Blackpool; Thursday, 15 April, 2010

At some point during the night an idea had started to form in my mind, so that by the time I had had a late breakfast I knew what I was going to do today.

Head out from Blackpool and head into the Lake District instead.

For an area which is not that far away, the journey took quite some time, with nearly an hours wait in Preston. By the time I arrived into Windermere, it was already the early afternoon. I hopped on the open top bus down to the edge of the lake at Bowness, also the main harbour for all the lake cruises that ply up and down Lake Windermere.

I hopped on a cruise heading back up the lake, past Windermere and on to Ambleside. At Ambleside I arrived just in time to hop onto the open-top bus round to Grasmere.

I had quite a long wander around Grasmere, which is a really pretty little village, and also the last resting place of William Wordsworth.

From Grasmere it was back on the bus down to Bowness, and a look around there, before it was time to start heading back to Blackpool.

During the day I had been following the developing chaos being caused by the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, but also the news that it should generate some spectacular sunsets, so I thought there might be some good to come from staying in Blackpool.

However, by the time I got back in, the clouds had rolled in and whilst there was a definite pink tinge to the bottom of them, there was no spectacular sunset, so I grabbed a late dinner and went to bed.