At the beginning of August, I went to Centre Parcs Whinfell Forest for a week. Centre Parcs Whinfell Forest is 400 acres of forest and activity centres, restaurants, a water park, lake, and a swimming area located in Cubria on the edge of the Lake District. There are many different activities for all ages and all fitness levels, and I got to try some different activities and restaurants during my stay.
I did not go swimming on my visit, but I enjoyed other activities. The swimming complex was huge with much of it indoors. It is included in the cost of the stay.
The cabin was nice and included a kitchen and living area as well as an outdoor area with a barbeque.
A couple of times, a red squirrel came to visit the cabin.
On the first night, I visited the American restaurant Hucks. I had cheesey bread to start.
They also make freakshakes.
I had a chili cocktail too.
Below is a view of the cabin.
The following day, a couple of us went to the pancake restaurant.
I had the traditional pancakes but substituted the bacon with strawberries.
I did a lot of walking while I was at Centre Parcs. I wanted to get my daily exercise. One of the activities I did was the geocache competition task. I also did the field archery, which I really enjoyed. Unfortunately, the weather was not great except for one day, which you can probably tell by looking at my photographs.
On one of my walks, I saw a family of moor hens with some chicks.
One night, we went to Bella Italia for a meal, and I had the passionfruit cocktail. The restaurant was unique in that the dishes were served by robot waiters. Another night I went to Cafe Rogue, which was the least favourite meal of the visit. On the final day, I went to the Indian restaurant.
Centre Parcs Whinfell Forest also has mini golf, bird of prey exhibits, walks, and several other activities for children. I saw several activities where children could drive cars on an outdoor dirt track or other types on another track. There were also more adventurous activities, such as zip-lining. I do not have a head for heights, so I did not do this.
Another activity was boating, and there were different types of boat.
The zip-lining was high off the ground and an obstacle course for those brave enough to do. I watched as one young girl got frightened to go any further, and they had to absail her down.
I only saw a red squirrel once on my walks, besides the one that came up to the cabin. The weather was not great most of the time, so maybe they were keeping dry.
There were also various areas where birds were fed, and I enjoyed seeing the birds.
On Sunday, a group of us went to have Sunday lunch at the carvery restaurant.
The zip-lining finale was to slide down across the lake.
Overall, I had a relaxing trip and enjoyed some reading and time out as my life has been quite busy this year.
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