The Perfect Girls' Weekend in the Lake District
Some girls' weekends involve spa robes and a polite glass of prosecco at 11am. Ours involves a hill, a bottomless brunch, and a level of dancing that requires actual recovery time the next day. Here's how to do a proper girls' weekend in the Lake District, the kind you'll still be talking about at Christmas.
Saturday
A Walk That Doesn't Ruin Anyone's Blow-Dry
Start gently. A short, easy walk up Brant Fell and round the lake is exactly enough effort to justify what's coming next, without anyone arriving sweating through their going-out top. Big views, small effort, the perfect ratio for a Saturday that's only just getting started.
If You’re a Pilates Addict
Or spend the morning doing a lakes pilates class with Anya Seaton, a small studio located in Quarry Rigg, in the heart of Bowness. Anya offers an adaptive approach to reformer, welcoming both new and experienced pilates lovers. Start your morning with a sweat session with your besties, I promise your arms, legs and abs will be burning afterwards (in the best way possible)!
Bottomless Brunch at The Easy Breeze
This is the bit everyone's actually here for. Bottomless brunch, good food, better company, and the kind of atmosphere that turns "just the one round" into a genuinely unforgettable afternoon. Bring your appetite and your most photogenic friend, you'll want evidence for the group chat.
P.S Book a table in advance with Mel, so she knows your coming, drop her an email - melissa@theeasybreeze.com
All Night at The Breeze
Why go home when the night's only just getting going? Stay put, stay upstairs, and let live music and the dancefloor take it from here. This is what the weekend was always building towards.
Sunday
The Hungover Homeground Run
Sunglasses on, regrets minimal, straight to Homeground for the breakfast that fixes everything. Coffee (or matcha) first, food second, a full debrief of last night's group chat throughout. Yes, there's a queue. No, you don't have a choice.
Choose Your Recovery
Option A - sweat it out. A session with Wake on the Bay is a genuinely brilliant hangover cure. Cold water, fresh air, and forced concentration tend to do the trick better than another nap ever could.
Option B - ease into it. A calm morning out on the lake, followed by a proper Sunday roast back at The Breeze. Gravy solves most things, including most hangovers.
Option C - treat yourselves. Swap the lake for the spa with an afternoon at Low Wood, thermal pools, treatments, and the kind of silence that's hard to come by on a girls' trip.
However you choose to spend Sunday, you'll be planning your next trip back before Monday morning. That's the Lake District for you.