The Holibobs

Hello, yes i know its been ages.
I'm sorry!

Anyway, we have just come back from a week away in the Lake district. and to be honest it was one of the best I've had. Not only was it the first time Shelley had been there, but also the kids. Ive been a few times and fell in love with the place instantly, i think its the fresh air and the amazing scenery that got me.

I booked a cottage through Keswick Cottages, a lovely 3 bed right in the middle of Keswick village. Me and Shell had the attic room, and the view's from the front and back windows, well have a look.....

Front

We were very lucky with the weather, has it was the end of October. We had one bad day, so we had a games day. Keswick has a brilliant local market every Thursday and Saturday, so eating fresh produce everyday was what we all needed. We visited the Pencil museum which the kids loved, and they got some free bits for completing the quiz. Then in the afternoon we went to the Puzzling Place, which is an optical illusions place. It was interesting, but not really worth what we paid to get in. On the Monday we went to a place called Reghed, basically a craft shop complex built into the side of a hill. The indoor play Area went down well.

Tuesday was a very good day. We went to Grizedale Forest, not far from lake Coniston. The place was awesome and a walkers dream, with walks of all levels. Littered around the walks were sculptures of all shapes and sizes and some were hidden, so the boys enjoyed searching for them.

One of the kids!

The weather was fantastic, and we spent most of the day there. Then when we got back to the cottage, the view that greeted us from our bedroom window, well...

We made the most of our last day on Friday, and drove over to Maryport. They have an aquarium of the Lakes, really good and plenty to do and look at. Then finished the day off visiting a Twitter friend, couldn't of asked for a more perfect way to finish.

So there you go, you don't have to be a walker to get the best out of the Lake District, and the cottage was lovely and well worth the £400 we paid for it. I would recommend it to anyone, ive come back all relaxed after the crap year weve had. And just so you know were already planning to go back.

Next stop London and Wicked the musical!!

Thanks for reading

Offski