TOURS The Lake District 2018 - 2019 Get off the beaten track 015394 45161 www.mountain-goat.com+44 (0)15394 45161 1 Welcome to the Lake District Established 1972, Mountain Goat tour the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales & Hadrian’s Wall. Small groups Pick up Get off the You book, 48 hour 5 Star TripAdvisor with guide service beaten track you go cancellation policy Rating I’d like to experience... I’m available on... Scheduled Tours Boat Cruise Ride Train History Local Food World Heritage Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday The Ten Lakes Spectacular Page 4 ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ The High Adventure Page 6 ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ 6 Lakes in a Morning Page 8 ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ Heart of the Lakes Page 9 ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ Beatrix Potter Page 12 ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ ✹ Ullswater & Inspired Landscapes Page 13 ✹ The Yorkshire Dales Page 14 ✹ Roman Britain & Hadrian’s Wall Page 15 ✹ Winter Southern Highlights Page 16 ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ Winter Ten Lakes Page 17 ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ ❉ Useful Information Page 18 Summer Tours: Winter Tours: ✹24th March 2018 to ❉ 29th October 2018 Pick up Information & T&Cs Page 19 28th October 2018 to 31st March 2019 2 www.mountain-goat.com +44 (0)15394 45161 3 TOP SELLER Ten Lakes FULL DAY TOUR Spectacular Tour Providing a great introduction to The Lake District, this tour is our most popular and is “Spectacular sums up perfectly this tour, which took us along 10 available daily. lakes through mountain passes, traditional villages and valleys offering the most amazing views of what has to be England’s most beautiful landscape.” 26/08/2017 robbass, London, United Kingdom Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! Tour Information > Lake cruise, included in your tour price. Sit back and enjoy uninterrupted views of the Daily Tours: 9.45 - 17.30 Lakeland fells from one of the famous lakes. 24th March 2018 - 28th October 2018 > Buttermere, a picturesque lake and peaceful Adult £46 Child (5 - 16yrs) £37 area of the National Park. Seniors (60+) & Students (NUS) £44 > Grasmere, visit the village famous for William Pick ups from Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside, Grasmere, Wordsworth and Gingerbread. Newby Bridge & Kendal. £5 charge for a Kendal pick up. > Castlerigg Stone Circle, at around 4000 years See www.mountain-goat.com for details. old it is one of the area’s historic gems. > Keswick, where you will have time to have Lake Cruise included in the ticket price! lunch whilst exploring this traditional Lakeland market town. Tour Description The Lake District is renowned for being the “most beautiful corner of England” and this full day tour introduces you to just that. During your day, the ten lakes you will see are Bassenthwaite, Brothers Water, Buttermere, Crummock Water, Derwentwater, Grasmere, Ullswater, Rydal Water, Thirlmere and Windermere. You will travel over the famous Kirkstone and Honister passes, through beautiful valleys and traditional Lakeland villages. You have plenty of stops to admire the views and to take photographs. Grasmere Gingerbread Shop Honister Pass 4 www.mountain-goat.com +44 (0)15394 45161 5 TOP SELLER High FULL DAY TOUR Adventure Journey to a remote and beautiful part of The Lake District. Available daily, this tour “The High Adventure Tour was brilliant - everything about it takes you off the was wonderful. Our driver and guide was knowledgeable, funny, beaten track. entertaining and a great driver.” 6 October 2017 Florence M, Cheltenham, United Kingdom Tour Information Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! Daily Tours: 9.45 - 17.30 24th March 2018 - 28th October 2018 > The Langdales, picturesque valleys surrounded by mountains. Adult £46 Child (5 - 16yrs) £37 > Hardknott and Wrynose mountain passes, the Seniors (60+) & Students (NUS) £44 steepest in England with stunning views. Pick ups from Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside, Grasmere, > A ride on the Ravenglass and Eskdale narrow Newby Bridge & Kendal. £5 charge for a Kendal pick up. gauge railway, included in your tour price. See www.mountain-goat.com for details. > Wastwater, England’s deepest lake, once voted Train ride and entry to Muncaster Castle ‘Britain’s favourite view’, and the chance to see grounds included in the ticket price! the highest mountain, Scafell Pike. > Muncaster Castle Gardens, entry included in your tour price to visit the beautiful & extensive grounds. Tour Description This classic adventure tour of the Western Lakes uses a route pioneered by the Romans! The tour focuses around the Western Lake District travelling over the Lake District’s famous mountain passes; Hardknott and Wrynose, which are two of the steepest in Great Britain. During your day you will have time to enjoy a narrow gauge heritage train ride, see England’s deepest lake and visit the grounds of 14th Century Muncaster Castle. This tour is a chance to see the real Lake District! Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Hardknott Pass 6 www.mountain-goat.com +44 (0)15394 45161 7 Six Lakes MORNING TOUR Heart of AFTERNOON TOUR in the Morning the Lakes A delightful tour exploring this wonderful Learn the Lake District’s story as you travel UNESCO World Heritage Site. through beautiful valleys & Lakeland villages. Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! < View 6 lakes in a morning, including beautiful < The Langdale Valley is a hub of Lake District Ullswater. Heritage. < Grasmere, The home of Wordsworth < Spot many of our famous Herdwick sheep. & Gingerbread. < Tarn Hows, the inspiration for many artists < Castlerigg Stone Circle, 1000 years older than and writers. Stonehenge. World World Heritage Heritage focused focused Tour Description Tour Tour Description Tour Start off by travelling over the famous Kirkstone Pass, the highest For those arriving at lunchtime this tour is the perfect way to mountain road in the Lakes, before dropping down to Ullswater. make the most of your afternoon. You’ll have chance to stretch your legs at Castlerigg Stone Circle, Touring the central lakes, you will enjoy a variety of scenery whilst taking in the panoramic views of the fells. including Coniston Water, The Langdale Valley & Tarn Hows. There The tour returns south alongside Thirlmere. Lastly, there is time to is even time to explore Hawkshead village. Discover the many wander around the historic village of Grasmere before travelling aspects which make this a UNESCO World Heritage Site, all before back to Windermere. returning in time for dinner. Tour Information Tour Information Daily Tours: 9.30 - 13.30 Daily Tours: 14.30 - 18.30 24th March 2018 - 28th October 2018 24th March 2018 - 28th October 2018. All Seats £25 All Seats £25 Pick ups from Windermere, Bowness & Ambleside. Pick ups from Windermere, Bowness & Ambleside. See www.mountain-goat.com for details. See www.mountain-goat.com for details. 8 www.mountain-goat.com +44 (0)15394 45161 9 Bassenthwaite Penrith Lake Blencathra Cockermouth Skiddaw 40 Dacre To Lorton Hadrian’s Pooley Bridge Castlerigg Wall Stone Circle Newlands Keswick Loweswater Martindale Derwent Ashness Bridge Crummock Water Water Ullswater Buttermere Glenridding 39 Borrowdale Helvellyn Buttermere Ennerdale Honister Brothers Water Water Pass Thirlmere Haweswater LAKE DISTRICT Shap Abbey Dove Cottage Orton NATIONAL PARK Great Gable Great Scafell Pike Langdale Grasmere Kirkstone Pass Rydal Mount Bowfell Grasmere 38 Rydal Water Elterwater Elterwater Ambleside Gosforth Wastwater Troutbeck Hardknott Roman Fort Yewdale Tarn Boot Hows Ravenglass Eskdale Ulpha Windermere Coniston Hawkshead World of Beatrix Potter To the Muncaster Old Man Bowness on Castle Esthwaite Windermere Yorkshire Water Near Hilltop Dales Coniston Brantwood Sawrey Key Dunnerdale Kendal Sedbergh Gummers 37 Hawes Reeth The High Adventure Coniston Oxenholme Water Howe Ten Lakes Spectacular Winter Ten Lakes Spectacular Broughton Lake in Furness Grizedale Windermere Beatrix Potter’s Favourite Country Heart of the Lakes Rusland Lakeside M6 Dent Winter Southern Lake Highlights Yorkshire Dales Ullswater & Inspired Landscapes Haverthwaite Roman Britain & Hadrian’s Wall 36 Six Lakes in the Morning Visitor Attractions Cartmel Towns & Villages Lakes Railway Roads 10 www.mountain-goat.com +44 (0)15394 45161 11 LANDSCAPES & LITERATURE LANDSCAPESLANDSCAPES & LITERATURE& LITERACY Beatrix Potter’s HALF DAY TOUR Ullswater and THURSDAY TOUR Favourite Countryside Inspired Landscapes A lovely tour of the central lake District, Experience the tranquil lands and inspiring including a Windermere Lake Cruise. scenery of the Eastern Lakes. Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! Tour Highlights - to tick off your list! < Hill Top, you will have chance* to visit the Gardens, Shop & House < Ullswater, cruise on the ‘most beautiful’ lake < Hawkshead, a picturesque medieval village and in England. where Wordsworth once studied. < Kirkstone Pass, travel over the Lake District’s < Tarn Hows, a tranquil Lake District beauty spot. highest mountain pass. < Lake Windermere, cruise on the largest Lake in < Shap Abbey, where the impressive 15th century England. Included in the tour price. tower and other remains can be explored.World Heritage Tour Description Tour Description focused Tour Taking in many places associated with the famous children’s This full day tour explores some of the remote but beautiful, author, Beatrix Potter, this tour is an ideal opportunity to see some parts of the Lake District, focusing on the Eastern Lakes. of the scenery which inspired her. Travel over the famous Kirkstone Pass to Ullswater, where This afternoon tour takes in a lake cruise on Windermere, you will have chance to enjoy a lake cruise and see the area Hawkshead, Tarn Hows and Hill Top House Gardens. that inspired Wordsworth’s Daffodil poem. Later you will *Hill Top Entry is extra. £10.90 adult/senior/student, £5.45 child, explore Martindale, a picturesque and remote valley and (closed Fridays except June - August). take in beautiful Haweswater. Tour Information Tour Information Daily Tours: 12.00 to 16.30 Thursday Tours: 9.45 to 17.30 10th February 2018 - 28th October 2018 24th March 2018 - 28th October 2018 Adult £37 Child (5 - 16yrs) £33 Adult £46 Child (5 - 16yrs) £37 Seniors (60+) & Students (NUS) £36 Seniors (60+) & Students (NUS) £44 Pick ups in Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside & Oxenholme.