For Marty and Elaine, in advance of their visit:

Sticky Toffee Pudding (of course)

Grasmere gingerbread (only from the little store in Grasmere)

Kendal Mint Cake (only the original kind, from any of the hiking stores in Ambleside or Coniston)

Boddington’s (with the widget in the can)

Bridge house in Ambleside (tiny little house built on the tiny little bridge)

Breakfast or a snack in the little bakery in Ambleside at the north corner of Ambleside, just up the road from the bridge house

Pay & Display parking stickers

A walk around Tarn Hows http://www.visitcumbria.com/amb/tarnhow.htm

Fish & Chips from Lakeland Continental in Ulverston (carry it out wrapped in newpaper)

Diggles in Barrow in Furness

Gammon & chips or Cumberland sausage & chips, with an egg on top

Mushy Peas

Coniston Old Man

Ordnance Survey Maps

Taking the car ferry from Bowness across Windermere

A relaxing walk and views up Gummers How (the one Rachel was talking about…a very favorite of the locals) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gummer’s_How

Hot and cold water, never from the same faucet

Traffic circles & proper signaling

A view of the Langdales from Bowness on Windermere

John Ruskin’s house on the east side of Coniston Water

Zeffirelli’s pizza, jazz bar and/or movie in Ambleside

Remembering that 2 pints of ale is 40oz

Kirkstone Pass + highest pub in England

Wrynose Pass + old Roman fort (on a really small road with a spectacular view at the top)

Angler’s Arms pub (ask the bartender to see the spider)

Tipping a pound to reward spectacular service at a fine restaurant

Ordering your meal from the bar at the pub before you sit down

Not referring to the thing your wife wears around her waist as her fanny pack

Not referring to your khaki pants as your khaki pants

Not referring to any of your trousers as your pants

I’m sure there are more