A great photograph of Grasmere

This picture from twitpic http://twitpic.com/n1u61 shows what a professional photographer can do!

This was Grasmere yesterday- today its a misty moisty one, with very poor visibility.

Tree in its autumn colours, White Moss Wood, Grasmere

This old oak looks good in its autumn colours.
It stands at the point where you can see Grasmere looking one way, and Rydal Water looking the other way.

Nab Scar is in the background.

Rydal Water late afternoon October

Just looking through some photos I took on Wednesday, and was quite pleased with this one. The sun is dipping down over Silver Howe behind me, making that shadow.
The Lakes look so great at the momet ( when the sun shines) that even a hopeless amateur like me can take a pretty snap.
For some really great professional photos take a look at some posted by my Twitter friend Stewy http://twitpic.com/photos/stewyphoto.

Catch the autumn colours at White Moss House

The trees are turning later this year- probably due to a wet summer. We can offer you outstanding "3 for 2" rates from 3 to 11 November-just in time to catch the last of the glorious colours.
We are even offering you a tempter if you can only stay 2 nights- including the weekend of 6 and 7 November.

Please click on the White Moss House website link on the right,  http://www.whitemoss.com/ , and go to our "offers" page for details.

Stay in the Lakes 1 night on Saturday 31 October.

We usually take reservations for a minimum 2 night stay at weekends, but on Saturday, 31 October ( yes, Halloween), we have a couple of rooms for 1 night only.
We have a smaller room at £88, and a standard room at £108. These rates are for 2 guests, and include our excellent breakfast.
Please email sue@whitemoss.com, or ring 015394 35195.
Check our website at http://whitemoss.com/

Glorious autumn 3 for 2 offer next week

Monday 19 October - Thursday 22 October. Stay 3 nights at White Moss House and only pay for 2. Save over £100! 3 nights in standard room just £216 for 2 people, or in a smaller room only £176. This includes our award winning breakfast.

The leaves are at last turning gold. It really is beautiful in Wordsworth's Lake District.

Traditional Lake District food

The first Kendal Festival of Food will be held from 24 to 31 October.
If you're in the area this might be worth a visit.

Why not look at www.squidoo.com/lakedistrictfood on Squidoo for more infomation on Traditional Lake District Food. Why not leave me a message?

Lake District Houseparties 2010

Lake District Houseparties 2010
We are now taking bookings at White Moss House, Grasmere,for Houseparties in 2010.
We can accommodate up to 10 guests in our 5 rooms, and your group has exclusive use of White Moss House, with its Wordsworth Lounge,pretty terrace and gardens.
We can offer you our award winning dinner on any evening of your stay- again, just for your party, with exclusive use of the dining room.
The rate starts at £490 per night if your booking is for a 3 night stay midweek, up to £550 per night if you are staying for 2 nights at a peak season weekend.These rates include our excellent breakfast.
Children and babies are welcome.
We hosted wonderful houseparties in 2009 for Golden Weddings, Special Birthdays, Family reunions, and Friends Walking Weekends.
All our houseparty guests had a marvellous time- and all commented on how reasonable our rates were. Often you pay a huge premium for exclusivity.
You need to reserve your dates early, so if you have a special event coming up in 2010, contact us to see if we can help.

My Top 10 Lakes In the Lake District

I've just written a lens for Squidoo on my Top 10 Lakes in the Lake District.
Please take a look, and leave a message on there with your views- just click on the link on the right of this page- thank you!

Autumn walk round Rydal Water

Its been a perfect autumn day.
Walking the Rydal round from White Moss House- how brilliant to be able step out of the door straight on to this wonderful walk.
Up the side of White Moss to Brockstone Cottage, along the coffin road to Rydal Mount.(Wordsworth's house) Then a wander round Rydal Hall gardens- looking really good now after the restoration project has had time to bed in.
Then crossing the road at the Badger Bar, back along the lake shore, through White Moss woods and home.
Taking my time, with a stop for a cup of Earl Grey at the Rydal hall tea rooms, 2 hours very well spent!