Lakes District

[Pete_72]

Guys, I am planning a break in the lakes district for a chill drive taking in the views. I am wondering if anyone has driven all the popular passes in an S2 Exige? Any I should skip for sure?

Cheers

[DSTOR]

Know most of them pretty well.  I would avoid Hardknott / Wrynose Pass like the plague……. No fun whatsoever.  Honister and Newlands would be a good route.  And the Aushtwaite Brow road over the fells from Dunnerdale over to Eskdale is pretty special.  Take a trip up to Wasdale Head but please don’t tell anyone about it, don’t want it over run with folk. 😝
 

 

[Pete_72]

14 hours ago, DSTOR said:

Know most of them pretty well.  I would avoid Hardknott / Wrynose Pass like the plague……. No fun whatsoever.  Honister and Newlands would be a good route.  And the Aushtwaite Brow road over the fells from Dunnerdale over to Eskdale is pretty special.  Take a trip up to Wasdale Head but please don’t tell anyone about it, don’t want it over run with folk. 😝

TY, Wasdale looks really nice, can U reccommend the pub for lunch? Also on Hardknott / Wrynose can you say why its no fun? Cheers

[DSTOR]

The Boot Inn at Boot is terrific as is The Bower House Inn at Eskdale Green.   If you’re in Keswick and like a nice Italian, Casa Bella is my pick, bloody lovely.   Hardknott and Wrynose (they link Eskdale and Langdale) …. Just too steep, too narrow and the road surface is pretty dreadful.  If you do want to do it, fair play…… go very early, by mid morning it will be clogged up with terrified people who cannot drive, but social media has suggested to them that it’s a cool trip to do. 🙄

[DeanB]

I second The Bower House at Eskdale. Lovely inn and the food is excellent. Nice garden too.

[Pete_72]

Nice 1 guys TY, its either the Bower House Inn or the Wasdale Head Inn. I was thinking about Hardknott / Wrynose but I swapped them for Wasdale Head and Aushtwaite Brow. The roads all link up better now. Cheers.

[DSTOR]

You’ll not be disappointed with that route. 👍🏻 Wasdale Head Inn is nice too, we got married at St Olaf’s, the little church at Wasdale Head and had our reception at the Inn.  Owt else you want to know drop me a line. 

[winthattt]

Make sure you go into the lakes via Kirkstone pass, it’s a good route to Ambleside etc. Steamer trip from Glen Ridding is always good and walk back.

[Pete_72]

Nice 1 guys, I have the route from hotel in Glenridding to hotel in Lakeside. Hoping to do the 90 miles from Glenridding to Wasdale before 1pm, with a pit stop in Buttermere. Scenery looks absolutely stunning can't wait!

[DeanB]

The scenery is unreal. It will blow you away. Wasdale is ridiculously beautiful. If you get time to have a swim in Waswater even better - although it needs to be a bloody hot day unless you have a suit!

Have a great trip  😊

[winthattt]

Don’t race round, 90 miles should be all day with lots of photo stops, tea, cake etc

[Pete_72]

NP planned for 3 stops and any "essential stops!", Buttermere for 1/2 hr or so B4 lunch, Wasdale 4 lunch and a wander around Tarn Hows lake late afternoon. Its a full day 9am - 6pm.

[DeanB]

Wonderful

[CDM2018]

After you done Lake District plan going up to Scotland and do NC500 scenery even better !  

[Pete_72]

2 hours ago, CDM2018 said:

After you done Lake District plan going up to Scotland and do NC500 scenery even better !  

I drove a s**t hire car from Inverness to Thurso years ago. It was a really nice drive I could see me doing it in the Lotus NP. I have an eye on Glencoe looks nice drive.

Plenty of E5 in Scotland? Its a pain to get it here and almost non existent in Ireland ffs.