List of camping and caravan parks in Keswick, in the heart of the English Lake district
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Caravan & Campsites in Keswick
Friday, March 5th, 2010Caravan Holiday day 1 – Castle Crag
Thursday, September 6th, 2007The last week in August we spent a weeks walking holiday staying in a caravan at Dalebottom Farm, just outside of Keswick. Unlike the rest of this summer the weather was fine most days giving us a chance to do a lot of walking with some fantastic views of the Lake District. Our first day was spent walking from Rosthwaite to the summit of Castle Crag. Caste Crag is a North Western fell and the smallest ‘Wainwright’ in the Pictorial Guides. At just 951 feet high, (the only Wainwright below 1,000 feet) it could be assumed to be an easy climb, particularly as there is a lot of low level walking from the edge of Derwentwater and through the valleys of Borrowdale. However, Castle Crag has steep faces and imposing crags, and a sharp ascent to the grass-covered summit where there are excellent views of the Borrowdale Valley.
After our walk to Castle Crag we returned to our Caravan for a Barbecue to celebrate the birthday of one of our friends, what a great start to our holidays.
the above photograph was taken from the top of Castle Crag looking to keswick & Skiddaw in the distance
Places to Visit in Keswick when its Raining
Monday, April 16th, 2007If your camping around Keswick in Cumbria and it turns out to be a rainy day and lets face it the lakes would not be the place they are if the area did not get more than its fair share of rainfall per year then here are three places well worth a visit. First of all we have the Cars of The Stars Museum, Standish Street Keswick Telephone 017687 73757 who have a collection of old famous cars from past TV Shows and Films, the collection includes such favorites as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Batmobiles, The Flintstones, Back to the Future, Mad Maxs Interceptor, Robocop, Herbie the Love Bug, The Pink Panther, Raiders of the Lost Ark, James Dean Recreation, Model T Ford, lots of cars from the James Bond Films, from old TV shows the collection includes, Munsters Koach, Reliant SuperVan 3 – Only Fools and Horses, Lotus 7 – The Prisoner, Volvo P1800 – The Saint, Lotus Elan – The Avengers, KITT – Knightrider (Including KITT convertible), The A Team Van, Ferrari – Magnum PI, FAB 1 – Thunderbirds, Morris 8 – All Creatures Great and Small, Fiat Gamini – “Noddy Car”, Mini – Mr. Bean, The Space 1999 Lunar Buggy.
Next we have the The Cumberland Pencil Museum, Southey Works, Greta Bridge, Keswick, here you can find out all about the history of pencil making which was first started out in Keswick in the 1500’s with the pencils been sold to artists from all over the world.
Last but not least we have the Puzzling Place Museum Square, Keswick, Telelephone (017687) 75102, inside you will find a gallery full of 3 Dimensional hologram pictures and a illusion gallery to pass the time away
Photo of Rainbow taken from Catbells
Monday, April 16th, 2007
I was treated to a weekend away in Lake District from my wife to celebrate my birthday. We decided to go to Keswick and stayed at an excellent bed and breakfast called Ellergill in Stanger street. We walked from the town through Portinscale to Catbells and back again.
Normally from the Summit of Catbells you can see great views in every direction especially of Skiddaw to the north, but unfortuatley on this day we were not able to see much due to the mist and rain. Anyone tring to walk this in these conditions will need their waterproof jacket and trousers. This is the best picture I was able to take in the circumstances. The total time for this walk was 3 hours.