I recently had the pleasure of staying at Burnside Park Owners
Club through an exchange with Dial an Exchange. It was a very enjoyable stay
not least because of the very friendly welcome I received from the staff who
were Lisa the resort manager, Elisa the front of house manager and Susan and
Emily on the front desk. If you ever stay at this resort try and go to the
resort welcome meeting late on sunday afternoon. Elisa takes the meeting which
is highly informative and unlike many other welcome meetings it is not
about trying to sell you additional weeks. It is the most interesting welcome
meeting that I have attended in my thirty six years as an owner of timeshare
since I first became an owner back in 1980 at the Osborne Torquay the first
timeshare resort in England.
This resort is in part owned by Hapimag they own nine of the forty
six units. The resort has twenty five two bed units, twenty one bed units and
one studio. The units are maintained to a high standard and while staying at
the resort you can use the facilities of the nearby Burnside Hotel which
includes an indoor swimming pool.
I believe in being honest in my timeshare reviews and because
Burnside Owners Club is located in the English Lake District in Cumbria and due
to its location it is in the wettest part of England with an average of over
seventy inches of rain each year. In fact there are around two hundred days
each year when rain falls for part of the day in this region on average there
are one hundred and forty five dry days and twenty days when it snows. Many people
come here for the walking with Scafell Pikes, Helvellyn, Skiddaw and
Langdale Pikes being particularly popular. I like Tarn Howes as its very scenic
and not too difficult a walk.
It is a matter of personal choice as to which of the nearby towns
and villages are best to visit. My personal favourite is Grasmere which is a
charming village right in the heart of the Lake District National Park in
Cumbria. It was once the home of the world famous poet William Wordsworth. If
you go there it is possible to visit two of his former homes Dove Cottage and
Rydal Mount. Other places that are worth visiting include Ambleside,
Windermere, Hawkshead, Bowness and Coniston. Lake Coniston is famous for the
lady in the lake mystery and back in 1967 the untimely death of Donald Campbell
who died in his boat Bluebird when attempting to beat the world speed record on
water. The towns of Windermere, Coniston and Keswick are all located by lakes
Windermere, Coniston and Derwent water. Windermere is the largest lake in the Lake
District and for me it is more pleasurable now that there is a speed limit of
ten miles an hour for craft using the lake. It is much quieter now that there
is a ban on jet skies using the lake. Derwent water is easy to get to by bus
and you can purchase a combined bus and boat cruise ticket but please check it
as our driver issued me with a ticket for a cruise on Lake Windermere not
on Derwent water.
Beatrix Potter the childrens books author who was famous for
the tales of Peter Rabbit lived in the Lake District for much of her life. She
left her substantial estate to the National Trust which helped in keeping the
Lake District as a National Park.
This is a much sought after timeshare resort so my advice would be
to put on a search as early as possible if you wish to obtain an exchange to
this wonderful resort which is located just a few hundred yards from Lake
Windermere in the Bowness district of the Lake District.
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