THE WHOLE LENGTH

Ok, we're off on a trip along Windermere. Here's an old photo of 'Swift' at Lakeside Pier. 

'Swift' still survives and is seen with 'Tern' at Lakeside in 1996.

We proceed northwards on the lake to Bowness-on-Windermere.

A car ferry crosses the lake from Bowness to Far Sawrey.

Maybe this Bedford campervan has just used the ferry.

Ribble Motor Services once served Bowness. Leyland National 856 is seen there in 1983.

Stagecoach operate open-top buses there now.

The New Hall Inn can provide liquid refreshment.

Meanwhile, the Old England Hotel offered accomodation.

Time for a look at the church in Bowness in 2001.

Back to the water and 'Miss Westmoreland' waits at Bowness Pier.

Before we depart, two more views from Bowness.

Boating on Windermere as we approach Ambleside, at the north end.

'Swift' arriving at Ambleside Pier.

The most famous building in Ambleside (Creative Commons License).

Ambleside's Market Hall (Creative Commons License).

Another Stagecoach open-topper in Ambleside. It's a wet day!

The Salutation Hotel here offers beer and a room.

The Golden Rule, now a Robinson's house, is more to my liking.

High up onto the moors now - above Ambleside.

......and views towards Troutbeck.

Hagg Gill from The Tongue, near Troutbeck.

Downhill to civilisation and Windermere station, over a mile from the lake.

By 1979, the overall roof just housed a single track and a DMU.

The old station is now a supermarket and trains leave from an open platform.

Ribble Motor Services once served Windermere town.

Modern services are mainly in the hands of Stagecoach.

Windermere station yard is also home to Mountain Goat, running small vehicles over the mountains, where larger buses fear to tread.

Time for a final pint, at the Grey Walls Hotel (Greys Inn) in Windermere.

The next post will find us heading for some Mint Cake maybe. Follow the route here.