Nearly there

Well the wet weather meant that we missed out on Christmas bookings because the decking couldn't be completed on time.

We are there now though, and it's just I's to be dotted and T's crossed. New Year will see our first guests.

Happy Christmas to all who are reading this - we hope you will visit in the New Year!

Rain and more rain

It seems that 7 inches of rain fell over Cumbria one night over the weekend - I think it was Sunday. It's still falling. Driving up to the new lodge to drop off some kit I went through dozens of huge puddles. I have never seen the roads so wet. I had inteneded to take some pictures for the web site, but unless we are hoping to attract ducks and frogs to the cabin, the ones I was able to take are pretty useless. Still here's one that shows the cabin finally on site.

Let's hope we get some crisp winter mornings over the Christmas break - that's when walking in the Lakes is a real pleasure. Nobody around and crystal clear air. Dream on!

High Winds and High Hopes

The weather this weekend has been severe. The winds have been as strong as anything we have experienced in the last two years and they have been driving the rain into every crevice, making it hard to stay dry. Rum and Hot Chocolate never seemed so inviting!

I saw a heron this morning - it was really struggling to make any headway against the wind and finally seemed to give up the attempt and landed, very ungainlily in the dog field.

The lodge is sitting near the river pool waiting to be moved to its final position. There was a slight delay due to roadworks which has stopped the other lodge being able to get up the A491 (they can't site ours until the other one is in place), but the roadworks are now over.

Limefitt have told us that we should be up and running for the week before Christmas, so we are busy confirming those bookings that we have already taken.

It's interesting that some people seem to enquire without even visiting the web site! We are listed on www.lakedistrict.com and I get the impression that people who visit there just seem to fire off a whole load of enquiries. The enquiries that matter (i.e. those who actually book) seem to come from people who are a bit more discriminating in their searching. I suppose that that makes sense.


Anyway - we are nearly ready to go so watch this space!