The limestone-grey town of KENDAL might be billed as the "Gateway to the Lakes", but it's nearly ten miles from Windermere - the true start of the lakes - and has more in common with the market towns to the east. Nonetheless, it offers rewarding rambles around the "yards" and "ginnels" which make an engaging maze on both sides of Highgate and Stricklandgate, the main streets. The old Market Place has long since succumbed to deve... [More]