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Lake District Long Weekend

06/01/21 | England, Hiking, Lake District, National Trust, Travel

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day or great Bank holiday weekend! I had ben looking forward to our Lake District long weekend for months and it did not disappoint.  We stayed on lake Windermere, the largest lake in England, for the bank holiday weekend. As Mark had been a handful of times before we planned a weekend of hikes, visits to adorable English villages, and delicious food.

We started Friday night with a dinner at Francine’s in downtown Windermere. On Saturday we hiked Old Man of Coniston, then visited the adorable town of Keswick, and finished with dinner and drinks at our hotel. On Sunday, we did the big hike up Helvellyn, the third-highest point both in England. We decided to take the most famous and most difficult route, the Striding Edge ascent which I later found out is called the “Scrambling Route”. Our delicious dinner at Hooked was a welcome end to the day.

With a few more blisters than we started with we took a boat tour of the lakes on Monday before heading back to London. Overall a wonderful trip even if it did take us nearly eight hours to get home last night. Take a look at some of my favorite shots from our Lake District long weekend in chronological order:

London Travel Blogger Overlooking Coniston from the top of the Mountain

 Overlooking Coniston from the top of the mountain

Sheep on a Cliff in the North of England

 Sheep on a Cliff in the mountain

Kelly and Mark at the Summit of Old Man of Coniston 

With Mark at the Summit of Old Man of Coniston

On the path down from the peak of the mountain Old Man of Coniston 

On the path down from the top of Old Man of Coniston

Luchini's Homemade Ice Cream in Keswick

Delicious homemade Nutella ice cream in the town of Keswick

The 70 foot Aira Force waterfalll in Ullswater

The 70 foot Aira Force waterfalll in Ullswater

Lake District Long Weekend - Travel Blogger Overlooking Glenridding and Ullswater Lake on the hike up the Mountain

Overlooking Glenridding and Ullswater Lake on the hike up the mountain

Lake District Long Weekend - Row Boats for Hire in Ambleside on Lake Windermere

The Striding Edge Scrambling Route on Helvellyn

Lake District Long Weekend - The Lake from the top of Helvellyn

The Lake from the top of Helvellyn

Rose Wine on the patio of the Hillthwaite Windermere Boutique Hotel

Rose on the patio of our hotel, the Hillthwaite Windermere Boutique Hotel

Lake District Long Weekend - Row Boats for Hire in Ambleside on Lake Windermere

Row Boats for Hire in Ambleside on Lake Windermere

Lake District Long Weekend - The National Trust Bridge House a 17th Century Home in Ambleside

The National Trust Bridge House, a 17th Century Home in Ambleside

British Flag on Windermere Lake Cruises Steamer

British Flag on Windermere Lake Cruises steamer journey

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Would you be interested in a Lake District long weekend?

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Comments

  1. Nan says

    June 6, 2021 at 6:18 pm

    Waterfalls are one of my favorite things. Not sure why but just can’t get enough of them so yes, I would like to visit there.

    Serious hiking you two did and so glad that you both like to do the same things.

    My boyfriend and I enjoy hiking too and they make for such a great get a way weekend.

  2. Christa says

    June 5, 2021 at 4:25 pm

    Hiking is one of my favorite things to do and yes indeed this would be right up my alley for a perfect hiking weekend.

    Those views are spectacular and you must have been quite proud when you to the top of a few of those. You go girl!

  3. Shelly says

    June 4, 2021 at 12:56 pm

    What a romantic get away weekend filled with a lot of hiking.

    Must have been so nice to get out of London!

Hi, I am Kelly and welcome to Sparkles and Shoes, a fashion, travel, and lifestyle blog founded in 2012.  After six years of living in London I am back in New York with my husband and two littles! 

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