hello everyone this week i'm gonna be visiting the lake district with my friends helen
and vicky and i'm making this video in two parts in today's video we're gonna be going
wild swimming we're gonna be exploring the lakes in our car and then in the second part
i'm gonna be wild camping for the first time so let's get started with part one
hello our trip got off to a great start with a little celebrity sighting no no not this one okay
a very important update who do we just see girls james millner and who is he captain of liverpool
football club basically yeah what happened we saw we saw some jagged guy in a parking lot and helen
was convinced he was a footballer then we weren't sure for a bit and it turns out holland was right
the end all right the first place we're exploring is conniston the village is a popular spot for
hill walking and rock climbing and it's also the place where art critic and philosopher john ruskin
is buried he may not be as well known now but he was hugely influential
in 19th century britain we grabbed some breakfast at cafe meadow door which i'd a hundred percent
recommend it was really affordable and the steak buy i got was really really nice jay toy
celebrity sightings what a day already
look how skinny this road is we've got the hard knock passes as well soon oh dear okay
we've arrived to rhino's path look at these glorious glorious views
i don't know
so we just got to buttermire and we're absolutely ravenous so i'm going to walk and talk
about the bridge in fact i'm gonna stop filming just go sit down
thank you so much thank you very much thank you oh my god
lunch was really really nice wasn't it lovely approved excellent and now we are walking to
vladimir lake there is quite a nice little trail loads of sheep loads of grass loads of hills yeah
really insightful commentary quick note on lake buttermir you can go paragliding near here as well
as kayaking and stand-up boarding you can also go on a lovely hike around the lake and to a nearby
cause i water i knew every single part of you
how does it hurt you're like a little um fairy in there in the forest maybe you were born this way
our next stop is probably the most exciting one yet and also the most intimidating we are going
wild swimming um we're a bit nervous well i'm speaking for myself but also i think the group
um it's actually really cold the past two days the weather was incredible today it looks like
this that was really fascinating um so yeah wish us luck let me tell you a little more about our
wild swimming spot its official name is galini force waterfall but it's informally known as
the fairy blind to get there you park in the place don't wait and then it's just a simple
15-minute walk through lush rolling fields once you arrive you'll quickly understand the nickname
the fairy glen genuinely looks like something out of a children's picture book the water is
incredibly clear and well i'll show you the rest in a bit now let's get changed and go jump in
okay we're here it's right there
how does it hurt
oh
that was exhilarating that was so fun really not that cool
helen what did you think of that that was awesome it's so much fun how do you feel now i feel
cold but like so awake i feel extremely alert yeah i feel like really exhilarating yeah it's like and
just like this is so wanky but like at one with nature yeah i mean we were naked what i'm sorry
no you really want to commune with nature it can be fun to go skinny dipping but ladies
water will find a way is all i'm going to do places where we okay
god okay i've got my wet swimsuit here but we're just heading back to the car which is not parked
very far away because we knew we'd be very very cold at this point
which check we are look how look how pretty it is look how pretty i love the lake district
after a swim we drove to our hostel for the night the yha in hog said it's a really really nice spot
you can camp there they've got dorm rooms and even these cute little teepee huts and glamping pods
the hostel was actually fully booked when we're there because there was a bank holiday in the uk
but generally speaking it's not too hard to find really nice accommodations in the lake district
but as we were about to find out things were really busy on this particular weekend hi time
for a little update and if you hear any background noises just assume that it's my stomach rumbling
because we have been trying to find a restaurant to feed us for the past three hours and so far
zero takers and this isn't what the lake district is typically like but currently we have the bank
holiday weekend here in the uk and also it is covert times so everything's a little bit strange
and capacity smaller but basically you currently can't get fed unless you have a booking which we
don't have one of the restaurants that we went to and i think there were about four or five
um told us that they have no spaces available until july which is absolutely mad um but anyway
we're keeping positive and um i think there's a good reason for it because
we found a little chippy that should open in about 10 minutes that might be able to feed us
if if possible if at all possible i will be having a large fish and chips and some like
deep-fried seafood i'm incredibly excited we're gonna buy all the food and take it back to the
yha and eat it there before setting off again this is gonna be my first ever pickled egg
um i'm a bit intimidated intimidated by the task at hand this is what it looks like
hard-boiled egg mmm helen do you like pickled eggs i've never had one i'm all right thanks
a scale of one to five two what's it taste like like like a boiled egg with loads of vinegar on it
it's like it tastes how you think it would but once in a lifetime bucket list experience
welcome to the latest drinks eat a pickled egg
we have stopped off at what is objectively the best services in the uk if not in the
world it's called ebay services i used to stop at ebay services a lot when i lived in glasgow
it's not cheap but they have all this incredible homemade food and locally grown produce
we're talking hyper local here they work with 70 producers from within a 30 mile radius
i picked up some delicious enduria sausage and goat's cheese for dinner before leaving
and then we're off this was part one of my lake district adventure next time i'll share my first
ever world camping experience with you subscribe so you don't miss it and see you next friday bye