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Little holiday in Kendal next week 18:53 - Sep 1 with 1867 views

Any tips for things to do around there and the Lake District/Yorkshire Dales? Already booked up for horse meditation!

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Walking. Lots of walking.

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 18:57 - Sep 1 with 1329 views

m14_blue

Just you and the mrs?

Walk, walk and walk some more. still very busy at the moment in the usual honeypot sites (eg Bowness, Ambleside) so go a bit off the beaten track to enjoy the true beauty of the place.

Almost all attractions are open now but most want pre bookings, including most of the boat trips, so plan a day or two in advance.

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 18:59 - Sep 1 with 1323 views

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Can you bring me back some Mint Cake?

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 19:02 - Sep 1 with 1316 views

factual_blue

No Town fan can visit the Dales without calling in here

https://www.wensleydale.co.uk/

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 19:03 - Sep 1 with 1311 views

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Look out for some well knackered cyclists around the end of the week :-)

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 19:07 - Sep 1 with 1303 views

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 18:56 - Sep 1 by Fixed_It
Walking. Lots of walking.

https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/find-a-walk-or-route.aspx?layer=routes,wa

All the non group ones listed are tried and tested by experienced hikers. Pick a suitable distance, get a ONS map (on your phone too) and jobs a goodun.

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 19:15 - Sep 1 with 1287 views

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 19:07 - Sep 1 by bluelagos
https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/find-a-walk-or-route.aspx?layer=routes,wa All the non group ones listed are tried and tested by experienced hikers. Pick a suitable distance, get a ONS map (on your phone too) and jobs a goodun.

You can also do watersports at Windermere. Sure there are other places too that would cater for it.

Paddleboarding is all the rage at the moment but recon wind surfing would be fun too if you haven't done it before. A lesson - rather than just a hire if you are novices.

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 19:18 - Sep 1 with 1279 views

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 19:15 - Sep 1 by bluelagos
You can also do watersports at Windermere. Sure there are other places too that would cater for it. Paddleboarding is all the rage at the moment but recon wind surfing would be fun too if you haven't done it before. A lesson - rather than just a hire if you are novices.

I did a bit of paddleboarding in Austria - harder than it looks!

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 19:22 - Sep 1 by BrixtonBlue
I did a bit of paddleboarding in Austria - harder than it looks!

Harder as in difficult to do? Or physically demanding?

Never done it - but looks (from the shore) as if the hardest thing is pumping the thing up. (Hence my Qn!)

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 19:26 - Sep 1 with 1259 views

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 19:55 - Sep 1 with 1219 views

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Hawkshead Brewery beer hall Kendal. Laurel and Hardy museum Ulverston. Pencil Museum Keswick if it's raining.

Little holiday in Kendal next week on 20:32 - Sep 1 with 1197 views

giant_stow

Enjoy it - lovely up there.

If you like boats and trains, get a boat from windamere and then carry on by steam train (assuming its open).

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 19:24 - Sep 1 by bluelagos
Harder as in difficult to do? Or physically demanding? Never done it - but looks (from the shore) as if the hardest thing is pumping the thing up. (Hence my Qn!)

Not sure what you mean by pumping the thing up, it's not inflatable! No, the co-ordination to get the thing moving without falling in is the hardest part. It looks so effortless when you see a pro speeding across the water, but building up the left/right motion from a standing start takes some doing at first. Quite tiring on the arms too.

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 18:59 - Sep 1 by Keno
Can you bring me back some Mint Cake?

And some croissants.

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 19:24 - Sep 1 by bluelagos
Harder as in difficult to do? Or physically demanding? Never done it - but looks (from the shore) as if the hardest thing is pumping the thing up. (Hence my Qn!)

It’s balance, core stability is important. Pretty easy kneeling but I struggled with standing.

One other option for the OP is going to Grizedale Forest and hiring a mountain bike. Some decent trails there is at the easier end of the scale.

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Try the sensibly-priced sausage and mash.

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 20:41 - Sep 1 by BrixtonBlue
Not sure what you mean by pumping the thing up, it's not inflatable! No, the co-ordination to get the thing moving without falling in is the hardest part. It looks so effortless when you see a pro speeding across the water, but building up the left/right motion from a standing start takes some doing at first. Quite tiring on the arms too.

They are indeed inflatable.

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 20:44 - Sep 1 by Steve_M
It’s balance, core stability is important. Pretty easy kneeling but I struggled with standing. One other option for the OP is going to Grizedale Forest and hiring a mountain bike. Some decent trails there is at the easier end of the scale.

Maybe not for the OP (quite far from Kendal) but Whinlatter has much better trails than Grizedale if you haven’t been.

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BrixtonBlue

Little holiday in Kendal next week on 21:09 - Sep 1 by vapour_trail
They are indeed inflatable.

I don't know if I'm due a whoosh here but your joke didn't land if so. Paddleboarding is paddling on a board - much like a surfboard.

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 22:19 - Sep 1 by BrixtonBlue
I don't know if I'm due a whoosh here but your joke didn't land if so. Paddleboarding is paddling on a board - much like a surfboard.

There are portable ones that fit in a bag and are then inflated. The ones I see at Alton water are probably more inflatable than the hard ones.

Makes transporting and storage much easier I guess.

Does look fun (apart from inflating them) and am tempted to try it out before too long.

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 22:33 - Sep 1 with 1082 views

JamestownPrince

Coniston, apart from the fell walking is a quaint small town and has the Black Bull pub and brewery.

Keswick is a drive / bus but I much prefer to Windermere / Ambleside - in the other direction Applebys a decent place (don't worry Appleby fairs not on!!!)

Cartmel, although no racing on (no crowds anyway) - great Cake shops and Sticky Toffee Pudding

If your wanting to trek to the coast, St Bees is the best place...

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 22:34 - Sep 1 with 1081 views

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 22:19 - Sep 1 by BrixtonBlue
I don't know if I'm due a whoosh here but your joke didn't land if so. Paddleboarding is paddling on a board - much like a surfboard.

I would not joke about this dollers.

Look em up on amazon. They’re genuinely inflatable.

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Little holiday in Kendal next week on 22:33 - Sep 1 by JamestownPrince

Any recommended pubs / restuarants in Windermere.? Got one night there coming up.

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