A visit to the Lake District wouldn’t be complete (for Jude anyway) without a trip on a boat. And since the forecast for the day was a sort of cloudy grey, we opted to catch a ‘steamer’* from the aptly named village of Lakeside to Bowness-on-Windermere.
*Our outward journey would be on the MV (Merchant Vessel) Tern, which was built in 1891, but I’ve since learnt that it’s not driven by steam at all but is motor powered.
After a little retail therapy and a nice lunch, we returned on the MV Teal, which was built in 1936. (See pic 8).
The boats link up with the Lakeside and Haverthwaite railway, which is only 3.2 miles/5k long but, during the season, (broadly April through to the end of October) mostly runs steam trains to take people back and forth, as you will see from the last few pictures.
A perhaps little known, but useful piece of information here, (for keen UK quizzers or maybe those who holiday in exotic locations by the sea) is that all British owned ships must fly a flag with the Union (Jack) flag in the top left corner. The remainder of the flag is either red, indicating a merchant vessel (as with the Tern and Teal); white, together with a St George’s Cross, for the Royal Navy, or blue for other ships, which have a special warrant from the Admiralty.
For more information on Windermere Lake Cruises, check out this Visit Cumbria website.
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I’m a bit the same way as your wife. The last time I was in the Lakes , I was on board a steamer on Ullswater 🙂 🙂
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Funnily enough we were watching a programme on UK TV about that last night, (Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out). The Lake District is certainly a beautiful place. Wish we could travel back there now! (Though we’ve had some snow overnight, so our valley is looking pristine again). 😊
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Eek- snow! 🙂 🙂
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Yes, we generally get a second load around this time of the year, though it’s a little late this year. The cross country ski pistes had all but melted away, though there were people on the downhill slopes yesterday. They should be very happy today. I may go out later and take some photos to post. 😊
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