Sights worth seeing...............

There were so many beautiful places to see in the Lake District..............and we viewed just about all of them.  Sometimes taking quick photos from the window as we careened along lanes and country roads, over hills, fells, and hold-your-breath passes, down into the dales and valleys.................

......every which way was an adventure and with Paula, the world's best driver, behind the wheel, those of us armed with cameras never missed a photo op!

Rydal Mount, William Wordsworth's home for 37 years.  Perhaps the greatest of the Romantic poets, he took his inspiration from the glorious Lakeland scenery.  It was the profusion of daffodils growing wild on the shores of Ullswater (the lake where we stayed) which inspired his most famous poem Daffodils (1815) with that unforgettable first line........................."I wandered lonely as a cloud". 

Rydal Mount, a family home, is still owned by Wordsworth's direct descendants.

Just a pretty cottage at the roadside.......

..........and another, with a gorgeous garden.

Elizabethan architecture in Bowness on Lake Windermere.

Chestnut trees were in full bloom everywhere - white and pink blossoms.

Historic churches tucked into the hillsides.......

.....and valleys.

More steep hills...................

...........bringing us down into scenic valleys with lakes and tarns.

Then back up onto the hilltops to view Roman ruins

....the guys especially loved this place.

Rob, Eric and Bob at Hardknott Roman Fort.......photo below is the view from the top........

....................the countryside, in showers and sunshine, was just awesome!