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Xmas & New year in the Lake District!

Tree Top Lodge in the snow!

Tree Top Lodge in the snow! Both Tree Top and Calgarth Lodges are booked for New Year – although Xmas at Calgarth Lodge is still available up to now!! Twixmas breaks are always popular and you can see details of these short breaks either side and inbetween Xmas & New Year on the availability calendar!! :-) The Lake District has an abundance of Xmas fairs going on – most of the villages hold them and provide traditional festive favourites! Come and enjoy a Cumbrian Christmas Experience or shake the cobwebs away after all the festivities with a brisk walk on the fells and a pint of real ale in the pub with a welcoming fire as your hare of the dog!! :-)

The River Pool at Limefitt Park!

Run away - the witches are coming!!

Run away - the witches are coming!!

Limefitt Park has an excellent River Pool where you can have some fun with all the family – right next to the adventure playground you can easily spend an afternoon or even a full day splashing around, fishing for flies, playing in the park and even take your butties with you! The coven descended on the river pool with the kids and dogs in tow – and had hours of ‘we want to stay longer’ – finished off with a game of football! Can you believe they were there for a week and when I asked them if the TV was working (due to the digital changeover) they didn’t know cos they hadn’t switched it on!! Now that’s my type of holiday!! :-)

Having fun in Windermere!

Clyde keeping an ever watchful eye!

Clyde keeping an ever watchful eye!

Anyone for a paddle?

Anyone for a paddle?

My 2 sisters and their kids decided to descend on Windermere en masse – one husband + one mother + one friend and there was 9 of them in total!! Thank goodness for Calgarth Lodge as they definitely needed the 2 lodges!! All the kids loved going in the lake – the first day paddling, the second day it was swimming cossies and inflatable boat!! Under very close adult supervision of course and the dogs were on hand to dive to the rescue just in case! Calgarth Lodge is situated on White Cross Bay which is lakeside!