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Dog friendly lodges in the Lake district!

After opening Tree Top Lodge (Limefitt Park) and then Calgarth Lodge (White Cross Bay) as dog friendly lodges, we have at last decided to get one of our own!! Jester is a very bouncy, good natured 5 year old German Wirehaired Pointer and he is gorgeous! We ‘rescued’ him rather than getting a puppy and he is going to make a fantastic walking companion for our visits to the Lake District – if we can keep up with him!! He has only had a day visit to the lodge so far but is looking forward to a bit more training so we can have him free running (where appropriate) with a bit more confidence that he won’t chase the sheep, and will actually come back to us every time we ask him!! We think he thought it was a giant dog kennel! Keep up to date with ‘bringing your dog’ as we will be getting some more dog friendly information soon! Jester checking out the dog walking field at Limefitt Park
He has only had a day visit to the lodge so far but is looking forward to a bit more training so we can have him free running (where appropriate) with a bit more confidence that he won’t chase the sheep, and will actually come back to us every time we ask him!! We think he thought it was a giant dog kennel! Keep up to date with ‘bringing your dog’ as we will be getting some more dog friendly information soon! Jester checking out the lodge facilities
December 10th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Calgarth Lodge, Lake Windermere, Treetop Lodge | Leave a comment

Limefitt Park

f Following on from our day out to Ambleside we decided to amble up to Orrest Head, walking from the Haybarn Inn on Limefitt Park, up and over the main path via Hag Wood to Orrest Head, before heading down into Windermere and then straight into Bowness. We had promised Al and Linda a pint in the Hole in th’ Wall and proceeded directly to the promised pub – which is one of the best in Bowness by our reckoning! Then it was time for food – and we decided to try The Albert as we hadn’t eaten there before. Sunday Lunch is served most of the day – and although they’d run out of beef by the time we got there (5.30pm) it turned out to be a real find! We had the 2 course option for £10.95 and the mushrooms followed by the lamb roast were excellent – real value for money and the service couldn’t be faulted! Will definitely be going back there! Although the lodges are self catering it’s always nice to eat out on occasion – and it saves on the washing up!!
November 29th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Lake Windermere, Treetop Lodge | Leave a comment

Our long weekend at Limefitt Park, Lake District

We went up to Tree Top Lodge last weekend with a couple of friends for the owners party at Limefitt Park – we arrived on the Friday night in darkness and Alan & Linda got up the next morning and were suitably impressed with the views from the lodge – it was a dryish start to the day so we decided to walk over Wansfell and into Ambleside. They had stayed close by a few times and never been in to sample the delights Ambleside had to offer, and had never seen Lake Windermere in its entirety from Wansfell so they had 2 treats in store! The first one being the climb up to the peak of Wansfell! It being self catering at Tree Top Lodge we slightly overindulged the previous evening in the food and accompanying bottle of Shiraz and didn’t set off until about 12 – but were in Ambleside by 4pm after a meander straight out of Limefitt Park, up and over Wansfell with a few stops to admire the many views on offer! We wandered round the many shops (stopping only to buy chocolate) before heading to the nearest tea room for a much needed cuppa! We then ran out of light so had to get a taxi back to Limefitt Park (cost about £12 incase you find yourself in the same predicament!) Then it was quick turnaround to the Haybarn pub which has just last week got a new management team – a really pleasant evening was had – the fire was burning and the food was good – they even had a singer on! What a great day!!!
November 26th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Lake Windermere, Treetop Lodge | Leave a comment

Rave Reviews of White Cross Bay

The Pub/Restaurant!White Cross Bay from the air!
September 29th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Calgarth Lodge, Lake Windermere, News | Leave a comment

Brockhole Lake District Visitor Centre

This is a picture of the view that we had on Saturday whilst having a bite to eat at the very reasonably priced cafe at Brockhole. Had the most huge slice of apple pie and cream which was £2.25 and they do a good variety of snacks, cakes and meals – and a proper clotted cream tea! Yum! The Lake District Visitor Centre (which I think is it’s official title) is about a 10 minute walk from the entrance of White Cross Bay and is roughly a 10 minute drive from Limefitt Park – and it’s free (apart from a parking charge). We were staying at Tree Top Lodge on Limefitt and we walked down via Troutbeck village (you walk up the hill to the post office, turn left and then follow fork to Windermere and turn right at the bottom of the road towards WXB – takes between half hour and an hour dependent on who’s there) – spent a good 3 hours at Brockhole eating, wandering around the beautiful gardens and using up some excess energy at the Adventure Playground! Chris then took his lad swimming at White Cross Bay whilst I attempted to walk off afore mentioned apple pie with a swift walk back to Tree Top Lodge, Limefitt Park to get the car and the kayak – for our next adventure of the day!! :-)
September 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Calgarth Lodge, Lake Windermere, Treetop Lodge | Leave a comment

Kayaking in Lake Windermere from White Cross Bay

Kayaking mission completed on Lake Windermere At last we have had the opportunity to visit Calgarth Lodge and try out our new inflatable kayak – once inflated to it’s optimum flatableness it worked a treat – prior to that it had been in danger of sinking to the depths!!! What fun we had – it was pouring with rain on and off throughout the afternoon but it didn’t put us off – we launched from the jetty at White Cross Bay after walking down from Calgarth Lodge – it was so easy!! There are so many places round the lake that you can just stop and jump in – or gracefully glide from in your kayak (:-) – we’ve tried a few!! Had some great comments in the visitors book at the lodge – and will update on the website asap – thanks to all who take the time to write a few words!!
September 9th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Calgarth Lodge, Lake Windermere | Leave a comment
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