We were going to take the large steamer as our water excursion on lake Windemere. It was pretty expensive 60 GBP, but what are you going to do? Luckily we saw that they had small electric boats for the two of us to rent. It was only 10 GBP more than the large excursion boat. For two hours of Captain Polly and her First Mate Mr. Windemere, it was a steal. We scooted along at 2 knots top speed leaving the geese in our wake. The geese that were not headed our way were left behind but those geese going our way easily passed up by honking all the way. There were lots of watercraft today. We saw steam vessels, pedal boats, paddle boards, electric boats, sail boats, even a hydro foil. To top it all off a tilt rotor plane making a huge noise flew over top of us. What a great day.
Our front window
What happened to 1, 3 and 4
Outside our drive
These are our digs
On our walk to the lake
A secret walkway though the hedge
the not so secret stairs
Say no to row
A bit better
Some very large accommodations
Too big for our tastes
Nice glasses
Taylor Swift arrives in disguise but using her personal boat
This boat is just the right size for us
Zoom out we go into the lake
this is the largest lake in England
Some large estates are here
Hands and knees boards
A wonderful day for a boat ride
Quintessential English countryside
More geese
I like the red sails
A huge stone boat house hiding in the trees
New construction or major renovation
The boat house would do
The steamer and Waterhead
Hydrofoil
Wrey Castle
The water is quite placid
Another of the fleet of electric boats
Look at the spray of water from the front
See a gull!
Lots of room to maneuver
So many shades of green
Just a few clouds heading away
There were mountains in each direction
Sailing
Rowing
Having a blast
Unesco world heritage site
We can see why
A big heron
Selfies in the distance
Twin peaks
A big peddle boat, foot powered
A patch of the greenest grass ever
Lake Windemere
Watersports
Lovely spot
The excursion boat is returning
And we avoided the collision
A nautical themed town
Multi-person paddle boats
The blue skies are winning out
We are really enjoying the relaxing trip
Geese!
Geese all lined up
Approaching the end of our ride
Some of the larger lakeside buildings
Sunken! The following link is of a plane that has search and rescue capabilities!
Sublime
Man overboard
I wonder how did this boat sink
A park to walk through
