The Trip That Beat Us Ep12- We’re done
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- We have been recuperating from the bad weather in an AirBnB and hoping that Carol’s shoulder will recover so we can get back on the road. We pick a sunny day to take a walk around the village of Burneside and along the banks of the River Sprint.
The following day we have to leave the comfort of the AirBnB and lo and behold it is raining again! We park up at Arnside for a fry up followed by a quick walk to stretch our legs then head off to our spot for the night at Lakeside at the southern end of Lake Windermere.
The following morning we have booked tickets to visit Hill Top, Beatrix Potter’s House. Our tour of the house gave us an appetite so we drive into Hawkshead in search of breakfast baguettes.
Next we need a walk so head up to Tarn Hows for a circuit of the tarns in the beautiful afternoon sunshine.
As the sun starts to set we head up to Walna Scar. A hair-raising ascent and forecast of driving rain for the next few days is enough to make up our minds to head home. Only 5hrs 38mins if we take the M6 toll road!
This episode was filmed 27th February to 1st March 2022
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Excellent! ❤️ That trip was wonderful to watch despite the weather! Personally I love a good storm! I know you both do as well but it seemed a bit too cold. Anxious to hear about Carols shoulder but realize you need a break! Well wishes to you both😘
Hi, Simon and Maria from Ireland here, your trips are fantastic watching, you visit some lovely places, and you give a great coverage of van life, making incredible memories as you go, and seeing so many beautiful places,
You ever coming to Ireland? Al our very best🍀
@@simonbyrne3854 check out our Ireland playlist czcams.com/play/PLIvjgjzahw7r3gbiSWmQ0WwRpvlMPavBg.html
We will be returning one day to explore more 🙂👍
Take care xx
Thank you so much for all your videos...so far! :) Enjoy your break away from all your hard work filming, editing, choosing music....I have really appreciated every episode and look forward to your return!
A fourteen day trip in winter is an accomplishment not a defeat !
Thanks Carol and Ken for taking us along.
You’re welcome. Thanks Jay 🙂
Your storytelling, editing of clips, visuals, narration and use of music really is top class. Add to that how likeable you both are, makes this channel essential viewing. Thank you, and sorry the trip ended earlier than anticipated.
That’s very kind of you, thanks Richard 🙏
What a great end to a wonderful holiday and I'm glad you never had any damages to the under side of your van.
JUST LOVELY PEOPLE BIG BIG THANK YOU.
Thank you 🙂
I know it is past days. But I’m so sorry Carol had shoulder troubles. I love Air B&B’s and so far, have not been disappointed! I know by now Carol has healed! PS. Adorable crazy dog!
Thanks for your concern. Yes, Carol is much better now. We love AirBnBs too 🙂
really enjoyed that wee vid of you folks, keep her lit.., PS good driving skills, but you were lucky a car even a walker was not coming balling down the hill would have defo killed your momentum in low gears. good stuff x
Hello Carol and Ken. I enjoy this vlog, even more as it is your last one for a while. Thank you for all the effort and enjoy your break 😁 👋
Thanks Anita 🙂
I throughly enjoyed this series .
storms ,floods ,snow wind and rain make for memories in their own right .I’m sure it’s a trip you will reminisce over many times …..and lovely to hear my favourite music again
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Another great video guys, I was up there in April, like you I was surprised 50p for a wee, that's really taking the p......
Haha there you have Newfoundland and Labrador in the one (the dogs) ❤️ great video
We used to go to Arnside for caravan holidays when I was a child. We children were warned about the quicksands but played on the “beach” anyway. Another year we stayed for a week in Hawkshead, it was so hot that the tar was melted on the roads. Strange that’s what I’ve remembered for probably 60 years. Went to Tarn Hows too. Thanks for the memories.
Glad we could bring back some happy memories for you Angela. Those must have been such great holidays 🙂
If you get up that way again Handsome Brewery that you passed brew some beautiful beer.
Good luck on your summer travels and can’t wait to see your videos on your return.
