"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb." - Nelson Mandela

 Today was rather relaxing as we boarded a bus bound for Keswick - as you can tell from the first pic, it was a chance to catch up on a few zzzzzz's. 

Bowness-on-Windermere was a bit of a letdown. Virginia Cottage was located very central to the village core and Saturday night proved to be a raucous and late evening/early morning for the young at heart. Needless to say, Andrew and I did not have a restful night after 8 days of hiking. However,  you pivot and carry on - we caught bus number 599 to Windermere, then transferred to the 555 to take us to Keswick. It was a beautiful drive through the lake district with the hills towering on both sides. We arrived early and unable to check in until 3, we meandered through this lovely spot on a lake named Derwent Water. There are so many shops, pubs, eateries and as we headed down to the lake there is an amazing green space with a mini putt in the middle. The weather has been very windy and chilly and the boat launches were cancelled today. Maybe tomorrow we will take a ferry to the base of Cat Bells (a 1,480 foot fell) beside the lake and hike to the top, but I'm not sure the ferry will be running with the high winds. I'm also not sure I want to put my hiking boots back on.......

Unable to keep my eyes open to enjoy the view.

Fellpack House - our home for the next 3 nights.

Derwent Water - it was very windy.

A dark afternoon - are we really going to attempt that peak in the distance?

A little church tucked in amongst the shops in the town square.

The local independent cinema opened in 1913, one of the oldest in the UK, but they only show movies one day a week.

And the view from our window - so, so pretty.