The Names Bond Museum Keswick

Advantages: Interesting if you like James Bond
Disadvantages: If you don't like Bond its not for you

...I visited the museum in June this year whilst having a short break in the Lakes with my other half. Unfortunately it rained most of the time (but hey I expect that now when I visit the Lakes!) so on one rainy day we drove up from Windermere to visit the Bond Museum in Keswick. I must admit we did this originally because we thought it would pass a few hours and most importantly keep us dry! I thought it would be a bit boring to be honest, but couldn?t come up with another plan so my other half won. I can however report that I was pleasantly surprised and, shock horror, actually enjoyed the experience! A Bit of Museum Background The James Bond Museum is a relatively new attraction in Keswick, opening in April 2009. The collection at the museum has been put together by James Bond fanatic, Peter Nelson...

jinxyjo 15.07.2009 · Read review
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Famous cars in Keswick

Advantages: get to see famous and one-off cars up close
Disadvantages: no cameras allowed

...This place is a hidden gem! You wouldn't think of Keswick as being a tourist destination that attracts car enthusiasts, more the sort of place for hillwalkers, cyclists, lazy walks in the country.... One of the other museums in the town is dedicated to pencils for goodness sake! But This one is a cut above the rest. Granted it is not very big, and they don't have the space to display all of their vehicles at any one time, but you are always guaranteed to see a good few of your favourite cars from the movies and tv programmes. The museum is easy to find, as is signposted in several parts of the town, and is located only a minutes walk from one of the main car parks. This makes it an ideal part of any excursion to this part of the lake districts, especially on days when the weather is not so good. The time I was there, the cars...

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Review of Cars of the Stars Museum, Keswick

Skiddaw Report

Advantages: Pleasant and challenging.
Disadvantages: None

... Introduction Visitors to Keswick would fail to miss the majestic bulk that is Skiddaw. It stands proudly and in all its glory, surveying the land around it, like a sentinel guarding the people of Northern Lakes. This makes it different from the Lakes? other Three Thousanders (mountains over three thousand feet in height, of which there are four), that it is so easily seen. The other three are not as well spotted as Skiddaw. Scafell Pike and Scafell are shy, rarely seen from the areas nearby and it is by heading their way on foot that their features comes into view. Helvellyn is the same, although the slopes are vividly seen from the A591. One fails not to spot Skiddaw, even though many of Keswick?s visitors might well not known its name. Children throwing skimmers into Derwent Water with its shadow before them, wanderers...

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Review of Skiddaw, Keswick

Keswick

Advantages: Fresh air and good food
Disadvantages: Rains a lot

...Beneath the beautiful Skiddaw Mountains and the placid shores of Derwent Water nestles the picturesque town of Keswick. Indeed you look you cannot help but be impressed by the imposing majesty of the surrounding countryside which ever way you look. To get to Keswick by road perhaps the easiest way is via the M6 to junction 40 (Penrith) and then a short journey of perhaps 20 minutes down the A66. If you travel by rail then go to Penrith and from there a local bus into Keswick. On arrival at Keswick you will find that there are plenty of car parks which are well sign posted but beware the one at the local supermarket which imposes a charge of £5 if you stay for more than three hours, and as there is so much to see believe me you will. Walking through the town I found much to my surprise that I didn’t see any fast food...

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Review of The Lake District (England)

Marymoose and friends get Puzzled!

Advantages: Anti Gravity room, Little/big room, value for money
Disadvantages: Expensive shop, some exhibits a bit tired looking

.................................................................................................. Intro I love the August Bank Holiday weekend - hubby goes off diving with another woman and my friends come up to stay (the legendary G, K, S & R) to keep me company and a weekend of fun, frolics and lots of booze commences ? highlights including the rewriting of ?Who Killed Cock Robin? and keeping our poor neighbours awake with midnight renditions of ?Babooshka? and ?No Limit? on Singstar. Where is it? Anyway, whilst out and about in Keswick on a relatively miserable (well, it?s hardly traditional August weather) Saturday I decided to take them to ?The Puzzling Place? which is located just off the high street (there are signposts if you?re struggling to find it) in Museum Square ? amazing (well, puzzling?) that loads...

