We had another see half the country in one weekend adventures. There is so much beauty to see we don’t want to miss it.
Friday morning we headed north and drove through some of the Cotswold villages. We took the scenic route from Cheltenham to Warwick. The route follows the Cotswold Hills and some pretty villages along the way. We quickly drove through Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born in 1564. We drove on a little further until we came to the Warwick Castle. The place was very crowded and we had to walk a long ways just to get to the castle. The castle is magnificent with huge outer walls and towers.
The owners of Madame Tussaud’s wax museum bought the castle and set up wax figures to illustrate its history. We saw the Great Hall and State Rooms where they had armor displayed everyone got to try on a headpiece. The Staterooms were decorated as they were back then. When we went in to see the wax people they looked very real and even had sound effects, Alana was asking if they were real and wanted to touch them. 
Addy was a little nervous about the wax people until we saw a display of a little girl playing and giggling and she got to try on a princess hat. 
We skipped the dungeon this time because of the long line and didn’t think the girls would care about it too much. Brett and I had already seen it, they show all kinds of instruments that they used to torture people, it’s pretty disgusting. We also saw a jousting match, and sword fighting and other competitions led by the King. It was similar to the Renaissance Festival at home. 
We also saw the mill right on the river and it said they used to catch eels in the mill and it was a delicacy to serve to important people (yuck!) After we left the castle we headed north about 3 hrs to Lancaster and Morecambe where we stayed at a Bed and Breakfast. Morecambe used to be quite the happening beach town. Our B&B was run by an older couple and it was like stepping back in time all the furniture looked like it was right out of the 70’s. We ate dinner at a carvary and had the best dessert called the Knicker Bocker Glory. It was a gigantic sundae with fruits of the forest and chocolate topping everyone was on a sugar high after that.
Saturday we had a full English breakfast consisting of sausage, bacon (ham), eggs, toast, beans, tomato, and mushrooms. It was very good! We headed up north to the Lake District.
We stopped at Bowness and took an island cruise on Lake Windermere. Windermere is the longest lake at 10 miles long. It’s beautiful with green treed islands in the middle of the lake. Beatrix Potter was said to write many of her books here in the lake district. This place is lovely maybe it would inspire me to write a book too if I spent enough time here! 
The scenery is just gorgeous with tall green mountains and beautiful lakes and forests. We pulled over a lot to take pictures but they never really capture the full beauty of the place. 
We drove up through several mountain passes, we passed a slate mine that had a 25% grade down the side. We saw beautiful lakes that reflected the mountains behind them. What a fun day! 
Sunday we had to head home but of course we couldn’t just head straight home we had to drive through Wales first. We stopped at the Preston Temple on the way south, as you drive down the motorway you can see the white spire with the golden angel Moroni on top. Then we drove over to Conwy it was a neat town with a big castle and town walls that are about 4,200 ft long and over 30ft high. We had a really yummy lunch and let the kids play in the indoor playground and then headed on to Snowdonia National Park. 
Snowdon is the highest peak in Wales. We drove the Llanberis Pass which was just amazing! 
We needed another day or 2 to see more of Wales. What a fun weekend!
Friday morning we headed north and drove through some of the Cotswold villages. We took the scenic route from Cheltenham to Warwick. The route follows the Cotswold Hills and some pretty villages along the way. We quickly drove through Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born in 1564. We drove on a little further until we came to the Warwick Castle. The place was very crowded and we had to walk a long ways just to get to the castle. The castle is magnificent with huge outer walls and towers.
The owners of Madame Tussaud’s wax museum bought the castle and set up wax figures to illustrate its history. We saw the Great Hall and State Rooms where they had armor displayed everyone got to try on a headpiece. The Staterooms were decorated as they were back then. When we went in to see the wax people they looked very real and even had sound effects, Alana was asking if they were real and wanted to touch them. 
Addy was a little nervous about the wax people until we saw a display of a little girl playing and giggling and she got to try on a princess hat. 
We skipped the dungeon this time because of the long line and didn’t think the girls would care about it too much. Brett and I had already seen it, they show all kinds of instruments that they used to torture people, it’s pretty disgusting. We also saw a jousting match, and sword fighting and other competitions led by the King. It was similar to the Renaissance Festival at home. 
We also saw the mill right on the river and it said they used to catch eels in the mill and it was a delicacy to serve to important people (yuck!) After we left the castle we headed north about 3 hrs to Lancaster and Morecambe where we stayed at a Bed and Breakfast. Morecambe used to be quite the happening beach town. Our B&B was run by an older couple and it was like stepping back in time all the furniture looked like it was right out of the 70’s. We ate dinner at a carvary and had the best dessert called the Knicker Bocker Glory. It was a gigantic sundae with fruits of the forest and chocolate topping everyone was on a sugar high after that.Saturday we had a full English breakfast consisting of sausage, bacon (ham), eggs, toast, beans, tomato, and mushrooms. It was very good! We headed up north to the Lake District.
We stopped at Bowness and took an island cruise on Lake Windermere. Windermere is the longest lake at 10 miles long. It’s beautiful with green treed islands in the middle of the lake. Beatrix Potter was said to write many of her books here in the lake district. This place is lovely maybe it would inspire me to write a book too if I spent enough time here! The scenery is just gorgeous with tall green mountains and beautiful lakes and forests. We pulled over a lot to take pictures but they never really capture the full beauty of the place. We drove up through several mountain passes, we passed a slate mine that had a 25% grade down the side. We saw beautiful lakes that reflected the mountains behind them. What a fun day! 
Sunday we had to head home but of course we couldn’t just head straight home we had to drive through Wales first. We stopped at the Preston Temple on the way south, as you drive down the motorway you can see the white spire with the golden angel Moroni on top. Then we drove over to Conwy it was a neat town with a big castle and town walls that are about 4,200 ft long and over 30ft high. We had a really yummy lunch and let the kids play in the indoor playground and then headed on to Snowdonia National Park. 
Snowdon is the highest peak in Wales. We drove the Llanberis Pass which was just amazing! 
We needed another day or 2 to see more of Wales. What a fun weekend!
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