Staying in the Lake District probably sounds like we must be in some tranquil lake side hotel with perfect views, starry skies and nothing but the sound of distant crickets. Wrong. We are in a Travelodge at some M6 services where the only view is the motorway and all we can hear is lorries driving towards their early morning drop offs. Still, it’s a perfectly functional room and early tomorrow morning we will be back on the road again after skipping the breakfast that the receptionist kindly recommended we avoided!