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requirement. Various options including taster sessions, one to one tuition, shoot and dine
packages. For group sizes of 2 to 60. Suggested age range is from 12 upwards.

Holehird Gardens are a 10acre garden once voted by BBC gardeners as among the best in
Britain. Extensive rock and heather gardens, alpine houses, and a walled garden which is of
particular interest for its herbaceous borders. More from Wikipedia . . .

Treetop Trek. 35 treetop challenges, designed to make you swing, climb, balance and fly through
an ancient oak woodland canopy. You’ll be connected securely to a continuous safety cable which
enables all ages and abilities from 5yrs upwards to join in the fun. To top it all off you can race
friends and family down three parallel 250m zip wires taking in spectacular views of the fells and
Lake Windermere.

Orrest Head. An easy, well signposted woodland walk from Windermere centre to Orrest Head,
with views across the lake and landscape.

Crags Adventures. Scale a rock face, scramble up a gorge, climb a waterfall, slide or jump your
way down a mountain into pools of water, abseil or just climb up a mountain. These guys arrange
it all.

Lakeland Ascents. For those seeking adventure they can take you abseiling, gorge scrambling,
canyoning, scrambling and rock climbing. They also run regular guided walks, including the
National 3 Peak Challenge and the Lakes 10 and 24 Peak Challenges.

Lakeland Pony Treks. A selection of rides to suit every age and ability. All beginner rides are off
road amongst the scenery of the Troutbeck Valley.

Kendal

Kendal is often called the gateway to the lakes, but to the locals it’s “the auld grey town”, a
reference to its grey limestone buildings. It has served as a military base in the distant past – both
the Romans and the English used it as a supply base in their border wars with the Scots who
regularly attacked it.

The layout of the town reflects that turbulent history – off the high street were fortified alleyways,
called yards, which gave shelter when the Border Reivers – raiders – came calling. Later it built its
prosperity on woollen goods, particularly the production of a hard wearing fabric called Kendal
Green. One of its less savoury uses was as clothing for American slaves.

Kendal is also home to the tobacco manufacturing company Gawith Hoggarth and Co. Production
of tobacco goods, snuff originally, started in 1792 and continues today using what is believed to be
the oldest piece of still-in-use industrial equipment in the world dating from the 1750s.

More on Kendal from Wikipedia . . .

Things to do in Kendal

Levens Hall is an Elizabethan era manor house known in particular for its topiary gardens which
were laid out by French gardener Guillaume Beaumont between 1689 and 1712 and which remain
much as he designed them. The house is also said to be haunted.

Kendal Castle was the birthplace of Catherine Parr the lucky last wife of Henry VIII.

During the Tudor period, the castle became a ruin, and has remained so ever since. Most of the
castle walls survive along with one of the towers. The manor hall was the most important building