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Lake District

Lake Ullswater Had a great time at the Lake District  over the Easter break!  There was heavy snow on Saturday night and it looked amazing on Sunday morning.  It was a very clear day and everything was covered in thick snow. The landscape is very similar to back home in NZ, though the lakes are longer and narrower. There are some nice little towns like Ambleside and Bowness-on-Windermere . There was an aquarium beside Lake Windermere, which had both local fish as well as tropical and marine fish from overseas.  We also went on an hour long walk to see Aira Force , an impressive waterfall near Lake Ullswater. Took lots of photos and some movies on my camera.  I've uploaded photos from the trip  here .  We stayed at the  New Ing Lodge in Shap, which was about 45 minutes drive to the lakes. There were a lot of Kiwis staying there from London and one of the staff had also lived in Queenstown for a few years. He'd even put up a Speights poster on the wall in the dining area.