Never been to the lake district.. so im planning a weekend with the other-half without the chav in mid august.

Does anybody have any ideas for a nice route and possible stayovers with the scoob.(which is the main reason why i want to go really of course )

Any help would be great. as ill do a short write up on it for 'true grip'. Thats if 'Blue boy' has'nt been there..

Cheers.
Simon..

 

Nobodys been then....cant be that bad..

 

I would be able to recommend a hotel to steer clear of, made Fawlty Towers look like a 5 star jobbie, but I can't remember the name. It was an old grey stone building on the outskirts of Grassmere. Looks great, thay have a resident group of Badgers that come out to feed on an evening, and TBH, you'd be forgiven for thinking they let them run the place through the day.


As for roads, you MUST do Wrynose Pass and Hardknott Pass. A proper rectum twitcher

This was taken from the top of Wrynose, looking over towards Hardknott

 

Although I've spent quite a bit of time up there, I can't recommend any specific accommodation as I stay at a place owned by a holiday club I'm in. Keswick and Ambleside are very popular if you want the amenities of a town.
As Sticky says above, the Hardknott and Wrynose are well worth a visit, although the extreme nature of these roads makes them more an experience than a drivers pleasure. Very narrow, extremely twisty, stupidly steep in places, and with very hard rock either side making any corner clipping potentially deadly. Add the wet, gravel and farm spoil and you have a recipe for disaster, although the many Rover drivers in their flat caps can make it safer as there is nowhere to pass and they'll be doing 15mph max. The uphill hairpins (depending on direction) are a joy if you can drift the Scoob.
Also worth driving is Honister Pass, Kirkstone Pass and Whinlatter Pass. Pretty much all the roads are enjoyable to a driver though. Cumbria is the only region who use mobile (s)camera vans at night as they are trialling them, but they tend to be on major routes (A6, A590/1 etc) and in towns/villages, but keep an eye out for the signs.
If you fancy something different whilst up there, I can recommend Kankuu off-roading experience. IIRC it cost us £150 for a full day, but we drove around the Grizedale rally stages and over Old Man Coniston (a bit like when JC took that Landy up the Scottish mountain, much to the irritation of the ramblers ). Fantastic day out.
There's plenty of places to hire MTB's and trails to suit all abilities, and off course loads of opportunity for some awesome walks. Tourist Info at Bowness can supply books, maps and routes to suit your fitness and the weather.

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BTW Andy, you should always use your bestest photo...