Enjoy a break in the Lakes in Summer 2022

Have you visited the English Lake District National Park before? Have you come across photos of it? Have you read articles about it? Or watched television documentaries about this amazingly beautiful part of the world? Blenheim Lodge, our Bowness B&B … Read More

Dog standing on a rock

Dear Diary: 8th March 2021 – Walking at Greenside Mine

Today, we decided to take Horatio someplace different for a walk. We were going to hike around an old mine: Greenside Mine to be precise. I had been watching a documentary on BBC, where I’d found out about this place, … Read More

Life in the Lake District National Park

Life Life is an odd thing: a precious gift . . . a jubilant joy . . . a nondescript blur . . . a painful trial . . . a gracious gift from above. During this time of coronavirus, … Read More

Dear Diary: 6th April 2020 – Just to say . . .

I have been remiss about writing here for some while again. (Slap on the wrist!) However, I had been thinking about it and telling myself to do it. It is just that things got in the way. Last night, I told myself that I … Read More