The influence of the Old Norse language on British "English" place names is not limited to Wales, but is also intuitively reflected in the place names of the Lake District.

Ambleside, a small town in the Lake District, looks like a town by the stables, but the name comes from the Old Norse word meaning "summer lakeside resort". In the name of celebrating Lin's father's birthday, Lin Yilong took Lin's father and Lin mother together in the town directly north of Lake Windermere, rented two rooms in Bnb, and vacationed here.

In addition, the lakes in the Lake District are often not translated correctly, with Windermere being the largest lake often not translated as "Windermere Lake" – but the problem is that "mere" is actually semantically a shallow lake, and more lakes in the lake district are called "Water" and "Tarn", such as Wastwater and Dock Tarn in the southwest of the lake. The entire Lake District, known as the "Lake", is only located in the northeast of Lake Bassensvelt. If the tourists don't know, the tour guide will emphasize that they don't put the word Lake behind the name of the lake, but foreign tourists don't care.

Mother Lin has wanted to come to the Lake District for a long time, and when Lin Yilong has free time, she will be busy doing purchasing business with Father Lin in Bicester Village; when the leisure period before the arrival of each discount season is also the frequent trading period before the expiration of various contracts; as for the winter and spring seasons, the first is that the daylight hours are too short, and the second is that the weather is too cold, these two factors add up to make tourists shy away from the lake area in winter and spring.

The Lake District is definitely the most scenic place in the entire British Isles. The lakes are surrounded by Mount Cambury, which is surrounded by lush forests, and the shade of the surrounding trees makes it difficult to make the lakes "sapphire-like" as other literary works describe them. It should be said that the whole tone of the Lake District is gloomy, but it is only at dusk that the sun, which has lost its midday edge, sows its last warmth with gold, that people can discover the pent-up beauty released by the Lake District.

For various reasons, Lin Yilong did not move this summer—but there were many kinds of entertainment, and if the six-day trip to the Lake District in early July was not counted, Lin Yilong would watch Amy's graduation performance on the 11th; on the 13th, he would take Katie to hold a summer gathering within the circle at the "friends" of the Farmers' Club, and at the end of July, he would go to the house of Mr. Howe and Merck for a short stay, and finally, he would find some "entertainment activities" for Xu Zhenkun in London in August.

These seem to be leisure activities for "vacation", but considering the social nature contained in them, there are not many things to deal with, and this trip to the Lake District can relax a little in terms of parent-child relationship.

Either way, the journey from South Wales to the Lake District was depressing – due to air traffic control, it was impossible for Lin Yilong to fly directly to the airport near the seaside marshes, and it would take at least six hours by road and rail – and the most intuitive way was to travel from South Wales to London, to Windermere Station in the Lake District, and then to Ambreside.

The town of Ambleside is so small that it can't even be called a town. Lin Yilong found only two "fish and chips" shops in the town, an Indian restaurant and a Chinese restaurant. In other places, most of them are tea houses and bars. Although there is a restaurant that has been rated two stars by the Michelin Guide, reservations for this restaurant are already in April of the following year, and it is difficult to get a table at the beginning of July, when the crowds are high.

"It's so cool here. Father Lin planned to wear a short-sleeved T-shirt to the Lake District, and after Lin Yilong's repeated persuasion, he put on a sports jacket, but even then it was still a little cold.

"Truth be told, if it weren't for this cold, I would have a house here. "It's my second favorite place in the UK, it's beautiful, and the surrounding land is all land and woodland managed by the National Trust, so it won't change." ”

"Just because of the cold?" Father Lin asked.

"Of course, when I bought where we live now, in addition to South Wales, there was also a large farm in the Scottish Highlands and in the north of the Lake District, which was 4,500 acres. "In South Wales, you don't see the sun for a few days a year, and the Lake District is even wetter than here, with more rainy days, and you only see the sun for 60 days a year." ”

"Is it really so humid here?" asked Father Lin, who couldn't stand the English weather anymore, for in his hometown, except for summer, the rest of the time was dry, and even in the cold and howling winter, there would be two glorious hours of sunshine.

"Unfortunately, that's the case. "When I first came to the Lake District, the local tour guide told me that some towns in the Lake District only allow cement to be dried for two months a year. It's just too humid, and because of the humidity, the winters are even colder than in South Wales. ”

The Lake District's main towns and major excursions are all around. The weather was not beautiful, and it was rainy for several days. The rain is not only cold, but also mixed with a lot of fog, making it impossible for visitors to enjoy the surrounding scenery. Lin Yilong served as Lin's father and mother's tour guide throughout this time—when the two elders visited Wordsworth's former home, they did not see the works of the romantic poet, but the state of the middle class in the first half of the 19th century when people lived in seclusion. As for the fairytale scenery of the Lake District, the cobbled streets, and the humanistic squares and cloisters praised by Lin Yilong, it is not so special to Lin Father and Lin Mu, who are already familiar with the South Wales Gorge and feel that the British scenery is the same. While it's hard to get a full view of the Lake District, they admit that the scenery is great, but it's not unlike Lin Yilong's Brecken Farm and Bracken National Park further north.

Perhaps, probably, probably, it must be a tropical leisure resort with everything in between, perhaps more suitable for parents who are already aesthetically tired of both the countryside and the city.

"So how do the old British spend their retirement?" asked Father Lin on the way to Birmingham to change cars back to South Wales.

"It's hard for me to explain. Lin Yilong shook his head, "The parents of our classmates usually drive to interesting places to travel, such as going to the antique market to buy some of their favorite gadgets, or going to some markets in other villages, but there are more tourists, and they usually go to warmer places such as Spain or Greece." ”