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A Great Time On Windermere Lake And Boat Hopping Spree


Brentwood (United Kingdom), 24 August: We had booked a caravan which is a complete house by itself. This caravan has a facility of three bedrooms with two beds in each room and a fully equipped kitchen. The kitchen is really amazing as it is provided with a gas stove (with four burners), utensils, spoons, forks, hot water,  room heaters and dry-kept toilets. Totally, I haven't seen anything like that so far. These caravans are connected to underground toilets and gas connections.


Chetan, extremely innovative and a terrific cook:  We were fortunate to have Chetan with us because he is extremely innovative and a terrific cook. He is multi-talented and a very helpful human being. As I also cook both, vegetarian and non-vegetarian was like a support staff to Chetan. He would also wake us up with beautiful coffee in the cold mornings. The weather was too cold and breezy, yet Chetan would prepare breakfast and lunch for us. 


Like a mother taking care of her children: He would prepare Lemon rice, Puliyogare, Tortillas, Curd rice etc. and take care of us just like a mother taking care of her children, a unique gesture which I can never forget in my life.


In the form of a ribbon: We came to Windermere Lake for our first-day trip to Scotland. This lake is in the form of a Ribbon and that is why it is called 'Ribbon Lake' in Columbia, England and it is part of the lake dish. It is the largest lake in England by length, area and volume. The length of this lake is 18.7 kilometres with a width of 1.50 kilometres and a depth of 219 feet. 


Boat hopping throughout the day: We see a lot of tourists pouring in from everywhere. This is a sweet water lake and we purchased tickets for the whole day trip and went on a boat hopping spree. The boats are beautiful and very well maintained. They also served coffee, beer and other eatables. 


Mount Everest climbers' history in photos and the paraphernalia: We also went to see a castle which is attached to the place. The castle is still in mint condition. We also witnessed an exhibition of Mount Everest climbers' history in photos and the paraphernalia the climbers used. 


English children's book writer Beatrix Potter: The castle's name is Wray Castle. This castle belonged to the famous English children's book writer Beatrix Potter.


A great time on Windermere Lake: We really had a great time on Windermere Lake the whole day on different boasts and at various locations. 



Inputs Courtesy: BG Gujjarappa; Photos Courtesy: BG Gujjarappa, R Suri, Maruti and Chetan.












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