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Review of The Puzzling Place, Keswick

Marymoose touches a zebra!

Advantages: Wide selection of animals, fun to be had!
Disadvantages: Some animals didn't seem to have enough space, quite expensive

................................................................................................. Intro When I had a date set for my friends G, S, K and R to come up to stay I had to decide where I?d take them, and it went without saying that one of our activities would be animal related (you might like to read my review of the Sheep and Wool centre for more Cumbria animal fun and frolics). Trotters World of Animals was a place I?d not been to before, although had wanted to visit for a while so after looking at the website (www.trottersworld.com) I made the executive decision that this was the place to go! Where is it? Trotters World of Animals is located between Keswick and Cockermouth, near to Bassenthwaite. There are signs for where to turn off the main road (the A591). When you?ve turned off take the left hand...

marymoose99 20.09.2009 · Read review
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Like going back in time

Advantages: Clean, decent breakfast, quiet, comfortable bed
Disadvantages: Car parking, receptionist, dated room, menu

...I needed to be in Workington earlier in the week for business & decided to stay over the night before in Keswick about 35 minutes driving time away. I've driven through Keswick before but never had the chance to see this charming little town so I decided to find a hotel or guest house in the area. Easier said than done, I contacted five separte privately owned guest houses either by phone or email, no one answered the phones so I left messages. Of the five I contacted, one came back to me by email the following day with nothing to offer, one answered my phone message three days later & the other three, well who knows, what an incentive to stay there! I contacted www.laterooms.com who found me a room at the Queens Hotel in the centre of Keswick for a modest £40.00 for one night including breakfast. On the day I travelled from...

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Review of The Queens Hotel - Keswick, Keswick

Overwater and lots of sheep

Advantages: Beautiful surroundings
Disadvantages: Expensive, a bit snobbish

...On my birthday last year I wrote a review on 'The Pheasant' near Keswick as hubby and I had spent the night before there to celebrate my birthday and our 3rd anniversary (we got married on my birthday to save hubby having to remember 2 occasions). Anyway, in that review I stated "We have decided that it will become a bit of a tradition, and will almost certainly go next year for our anniversary." Anyway, when it got to the start of the year and I got out my diary to make plans (I have such a busy schedule you see, hence the amount of time spent review writing/reading) I decided that I fancied somewhere different. I checked on Ciao to find a place which hadn't already been reviewed and came across "The Overwater Hotel", plus a fellow Northern Rail commuter (see review) had recommended it once. I booked the hotel online, and was...

marymoose99 22.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Overwater Hall, Keswick

Lakeside setting makes for special experience

Advantages: Marvellous location
Disadvantages: The road surrounding the Lake which at peak times is rather noisy

...Everyone knows the tourist-packed shores of Windermere and Ambleside. But very few visitors make the trip a few miles north to see the less crowded charms of the Northern Lakes. That's a shame as Bassenthwaite, just outside e Keswick, is a stunningly beautiful location and at its head, surrounded by trees, is country house hotel Armathwaite Hall. Until recently a family home, the Hall is an imposing stone building straight out of an Agatha Christie drama. To step inside is to step back into the past. But, despite appearances, the hotel has been brought into line with modern tastes and all the bedrooms have been refurbished in retro style with the latest en suite facilities, furniture and fittings of the highest standard, and beds of top-class comfort. As you enter the Hall, you will be...

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Review of Armathwaite Hall, Keswick

An excellent friendly hotel

Advantages: Very Central Location
Disadvantages: At first - not easy to find

...I stayed at this hotel in April 2005 on my first solo visit to the Lakes. I wanted a good quality hotel with excellent facilities and I wasn't disappointed. Location The Skiddaw Hotel is located in the centre of Keswick in the Lake District, on the main pedestrian precinct close to the Moot Hall where you will find the towns tourist information office. Do not be fooled by the current picture on their website, you cannot drive to the main door as they have now paved the town. Your best bet is to park up at one of the main town car parks and walk to the hotel. Once there you can ask them where their car park is, however they only have a couple of spaces. If you cannot park there they can provide you with a permit to park free in the public car parks for which you will need to pay a small refundable deposit of £20. The closest...

sjljersey 23.07.2005 · Read review
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