Derwentwater and the play "Dry Rot"

During our time in "The Lake District", we stayed at a lovely B&B, just minutes from Lake Derwentwater.  There is a hiking trail that goes entirely around the lake, approximately 11 miles RT, which was a little long for us to do in one outing. So instead we took a boat from one side of the lake to the other, stopped at a gorgeous hotel and had hot cocoa....then proceded to walk back to town.  It was, of course, raining the whole time, but this didn't seem to stop us.

 



Behind this grand hotel was a trail leading to a gorgeous waterfall.




The Catbells from our lakeshore trail

After visiting the waterfall, we hiked along the trail and found an interesting set of hands that George just had to check out.

 

this was as far as we could go as there was a short section that had no public access.  So we waited at the dock for the next boat to take us back to the beginning of our trip.

And then there was the play "Dry Rot" that we saw at Keswick's Theatre by the Lake. It was definitely a high quality performance, on par with any NY or London performance.  Only at a much better price.  Theatre by the Lake began hosting plays in 1999 and was opened by Dame Judi Dench, who is also the current theater president.