Thursday, 2 October 2008

Best of Lakeside-Bluewater

Best bus rides
- views = Kendal to Ingleton
- most entertaining driver = little red bus 81 from Settle to Slaidburn http://www.littleredbus.co.uk/
- longest 2 = Exeter to Weymouth 3.1hrs, Newcastle to Berwick-on-Tweed 2.3hrs

_______Best dawn __________________Best dusk








St Michaels' Mount___________________Fowey
from Penzance harbour

Best ferries
for a city view = Mersey __ ______for an old port view = Dartmouth












most entertaining skipper = Harwich Felixstowe


http://www.harwichharbourferry.com/






longest ride = Fishbourne Portsmouth 40mins
http://www.wightlink.co.uk/










Best B&B http://www.hormondhouse.com/ in Polruan

Best YHA hostels
- site and facilities = Ambleside
http://www.amblesideonline.co.uk/display/yha/main.html
- welcome and food = Arundel
http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/south-east-england/hostels/arundel/index.aspx
- city centre = Durham
http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/northumberland-north-pennines/hostels/durham-city/local_info.aspx


Best bus stop = Rathmell



also library, post office and tea rooms





Best bus stations
- for displays guiding travellers = Manchester
- for choice of snack suppliers = Chelmsford
- for most convenient Bistro = Ipswich
- for supervisory staff = Canterbury
- for toilets = Hull

Best walks

- 2hrs = mainland bus stop on the A1 to Lindisfarne http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/


view of Bamburgh castle from Linidsfarne





- 3hrs = Long Mynd http://mountain-magic.co.uk/lmmap.htm

- 4hrs = Kinder Scout

early morning approaching peak
http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2005/10/20/kinder_scout_downfall_low_walk_feature.shtml



- longest = Eskdale - Scafell Pike - Ambleside 10hrs http://www.trekkingbritain.com/scafellfromeskdale.htm

Best walking mistakes
1 Scafell in cloud, descended to Keswick valley instead of to Ambleside
Result: saved 2hrs walk added 2 bus rides
2 On the last morning, fell asleep on bus from Folkestone to Broadstairs, ended up in Margate
Result: walked round N Foreland the opposite direction from plan and luckily strongly wind assisted v fighting the wind

Best lighthouses
_____remoteness_________________with a view______________bleakness
_____Longships_________________Hartland Point____________Dungeness
____at Land's End________________& lundy Island














Best sustenance
- cornish pasties = Anne's famous pasties, the Lizard www.connexions.co.uk/lizardpasty/
- fish and chips = Whitby "Quayside" restaurant http://www.fuscowhitby.com/index_QS_01.html
- Asian/Chinese meals = none, 4 below par
- cider = many excellent, too difficult to choose
- YHA food = Arundel

Competition time
1 Where is this ?________________2 Where is this ?________3 Where is this ?




























































Lakeside-Bluewater day 20 MonOct1 Folkestone-Bluewater







Folkestone Stagecoach 16
Canterbury Stagecoach 9: fell asleep, missed Broadstairs, ended up in

Margate: walked North Foreland in the opposite direction to the plan, back to Broadstairs, strongly helped by the wind




North Foreland lighthouse









Broadstairs Stagecoach 8
Cantebury Stagecoach 30
Faversham Arriva 333
Maidstone Arriva 101




Chatham Arriva 701





Bluewater

Lakeside-Bluewater day19 MonSep29 Arundel-Folkestone

Arundel YHA walk
Arundel bus 700 via Worthing







Brighton Brighton&Hove 12


Eastbourne bus 33

Beachy Head old lighthouse








Eastbourne Stagecoach 99











Hastings Stagecoach 100


Lydd Kent coach tours 11
Lydd on Sea walk
Dungeness old lighthouse








Dungeness new lighthouse









Lydd on Sea Stagecoach 12






Folkestone