The Lake District in England is charming - the majority of the old buildings have been kept and together with the lakes and paddocks it is a pretty sight. We chose a camp called Castlerigg - very comfortable and we all enjoyed an English pub meal (cosy building, low roofs, plenty of Guiness). The locals were very friendly - more like visiting friends in there lounge room really. The only downside with the camps was that they were on the flight path for British fighter jets practising low level bombing runs...you had no idea they were coming - then there's this massive sonic boom - and they're gone! The quiet English countryside! Scotland weather has been hot - all the Scots are passing out around us as it hits 34 celcius - they can't believe that it gets to 43 in the Australian Summer. I'm typing this in a Scottish pub in an area known as Speans Bridge. Its as north as we go on this trip - so we head south tommorow through England, Belgium, France and then Germany on the homeward leg.
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