As we opened the doors for the start of our 43rd season, members of staff got together to raise a toast to 2010.
The major refurbishment of the Loughrigg Suite is nearing completion, with the carpets being laid tomorrow, and should be ready for the first guests by the end of the week.
The season got off [...]
A very happy Christmas to you all! Its a real ‘Christmas card’ scene here in Ambleside – even though there has been no further snowfall, there is still about 5 inches lying on the ground although all the main rads are clear.
A bright, sunny but cold day – ideal for a walk after all that turkey [...]
A number of people have been in touch to say they heard Anne-Marie on the Radio 4 programme ‘Woman’s Hour’ on Christmas Eve morning, in an interview talking about our ‘Scrabble Holidays’ .
We didn’t know it was going to be in air again as it was originally aired in November 2008. Journalist Kate Arkless Gray came [...]
After the rain – comes the snow! It started snowing yesterday afternoon and by evening there was a good covering. There was no further snow overnight but it started to snow quite heavily around 8.30 this morning and continued until 1pm. After a brief spell of sunshine, the snow returned this afternoon and we now [...]
We’re delighted to tell you that here at Rothay Manor we have managed to escape the worst floods ever seen in the area – and indeed the country! Although we were more of an ‘island’ than normal for a while, with a new ‘lake’ in the garden, the hotel itself was free from any water ingress.
Ambleside was completely [...]
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The Autumn Gardening Holiday gets the new season of Special Interest Holidays for 2009 – 2010 underway with visits to some local gardens this week. They have been lucky with the weather so far – not exceptionally sunny but dry and ideal for taking in the beautiful gardens. One of the highlights of the week has been a [...]
CARTMEL’S L’enclume has retained its number 13 slot in the 2010 Good Food Guide’s Top 50 Restaurants, while Windermere’s Holbeck Ghyll has moved up one place to the number 23 position in the presitigious listing.
The guide, founded in 1951 and published by Which?, also has a number of new entries for Cumbria including Windermere’s Miller [...]
Welcome back to Nigel, Gwyneth and family who have returned from a good holiday in Italy. Nice to have you all back. Hopefully the computers and the internet will all behave themselves now the boss is back!
Welcome back to also to Julia who has had a sunny week in Wales – only one bad day apparently. [...]
Once again apologies to all for the inconvenience caused by the breakdown in our internet service. We are hoping that we will have no further problems as the BT engineer can’t find anything wrong with our system.
Must have been gremlins ……. or of course the rain!
