Fast times in Keswick........

After a fairly busy trip back to Oz and NZ, we opted to spend the August bank holiday enjoying a slower pace of life in the village of Keswick (pron: Kes-ick) in the north of the Lakes District.

Some stats on Keswick.........

• Population - 5,000
• Beds in B'n'Bs - 2,000
• Spares beds in B'n'Bs on a Bank holiday - 0.
• Walkers - more than you can count
• Dogs - also more than you can count - but seemed like about 1.2 per walker
• Lakes - 1
• Mountains - we saw 3
• Fish'n'Chip shops - 4 (good ones too)
• Pencil Museums - 1 (no kidding - the pencil was born there)
• Famous cars - many including Kitt, Chitti Chitti Bang Bang, General Lee, Batmobile, Herbie (of Goes Bananas fame) and last but not least, the Delorean from Back to the Future.......
• Pubs - 25.

So what did we do? We relaxed and tried to fit in with what everyone else was doing: a little bit of walking (0 mountains climbed however), a little bit of eating (cued up for the famous F'n'Cs) and much time spend relaxing at various pubs (while we didn't go as far as getting a dog, in an attempt to integrate with everyone else, we maintained a strict policy of visiting 'dog friendly' pubs only).

In short - we had a great relaxing weekend. The pace of life and the number of friendly welcoming people was a very refreshing contrast to life in London. Perhaps sometime we'll be back to do a bit more exploring!