all and Good Food in the Lake District restaurants here. One thing is sure after visiting this place that you will definitely come back here to enjoy the amazing local taste and world-class hospitality services.

Most of the Lake District restaurants offer a customised menu to deliberately hold the flavors of local cookery and British classics in-line with the seasons.

Do you want to know the secret to this fabulous taste? This is because these restaurant owners procure the raw ingredients directly from the famers. This process allows the chefs to retain the original taste of the ingredients to the prepared dishes. Before entering into any of the restaurants, it is good to check the menu online as most of the restaurants offer customised menus on different days of the week. Moreover, all restaurants have their dedicated websites where you can easily check the list of delicacies being served on that day. Just think of enjoying the great local food along with beautiful scenic location of the town. I am sure you won’t resist yourself from coming back to this place next year.

 

Explore the Lake District

'Red Wine Helps You Sleep on Trains' author Scott Dean explores the Lake District in England and gives some tips on getting around and where to stay.

Camping in the lake district when its snowing/hailing dogs cats and gullying it doon
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Lake District pottery

Since medieval times, the Lake District had its turners producing cups, platters and dishes from birch and sycamore. This rural craft became a famous largescale industry with the rise of the Lancashire cotton industry in the late eighteenth century. Steam-powered cotton spinning mills required millions of wooden reels and bobbins. Between the 1790s and 1860 over 60 bobbin mills were established in the Lake District, mainly in the High Furness area, but as far afield as Caldbeck, Keswick, Eskdale and Howtown. A few were purposebuilt mills, but the majority were adapted from other uses, in particular redundant iron furnaces, woollen mills and corn mills.

Luxury themed boutique Hotels in the lake district

The mills used mainly birch and sycamore, although beech produced smooth centres for large reels and ash, being an elastic wood, was ideally suited for making tool handles and oars.

Bobbins were turned on cast iron lathes made locally by Fell at Troutbeck Bridge near Windermere or Braith¬waite at Crook. Bobbin making was a labour-intensive industry and the working conditions continued unchanged well into the mid twen¬tieth century. Staveley near Kendal became the centre of the bobbin turning industry and today the Staveley Woodturning Company still produces turned tool handles.

The decline of the Lancashire cotton industry, the introduction of massproduced plastic bobbins and reels in the twentieth century, ultimately led to the eclipse of this well known Lakeland industry. Only Stott Park Bobbin Mill, to the north of Newby Bridge, dating from 1835 and working until 1971 is now open in the summer months as an excellent industrial museum.

Finally, in order to draw together all the various aspects of the indust¬rial landscapes with a common thread, it is worthwhile to examine water as a vital provider of power. Rivers, streams, tarns and lakes help to give the Lake District its distinctive character. When other areas abandoned water power in favour of steam power, the Lake District continued to rely on it well into the twentieth century. Within the fells, Lake District mining industry was dependent on water power for lifting the are out of the mines, for driving the crushers and for powering the pumps. Within remote areas some of the largest waterwheels in England were to be found in the mid nineteenth century.

To ensure a regular supply of water, elaborate water courses were engineered, running down the valley sides or crossing from one valley to another, a good lesson in water conservation. Fine examples are visible in the upper part of the Coniston Coppermines Valley dating from the 1830s to the 1850s. Within the mining areas the sur¬viving relics show a high degree of skill and ingenuity, from the massive stone dams holding back vast quantities of water, to the masonry-lined mill races and the neatly built, functional wheel-pits. At altitudes well over 1,000ft (300m), one can but marvel at the quality and precision of the massive slate block walls, still surviving long after other buildings and structures have disappeared.

In the more lowland areas no complete waterwheels survive at the old iron working sites, although the bloomsmithies, furnaces and forges were so dependent on water power for operating bellows and hammers. As with the mining sites, the iron industry required a slow axle speed and a constant supply of water for many weeks once a fur¬nace began in blast. Evidence of 'hammer' ponds and mill races can be traced, but within the wooded valleys the vegetation growth makes identification difficult. At the Duddon Furnace the water was channelled through the woods from the River Duddon for over 112 mile, to turn a low breast 27ft (8.5m) diameter wheel. During excavations in 1983 the remains of a wheel were found, preserved in the thick black mud. It dated from the 1820s and was made of pinewood with iron strappings, bolts and connecting plates. During the archaeological dig it was apparent that there had been at least three different sized wheels operating between 1738 and 1867.

Camping - The Genus Way

Video clips taken from Easter Camp 2006 in the Lake District. Why so much stuff? Well, we had a van... that's our excuse and we're sticking to it.
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time-lapse of a tent being built by us.. in lake district :) enjoy..