DAY 56: Oxenholme to Ambleside (16.70m)

Back in the road striding into the Lake District. 

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Down into Kendal, crossing the River Kent. 

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Then out into the countryside before the drama of the lakes proper. 

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Leaving the road I take a beautiful track which takes me into the back of the town of Windermere. 

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Onto the main road from Windermere to Ambleside - getting my first glimpses of lake.

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Then suddenly I'm on Windermere itself and it's glorious 

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Pausing at possibly Britain's most scenic bus stop.

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Its then just a short walk to my youth hostel and a pint in the beer garden watching the sun go down. 

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