No Passport Required

It's not often you get to leave the country and return home in one night, but that's what I did late on Thursday. A nice wee jaunt over the sun drenched hills at beattock summit on the M74 to the lovely village of Keswick in the Northern Lakes. 

Nestled in the winding streets of Keswick is Cafe Bar 26 - a great place for food, sophisticated beers, live music & great humour (that’s where I come in).

I always enjoy visiting the lakes & I’ve spent a bit of time there over the years, mainly in caravans - one time as a young ‘un holed up in a rain lashed caravan for my summer holidays and again in the summer of 1998 undertaking my final year mapping project for my Geology course - for which i was affectionately classed as a ‘rock tapper’ by the locals. But it seems to me that this part of England is largely forgotten about by the masses of Scots who head up north for hill walking trips, day trips and holidays.

It’s quick to get to via the M74 where you can blast past caravans and lorries – try doing that on the A82 to Fort William. So for an alternative day trip to another country, where the scenery is fantastic, the pubs are great and no passport is required. why not head south of the border for a change?