Keswick

[debris4spike]

Well as I have mentioned a couple of times with the photos I have posted, I was on holiday in The Lake Distict, and staying in the town of Keswick The main reason that I started to plan this trip (a couple of years ago) was to go to The Keswick Convention It was in it's 145th year ... the first year Dad went was 1947 and then was a steward for the next couple of years while he was at Bible College. In 1950 Mum & Dad both went, and then stayed on for another week, in different hotels, of course. They had only met up for an occasional day, and were mostly in contact by letter, so decided they needed to spend this week to actually get to know each other ... and whether they had a "future". And, yes, they got engaged that Christmas! I had always said I would go - so I did. Last year they had moved from the venue they would have known to an abandoned pencil factory (and, yes, I went round the museum while I was there, as well!)

As I as heading into the Convention one morning -


The world's largest pencil ... The yellow pencil was completed on 28 May 2001, is 7.91 metres (26 ft) long, and weighs 446.36 kilograms (984.1 lb)



Keswick is one of the main holiday resorts for The Lake District











Yes, they have a museum -
Napolean's Teacup

Musical Stones, made in 1785



As it was so hot I didn't do much travelling around, but there again the lake is beautiful and nice to spend time just reading & people-watching. (I also did a trip on a boat on Dewentwater on Thursday)















On the outskirts of Keswick is Castlerigg Stone Circle which I did go and see -

Comments

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Very nice - I love Max the miracle dog!

[debris4spike]

Oh that bench with Max is lovely ... a lot of people were having their photo taken with him

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Somewhere else I haven't been for a long time. My sister and I had a motorcycling/camping holiday in the Lake District before either of us were married! My main recollections of Keswick are all wet :(

[debris4spike]

Well when I told people I was going to g to Keswick everyone said "it will rain" ... people who wondered why I was going to a Christian convention in the first place wondered why on earth I would want to go somewhere cold & wet ... but they were wrong!!

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

So pretty! Looks like interesting things to do as well. I always figured if I ever got to England I'd go to Derby and Nottingham (where I have relatives) and hopefully Oxford (C.S. Lewis county) but your posts always show me other places I need to see as well.

Those Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes people really need to bring a big check to my door! LOL

[debris4spike]

In England there are fascinating places round every corner ... we are so lucky. Oxford is on my "to-do" list. All I know of those 2 cities is that Nottingham lace is world famous (well, there's also the sheriff of Nottingham, as well!!)