Watford is north, Ambleside sure as hell is.
V doesn't have you getting all ambitious and doing ludicrously hard walks which cut into the fine dining and imbibing, does she?
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Sod that. Two hour walk on not too steep ground in a bit of, but not too much, rain followed by collapsing into a local pub with many wonderful real ales. Several hours later, freshly showered and dressed you arrive at a Michelin star gastro pub or restaurant.
I'm dead keen on the Lakes, me.
I never went in there. Was tempted to, but I have a horror of sit-down chippies and people drinking tea with what they doubtless call their 'dinner'. It's simply too common for me :-(
Also, I have now reached a stage in my life where I simply refuse to eat anywhere I can't have alcohol with my meal.
Isn't the Chairman of AFC called Chips Keswick?