In reply to ablackett:
As a Kendal resident when going out in the hills mates from away usually stop in the layby at the top of Windermere Road next to the main roundabout, never had any trouble there, i am sure there are better places as we use this spot more for ease of setting of early the next morning as it's on the way to the hills. Shap Road also has lot's of stop over layby's surrounded by trees and hidden from the road. Head north towards Shap lots of places.