Anyone fancy a Lakes meet-up??

[mummysurfer]

i don't live there but will be in the Lakes w/b 16 august with dd and ds but no dh.
does anyone fancy a meet-up somewhere fairly central? Brockhole maybe

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Possibly, ms - it's an easy enough trip from here and we are not going away this summer so I know we will be here at least some of that week. (Not the Thursday though - GCSE results day!)

I would love to, as long as it's fine. I can do Tues or Thurs that week (17 or 19 Aug) I think ... just need to check with my boss on Monday in case that's the week he's away.

Brockhole sounds good - I've never been but ds2 went on his school trip and tells me there's a great adventure playground! It might be really busy though.

I will have both dss in tow (5 and 7), prob no dh.

the tuesday would be fine for me

i'd love to join too please....dd aged nearly 4 and a ds nearly 6 months.....not sure about dh!!

We'll be on holiday there that week! Can't see dh being wild about me sodding off to meet up with MNers though - he actually gets me to himself for a week, no internet access

I have been to Brockhole, accompanying a school trip, although IIRC dd1 was then in Y1 or Y2 so it was about 15 years ago! I remember the adventure playground too, mostly because my little group thrust their coats at me and shot off into the distance, I thought I'd never get them back, and I'd been counting their heads all day.

I think Tuesday will be fine for me too - will probably bring DS2 only (he's 11). We'll bring a football!

Oh moo! You must! Tell him you're shopping! No need to mention lovely us.

moo darling, have just seen your own thread about the Lakes and you're going in July, not August ()

Will vicariously recommend roisin's S Lakes Wildlife Park for you though, our Russians visited it this year and it looked v good on the video (they got to stroke an enormous snake!!!)

just bumping this really

janh
chatee
roisin
me

anymore takers?

whichever date is fine by me...............

Tuesday 17th August

is that OK by everyone?
altho' it's ages off i could do with knowing as i want to fill me week up. (used to live there so have lots of catching up to do)

Hi, ms - Tues 17 OK for us atm!

Tues 17 fine by me!

ooo good.
chatee, where are you???

Yamamoto is in Cumbria somewhere. Anyone want to send a CAT?

in a village just outside of carlisle.....

This is yamamoto's campsite (I want to go there! Shall we meet there instead? It sounds wonderful!)

There is a contact link, I don't have time just now but if anyone else does????

Who has the best Lakes knowledge? We don't often venture over to the west coast of Windermere - especially not in school holidays; I'm a bit concerned that it will be heaving there in August.

What does everyone think? Is Brockhole a favoured venue? Any other suggestions?

I'll contact yamamoto and link to this thread.

i suggested brockhole as we are staying that way and dd suffers from travel sickness. but we don't mind travelling to somewhere on a straight route. is yamamoto's site fairly central or remote? sorry i ought ot look at the site properley.

roisin, it is busy in August but not ridiculously so, espec not mid week. getting out of Ambleside on a Sat/Sun at 4pm is a big hassle but otherwise not so bad.

does anyone know of anywhere suitable if it rains??

I think Brockhole sounds fine - pretty central anyway, and easy to get to from all directions. (We are in Barrow and Chatee is nr Carlisle, so it's probably about half way!)

Mummysurfer - as you're going to be on hols (so presumably not online) do you want to send me a CAT, and I'll let you have my home and mobile tel nos, in case we need to get in touch last minute to change arrangements?

will do now roisin - we will be off line from sat 14th