Shame the brewery was closed ☺️ Thanks for watching 🙂🙏
Enjoyed this series. I am a quilter so I paused the video at Beatrix Potters place to have a good look at the quilt on the bed. Thanks for taking us along.
Glad you enjoyed it Glenys 🙂
Nice vlog ken and Carol. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome as always Grumpy 🙂
Carol, thank you for the maps inserted.
You’re welcome ☺️
Lovely photography thank you for taking us with you. Have a nice rest but please do come back x
Thanks! Miss you two. I hope you’re getting ready to enjoy the holidays. All the best,
Susan
We will be back as soon as we have the next series ready. Thank you for the super thanks, it’s much appreciated. ❤️❤️❤️
The sky looked good for the morning finally.
Spent my day driving into and around the Amish countryside looking for strawberries to make some strawberry and banana jam. Not many to find. I was put on a list for maybe 2 weeks. Great adventured that you shared with us. Thanks
Thanks Marie. Good luck with the strawberry hunt 🍓🙂👍
Well you both deserve a rest although I will miss you and your wonderful videos.
Thanks Larry 🙂
That looked a wonderful place to walk dog's. It looked cosy and welcoming the air b and b. Oh frogs are the bane of my life, as a young girl someone put a frog down my vest and i screamed until my friend got it out.I'm watching this while tucked up in bed. Enjoy your break, but hoping you won't be away for to long. Loved seeing Beatrix potters home. XX ❤️💙
Glad you enjoyed it Margaret. That frog incident must have traumatised you for life!
@@LifeistooshortCK Yes it did and to make matters worse it was still alive 😱 XX ❤️💙
@@margaretconnery7422 yuk 😳
You are true champions and much
Admired. Waiting for the next
Adventure.
Thanks Richard 🙏
That cottage was amazing inside, well equipped and decorated with no expense spared. One tense part of the otherwise relaxing video, was the steep hillclimb expecting something coming down the hill. Fantastic series! Great adventures.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
What a shame for the horrid weather. The scenery was beautiful, though and I would love to see it under sunshine skies for sure.
Get the right weather up there and it is amazing. Having said that it still is an amazing place in any weather. 😁👍
@Life is too Short
Some very nice locations Ken. Sorry to se it finish. Loking forward to the next one.
Thanks Rupert 🙂
In the past I commented that your music sound levels were too high to hear be able to hear the dialog. You said you would work on that. Well I here to tell you you got the levels perfect. Very professional. This was the best on yet! Thank you!
Glad to hear it David. Thanks for the feedback 🙂👍
Cracking last day. Cracking paths and cracking lanes. Thanks. Enjoyed that. Oh, and loved the wrap up sequence at the end.
Thanks Euan 🙂
lovely green and mint old car in that driveway
Thank you again Ken and Carol. I love the little things you notice like the spider and the cat in the sun. It’s those things that make it real and also relaxing. Have a good break and come back when you feel ready. All the best- Sarah
Thanks Sarah 🙂
What a beautiful house on the Hill Top.
In spite of the weather that still looked like a great trip and you both just got stuck in, with the help of a bacon sandwich or two! The Lake District is a fantastic location and I loved the footage of Hill Top. I’ve passed it many times but I’ve never been in because it’s always so busy. I think now I will definitely make the effort to go. Thanks as always for sharing a really interesting and professional video.
Thank you Sylvia. We appreciate all your lovely comments 🙂
Thank you for taking us with you. Always beautiful and we watch every one. Hope Carol, heals up. All too familiar with shoulder problems. Pain it a rough journey. Be blessed.
Thanks Terry 🙏
I really enjoyed this adventure and 14 days is a long adventure in my mind. We usually do weekends, a week or 10 days. I hope you are both fit and healthy. Looking forward to your next adventure. Take care Gill
Thanks for watching Gill. We are both fine and enjoying our break ☺️
An excellent 14 days. Don’t blame you for going home with that weather on the way.
Will be missing your vid. Thoroughly enjoyed all your vid and narration. Have a good rest. Come back soon.
