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Transportday. Leaving York at 10 am and a short train-ride to Leeds. From here a lovely ride on the train to Carlisle, across the Yorkshire Dale National Park. This trainride is supposed to be one of the most beautiful in the country. In Carlisle at 1.30 and then there's a long wait before I can go on. But luckily theres a nice pub just around the corner from the railway-station.

Next train is at 3 o'clock. A short trip to Penrith. Then a bus to Keswick in The Lake District. This complicated journey is finished at 4 when I check in at Linnett Hill Hotel.

Keswick is a cozy little town - quite a lot of tourists. It's in the norhern part of Lake District, right beside the lake Derwantwater. This area is extremely beuatiful, so I take a long walk along the lake, before I find myself with a huge steak-pie in a local pub. Finally I visit Fitzpark, where local youth is having fun playing cricket. 

Tuesday, july 6'th

I start this day with a "cruise". Small boats are sailing around Lake Derwantwater. You can jump on and off at 7 different spots around the lake, take a walk - and then hop on the next boat arriving. My first stop is Hawes End. Next stop is Ladore. From here theres a nice walk to Grange in the Borrowdale-area. It's really nice out her. I take a sandwich and a 7-up at a local cafe, before I head back for the boat, and the last part back to Keswick
   

I have bought myself a little booklet "Short walks in the Keswick and Borrowdale area". My second day-tour is no. 1 in this book. It's a 3 km long walk around Keswick that brings me to Castlehead, with a nice view of the lake and the city. On the way down I meet some japanes looking for the castle. I have to disappoint them - it's no castle, just a place with a nice view.

Dinner at the the pub "Dog & Gun". A locale speciality - a Cumberland-sausage. I'm not going to tell what it looks like.........

Wednesday, july 7'th

I start this day with no. 11 in "short walks...". This walk is headed for Castlerigg Stonecircle. It's a 4½ mile long walk according to my booklet. The walk takes you out of Keswick, and then up a long hill to Castlerigg Stonecircle. It's not nearly as famous as Stonehenge, but weird enough anyway. I'm not sure anyone knows why they made these circles of stones. But the view from up here is great as well.

Then down the hill again through a forest. There a plenty of "footpaths" around. The run across fields, with sheeps grassing right beside. These footpaths are public - you just have to remember to lock the gate behind you. 

Public footpaths on private property is nomal. I think Madonna ran into problems when she bought a property to stay away from the public, not noticing a footpath was running just beside the house. 

This walk is very nice. It takes about 3 hours. Back in Keswick I visit one of the more inferior museums I have seen. A pencil-museum, telling about the history of the pencil. Maybe it's because there's a famous pencil-factory in town. Haven't we all heard of the famous Keswick-pencils???. When you have paid the entrence for the museum, they even give you one of their pencils. Mine was a fine blue one. 

Back in town it's another visit to Fitz Park. No cricket today - just "bowls" - this is really England.........