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18 Classic Lakes

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Beatrix Potter are just a few of the literary luminaries Frizington # \ # \
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offers regular trips, or
1 Bowness-on- you can hire your own
Windermere rowing boat beside the
jetty and travel at your
England’s largest lake, own leisurely pace.
at nearly 9 miles long,
Windermere makes an 4 p259
obvious starting point The Drive » From Bowness,
for a Lakeland road trip. follow Rayrigg Rd north until it restaurants: don’t miss
The town is actually split joins the A591 which rolls all the a meal at the Lake Road
into two: Windermere, way to Ambleside, 6 miles north. Kitchen (p259), run by
a mile or so uphill from an imaginative chef who
the lake, and waterfront trained at the legendary
Bowness-on-Windermere. 2 Ambleside Noma in Copenhagen.
Cruising the lake is Around Windermere’s Afterwards, work off
the classic pastime upper end lies the old some calories with a
here: Windermere Lake mill town of Ambleside. walk up to the waterfall
Cruises (%015394-43360; It’s a pretty place, well of Stock Ghyll Force.
www.windermere-lakecruises. stocked with outdoors 5 p259
co.uk; tickets from £2.70) shops and some excellent

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