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Last October (2019) we had a coach trip to Lake District with the Students Union (SU), and it was a lovely memory. This green haven doesn’t disappoint!

What you need to do to get on a free trip like this is to go on the Give it a Go page by the SU, choose the event, log in at the site with your university email, and book a place! Make sure you sign up early for any trip or there will be no spaces left. Another way, if the International Office is the organiser of the trip, you’ll get an email directly from them, and just need to reply to sign up! (check the link out! you’ll see a list of free trips you’ll likely go on!)

A walk around Windermere, Lake District

Expect to see a lot of tourists as Lake District is a much loved travel destination in the UK. We saw a lot of families with kids, and Chinese tourists too. I guess there must be a significant influx of Chinese tourists to Lake District, since there were many signs at restaurants and places of interest written in Chinese.

The trip took us to Windermere area. Lake District is huge comprising 4 major mountainous areas (or towns to be precise). Beside Windermere town, there are also Keswick, Ambleside, and Bowness-on-Windermere. Take a look at this video and you’ll agree with me how beautiful Windermere looks!

Share lunch with a friend

We arrived in Lake District at around 11am, wandered for a while and went for lunch. Now this (Windermere) is a bustling area with all kinds of cuisines and shops. My friend and I were looking for a budget option, so we looked through many menus and prices (at the entrance of restaurants) and stopped at one pizza place.

The pizza we shared (quite a large size) cost only £ 8. Lunch offer even on a Saturday, brilliant!

  • it looks small in this picture but believe me, it was a filling meal for 2 (who usually eat little ?)
  • It’s a restaurant and also bar (notice background behind us), quite cool

Alternatively you can pop in Tesco Express near the lake (where the coach dropped you off) to get a meal deal at 3.00 GBP with a main meal, a snack and a drink. (much like Mccoll’s on campus, but a bit cheaper and more choices I guess).

I also took home a sushi deal from Tesco for my evening meal
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Great spot for photos

Although I didn’t discover much variety in Lake District (probably because I’m a slow walker and a chilled wanderer), I found a few amazing views for my Instagram photos! (or my phone gallery only, haha, too lazy for instagram posts)

  • An impressive furniture store – just a very short walk from the lake
  • Still that breath-taking furniture shop
  • Go through the back door of that shop, you’ll be greeted with this view!
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    for my Instagram? (thanks DoEun for this photo!)
  • continue the walk back to the main lake and meet this view!

Few other peaceful shots of the Windermere area!

  • Do-Eun, I miss you… ? (my friend Doeun on the right, study-abroad student from Korea)
  • love this creation in the park (also right near the main lake)
  • Peter Rabbit shop
  • Peter Rabbit shop (honestly i only knew what Peter Rabbit was when my friends told me) (sorry ? not part of my childhood)
  • houses and sloping streets, a prominent feature of Lake District I suppose (from my observation)
  • Bustling Lake District
  • same view with earlier, but taken by my friend DoEun
Keep an eye out for free trips by the International Office and the students’ union, and make sure you sign up early!

Until next time x . Thank you for reading!

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