Friday, September 08, 2006
Tyson evacuated a whole carriage!!!!!!!
This post came from Kate:
Thought I would send a quick email on our latest weekend away. We had a bank holiday so decided to go to a b&b in the lake district which is a couple of hours train ride north of London. It is basically country setting around a series of about 16 lakes, the biggest being lake Windermere which we were staying by. Very scenic and very English. Most people go for the quaint English country side, and many walking trails.
Having heard great things from Craig and Jane, and anyone else who had been there, we were very excited to say the least.
Started very early on Saturday morning on the overland train. About an hour into the trip Tyson decided he needed to go to the toilet. On finishing his business, a guard was outside with a disgusted looking face, locked the door and put yellow tape over it to stop anyone going in. Then comes the voice-over " we apologise for the foul smell coming from the toilet in Carriage B – We have locked this toilet for use, please feel free to move to another carriage". I kid you not – this is actually what happened – Tyson evacuated a whole carriage!!!!!!! I couldn't stop laughing the whole way.
On arrival, we walked into the next town, then onto Grasmere, the next village about 1.5 hours away. Bought some famous home baked Gingerbread – best I have ever had – then headed back to Ambleside where we were staying for dinner at a lakeside pub.
Sunday we decided to walk to Haverthwaite – about 6 hours away. Great views, many sheep and winding roads, it was really relaxing and not too hard (although Tys had to pull me up the steeper bits). As we were high up, could see all the way across the lake and surrounding hills. There were quite a few close shaves as no foot path in some spots, and had to share the road with cars. At one point a couple walking behind us had stopped to hug the side of the road as a congestion of cars passed, then all of a sudden we heard this screeching. The driver ahead wasn't paying attention – we think he had been staring at Tyson's extremely white brand spanking runners, as had most people who passed us – and ploughed straight into the wall about a metre in front of them. Pretty scary. Finally arrived, a bit wet and tired legs, but well worth it. After finding only 3 buses ran on Sunday's, finally caught a steam train and ferry back to Ambleside.
Went on our final trail on Monday before we left – up an old track and through a farm with views out all over the lake – it was spectacular.
Thought I would send a quick email on our latest weekend away. We had a bank holiday so decided to go to a b&b in the lake district which is a couple of hours train ride north of London. It is basically country setting around a series of about 16 lakes, the biggest being lake Windermere which we were staying by. Very scenic and very English. Most people go for the quaint English country side, and many walking trails.
Having heard great things from Craig and Jane, and anyone else who had been there, we were very excited to say the least.
Started very early on Saturday morning on the overland train. About an hour into the trip Tyson decided he needed to go to the toilet. On finishing his business, a guard was outside with a disgusted looking face, locked the door and put yellow tape over it to stop anyone going in. Then comes the voice-over " we apologise for the foul smell coming from the toilet in Carriage B – We have locked this toilet for use, please feel free to move to another carriage". I kid you not – this is actually what happened – Tyson evacuated a whole carriage!!!!!!! I couldn't stop laughing the whole way.
On arrival, we walked into the next town, then onto Grasmere, the next village about 1.5 hours away. Bought some famous home baked Gingerbread – best I have ever had – then headed back to Ambleside where we were staying for dinner at a lakeside pub.
Sunday we decided to walk to Haverthwaite – about 6 hours away. Great views, many sheep and winding roads, it was really relaxing and not too hard (although Tys had to pull me up the steeper bits). As we were high up, could see all the way across the lake and surrounding hills. There were quite a few close shaves as no foot path in some spots, and had to share the road with cars. At one point a couple walking behind us had stopped to hug the side of the road as a congestion of cars passed, then all of a sudden we heard this screeching. The driver ahead wasn't paying attention – we think he had been staring at Tyson's extremely white brand spanking runners, as had most people who passed us – and ploughed straight into the wall about a metre in front of them. Pretty scary. Finally arrived, a bit wet and tired legs, but well worth it. After finding only 3 buses ran on Sunday's, finally caught a steam train and ferry back to Ambleside.
Went on our final trail on Monday before we left – up an old track and through a farm with views out all over the lake – it was spectacular.
# posted by Barb @ 10:00 pm 
