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Offline cullygti

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Re: lake district
« Reply #10 on: 01 May 2012, 19:51 »
great stuff  :cool:


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Re: lake district
« Reply #11 on: 01 May 2012, 20:55 »
Personally I'd avoid Windermere. I think it's over-rated, too touristy and busy. There are plenty of other nice quiet lakes. Head to Coniston and regale your kids with tales of Donald Campbell  :grin:

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Re: lake district
« Reply #12 on: 01 May 2012, 21:00 »
LD is awesome, its a lot like North Wales

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Re: lake district
« Reply #13 on: 01 May 2012, 21:25 »
great stuff guys only heard good things so looking forward to it thank you  :cool:


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Re: lake district
« Reply #14 on: 01 May 2012, 23:25 »
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Re: lake district
« Reply #15 on: 01 May 2012, 23:59 »
I went there for work, had to build an outdoor gym in a park.

I went with 2 other people, it was a 280 mile drive and all 3 of us went in an old transit, we got there for 09:00 Monday morning and came back Saturday night at 20:00, we worked 16 hours per day, we loaded the van Sunday afternoon with more stuff, Monday morning the other 2 went back but I didn't as by boss needed me to do another job, I finished at 19:00, went picked up a few bits that hadn't been loaded on the van, went home showered, got my bag of clothes, had dinner then went and filled up with petrol and left at 22:00, did the 280 miles non stop in three and a half hours, got in bed by 02:00 and up again for 06:00 worked till 20:00 then went to bed, next day got up at 07:00 and started work, at 11:00 I then suggested we take the rest of the day off and climb a hill, as we had worked or bollocks off the week before, doubled the amount of hours we normally did per week and only got £30 extra for it, it was not my best idea, we were all shattered but said we're here so might as well, we all showered and had a little rest and set off at about 15:00, first bit was fun, but by half way we felt like giving up, for some reason I had to carry the rucksack full of beer, even though I don't drink, which made it even harder, it absolutely killed us doing it, but we were glad to get to the top, but some of the views are amazing. I would highly recommend going up one.







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Re: lake district
« Reply #16 on: 02 May 2012, 00:48 »
Bob that does look awesome but somehow I don't think the wife will be into it and certainly don't think my 4 year old daughter will as she is like her mother  :grin:


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Re: lake district
« Reply #17 on: 02 May 2012, 01:03 »
Could always tell her to do what the lazy locals do, go up on quads and trail bikes. :grin:

You can go up one, then across the top of all of them in a circle, back to where you started without touching a road, I will be going back at some point to do this. :evil:

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Re: lake district
« Reply #18 on: 02 May 2012, 11:33 »
now the quad sounds like a good idea  :evil:  :grin:


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Re: lake district
« Reply #19 on: 02 May 2012, 17:53 »
Grassmere is nice. Quiet but nice. And check the gingerbread out. Nearby is Wordsworth and all that and don't forget that Beatrix Potter is up there too...group on and tesco had vouchers recently. 

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