Windermere bound tommorow

steve1975 · 26th May 2018, 14:11

Gonna take the V6 for a blast through the lakes tommorow with my 5yr old boy n then on to windermere for a few hours,trouble is he eggs me on to go quicker coz he likes the sound of it when it's opened up lol.
Anybody else got a trip planned?

Freebyrd · 26th May 2018, 14:28

I'll be in Bownes-on-Windermere on Monday for a week

. Cleaned the walking boots this morning.

steve1975 · 26th May 2018, 14:41

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Originally Posted by Freebyrd

I'll be in Bownes-on-Windermere on Monday for a week

. Cleaned the walking boots this morning.

Il be going to bowness too,lovely part of the country.

stevestrat · 26th May 2018, 15:12

I went to Windermere via the Kirkstone Pass (also known as "The Struggle"!) once, note ONCE . . . . never again!

BoroRover · 26th May 2018, 19:17

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Originally Posted by stevestrat

I went to Windermere via the Kirkstone Pass (also known as "The Struggle"!) once, note ONCE . . . . never again!

Yep, went up there in my 1.8, needed 1st gear quite a lot !!

Jim Jamieson · 26th May 2018, 19:59

Tommorow would have been my eldest brothers 73rd birthday.

Sadly he passed away in November last year so I will be visiting the farm in Muirkirk where we were both born.

The farm is no longer there after being “eaten up” with the opencast coal but over the years it has given me a place to visit and remember.

Fly high big brother.

reworht · 26th May 2018, 20:04

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Originally Posted by stevestrat

I went to Windermere via the Kirkstone Pass (also known as "The Struggle"!) once, note ONCE . . . . never again!

If you want some REAL hills in the Lake District - try Hardknott and Wrynose passes - they'll warm your clutch up for you

mbonwick · 26th May 2018, 21:20

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Originally Posted by stevestrat

I went to Windermere via the Kirkstone Pass (also known as "The Struggle"!) once, note ONCE . . . . never again!

The Struggle is not part of Kirkstone Pass - it's a separate road that connects the Pass with Ambleside

Comfortably Numb · 26th May 2018, 22:42

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The Struggle is not part of Kirkstone Pass - it's a separate road that connects the Pass with Ambleside

No, it's the first, very steep part of the Kirkstone pass as you leave Ambleside. There is no alternative route until you reach the Kirkstone Inn at the top of the pass.

Comfortably Numb · 26th May 2018, 22:50

PS, Langdale, leading to Hardknott and Wrynose Passes is a nightmare in a wide car with manual gearbox - you can't see over the walls or round corners, and you generally have to reverse to a passing place if you meet something. I prefer my tall, narrow, slow auto 4x4 for those roads.

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steve1975 Banned rover 75 saloon Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: workington Posts: 1,890 Thanks: 385 Thanked 449 Times in 279 Posts	Windermere bound tommorow Gonna take the V6 for a blast through the lakes tommorow with my 5yr old boy n then on to windermere for a few hours,trouble is he eggs me on to go quicker coz he likes the sound of it when it's opened up lol. Anybody else got a trip planned?

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Freebyrd Posted a thing or two MG ZT-T Join Date: May 2010 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,667 Thanks: 992 Thanked 384 Times in 277 Posts	I'll be in Bownes-on-Windermere on Monday for a week. Cleaned the walking boots this morning. __________________ MG ZT-T 180+Sports Auto Date of Birth: 21 May 2002

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stevestrat This is my second home ZT260 #243 (resting) Join Date: May 2010 Location: Prestonpans Posts: 22,486 Thanks: 650 Thanked 4,624 Times in 3,358 Posts	I went to Windermere via the Kirkstone Pass (also known as "The Struggle"!) once, note ONCE . . . . never again! __________________ Steve T4 Location Map

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Jim Jamieson This is my second home Rover less ! Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tarbolton Posts: 3,442 Thanks: 393 Thanked 888 Times in 542 Posts	Tommorow would have been my eldest brothers 73rd birthday. Sadly he passed away in November last year so I will be visiting the farm in Muirkirk where we were both born. The farm is no longer there after being “eaten up” with the opencast coal but over the years it has given me a place to visit and remember. Fly high big brother.

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Comfortably Numb Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Penrith Posts: 1,336 Thanks: 165 Thanked 303 Times in 241 Posts	PS, Langdale, leading to Hardknott and Wrynose Passes is a nightmare in a wide car with manual gearbox - you can't see over the walls or round corners, and you generally have to reverse to a passing place if you meet something. I prefer my tall, narrow, slow auto 4x4 for those roads.