You will be glad you got up early and other Lake District National Park, United Kingdom General Tips

Favorite Thing: Although the lake district is inundated by visitors, whatever time of year you go there, with a little carefull planning you can find a (reasonably) quiet spot to yourself.
If you get off early in the day, you can be half way round your walk before the hoardes arrive.
Get up early and head off and you have the lake district to yourself (or so it seems)

Fondest Memory: My best memory of the lake district was on my recent visit staying in Braithwaite near keswick, during the weeks stay we had seen every kind of weather-gales (yes the ones that had brought all the trees down and closed the forests), rain, snow and sleet. On the last morning we got up very early and as soon as it got light we headed off up Barrow fell, the sun came up and got brighter and brighter-what a marvellous day! the sky was clear-you could see for miles, the views were out of this world-and all before breakfast, and the best bit was that as we were making our way down, having enjoyed the solitude looking forward to a well earned fry up, we were passing loads of people going up who were going to have to share their vantage point with the crowds .Get up early, trust me its worth it.

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