Thank you 🙏
Excellent. Didn't beat you by much. Heroic stuff in my opinion.
Thanks Willie ☺️
Thanks so much… enjoy your break., hope to watch your next adventure.
Great Trip have a good break 😁
enjoy video as always, so much to 👀, yummy 😋 food as always.
views and scenery great.
Carol go and get your shoulder scanned, to be on the safe side.
take ❤
Thanks Moira. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂👍
Great as always x Thankyou 🙂
Epic journey, you showed us many interesting areas... Thank you
Lake District looks lovely. Hope Carol's shoulder is better.
Thanks Susan 🙂
Really enjoyed this video. I went to school at Casterton near Kirkby Lonsdale and later we used to have a caravan at Hill of Oaks and then a holiday home, a little cottage in Bowness so I know the Lake District well. It’s been a lovely trip down memory lane, it’s a beautiful part of the world.
Glad you enjoyed the trip down memory Lane. It is indeed a beautiful part of the world 🙂
I did reply earlier but it hasn’t appeared! 🤷🏼♀️ if you go again you should visit Kirkby Lonsdale, it’s a lovely village, some great walks, Devil’s Bridge, Ruskin’s View. Also just up the road on the back road between Casterton and Barbon there’s Barbon Terrace, a really quiet spot at the side of Barbon Fell, which is also a great walk. We used to climb it early and have breakfast at the top! It’s a narrow track but there are recesses where you can park, overnight too without issue, great views. Barbon is a lovely village too, good walks, packhorse bridge and the Barbon Inn is an old traditional pub. I filmed this video a few years ago, on my return journey from Barbon Terrace to Casterton. Casterton School is where the Bronte sisters went and is the school “Lowood” is based on in Jane Eyre.
czcams.com/video/Q32GAwYjcMc/video.html
PS: my previous comment included a google maps link, perhaps that’s why it didn’t publish? I’ll try again in a separate comment.
Yes it doesn’t like links outside of CZcams. Here are the coordinates of the parking spot that you can put into any maps app. If you go onto street view and turn to the side you’ll see the recessed area...
54.2301357 -2.5599017
Hi. Noticed Ken squinting when driving into the sunlight. I always wear a cap with the brim dipped to mask out the sunlight along with flip up sun shades. That really works for me.
Thanks for the tip Michael, good idea 👍
Merci pour toutes vos belles vidéos, on aime 😊 👍 à bientôt. Au plaisir. ..😉
Merci Muriel. Vous êtes très gentille 🙂👍
beautiful scenery, food looked yummy at the pub. hope her shoulder gets to feeling better, and its nothing serious,
Thank you. The shoulder took a couple of months to heal but is all good now 🙂👍
i was thinking, if this is February, then i do hope Carol's shoulder is better and/or been looked at. didnt realise the time span before, on the other vids. Have a good break and all the best from New Zealand. collin xxx
Yes, Carol’s shoulder is much better now, thanks Collin 🙂
Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed every single minute.
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching Denny 🙂👍
Another super series, hats off to your tenacity I wouldnt have lasted 14 days in those conditions. 🎉🎉
Thanks Gwen. It did put us off camping in the winter but tempted to try it again this year 😁
14 day trip in winter is definitely an achievement and it has been great to watch 👍 thanks Carol an Ken
Thanks James 🙏
14 days in that weather was enough for anybody. Well done
Your editing is good ..you get some nice shots.
Nice tour of Beatrix potter home,and not forgetting the delightful walks.
Thank you Susan 🙂
Great videography!!
It amazes me that these charming country roads have not be widened. If they were in the US, the digger would be in and a yellow stripe painted down the middle.
Where I live in the country, you could look for weeks and never find roads this Narrow.
We have uncanny way of taking all history out of history, so sad!
Very strict planning laws and powerful public opinion prevents it I think.
