Windemere’s Roman Ruins & Running Amok
Windemere’s Roman Ruins & Running Amok
Whilst we’re in the Lake District it wouldn’t be a break without at least a quick trip to Lake Windemere so we’re packed up and on our way to a sight Rachel has found for us to visit.
Normally, this would be the part where I break off and start telling you about what happened but before we can get anywhere and having at this point passed through three farm gates, I realise I’ve forgotten my coat and Rach isn’t happy!
Trying to smooth the waters, I volunteer to run back for it, it shouldn’t take more than… twenty minutes… if I were about ten years younger… and in decent shape… but with my spider senses tingling, I’m out of the car and heading back down the lane.
I’m not generally that forgetful a person but I can hear “I’ve got enough kids to look after without…” as the door closes and she starts to angrilly reverse the car around whereupon, with a gentle crunching noise, the cars rear wheels drop into the field and the whole car careers backwards, the wheels spinning in the mud before resting with a bump straight into a huge dung heap.
It’s clearly being left to mature and the smell reaches me, well before I’m up close. The wheels are spinning, spreading a decorative fan of future fertiliser across the rear windows and wheel arches. Her face is enough to tell me I should probably stay quiet and I’ve already guessed which of us is going to be pushing it out!
It takes about twenty minutes before it’s free and back onto the gravel and concrete track but fortunately, the mood has lifted slightly and we head back to get my coat and maybe a few antibacterial wipes for good measure!
Anyway, finally back on track, Borrans Park houses the remains of a Roman village and the open spaces mean we can leave Ember on her longest lead to run and jump to her hearts content. We’re not convinced she’ll return to us if she gets the scent of something so for now she’s shackled to one of us at all times!
The walk through the ruins and fields makes for a lovely day and we end our trip with a visit to a local pub with a large outdoor seating area on the edge of the lake where the kids can explore safely. It does look like fun though so it isn’t long before we’re all down there skimming stones and looking for washed-up treasure.
It’s only once we’re home with the car cleaned I realise one of the wheels has been spun almost down to the wire as we tried to get it out of the muck pile, so that’s another job for the list!
