Its Monday and the first day of holiday. We are off to the Lake District, Windermere to be precise. So a slow rise and a leisurely breakfast before feeding the hedgehog, putting out the rubbish and loading the car. Having got sweaty doing the chores I take a pre travel shower and feel all the better for it. My partner collects her prescription from the chemist and then we are ready to play car shuffle and get on our way.
The journey to the M1 is smooth but its a different story once on the M1. There is obviously a problem and almost immediately we are crawling. Thankfully the crawl to the A50 takes us off the M1 and we then get underway. Stoke the M6 is okay and then of course the M6 starts t be the M6, it is intermittent progress. We stop earlier than I planned to get coffee and something to eat. Once past Liverpool things speed up and we get on with it. We get to Windermere and the fun starts. We go round and round Bowness and Windermere trying to find the hotel. Eventually we get there adn ae met at the barrier by a chirpy inquisitor who checked me out before he let us in.
We are greeted and helped to register in and given a guided tour of the facilities. By the time our guide shows us to our room our bags have been delivered. Our guide shows us how the hot tub works and wises us well. We immediately go to the “pub and swimming pool” for a drink adn a nosey around. Every where people are wandering around in white fluffy robes. It seems incongruitous in England but there it is. We go to the cocktail bar order drinks and then eat, drink more and have coffee while we chat. The nice thing about being in a hotel is that you can eat what you want and not be constrained by what is being prepared for the family. Feeling tired we return to the room and unpack and get comfortable. I take the opportunity to catch up on the blog against the background of Silent Witness. I’m hoping for a good nights sleep and a good first day of exploring. I have a clean notebook with me so I hope my exploring is more than geographical.
