We did it!

Well we took two days away on Tuesday and Wednesday to attend the annual Cumbria Tourism Awards as we had entered for the "Tourism Website of the Year" award.

We had a super time at the Castle Green Hotel in Kendal where the awards were hosted. We had a lovely view from our room and the service was impeccable.

We had lunch at The Watermill at Ings - one of the traditional Lakeland pubs where they serve bar food and great beer without any airs and graces - highly recommended!

In the afternoon we went for a lovely walk up Jenkyn Crag. The ransomes (wild garlic) are out and the scent was almost overpowering.


We were up against some very stiff competition for the web site award from 3 very professional outfits - Mullin Design, English Lakes Hotels and South Lakeland Parks who own Limefitt Park.

Nobody was more surprised than me when they read out the winner's name and it was US!!

The web site has taken up a lot of my time, and it was fantastic to see the effort rewarded like this. It was also really gratifying to see the way in which the other competitors were so generous with their congratulations!



We rounded off the trip with a visit to Levens Hall which was looking stunning in the spring sunshine. Well worth a visit!