Don't you just hate it when you organise to do something or meet somewhere and the said place is closed or even worse there's no parking spaces as everyone else has had the same idea.
My parents came up to see us this weekend (well mainly my 2 year old daughter), and I thought we'd go to Whinnlatter Forest for a nice walk up towards Lord's Seat and back down to the cafe for some quality pannini and flap jack. Our plans were thwarted we saw a barrier blocking our progress in to the car park. Everything was shut up and taped off as it looked like they were felling every tree in view of the visitor centre. We parked further down the road and went for an easy walk on the other side of the valley.
Back at the car we thought we'd drive to another nice cafe on the other side of Bassenthwaite Lake - only for that to be closed as well. The picture above shows the view from the Osprey View point that is only a short walk above the car park. No Osprey but a good view of the lake.
