PROGRAMME:
Day 1: Arrive Windermere. Orientation meeting.
Day 2: Walk to Coniston via Hawkshead, with public transport available from Hawkshead if required (7 miles/12 kms to Hawkshead 11 miles/18 kms to walk the whole route, with 350 or 500 metres of height gain respectively).
Day 3: Day in Coniston. Sightseeing or walking available.
Day 4: Walk to Eskdale via Seathwaite-in-Dunnerdale, where taxi rendezvous can be arranged if required (7.5 miles/13 kms to Seathwaite, 12 miles/20 kms to walk the whole route, with 600 or 800 metres respectively of height gain.
Day 5: Day in Eskdale. Sightseeing or walking available, including a chance to climb Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain.
Day 6: Walk to Wasdale Head (6 miles or 10 kms with 250 metres of height gain). NB: luggage moved today at extra cost
Day 7: Walk to Lodore via Seatoller-in-Borrowdale, where public transport is available if required. At Lodore catch boat to Keswick. (6 miles/10 kms to Seatoller, 11 miles/18 kms to walk the whole route, with 500 or 700 metres respectively of height gain). Taxi service from Keswick to Windermere (pay locally).
Day 8: Departure after breakfast.
PRICE:
Option 1:
Superior B & B: £553 per person.
Dinner & B& B: £747 per person.
Accommodation in small hotels, inns and guest houses with en-suite facilities.
Option 2:
Standard B & B: £422 per person.
Guest houses, Bed & Breakfasts and farms. Normally shared bathrooms. Dinner not included but available within easy reach of accommodation.
Single supplement: £336 for option 1 and £187 for option 2 (reductions for larger parties)
Extra nights at £80 pp for Option 1 and £56 for Option 2. Single supplement for extra nights: £56 for Option 1 and £33 for Option 2
Local Guide for groups (or individuals): available on request
Supplement to transport luggage to Wasdale Head (per group): £80. If two nights are spent at Wasdale then luggage transportation is included.
To book email walking@star.co.uk - T: +44 (0) 1242 254353
INCLUDED
7 nights accommodation with full English breakfast
Dinner in Option 1 if half board price paid
Provision of map sections and route descriptions
Orientation meeting on Day 1
Boat ride on Derwentwater on final day
Luggage transfer to Coniston, Eskdale and Windermere at the end (also available to Wasdale Head on day 6 at extra cost if required)
Back-up service.
NOT INCLUDED
Lunches, dinners (unless Option 1 half board option taken), sightseeing expenses, Windermere ferry, taxi journeys.
Departure dates 2009: any day April-October subject to accommodation availability
To book email: walking@star.co.uk
T: (44) (0)1242 254353