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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: YZ250 on 30 July 2013, 19:54:15
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Not many of you lot wanted to go so I've gone to Keswick on my own ;D .......oh, and the wife of course. :)
Lovely part of the country but possibly a bit too far for me for just a weekend, so I'm here for a few days. :y A fairly good trip up and the car used about a quarter of a tank to do the 270 mile journey, running a journey average of 58mpg at mostly 70'ish according to the computer. :o :o ........errr no not the Omega. ::) ;D
And no, my house isn't empty, there are probably more people in it now than when I left. ::) ;D Kids eh. ;D
Any suggestions on places to visit. Done Derwent Water boat trip today and a fair bit of walking but need to keep Mrs YZ happy. :) :)
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Get your ar-e up Helvellyn if your,e fit enough, Striding Edge- brilliant 8)
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Get your ar-e up Helvellyn if your,e fit enough, Striding Edge- brilliant 8)
Ooh, just googled Helvellyn. Better get my inhaler ready. ;D :y
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Not many of you lot wanted to go so I've gone to Keswick on my own ;D .......oh, and the wife of course. :)
Lovely part of the country but possibly a bit too far for me for just a weekend, so I'm here for a few days. :y A fairly good trip up and the car used about a quarter of a tank to do the 270 mile journey, running a journey average of 58mpg at mostly 70'ish according to the computer. :o :o ........errr no not the Omega. ::) ;D
And no, my house isn't empty, there are probably more people in it now than when I left. ::) ;D Kids eh. ;D
Any suggestions on places to visit. Done Derwent Water boat trip today and a fair bit of walking but need to keep Mrs YZ happy. :) :)
I went there for the first time a few years back and couldnt believe how nice it was , apart from the parking ticket we got for being 5 minutes late >:(
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Worth every gasp of air :y
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Worth every gasp of air :y
They may very well be my last if I climbed up there. ;D ;D :y
Would love to do it though. :y
Just looking at Helvellyn, why is it that no matter how high man climbs, a bloody sheep has gone higher. ;D ;D
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Pencil Museum and a couple of car museums in Keswick.
TBH, its more of a walking/sightseeing place. Thirlmere is worth a drive around. Obviously the passes - Wrynose and Hardknott, and the pass (forgotten name) at the end of Derwent Water where the slate mine (also worth a visit - esp if the RAF are practicing in the valley).
I found Sellafield interesting, but nowadays, you can only just go around the visitor centre.
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Obviously the passes - Wrynose and Hardknott,
Mrs egg refuses to go back to the lakes after a (grossly exaggerated) incident where the passenger side wheels of a ford Ka courtesy car *might* *possibly* have gone over the edge of a particular part of wrynose pass. A little bit. But I couldn't possibly comment. ::) :D
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Pencil Museum and a couple of car museums in Keswick.
TBH, its more of a walking/sightseeing place. Thirlmere is worth a drive around. Obviously the passes - Wrynose and Hardknott, and the pass (forgotten name) at the end of Derwent Water where the slate mine (also worth a visit - esp if the RAF are practicing in the valley).
I found Sellafield interesting, but nowadays, you can only just go around the visitor centre.
Aye , they had mad max v8 car in one of them but not the proper one and del boys 3 wheeler :y
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Windermere isn't too far away, take the mrs on the ferry from there to Ambleside. Beautiful wee place. :y
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Cheers for all the suggestions. At least I've got something to go on now. I'll hopefully visit as many places as I can if the weather holds out. :y
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Pencil Museum and a couple of car museums in Keswick.
TBH, its more of a walking/sightseeing place. Thirlmere is worth a drive around. Obviously the passes - Wrynose and Hardknott, and the pass (forgotten name) at the end of Derwent Water where the slate mine (also worth a visit - esp if the RAF are practicing in the valley).
I found Sellafield interesting, but nowadays, you can only just go around the visitor centre.
Aye , they had mad max v8 car in one of them but not the proper one and del boys 3 wheeler :y
Honister pass T.B. :y
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Car museums all gone. Cars all bought by an American and are in the states now :(
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Car museums all gone. Cars all bought by an American and are in the states now :(
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Car museums all gone. Cars all bought by an American and are in the states now :(
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Yep, definitely both gone, since around Feb 2011 apparently. I was there today and although the "Cars of the Stars" sign is still up, a sign saying 'massive car sale' is plastered all over it. :y
Went for a drive around some of the places suggested today. Mrs YZ was not at all happy on some of the narrow roads with a drop on the nearside. ;D ;D
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I'll pencil you out for a driving holiday in rural Spain then. ;D ;D
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I'll pencil you out for a driving holiday in rural Spain then. ;D ;D
Probably for the best. ;D ;D