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Tour D - Full day nine lakes
photographers tour
Tour
Highlights
- Tarn Hows
– one of Lakelands most beautiful views
- One of Europes
Top Three Best Drives as voted by European car rental specialists
Alamo Rent A Car
- Coniston
water
- High mountain
ranges
- Grasmere
- gingerbread and Dove Cottage
- Ashness Bridge
– the most photographed in the Lake District
- Surprise
View – a great photo opportunity
- Castlerigg
Stone Circle – Lakeland’s Stonehenge
- Optional
cruise on Lake Windermere at the end of the tour
This tour covers many of the filming locations used in the making
of the film Miss Potter and can be combined with Tour A for a
full Miss Potter Lakeland experience
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An
exciting six hour tour showing every aspect of the Lake District
including nine beautiful lakes - Tarn Hows, high mountain
ranges, Coniston village, Swallows and Amazons, the area of
the Poet
Wordsworth at Grasmere and Dove Cottage, history
of Thirlmere's man-made lake. There are fantastic photo opportunities
at Ashness Bridge and Surprise View at Derwentwater plus walks
through two famous Lakeland towns. Visit the 5000 year old
stone circle at Castlerigg (our own mini Stone Henge) and
still be back in time to do some shopping or connect with
your London train.
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pick
up from your guesthouse. We travel up the eastern shore
of Lake Windermere towards Ambleside, enjoying superb
views of mountain and lake
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Passing
through narrow lanes along the river Brathay we stop
at Spy Hill for a wonderful mountain view of the Langdale
Pikes. Soon we reach Tarn Hows (a small lake nestled
in the mountains) and one of England's most beautiful
views before passing beneath the mountain of Coniston
Old Man to Coniston Water.
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We
stop near Yew Tree Farm, a Farm House built in the 17th
Century that today is one of the most photographed farms
in the Lake District. The Farm was purchased in 1930
by Beatrix Potter who in hard economic times encouraged
her tenants to welcome visitors. This farm was used
as the setting for Hill Top in the Miss Potter movie.
When possible a short walk above the road provides us
with a wonderful view of the farm and surrounding mountains.
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We
continue to Grasmere village where you may sample the
famous Grasmere gingerbread, visit Dove
Cottage the home of William Wordsworth
and the 750 year old church of St Oswald.
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Departing
Grasmere we follow the A591 past Thirlmere and the many
waterfalls cascading down the mountain side. Voted to
be one of the top three best drives in Europe by Alamo
Rent A Car we are treated to magnificent Lakeland scenery
as we approach Keswick. We climb high above the eastern
shore of Derwentwater, one of Miss Potter's favourite
places and the setting for The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin,
to see two of the most photographed sights in Lakeland
- Ashness Bridge and SurpriseView.
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Arrive
in the market town of Keswick for lunch and time for shopping.
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Depart
Keswick for Castlerigg. 5000 years ago Neolithic tribes
constructed a stone circle at Castlerigg, our tour enters
the circle so that you may photograph this amazing location.
We drive back through the beautiful St John's in the Vale
with time for more photo opportunities.
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Arrive
Bowness and transfer to your guesthouse.
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TOUR
PRICE PER PERSON
Adult £48 Child (aged 4-11) £26
Tour
operates Tues, Wed, Thurs and Friday with a minimum of two persons
WHAT YOUR TOUR INCLUDES
- Services
of driver guide
- Pick
up and drop off in the Bowness, Windermere, Kendal,
Ambleside area
- Reasonable
deviations from normal schedule on request
- The
most beautiful scenery in England!
WHAT
YOUR TOUR DOES NOT INCLUDE
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Lakes Tour Photo Gallery
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Derwent Blencathra 
