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The Drunken Duck Inn & Restaurant (Cumbria)


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The Drunken Duck Inn & Restaurant (Cumbria)

 
Description: Address: Barngates / Ambleside / Cumbria LA22 0NG / England / Britain's 5 star inn.

Newest Review: ... that the Inn got its name in Victorian times. Apparently the landlady at the time found her ducks motionless outside the pub. Thinking they were dead she decided to cook them; she made up a pan of orange sauce and began to pluck the first one. This woke up the duck. Apparently not dead, but very drunk, the ducks had found a leaking beer barrel and had consumed its contents. September 15 ... more

 ... and we set off once again. Not so lucky with the weather this time, a grey day with a light drizzle. Rooms are available from 3pm and we arrived just after. We were shown to our room by the manager, back out of the building and through a courtyard. ...more

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Crowned Review The Drunken Duck Inn & Restaurant (Cumbria): Making Merry At The Drunken Duck (1652 words)
by - written on 24/09/08 (Very useful, 467 readings)
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The Drunken Duck is an Inn with rooms and is situated a couple of miles from Ambleside town centre in the Lake District. I had seen a report on the local news when a reporter stopped off for lunch and thought the place looked interesting. During the early May Bank Holiday, I decided to check it out. We are fortunate enough to live within an hour and a half's drive from the South Lakes and had chosen one of the few sunny days of the year. We parked up in Ambleside to check out the map. The place looked very remote, so we set our trusty sat nav. A fifteen minute drive along pretty, winding country lanes brought us to our destination. Now we hadn't seen one car on our ...  Read the complete review

 

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