This is England, part of its history and beauty. 🇬🇧
@@rosieposie6521 don’t ever change it! Don’t turn it into a USA, where every old building is torn down in the name of progress. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I Always think its sad when its time to head home but you have done very well on this trip having encountered all weather conditions and the cold days, and as you have to improvise in a small van it takes some planning, although you are well organised, but i think it can be tiring as well being on the road for long periods, It brought back memories for me this time as I know the areas you covered so well, look forward to new videos in due course, enjoy your break, Regards, Colin.
Thanks Colin 🙂
@@LifeistooshortCK Can I just add I think the Music you chose for this video was really atmospheric especially towards the end when you decided to make for the M6 and Home, Regards, Colin.
Lakeside was a beautiful park up.
Might only have been 14 days, but they were certainly epic. Thanks once again for taking us back in time, must be 30 years since we were last in Hawkshead and walked back from the Old Man of Coniston down the Walna Scar Road! Steep doesn't come close!! Take care and enjoy your break. Knowing you guys, it won't be long before we're sat watching you with a cup of hot chocolate. 😉📺☕🐕🚙
So glad you enjoyed it. Take care guys ❤️
Beautiful spot! I don't think I could drive there! Your roads look more like our bicycle paths.🤣
Oh Ken, you old romantic, you and the kissing gates. Thanks guys, a lovely series, shame about the weather, but then it was February. I do hope your shoulder is better now Carol, you were very professional putting on a brave face for the camera when in pain Take care. Thank you 👍
Thanks Simon 🙂
What a beautiful lake region.
Another great trip, thanks for taking us along. Enjoy your break, no rush, but like so many others, I look forward to your next adventure.
Thank you 🙏
Superb series as always, Carol and Ken. Many thanks for taking the time and effort. Hope you are both well and hope to see more from you soon. All the best.
Thanks Craig 🙂
Great video chaps 👍😀
I think next year you should go back to the Isle of Man for the TT 😊really enjoy watching your channel. Have a great rest and I hope your shoulder gets better Carol.
We would love that ☺️
Awesome trip. Love Beatrix Potter cottage. I bought the collection of books for my daughter 40 years ago, and now my grandson has them! Our version of red sky at nite sailors delight, red sky in morn sailor be warn. ☺️
That was a fantastic trip, I loved ever minute of it, thank you, it didn't be you, you both done marvellous, it no fun in the UK in winter, thank you again, and God bless the both of you
Thanks Dallas 🙏
The Bobbin Mill was once owned by my husbands 3 x gt Grandfather Jeremiah Coward. We often travel from Suffolk to Ambleside to do family history research.
Wow, how interesting. We really enjoyed our visit and guided tour of the bobbin mill when we visited in 2017 🙂
that was certainly a brilliant trip, shame the drone footage was 'lost', but that sometimes happens with technology, cant wait for the next adventure, cheers, Garry from DownUnder
Thanks for watching Garry. Greetings to you DownUnder 🙂👍
Hi Ken and Carol, another great vid in a wonderful part of the country. Enjoyed it many times, sometimes even without rain. All the best. John
Glad you enjoyed it John. Thanks for watching 🙂🙏
It's my birthday today, and so I'm indulging in my very few favourite channels. So happy to see that you have popped up today, as you are in my top three.
Also, after first watching your Isle of Man series (3 times consecutively), in May, I have been binging on your previous videos and really loving them.
This, I think, after all those videos, is my first comment. (I'm commenting when I should be watching, but I'll go back, and watch from the beginning.. Promise!)
So Thank you both for the beautiful videos. I love your work. Technical, and creative-wise. You have the ability to make the viewer feel like you're family, so don't be surprised that, if I ever bump in to you, i'll be greeting you with open arms!
Lots of all the good stuff to you. Karen xxx
Happy birthday Karen. Thanks for your lovely comment. Tell us your two other favourite channels as we always like to find new channels to watch 👍
@@LifeistooshortCK Paddy Doyle. Based in Thailand but just started a tour of Vietnam, Travel Beans, who you already know of and Kinging it, who, coincidentally, have also just started a Vietnam tour.
