Welcome to the latest post in my series about my holiday in the Lake District. This post deals with the last trip of the holiday, on the Wednesday, when after finishing in Coniston we got the bus to Kendal (my father decided to get out at Ambleside and return to the cottage, but my mother and I went on to Kendal).
A TWO PART BUS JOURNEY
The bus we boarded at Coniston terminated at Windermere station, so we had to change buses there, and the bus we boarded for Kendal was absolutely jam packed. I ended up standing for most of the journey , so saw less than I would have liked of the areas we passed through.
KENDAL
Kendal, on the edge of the Lake District, sits on the river Kent. Both town and river are splendid. The river, superbly clean, is home to a huge amount of bird life, as you will see from my gallery, while the town features a number of interesting buildings and some fine bridges over the river. We were only a few minutes away from missing the last bus back to Ambleside (this is a longish distance route as well, running between Lancaster and Penrith, making the 17:40 departure time of the last bus from Kendal very odd). This time I had a top deck window seat, and made up for what I had missed on the inbound journey.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Here is the gallery for Kendal – to view an image at full size click on it…
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