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DRIVE 19: The Poetry of the Lakes

PLAN YOUR DRIVE

Start/finish: Carlisle to Coniston.

Number of days: 5, including a half

day at Carlisle.

Distances: Approximately 217 km

(135 miles).

Road conditions: The roads are good,

but watch out for straying sheep.

When to go: Spring is the ideal time to

see hosts of golden daffodils; May–Jun is

when the azaleas are ablaze; summer is

fun but busy; and Oct for the blaze of

autumn colour.

Opening times: Galleries, museums

and attractions are generally open

10am–5pm, but often close earlier Nov–

Easter. Shops are often open longer.

Churches are usually open until dusk.

Main market days: Keswick: Sat;

Carlisle: Carlisle Farmers’ Market, first Fri

of month; Covered Market, closed Sun.

Shopping: Look out for gingerbread in

Grasmere, ice cream in Buttermere, fine

relishes in Hawkshead and fudge in

Coniston. There are also wool products

and glass products from Ambleside.

Major festivals: Cumbria-wide:

Cumbria Life Food and Drink Festival,

Apr–May; Lake District Summer Music

Festival, Aug; Carlisle: International

Summer Festival, Jul; Cockermouth:

Summer Festival, Jul; Keswick: Film

Festival, Feb; Words by the Water, Mar;

Jazz Festival, May; Grasmere: Lake

Artists Society Summer Exhibition, Aug;

Coniston: Water Festival, Jul.

Above Lake Windermere cruiser

Princess of the Lake, see p204

DAY TRIP OPTIONS

Families will love discovering Carlisle

with its fortifications and cathedral,

followed by a visit to Cockermouth with

its castle ruins. Continue to Whinlatter

Forest Park for a walk or bike ride. Learn

about Lakeland stone at Keswick’s

ancient stone circle, climb the Bowder

Stone, cross Honister Pass, go down a

slate mine and take in the scenery on

a walk by Buttermere Lake. Poetry lovers

will relish seeing Wordsworth’s cottage

and burial place at Grasmere; his home

at Rydal Mount, as well as Ambleside

and Hawkshead – and enjoy a walk or

go fishing. For full details, see p205.

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