Recent reviews Ambleside
[Sonia3, 08/12/2009] Before we visited the Lake District everyone kept telling us how we had to go to Zeffirelli's cinema. I love going to the cinema so I wasn't going to argue with this and if it's the Lake Districts premier cinema it has to be good, doesn't it? You would think so, but it would seem the Lake District does not have a high standard when it comes to cinema's.
There are always disagreements when we go to the cinema as a family. We all like different types of films and we have to take into account that my sister is too young to see many of the films that we would like to see so usually a family trip
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[Sonia3, 03/10/2009] Lucy's on a Plate is a cafe / restaurant in Ambleside. During our recent holiday to the Lake District my family and I spent a lot of time in Lucy's. We were there nearly every day of our holiday either for breakfast, lunch or dinner. If I'm totally honest we were there because my family liked it. It's not that I didn't like the restaurant but I thought it was severely lacking in certain areas.
-Restaurant / Cafe-
Although Lucy's is described as being a restaurant and a cafe (and has the prices of a restaurant) it looks and feels more like a cafe. I don't think this is necessarily a negative thing
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[Sonia3, 03/09/2009] My family and I recently spent a week in the Lake District. Usually we stay in hotels when we go away but my parents decided that it would be nice to stay in a house. I didn't book the cottage, my parents did but they have said that the booking process was very easy.
-Location-
May Cottage is located right in the middle of Ambleside. It literally takes five minutes to walk into the centre of Ambleside (and that's if you stop occasionally to take in the beautiful views). We drove to the cottage but spent the trip walking or using public transport. May Cottage is perfectly situated for wal
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