Lake District & High Adventure

Holiday Itinerary

Day 1 We leave Chelmsford at 7.00am depending on your local pick-up point and we travel to Keswick with stops on route arriving at The Skiddaw Hotel in Keswick early evening.

Day 2 Free time in Keswick this morning, after lunch we enjoy a short drive along the beautiful Borrowdale Valley with a visit to Grasmere, returning to enjoy all the wonderful scenery that the Lake District has to offer on our way back to the hotel.

Day 3 'High Adventure' awaits today as the 'Mountain Goat' minibuses take us where large coaches cannot go! Nothing in Britain surpasses the grandeur of Lakeland's central mountains, over the Wrynose and HardKnott Passes from Langdale to Eskdale. After traversing the passes we stop at the Roman fort 1,000ft up on the fells. You have the opportunity to walk through the fort and see the fantastic view to upper Eskdale, Scafell and Scafell Pike, England's highest mountains. We take a ride on the miniature Ravensglass and Eskdale Railway before a lunch stop at one of the valley inns. In the afternoon we drive to Wastwater, Britain's favourite view and take in the magnificent views. From here we head north over Cold Fell and alongside Loweswater, through Lorton Valley and over Whinlatter Pass to the visitors' centre for a refreshment stop, look out for the red squirrels. On our journey back to Keswick we see Bassenthwaite Lake and pass by Thirlmere, Grasmere and Rydal Water. A tour not to be missed.

Day 4 A full day tour via Ullswater where we enjoy an included cruise, viewing the length of Ullswater before rejoining the coach and travelling over the Kirkstone Pass to Windermere. Free time here for lunch and shopping before we head to Ambleside and Grasmere past Helvellyn the mighty mountain, back into Keswick.

Day 5 We make our way home via the Roman road to Appleby and Brough in the Dales arriving in Chelmsford about 7.30pm.