Lake District Road trip

Trip Log:
Members: 4
Start time: 5:00 AM, Saturday, 24th Aug, 2013
End time: 1:00 AM, Sunday, 27th Aug, 2013
Duration: 3 days, 2 nights
Total travel: 450 miles car drive, 8 hrs train journey (to and fro)
Total walk: 10 miles
Trip Type: Road trip, Trek/Walking
Total expense:
Around GBP 676, inclusive of accommodation, car hire, fuel, food, entertainment, tickets, transport
What went great:
- Road trip - as always the best way to travel!
- Lovely walks in Lake District
- Boating
- Cornish pasty
Bad: 
- Train got train while return
- No complete walk

Weather: Pleasant and Sunny

The road trip map:

Itinerary planned before trip:

Time	Where	Things to do	Fee	Notes
Day 1, 24th Aug, 2013, Saturday: South
6.36 am	London	Catch train to Manchester. Booking reference is 1953303600. FastTicket Reference is NJB7C7JK	Booked	Station: London Euston. Virgin trains.                                                                Coach: B Seat: 23 Coach: B Seat: 19
8.49 am	Manchester	Arrive in Manchester		Station: Manchester Piccadilly
9.00 am		Car pick up	£46-paid	Location: Manchester Piccadilly. Avis Car Rental                                                   Manchester Piccadilly 28 Store Street, Manchester, M1 2WD, United Kingdom 08445446080
10.00 am		Start drive to Lake District
1.00 pm	Bowness-on-windermere	Lake Windermere
		Lunch		Angel Inn, Villa Positano
		Cruise	£18 pp. Need to book	Windermere Lake Cruise. Cruise leaves every 30 mins. Freedom of the lake cruise-Round the Lake from any Pier. Valid for 24 hrs from time of purchase. Car park: Lakeside, Bowness, Ambleside pier
	Coniston	Coniston Water-Saling	Need to book	Coniston Boating Centre
	Ambleside
	Aira Force	Walk & Hike (depending on time in hand)		High Force, Gowbarrow Fell and Aira Force (4.2 miles, climb: 366 mts, 2-3 hrs)
	Ullswater	Watch the sun set		Via Kirkstone Pass
10.00 pm	Shap	Hotel check-in	£216-need to pay	2 rooms
Day 2, 25th Aug, 2013, Sunday: North
8.30 am	Shap	Leave hotel. Drive towards Keswick.
	Keswick	Breakfast		Filling Station Café, Crosthwaite Road. Abraham's Café, 2 Borrowdale Road (10.30am-4.30 pm), Lakes Bar & Bistro, 25 Station Street (10am-10.30pm)
		Derwentwater circular walk		8 miles around the lake
		Catbells		Hike
		Borrowdale		Viewpoints: Derwentwater Foreshore, Friars Crag. Eating: Lakeview Restaurant, Lodore Falls Hotel (12-5pm), Flock Inn at Yew Tree Farm, Shepherds Caff
		Buttermere		Via Honister Pass
	Grasmere	Dinner		Goody Blake's (also takeaway 6-10pm) (015934 35062 or 07888115071).
	Shap	Back to hotel
Day 3, 26th Aug, 2013, Monday: Central
8.30 am	Shap	Hotel check-out
	Grasmere	Breakfast. Explore the village.		Can do a whole walk around the Grasmere lake. Short picturesque walk. Stop at the famous Grasmere Gingerbread shop
		Dove Cottage (visit optional)		Will be part of walking around Grasmere. Add in a trip to the shores of Grasmere and the popular pebble beach at its southern end. Map downloaded.
		Lunch
	Rydal	In the footsteps of Wordsworth walk (depending on how one feels about it then and time in hand)		Start point: NY349065. There are 2 NT car parks just off the road to the west of Rydal.
4.30 pm		Start drive back to Manchester
7.00 pm	Manchester	Car drop off		Location: Manchester Piccadilly
8.15 pm	Manchester	Catch train to London	Booked	Station: Manchester Piccadilly. Virgin Trains                                                                 Coach: B Seat: 14 Coach: B Seat: 10
10.33 pm	London	Arrive in London		Station: Euston
	Home!