Seriously Lee.. I comment all the time saying how great your videos are but I really want to thank you.. Your videos, the music and how you edit them, when in the Lakes just fill me with joy. I have so much nostalgia to the lakes and going there with my parents when I was younger, and having you as someone to rely on when I need that little lift now and again, I am so grateful for. No one else puts great LD footage up. You're one of a kind Mr Davey
Thank you Lee and Geoff, a lovely video, i love the Lakes District it is a beautiful part of Britain, i truely enjoyed it during my travels around the UK back in the 70s. Yes Lee there are to many tourists now every where you go. The same is happening in Australia, to many tourists, its push n shove, also difficult finding a car parking spot 😮 Au
I've been to the lakes when I was a young man in my 30s with then lady love. She was a Cumbrian lass from Cockermouth Sue Bell. Sadly she is no longer with us now. She passed away a couple of weeks after my mum passed away in 2007. Life is cruel.
I can remember Ronald Frasier in Swallows and Amazons, excellent actor from Ashton under Lyne, just down the road from me and where your mother was from.
I was a tourist on Monday in Bowness! Couldn’t get a parking space so we headed back to Keswick and had a chippy from the kingfisher! (I noticed on a previous video you’d been there) chippy was excellent! Went back and had another a couple of days later! Windermere was too busy for us tbh! Loved Keswick! Was a great week though! The scenery around the lakes is among the best!!! 👍🏻
Good Evening Lee and Geoff. I really Loved watching your Movie of your visit to the Lake District and the most Stunning Lake of Windermere. I really liked seeing your Re-anactment of You Lee, when your Father took that Photograph of Yourself standing beside the Beautiful Steam Locomotive at the Train Stations platform. Your Father would have been so Proud and pleased to have seen that Lee. Well Done. I really Enjoyed your very Beautiful and Picturesque Boat Trip over to Bowness. It really takes your Breath away how Beautiful the Lake District and Windermere really is. Loving the Banter and the Funny Lines of Comedic Gold the Yourself Lee and the Lovely Gentleman Mr. Geoff Carter the one and only. I really liked seeing you go to the Pubs and have a few Pints of Lager and Cider. I do agree, that i think that the Tourism has really just gotten to Commercialised and it could also be people booking lots of Air B&B Holiday Properties and it has pushed away the Local people and Residents away from the Villages. It is the Greedy and Shelfish Rich again being Catered for and looked after, just because they can Afford to. Glad you had a Good time and some Beautiful Food at the Anglers Arms. Many a Pint was drank that day i would presume. Thank you Lee and Geoff. Keep Smiling and Enjoy Life.
Hearing the rhythm of the old steam railway track reminded me of a famous poem penned by W H Auden called Night Mail. Sadly, nowadays the railway tracks mostly just go swish swish.
Another great collaboration between Lee and Geoff. That tunnel at 02:58 brings back memories of PENNYWISE just waiting to grab Lee. You guys are both Nobbly Nuts
Love this railway and boat trip, I last done it around 1988 and yes it’s a fabulous trip. Height of the summer too so full of tourists. I do love my cider whether it be original apple or pear, (Perry), cider. Some of the fruit ones are nice too. I worked on the railways for just under 23 yrs and in that time saw plenty of “gricers”, (railway enthusiasts), leaning out of the train windows. You cannot do that anymore with the modern stock on Britain’s railways. I do remember that Young Ones sketch when Vivian lost his head. Will now have to watch Geoff’s vlog if this trip👌
You are forgetting The French Lieutenants Woman. Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons It was shot in 1980 on location in Lyme Regis, London Docks, Dartmouth, and Windermere.Twickenham Studios had internal sets built. 1974 Swallows and Amazon....Viginia McKenna, Ronald Frazer and can't remember. The bloke from Randall and Hopkirk, Pratt . Can't remember any more 😊
Lovely video, Geoff is a very funny and likeable guest star. I grew up in Derbyshire which is also very beautiful, I've never been to the lake district though but the scenery is stunning although the crowds would put me off going nowadays. Re Spain and their wish for no tourists ... I think all Brits should respect their wish and see what happens, you wouldn't have too long to wait.
