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Lake District - July 4, 2008 |
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Friday, 04 July 2008 |
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It appears London is not without traffic, sometimes worse than LA. We left the Lake District at 8:20am, headed to the hotel near Heathrow Airport where two of the guys were spending the night before leaving Saturday morning from Heathrow. Due to some horrible directions, TWICE, it took us an hour to find the hotel, which ended up being about 4:00pm. That's almost 8 hours, and it should have only taken 5 or 6. On top of that, I had to return the car near Stansted Airport, where I was flying out of the next day, a journey that should have only taken 50 minutes. It took two hours. We barely got there in time to return the car by the closing time of 6pm, then caught a cab to the airport where I slept. I never thought there would be so many people camping out at the airport, but there were plenty. There were younger people, older people, families, including families with infants! I didn't get much sleep, maybe three hours, but I guess it was enough. It was pretty loud even into the wee hours of the morning. Not really my idea of a rockin' 4th of July...
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Lake District - July 3, 2008 |
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Friday, 04 July 2008 |
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Today was the main day of hiking. We started at the hostel (100m, 328ft) and made our way to the top of High Spy (653m, or 2,143ft.) in Borrowdal. It was a rapid ascent, covering only 1 mile before getting to the top, but the views were worth it. On the way up there were rivers, sheep, goats, disused slate mines/quarries, and plenty of green hillsides. It made me feel like I was 10 again, except for the parts where I had to stop every 15 minutes to catch my breath, oh and the parts where everyone left me behind and called me grandpa. 
One of the disused mines. Was pitch black, but I put the camera on 15 second exposure and used flashlights to illuminate. 
At the peak of High Spy (653 meters) 
The foul weather coming to meet us on the way down...
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Lake District - July 2, 2008 |
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Friday, 04 July 2008 |
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We picked up our rental car today and started to make our way up to the Lake District, which is about 5 or 6 hours northwest of London. Of course, they drive on the left side here, and the driver’s seat is on the right. It took a short bit of getting used to, but I got the hang of it soon enough (a manual transmission, too). After about 6 hours and at least three pit stops, plus a few stops within the Lake District, we arrived in Borrowdale (I was driving, so I don't have many pictures...). 
Our mighty Volkswagen Polo Driving though Windermere 
On the way to Borrowdale 
View from our hostel room Originally, we were planning on renting sleeping bags and tents and just camping. A few resources said there would be plenty of places that rent gear. We didn’t find one. Instead, we sought shelter at a youth hostel, which turned out to be a much better idea. We got a shared room (but only had to share it for one night), two dinners, two breakfasts, and a packed lunch for our hike on Thursday, all for about $130/person. After dinner, we went for a short-ish hike. 
View from the top of the hill/mountain we hiked
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