Ferries

 Wednesday 24 May!

 

Once again the weather was lovely and yet, my family got ready at a glacial pace. Today we were going to take the ferry down Lake Windermere. Now, apparently, I have been on the ferry before however, I was around 2 years old and I couldn’t remember. On that trip we had to sit below deck so I wouldn’t jump into the lake therefore, the view wasn’t great. Also, last time, we only went as far as Barrow-on-Windermere; this time, we were going to go around the whole Lake.

 

Once again, we drove into Ambleside instead of walking. We arrived at the ferry port quite early. We therefore had time to look around a couple of shops. My grandad found some chocolate Kendell mint cake, which he loved.

 

The ferry we boarded looked brand new. What was cool was that the upper-deck had walls however, these were made of glass. I could therefore look out into the sea as we travelled. It was a beautiful day, and hot. Fortunately, the breeze coming off the lake provided an ambient temperature which I was very grateful of.

 

We got off at Barrow-on-Windermere. We didn’t have long before our next ferry therefore my grandparents and my mum walked around some local shops whereas my dad, my uncle and I walked slowly towards a single tourist shop before returning to the boat.

 

The next ferry wasn’t as nice as the first one we boarded. It was a little older and yet, my dad said that it had ‘character’ … whatever that meant. The trip down this part of the lake was lovely. There were less buildings than along the northern part of the lake. Just above the waters edge, the occasional house seemed placed in-between wooded hills. Again, the weather was amazing and the whole family agreed that, so far this holiday, we had been very lucky indeed.

 

Once we had completed a circle of the southern end of Lake Windermere, we returned to Barrow-on-Windermere. We decided to not board the ferry we were scheduled for and, instead, we would board a later vessel. With the additional time we headed right and onto Barrow’s big parkland near the lake. Mum and Dad went and bought some dinner which we all enjoyed.

 

Once consumed we boarded the ferry back to Ambleside and the car. The older members of my family were pretty tired therefore, back to the flat we went. Mum, Dad and I decided to go into Ambleside once more to do a bit of shopping. This included dad getting a new board game. One thing that was puzzling me was, when was dad going to the cinema? We were leaving the Lake District tomorrow and surely; he was running out of time.

 

So this ends our final day within the Lake District. I know that I have been here a lot in my short life however, I am always sad to leave.

 

Hopefully it won’t be long before we return.

 

Toodle Pip!