Great vlog. Scenes that I'll never get to actually see. The train ride was great, and all in all a great video. Geoff is a funny guy and you two work well together. Thanks again.
I can remember when we used to get the Lakeside boat in Autumn back in the 90s and there were only 2 or 3 families on it. How times have changed. Unfortunately Bowness is just to busy and touristy now
Have you been on the East Lancashire railway? In 93 parents put their tourer caravan on Lakeland leisure park near Flookburgh at the start of the season till the end. Used to go down every weekend plus 2 weeks in summer. Think we visited every tourist attraction including what you are doing
Nice travelogue, perhaps I will get around to visiting one day. A bit of information, there is a desert in England, Dungeness on the Kent coast. It has a lovely pub the Pilot which does very nice fish and chips.
Traders love the crowds - make plenty of money - but I imagine that the ordinary (not that business people are not ordinary - but you know what I mean) people are sick to death of 1000s of strangers clogging up the streets and parking where they shouldn't. I bet a few of those vehicles somehow develop flat tyres and other sundry problems during their stay.
Looks like towing the rowboat is the normal way to get the rowboat off the shore and get it situated properly so that it can be safely rowed without the danger of getting hit by the much larger passenger boats coming into the dock.
I live in the lake district; no dont ban the tourists we need them but the problem is when they leave rubbish, including human waste when they camp, park anywere on double yellows thats when they create issues, other than that 99% of tourists dont cause problems, the spanish will regret what there doing
Highlight of my many trips on 'Swan' and I think 'Tern' n the late 50s/early 60s were the bilberry tarts that were on sale, if you like blueberries believe me these were so superior in taste.
Controversial but I honestly think it's time that we started charging to enter places like this... With us adding millions more people to the country over the next few years, it's inevitable that we're going to need to do something like that anyway... The country can't cope with the population explosion!... The last time i went to Bowness it was heaving too, full of drunk chavs who left litter everywhere... They even threw gravy all over the swans!
The train reminss me of Thomas the tank engine in real life ,littel kids would love this ...😊🇦🇺 The asain tourist is just like in Australia they come in is on buses lol 😅😅😅 What a beautiful adventure fantastic vlog lee
Mister Macmaster! Lee your mate is in top form again 😊😂 tbest time to visit The Lakes & many other places, after all the tourists have gone home & just locals around, , then it's very very enjoyable, people are a nuisance, but essential for businesses relying on them! 🎉
1974 film Windermere, Cumbria, England, UK. (the lake scene) Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK. (on location) Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, Haverthwaite Railway Station, Haverthwaite, Ulverston, Cumbria, England, UK. (rail scenes) Coniston, Cumbria, England, UK. (on location) Ulverston, Cumbria, England, UK. Yes I did Google it😂😅😊
I live inYork, it's like living in a flipping theme park. Everything moves on, but this Country is not going in the right direction. Nice to see Geoff drinking some Yorkshire lager - Madri, brewed in Tadcaster.
Windermere in the Lake District is England's largest lake at 10.5 miles long, that's just over 18 km. At its deepest point is 219 feet, that's 66.7 m. Windermere is also the name of a small town, which lies just over a mile from the lake shore.
Lee, You should take yourself up to Glasgow and take a trip down the river Clyde on the last sea going paddle steamer in the world called the Waverly, get off at Largs and try a fish & chips.
The lake district is commercialised but all the businesses rely on it, without tourism there would be no business and the pubs certainly would not be charging £7 for a pint of cider🤣
Imagine the crowds in Blackpool on a sunny day in Summer. Double that number and you have Bowness on Windermere on a similar sunny day. Advice: don't bother.
i did enjoy the video with you both mate boat ride few beers and a train ride nice 👍 those carriages are like what we have on the northyorkshire Moors Railway where i work and we also get lots of Tourists every year
Beautifully filmed Lee. I love the Lake District - Bowness is on the busy side in season but so is Keswick where we usually stay. The train & boat is a great option, I think there’s an aquarium too? Well done.
