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When you arrive in Windermere for a stay at a bed and breakfast for your holiday in the Lake District you won’t be disappointed. If you travel by car as you come over the brow of Alice Howe you look across the rooftops of Windermere village to the lake below. Across the other side you will see Claife Heights and many of the major fells in the distance. A similar view can be seen as you arrive by train.

A fifteen minute’ walk from the station takes you to Orrest Head, or if you go from Ivy Bank Bed and Breakfast it takes about twenty five minutes. From here the view is fantastic. You can see the northern end of the lake at Ambleside, most of the islands in Bowness Bay and almost to the southern end of the lake. Not only that, but on a clear day you can see Morecambe Bay and the Yorkshire Dales. The Lake District peaks that can be seen are The Old Man of Coniston, Weatherlam, The Langdale Pikes, Bow Fell, Crinkle Crags, High Street, Great Gable and the highest peak in England, Scafell Pike.

Closer by are the views into the pretty valley of Troutbeck and on to Wansfell. If you walk over Orrest Head and down into Troutbeck it is possible to carry on over Wansfell and then down past the gushing Stock Ghyll waterfalls into Ambleside. After having some lunch here and a spot of shopping try taking one of the Windermere cruise boats back to Bowness and the final walk back up to your bed and breakfast.

There are other waterfalls to walk to closer to Ivy Bank too. Miller Ground falls are only a twenty minute walk and the waterfall in Sherrifs Walk woods is only fifteen minutes away. Most of the waterfalls in the Lake District are quite dependent upon wet weather and dwindle to trickles after a dry spell. A lot of them are hidden away in narrow ravines too where it can be quite a scramble to get to see them. Aira Force is a bit of an exception to this as it always has enough water to be impressive. The long drop from under an old stone footbridge also adds significantly to the impression. To get to Aira Force is a relatively easy 1 mile walk from the shore of Ullswater where there is a Nation al Trust Pay and Display Car Park.

During or after really wet weather there are a number of waterfalls that cascade down from the northern flanks of Helvellyn above the road from Windermere to Keswick. The water hurtles down the hillside and is very soon in the beautiful reservoir below. Thirlmere supplies water for the people of Manchester so if you live in Manchester the next time you crawl out of bed to get some breakfast just think about where the water for your cup of tea has come from. Imagine the soft rain gently falling on the hills of the Lake District, the becks and tumbling waterfalls, the open expanse of the reservoirs, above one of which can be seen England’s only eagles.