If 2013 was my year to visit significant historical sites (the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Stonehenge in the UK, Angkor Wat in Cambodia), then 2014 is the year of natural beauty. In the last two months, I have been to three of the most beautiful places.
Starting with the Lakes District in northern England. A group of ladies from my running club planned a weekend away. The start of the trip was a big rough, as the train did not have enough seats (even though we booked in advance) and we were sitting on the floor between carriages for the first 20 minutes or so. Thankfully they opened up the first class seating that was available soon after this was taken and we went from the floor to very posh seating!
The first morning we headed into the hills near the town of Keswick to run. There isn't much commentary I can add to this...
Purple heather on the hilltops! Can you see it on the hill to my right in the picture?
Some of our "trails" took us through open fields and over stone walls.
We were never FULLY lost, but did spend several breaks studying the map to get our bearings. I just like our "lost" photo!
We covered about 10 miles the first day. This was the STUNNING view as we came back down from the hills. The lake in the middle of the photo is Derwentwater and the village is Keswick, where we stayed. Most on both to come...
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