Lake District Attractions

Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The- Countryside?

Advantages: Location, Service, Staff, Accomodation
Disadvantages: Couldn't find any

...Center Parcs and especially the Oasis Holiday Village. My own father used to work here as the manager of the cleaning department, a department which still maintains top quality I must add. Anyways, since the dreaded credit crunch British holidaymakers have chosen alternative resolutions to flying abroad. The British holiday is now as popular as ever, with places like Butlins and Haven filling up like the beaches on a bank holiday weekend. Whilst ...
...the holiday. Situated near Ulverston, Oasis Village is pretty much in the centre of the Lakes. Only a short bus ride to other attractions, such as Lake Windermere boat cruises, Aquarium Of The Lakes and South Lakes Wild Animal Park (a great zoo where I used to work) means that there is even more to do should you leave the actual resort. The actual resort then- compact in terms of what to expect and relatively large. The accommodation is well looked ...

Joe-Collins91 18.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Oasis Holiday Village, Lake District

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 ...
...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 of people I’ve spoken to don’t know it exists. Having been with the in-laws several years back (the same day that my mother-in-law bought me a dog toy to play with – admittedly it was a moose, but a dog toy nonetheless), and with a friend a while earlier this year when we had some time to kill, I ...

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Review of The Puzzling Place, Keswick

Chapel Farm

Advantages: a nice break
Disadvantages: British weather

...After looking I came across Chapel Farm Caravan Park in Little Asby. The Hoseasons site had a caravan available for 3 nights at a cost of £165, fairly cheap for the time we were going, there were some swings showing in one of the pictures so we decided to go for it, but first I checked if they had their own website which they did and it also said it had a games room, tennis courts, pool table and laundrette. I contacted the site directly by e mail ...
...we wanted and asked how much it would cost, I received an e mail back saying £35 per night meaning £105 for the 3 nights - a saving of £60. I asked them how far the nearest pub with food was and the nearest restaurant. The pub was 3 miles away and the nearest restaurant 8 miles. So we knew we were out in the middle of nowhere and had to take food wiht us. I don't know if it was the same caravan that we would have got through Hoseasons but the next ...

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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 ...
...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. There are over 28 cars in Peter’s collection, which he has accumulated over a period of 20 years. Bit of trivia….Peter used to be a dentist! What Can You Expect You will see an array of ...

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Solway Holiday Park

Advantages: the farm and hot tub
Disadvantages: people in our hot tub

...the place we stayed. Solway Holiday Park is situated in Silloth Cumbria (about 22 miles west of Carlisle) which is small village with a population of around 3000. If you want a town with lots going on then Silloth is not for you, it has a lovely large green and a great sea view although it is not a beach. It also has cafes and the odd take away along with some little shops and of course a Spar (everywhere seems to have a Spar). Near the green is ...
...quite easy to find I got the directions from greenflag. As we drove in through the entrance the reception was quite well sign posted, when we booked we were told booking in time was 4pm (which I thought was a bit late but thought we could probably use the facilities before then). As it happened we set off later than expected so with the hold up on the motorway we didn't get there until about 3.50pm. I went to reception for the key etc along with ...

rojm 16.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Solway Holiday Park, Silloth, Cumbria