Day 1 – Sunday
Back at the beginning of November, Chris and I had a proper holiday in The Lake District. We stayed with our friend’s family and were made to feel very welcome. Often us going on holiday is a long way down the list after other things are taken care of so it gets put off a lot! I’ve always wanted to visit The Lake District so loved this opportunity. Well, I took lots of pictures and so they are going to be broken down into each day or you can find me on Instagram where a lot of them have been uploaded to.
We started Sunday by going to church as normal. This was quite funny as everyone expected us to be away so they kept asking when were we going. Others were asking if we’d had a nice time as I think they thought we’d just got back. Before we left for church we witnessed this outside our house. How many days do you see a horse-drawn cart going around the neighbourhood?
After church we had to do some bits then took Our Sidekick to my parents’ house where he was staying for the week. We got him settled, then popped to the supermarket for snacks for the journey. We were heading for Oldham tonight to break up the journey.
Chris had the sat nav set up on his phone so he had the directions. I’m not exactly sure how far along the journey but I dozed off and slept for a chunk of the way there. It was good to have my iPhone as it worked so well as a digital camera all week. There were some shots that would have been better having been taken with my DSLR but actually, it was pretty good all in all.
The problem with the clocks going back is that when you wake up following a nap and it’s dark outside you get really disorientated about how long you’ve been asleep and whether you should sleep for longer.
The people at the Travelodge we were staying at were lovely but it did seem like they were used to Sunday nights being quiet and that us being there was a bit of inconvenience. Then again I think there was an Indian wedding somewhere nearby as there were a lot of young ladies in saris in the hotel.
We went upstairs to our room to abandon our stuff and then looked about going somewhere for dinner. We’d seen a McDonald’s and KFC on the way but it was quite a way back towards the motorway from where we were staying. We had a look on the internet and found somewhere local but having compared the prices of the food on the internet menu it was going to be about the same to stay in the hotel and eat at their restaurant/cafe.
We headed downstairs – I had Lasagne (which had clearly been microwaved), it filled a hole but wasn’t the nicest. We watched Harry Hill’s TV Burp and a bit of X-Factor while we were eating dinner then we headed upstairs and just hung out.
It was a good nights sleep (although it’s never the same as sleeping in your own bed right!)
You can read about the rest of our adventure in The Lake District here.
