Way back in September last year we visited the Lake District in northern England, one of the places we went to is Bowness-on-Windermere. It was incredibly busy when we were there, in fact I think the locals have been complaining about the number of visitors that arrive there, some of them are a bit rowdy apparently.

We went there to see Windermere Jetty Museum which I think is fairly new. To be honest I wasn’t sure if it would be all that interesting, but we got in for half price with our Art Card so we decided to take a look. It turned out to be an interesting place to visit.  These old wooden steam boats must have been the lap of luxury back in Edwardian times.

Unfortunately it was nigh on impossible to get photos with no random people also in the picture!

These old wooden boats are lovely to look at but must have been horrible to maintain.

Not all of the boats are high and dry though as you can see from the photo below there’s also a boat shed with various vessels on the lake.

There’s also this rather snazzy looking speed boat which neverthless must be quite old.

The boats below are record breaking speed boats.

One unexpected exhibit is Beatrix Potter’s boat, it’s quite primitive and basic but no doubt she enjoyed herself messing about in lakes or rivers.

Lake Windermere is quite picturesque. The Lake District is like a very miniature version of a tame Scotland. But don’t tell anyone that I said that!

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