It’s now officially Autumn but Lady Hughes an myself were not deterred as we set off to the Lake District last Monday, We had booked a couple of days ‘glamping‘ in a Hobbit Hole at the beautiful ‘Quiet Site‘ looking down on Ullswater, in the north-eastern fells.
A Hobbit Hole is camping, but instead of a tent you have a heated room with en-suite toilet, lights, patio, wi-fi and even usb charging points. You still sleep in sleeping bags, button a padded platform – probably the most comfortable camping I’ve ever done.
The day we arrived, the weather was overcast, grey and drizzly, but we were comfortable, especially when we found the camp pub.
Evening meals were courtesy of our little BBQ, but the charcoal I had was of a very special non-flammable variety which meant it took an hour to get it going. Once it had sparked into life however, sat in deckchairs, watching the sun set over the lake while we tucked into our food,was beautiful.
Day two and three were stunning with great weather. We woke to see the low cloud burning off into blue skies.
We took our inflatable canoe to Derwentwater but we’d lent it to someone and when we pumped it up we found it had a puncture so that was a bit a disappointment but we were not downhearted. Instead we drove back to our Hobbit Hole and set off on hike to Gowbarrow.
At the summit we carried on to Aira Falls and around by the lake back to the site.
We’ve been to the Lakes many times over the years, but it’s always (usually) stunning, especially when you get the right conditions.
On a technical note, I’ve finally moved from Aperture for editing my photos to Adobe Lightroom and these are the first efforts – I’m really impressed with the software, I hope you like the pictures.
Chris
The Adventure Within 