Road trip to Lake District part 1

I went on my first long road trip on the 'lil Mini Cooper up North last bank holiday weekend. We left early on Saturday morning and avoided the bank holiday rush hour traffic from the night before.

Our first stop was Barrow-in -Furness located on the Southwest of Scotland. It was an industrial town which used to be one of the major shipbuilding force in UK and grew to be one of the biggest iron and steel centre in the world.

We drove up to Walney Island which was a ten mile long island. Between Barrow and Walney Island is Piel Island. This tiny island is home to Piel Castle which was built by the monks of Furness Abbey to protect the harbour from the Scots.

The weather was kind to us and we enjoyed the sunshine and looked for 'la-la' and crabs which were brought up to shore due to the low tide.

Later on in the evening we took a drive along Esthwaite Water lake which is known to be one of the best places to fish for trout and pike. There were campsites along the whole lake of people fly fishing. London life seemed miles away when we were enjoying the scenery and the fresh air.



The next day we headed for Windermere Lake..the best way to enjoy Windermere is to hire a boat along the lake and that's exactly what we did. Fad & Ezro did a great job as our boat drivers. Thanks guys!! The place was popular with tourists from all parts of the world...after a spot of souvenir shopping we headed to our next destination...Scotland!! To be continued in the next part.........