The group had an enjoyable day trip to Windermere Bowness and Ambleside on Thurs 28th Sept

We travelled by train from Manchester Piccadilly

The weather was perfect and it was a good idea to change the trip from Buxton which we will now be visiting next week

It took us ages to find somewhere to enjoy lunch as all the venues seemed expensive

We discovered there is what appeared to be an excellent chippie at Ambleside and there were certainly plenty of customers enjoying the large sized fish

Had we  known about  this we would have had lunch there

We had a lovely boat trip across Lake Windermere to Ambleside on board MSV Swan

When we arrived we had a look around and I spotted a delightful shop selling crystals

I purchased a nice sized onyx and a lovely crystal called Labradorite