Lake District is obviously a place with great lakes and water bodies. Cruising on boats is available on many of these beautiful lakes. On my Visit to Lake District I went Lake cruising with my family in Windermere. It was in the holiday town of Bowness that we decided that we will take a memorable boat trip. My wife spent some time shopping and collecting mementos while I enjoyed a hot black tea in a nearby café.  There was a good choice of cruises to choose from. We decided to take a cruise that gives most to us. We set from Ambleside. It has the majestic mountains and the gentle cruise among the breathtaking views is something to behold. The Lakeland village is a great place to disembark and have some fun time before continuing the boat journey. We saw the award winning aquarium and the Haverthwaite Steam Railway.  The Aquarium had the collection of most fantastic freshwater fish and diving ducks were a sight to see. It was indeed a wonderful time that I and my wife enjoyed to the hilt. It had the perfect balance of peace and activity. I strongly suggest to take a lake cruise at least once with your beloved. You will collect a memory of a life time.

Children are naturally curious and ask some of the most fascinating, probing, obvious, and embarrassing questions.  For parents it’s really a task to answer their queries.  My grandson keeps his parents on the toes with is questions.  Sometimes I am not spared either. Recently my son gave ride to someone while bringing his family here. So after they all came and settled, my grandson Andrew, asked the question, since when did hitch hiking start, and why do people show thumbs as a means to ask for a ride. My son was at a complete loss for this answer.  So we used the information almighty Google to find out the answer.  So this is the information we got. To hitch basically meant hooking horses to a wagon or ‘fastening’, and hiking meant walking fast. The word ‘Hitchhike’ first started to be coming in verbal use around 1880. It was used to describe hooking a sledge to a car.  The thumb is representative of the Hook expressing the wish to be attached to a moving car.  In other regions of the world similar wish has a different hand signal.  Andrew seemed satisfied and bored as we gave him this explanation.