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 [...]

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 [...]

Nigel, Gwyneth and the family are off on their summer hols today. Hope you all have a great time. We’ll try to be good while you’re away ……
Can’t believe its the end of August already and the children will all soon be back at school. Where has the year gone?
Such a shame that the weather [...]

Last Saturday, Nigel our boss celebrated being 60 years young - a surprise to many who thought he was much younger than that!
Nigel’s wife Gwyneth, had arranged for Nigel and his 2 children, Laura and Jonathan who will be 18 next week, to take a flight in a private plane from Carlisle Airport flying over Ambleside. Laura and [...]