This week marks our first anniversary with Hans. We've had a lot of fun with him in our first year, clocking up 38 nights away (we think, we've lost track!) and lots of happy memories.
Massive thanks go to Chris from Ikonic Kampers for selling us such a cracking van. Hans sailed through his MOT last week without a single thing needing to be done. Not bad for a 17 year old vehicle. Here's to many more years together! After two action packed days at Lake Windermere, we upped the ante on Monday and booked ourselves onto a Treetop Trek at Brockhole visitor centre, just a few miles up the road from Bowness.
We hopped on the bus at the ferry terminal and got a family day ticket for an eye watering £20 - not the best value public transport, especially as we only wanted to travel a few miles! But at least the bus dropped us outside Brockhole, a popular tourist centre with playparks, visitor centre, nature hides and more. And Treetop Trek too, of course. We had booked the shorter version, feeling two hours and 17 metres up was a bit much for a first attempt. It was also a bit cheaper - £68 for the hour, while the 2 hour trek was £100. The 1 hour trek is suitable from age 5, and the 2 hour one from age 7. As we made our way up to the main centre for a quick lunch before we headed to the trees, we passed under the rope bridges and aerial slides of the longer, more challenging trek and the Tornado Twins eyes were out on stalks. It looked amazing and I was slightly disappointed we'd chosen to do the shorter trek. It's the October holidays here in Scotland and we've been making the most of the break by spending the last four nights in Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District. It's a place I'd not visited since I was a kid, but time and money had always conspired against us returning. Not this time though!
We set off on Friday morning in pretty miserable weather, as was forecast. We weren't too worried though, as the rest of the weekend and beyond looked good, but it made driving conditions for Tommy a little tricky. Thankfully, by the time we reached Cumbria, it had dried up a little. We took the scenic route through the North Lakes area, passing by Ullswater and over Kirkstone Pass (that was interesting in a 3.5 tonne vehicle!) before arriving on the edge of Bowness, where our site, Fallbarrow Park, was sited. I'd previously mentioned in another post that our most expensive site so far was Laxdale Holiday Park in Stornoway, at £27 a night. Fallbarrow Park makes that look cheap, at £38 a night but it's amazing location made it worth the extra. Just a few minutes walk takes you into the centre of Bowness, where there are plenty of activities to keep you busy, without ever having to drive anywhere. The site is also on the banks of Lake Windermere, with lovely views and friendly wildlife (as long as you have some duck food). |
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