Activities

Mountain Walking and Swimming Guide

If you would love a mountain walking and open water swimming guide that also comes with a super cute Spaniel, then please do read on. I have been guided by Vicki on the Kendal Climbing Wall and Damian and I have both cross paths and chatted with Vicki about how good...

Beetham Fairy Steps

Have you heard the story behind the Fairy Steps in Beetham? Back in February we went to find out for ourselves as we explored a walk you can take on a day out in the area. Parking at Heron Corn Mill, we took the walk to the Fairy Steps from a little further out....

Taking life At Nature’s Pace

As the sun appears more, don’t you just want to be outside, taking life ‘At Nature’s Pace’? Well you can do just that if you arrange to hang out with Ruth, who runs Nature Connectedness Adventures via her company called, ‘At...

Have Martin Frickel cook for you

Would you like to have Martin Frickel cook for you? More and more these days, we see groups having a reunion stay here, decide to treat themselves to an evening with dinner cooked for them by a chef. They talk passionately the next morning about how great it was and...

A Day in the Lake District : In search of Landscape Art

So on my vision board wish list last year and this year has been an image of a circular stone sculpture, a piece of landscape art, that is one of many out there in the Lake District, now termed, the ‘Borrowdale Banksy’. The weather forecast predicted...

The Arts & Crafts Movement at Blackwell

Do you ever even think of a building in relation to the Arts & Crafts Movement? Take a visit to Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House, and you will start to see all the little details in a building differently. A great place to visit if you are looking for...