Abbot Hall Hotel

Peninsulas, Coast, Lakes and Fells

The southern Lake District is one of the most beautiful places to walk in the UK, with fells, lakes and the Morecambe Bay coastline, there is a lot of variety, in both terrain and scenery. This week offer an option of two walk a day. Longer A walks and a short B walk.

Included walks:

Coach to Grasmere

A walk: drop off at Ambleside (8 miles)

We will climb up to Loughrigg Fell and down to the Tarn. We will join the Terrace and visit the caves before making our way to Rydal. Taking the coffin route to Grasmere.

B walk: (6 miles gently undulating)

We walk along the shores of Grasmere Lake to join the Terrace. We visit the caves and cross the A591 to walk through Rydal and back along the Coffin route to Grasmere.

Coach to Coniston (Cumbria way)

A walk: Coach to Elterwater (8 and a half miles)

A linear walk from Elterwater to Coniston along the Cumbria way. We will walk to Skelwith Bridge and on through the woods to Colwith Force. The route goes South to Tarn Hows and down through the woods to Coniston.

B walk: Coach to Skelwith Bridge (6 and a half miles)

We walk the same route on the Cumbria Way as the A party from Skelwith Bridge to Coniston.

Train to Ulverston

A walk: 9 miles

We climb the Hoad Hill to see the monument and then cross the moor to the falls. We continue North to Broughton Beck before going west to join the Cumbria Way which goes South through farms and fields back to Ulverston.

B walk: 6 miles

We slowly climb Hoad Hill (optional) before descending to pass through Newlands. The route passes through woods and road to join the Cumbria Way going South through farms, fields and the Gill in to town.

9:30am Coach to Windermere Hotel

A walk: 8 and a half miles

We climb Orrest Head 783ft and continue through Near Orrest and Four Orrest to Troutbeck. We gently climb to Wansfell Pike 1581ft and then descend steeply on good paths to Ambleside.

B walk: 6 and a half miles undulating

From the Windermere Hotel we go North through Four Orrest to Town End, Troutbeck an don to Robin Lane. We walk to view point at Jenkin Crag and walk through Skelghyll Woods to Ambleside.

Both groups leave from Ambleside.

"What shall I bring?" we recommend you come prepared for all weathers, regardless of the month you visit. Comfortable walking boots are recommended, as is clothing for wet weather.  (Don’t worry we have a boot room where you can dry your walking gear). A Camera is a must to capture the magnificent views but please leave all of the other details to us.

Fancy a break away where someone else has to worry about the driving and parking. If you do this is the holiday for you.

Let us take you to some of the most beautiful places in the Lake District, excursions may include: A Lake Cruise, a visit to Old Hall Farm, Muncaster Castle, shopping trip in to Lancaster and a free day to explore the local villages of Cartmel and Grange-Over-Sands.

With a knowledgeable guide on hand to give you interesting facts about the places you visit, you will enjoy a stress free week discovering the beauty of the Lake District.

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Meet one of our guides....

Ron Coxall
Ron has always danced, earning his first medal with the Empire Society Teachers of Dance (ESTD) at the age of ten. He first met country dancing in 1969 with Hitchin Staplers in Hertfordshire and took to it like a duck to water. Ron was soon encouraged to call and now he is well known nationally and internationally through his dance compositions.

He has called for Club Dances, Balls, Festivals, Workshops, and Dance Holidays, here, on the Continent and in Australia. "I do like the atmosphere at the occasions when I call to be relaxed and friendly; the dancers should be able to feel free to concentrate on dancing and fun without nervous stress and tension."

Ron has a great following within Christian Guild and his weeks get booked up very early so it is recommended to book as soon as possible

The Holiday

We want you to relax, socialise, enjoy your Country Dancing and the atmosphere of our Abbot Hall Hotel.  The itinerary for this holiday is intended to balance all of these aims.

The programme for your dancing holiday is planned to give you the maximum amount of dancing tuition, relaxed dancing and free time.

There will be interesting morning dance workshops, with free afternoons and evening of social dancing, so if you do have any particular technique you wish to explore you can ask Ron for his expert help and advice.

Anyone, from enthusiastic novices to seasoned dancers, will be able to improve their fancy footwork on these fun and friendly Country Dancing holidays.

During the holiday, we will also offer optional local tours.

Peninsulas, Coast, Lakes and Fells

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Meet one of our Blue Badge Guides....

Jill Durnford

After many years in education, I was thrilled to be able to train as a  Blue Badge Guide for Cumbria. It seems to be the perfect job,  combining my love of talking to people with my many and varied interests. I like to think that I am following the example of Cumbrian resident John Ruskin who was interested in art, architecture, the environment and society (amongst many other interests) though I am not quite the expert that he was! 

The Holiday…

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Please call Abbot Hall Hotel on 015395 32896 for more information

Meet one of our guides....

Hilary Herbert

Hilary Herbert has been dancing and calling for many years and greatly enjoys both activities. Having started calling at barn dances, PTAs etc in the late 70s, she is now well known nationally as a caller / teacher of a wide breadth of new and old dances in the Playford, Traditional English and American style, including ones of her own composition. She can also be persuaded, without much difficulty, to teach Running set and Sword. She is a regular performer on the English festival, week-end and evening dance circuits and has also ventured across the channel. Her patience and humour are well known throughout the country and she enjoys sharing her wealth of experience with others. She resides in north Lancashire, the county of her birth, and is looking forward to a week in neighbouring Cumbria

The Holiday

We want you to relax, socialise, enjoy your Country Dancing and the atmosphere of our Abbot Hall Hotel.  The itinerary for this holiday is intended to balance all of these aims.

The programme for your dancing holiday is planned to give you the maximum amount of dancing tuition, relaxed dancing and free time.

There will be interesting morning dance workshops, with free afternoons and evening of social dancing, so if you do have any particular technique you wish to explore you can ask Ron for his expert help and advice.

Anyone, from enthusiastic novices to seasoned dancers, will be able to improve their fancy footwork on these fun and friendly Country Dancing holidays.

During the holiday, we will also offer optional local tours.

So much more than just learning how to paint….Feed your creative side, with this Watercolour Painting Holiday at Abbot Hall Hotel, with your expert leader Alison Drake.

Course tuition will run everyday, unless otherwise stated from 9:30 to 16:30pm each day, with scheduled lunch, morning coffee and afternoon tea breaks.

'what shall I bring'? On booking students will receive pre-course information and materials lists detailing a list of paints, brushes and paper, items to consider. Unless stated students should bring their own painting materials, brushes and papers/boards. We are always on hand to offer advice if unsure and recommend that beginner students telephone prior to buying an extensive set of paints and equipment!

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Meet one of our guides....

Kim Moore

Kim Moore’s first pamphlet ‘If We Could Speak Like Wolves’ was a winner in the Poetry Business 2012 Pamphlet Competition.  It subsequently went on to be named in the Independent as a ‘Book of the Year’ and was a runner up in the Lakeland Book of the Year Award.  It is currently shortlisted for the Michael Marks Award.  Kim was awarded an Eric Gregory Award in 2011.  She spends half her week as a peripatetic Brass Teacher for Cumbria Music Service and conducts the Barrow Shipyard Junior Band and the other half of the week doing poetry related activities – reading at poetry festivals, leading writing workshops and of course, writing poetry. 

The Holiday

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