Don’t know Paddy so will take a look. 👍
Just subbed to Paddy. That is right up my street thanks for the tip 👍
Thank you for sharing your adventures with me/us all. You are both inspirational in so many ways; but the most special gift you have and share with us, is your fabulous relationship.
I look forward to spotting you one day or at least your 'Little Red Van'
Enjoy your rest, both of you. Best Regards from Preston, Lancs
Thanks for watching and your lovely comment 🙏
Really enjoyed this trip x
Arnsude and Silverdale are beautiful
Thanks for sharing all the great scenery despite rain, wind and snow!!!! My congratulations to both of you, enjoy your well deserved rest at home before starting out on the next adventure...Keep safe...
Thanks Diana 🙂
I very much enjoy your trips. Please don’t quit. Regards from Canada🇨🇦!
Another great series to add to your playlists and very enjoyable to watch as always.
The longer outro I suggested is beautifully done and I can now click the like button in plenty of time on the old smart tv. Well done 👍
Thanks for that 🙂👍
Hope your feeling better Carol. You might have a frozen shoulder, you might have strained it, that can take a while to get better. Go and see your Doctor. Love to you both. ❤
Thanks Jayne 🙂
George the dog in the red van! Too funny! Love your videos and touring with you two. Thank you so much for them, and now it is time for you to go home, relax and take a break.
Hope Carol’s shoulder gets better soon.👍Cortisone shots work wonders for certain causes of joint pain.
Thanks for watching Suzy. George would certainly be a step too far for our little van 😂
Lovely views despite the rain and clouds. You’ve had your fair share. The water was so still. Like the ticket holder👍. Love frosty mornings. Wow - Beatrix Potter’s house! So immersive. Wonderful. Definitely good idea to go when it’s quiet. You can get vegan bacon and sausages Ken 🤣😂 though your baguette looked very satisfying. What a great walk Tarn Hows was. Cows in panda suits😂. Not much room for you in the van if you had George. That road 😬 Walmart Scar looked fabulous. Aw we were heading back south from Skye at the same time as you were heading back. Just a few hours ahead. Good trip. Hope all is well and you will be back on the road again soon. 😊🧙♂️
Thanks for watching guys and we love reading all your comments. Looking forward to seeing your next trip 🙂👍
Seems more like natural end than being beaten. Looking forward to seeing your travels aboard sometime
Excellent content as usual. Thanks for sharing the memories.
You’re welcome Graham ☺️
Brilliant travelogue series, really enjoy your footage - the journeys, towns/villages and landscapes plus your awesome narration and conversations. Covid scuppered my travel plans to UK, it's been wonderful to have discovered your channel and I have watched 80% of your channels content living vicariously through your playlists. Thanks Carol and Ken.
Wow, thanks for watching. We really appreciate your support 🙏
Another enjoyable escapade! You went through my home town, through one my favourite places and (despite the weather) took us to lots of interesting places. Beatrice Potters cottage, I never got to visit properly, when we went it was so busy, we had to abort! So I have enjoyed it through yourselves! ❤️ good one! 😊
Glad you enjoyed the trip Jacqueline. It was well worth going back to Hill Top when it was quieter and we also booked the first time slot of the day ☺️
Love the Air B&B’s. It so nice to be able to do some cooking and washing. Much better than a hotel to me. Lovely series in spite of the gloomy weather. This is the second time I’ve watched it, and as usual, saw things I missed the first go around. Thanks for sharing ❤
Thanks for watching, again 😁👍
On the subject of Beatrix Potter , if you are ever in Long Melford Suffolk, pop along to Melford Hall, Beatrix spent time there as she was related to the owners and went to their wedding in the amazing Melford Church
We visited Melford Hall in our caravan in 2019. We saw the room where Beatrix Potter stayed but I don’t think we filmed it 🙂 czcams.com/video/l1iyW0-opTI/video.html
Hello Carol and Ken, new sub here , i just wanted to comment on how sweet it is to see when Ken films how Happy Carol is , just shows pure love ;
Thanks for subbing and the lovely comment 🙏😊
Really enjoyed this one. You just know when enough is enough. Better luck with the nxt, stay safe
Thanks Steve 🙂
Thanks Carole and Ken for taking us on the journey. Time to recover and take stock and plan next adventures. I’ve learned so much from your journeys and what I want from a van when I get to build one. I think you guys know that too, I get the sense a more comfortable accommodation and height along with that ground clearance would help. Not noticed too many height restrictions that would hinder you. Take care and keep in touch.
