Lake District holiday if you don't like walking?

[Pippapotomus]

I'm looking for a week away in August, DC are 7,12 and 15 plus one Lab. DD1 has turned her nose up at the suggestion of Cornwall and suggested the Lake District.

DH isn't a keen walker, would he be bored shitless?

Possibly if places are closed. We visited lots of places when we spent a week in the lakes and also went for short walks around the smaller lakes as the scenery was stunning. So, unless, your DH is restricted by a disability, he may quite like it there.

Depends what he likes doing to be honest.

If we are restricted visiting places this year , everywhere will be a challenge but also be great to be able to get a different view.

There’s not much to do if the weather is bad

Boat trips on Windermere if they are happening perhaps? Isn't there a heritage railway somewhere in the Lakes?

Absolutely not. My children hate walking and we go every year.

We go out for days to lovely places but never go anywhere the walk is over an hour eg. National truat places with a teashop etc.

We have a map of all our favourite pizza places and pubs and each day we do one small walk no more than an hour and not on hills due to the aforementioned moaning DC, and one of our favourite eating places.

Also DH takes his kayak and goes on the lake. We take our dog, I usually give him a long run or walk while the others have a lie in so he gets plenty of exercise.

We love it up there, though I am looking forward to the day we can leave the DC at home and walk up an actual hill together 😂

Depends whereabouts you are thinking of going. It's my home county, so could maybe make more suggestions if you have a base in mind.

I should add there is:

A day in keswick - Pencil museum, shops, fave pizza place, aira force on the way home

A day in bowness and windermere, paddle boats, lunch, a trip to Booths for me

Fell Foot national trust

The train/trip on the lake on a boat to grasmere

Sometimes take the DC swimming in Kendal where there's a big public pool, or find a hotel where you can pay to use their pool for a few hours

Cinema in Bowness. An absolute delight vintage style cinema. We go every autumn half term.

Hope that helps!

Oh and the transport museum.

Basically there's loads to do that doesn't involve damp sandwiches and walking trousers!

There are plenty of little villages to wander round, and there are attractions in the bigger centres. We went two years ago with smaller kids. We did some walking but also hired a motorboat, went kayaking, visited Hawkshead Ambleside, Derwent, the pencil factory, the aquarium, went on both a paddle steamer and steam train etc. There are also plenty of short, easy walks, such as Tarn Howse.

It depends where you want to stay.
There are days out- but everything is spread out.
Zoo in dalton about an hour from Ambleside
Pencil museum about an hour from Ambleside (opposite direction from zoo)
Boat trip from Ambleside/ bowness/ lakeside
Wray Castle (Good for youngish kids)
Brockhole (go ape style rope course, trampoline in trees, adventure play ground)
Aquarium in lakeside

DH has an old ankle injury that bothers him if he over does it. One year we had a day at Disneyland, then the next we had to leave him on the Batobus as he was struggling. We done the catacombs and a dash round the Louvre while he was circling on the boat all day.

We went to Lake District in October and didn't do much walking. We did lots of activities but they weren't walking based we went swimming twice, crazy golf, pedalo boating, archery etc and spent a day at Brockhole. There were lots of lovely cafes and places to eat or get an ice cream in Windermere. We wanted to do Beatrix Potter museum but didn't get the chance.