Thanks for watching and good luck with your van build when the time comes 🙂
Love watching you guys keep safe Janie x
Thanks Janie 🙂
Would just like to say how much I have enjoyed your vlogs. Photography and naration so so good. Whatever you decide to do I wish you both all the best. Health Wealth and Happiness. Hope Charlie's shoulder improves. Take a little break? And come back please. All the very very best to you both.❤️
Thanks Tom, we appreciate your lovely comment 🙏
I am amazed that you lasted 14 days on that trip. When the elements are against you it’s no fun and my van is in its winter slumbers. I am only just getting it ready for a trip to Scotland with the intention of the NC500 but that may not happen if it’s too crowded. Better weather beckons but at present it’s still cool. Look forward to your next escape.
Thanks Dave. Enjoy your trip when the weather improves 🙂
Good luck kidsxxx
Loved this series! Hope the drive home didn’t take too long. We’ve just come back from Cornwall which was lovely. I’d love to know where the ticket holder is from! What a handy thing to have!
Our neighbours bought the ticket holder for us. You should be able to find one on Amazon 🙂
I know how debilitating a shoulder injury can be. Fell over on sloppy mud onto my shoulder, playing with the dog. After our super fast NHS finally fixed it with surgery 10 days ago, after waiting months for the operation, after the the fall, I can now sleep well and without pain. The pain lying down was terrible before, like a horrible ache deep down in my shoulder. That was from an injury to tendons, which had severed on impact but similar pain can just arrive one day, from chronic means, just because of the aging process, with degeneration and wear. Hope Carol gets better soon !
Another thing, watching you cook a fry up in an open pan. We have purchased an SQ professional double clam style enclosed pan and use it all the time. It keeps the spatter and mess inside, whilst cooking and is Teflon coated for easy cleaning. Because it is much bigger than a ridge monkey, you can cook two people's food at once and it it was only £30.00 from Amazon. Wouldn't be without ours now, whilst in the van. Ridge monkeys are far too small.
Sorry to hear about your injury Steve, hope you are OK now. Thanks for the tip about the pan, we will look into that 🙂👍
Thoughourly enjoyed this series, it's funny when you know your done with a road trip 🙌 I think having a home to go back to makes the decision easy and especially when the weather sets in, that's what we've found anyway. Thanks again and will be looking forward to your next adventures 👌
We are always grateful we have a home to return to so we can start planning the next trip 😁
Thank you so much carol and Ken, for taking us with you on your trips.
We have enjoyed being with you all the way, the ups and downs, and laughs and lovely places you have been.
Hope to see you both soon, enjoy your rest you both deserve a break, take care both of you and see you soon🤞🏻
June and Phil
Glad you have enjoyed the videos. Best wishes to you both 🙂
Really enjoyed this video, especially the Beatrix Potter home. I’m a fan of her work. Oh, and the food!! Carol, I hope you will be feeling better soon. Maybe a touch bursitis from the cold, rainy, damp weather. Bursitis sets into my right hip with that type of weather due to an old injury. Might be time to see your doctor for some relief. I can hear your discomfort in your voice.
Thanks Arlene. The cold did seem to make it feel worse. I bought some heat pads when we got home and they worked wonders 😀
Aww we will miss you x
I was amazed to learn that tree roots are deep when they have to find water. I live in a wet climate so trees come down easier because they don’t have to dive down for water. We live next to a ravine and every year we hear one come down, too wet.
Never realised that 👍