Christmas in the Lake District

CHRISTMAS IN THE LAKE DISTRICT

Brockstone Grasmere Cottage is available for Christmas in the Lake District 2019 *** Oh No It Isn't! Sorry, we've now filled this week, but will leave the post up for future reference.

Are you planning for Christmas? Well, Brockstone Grasmere Cottage is available to rent for the week 21-28 December 2019. The rate is £850 for up to 4 guests. You may also bring a dog at no extra charge.

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Sorry, since I wrote this piece we have now let the Christmas week. We still have some weeks available in November and December, and also in January 2020.

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View From Brockstone Grasmere Cottage on a winter's day

 Christmas really not that far ahead. Those of us who sing in choirs have already been learning the music for our Christmas concerts for several weeks. Here's one I'll be singing in with Ambleside Choral Society on Saturday 14 December 2019, and another one singing with Grasmere Glee at National Trust Allan Bank on Sunday 15 December 2019.

Grasmere Glee singing at Allan Bank

Why stay In Brockstone Grasmere Cottage at Christmas?

Why would you stay in Brockstone Grasmere Cottage at Christmas? Why would you want to visit the Lake District in winter?

Here is an article I've written about Winter in the Lake District. Stunning views, great walks from the door, a cosy cottage with lovely warm heating plus a log burning stove. There's a modern kitchen if you want to cook, but lots of places to eat out if you prefer. Below are some photos of the kitchen diner at Brockstone Grasmere Cottage

Here are some more photos of the cosy lounge at Brockstone Grasmere Cottage 

There are lots more beautiful photos of the area around Brockstone Grasmere Cottage on our website- please click here to read all about the cottage and the wonderful surroundings in the Lake District World Heritage Site.

More Winter Breaks at Brockstone Grasmere Cottage

At the time of writing (25 September 2019) we still have several winter weeks available at the rate of £545.

These are the weeks beginning on the following Saturdays;

9 November, 23 November, 30 November, 14 December 2019

4 January, 18 January. 25 January 2020.

We may be able to offer short breaks during these weeks. Minimum stay 3 nights., midweek from £275, weekends from £325. Please contact us directly with your preferred dates for a quote.

Autumn in the Lake District

Autumn in the Lake District. A beautiful time to visit a beautiful place.

We've finished Wimbledon, and we've packed away the World Cup. There are now just 7 weeks to go until September.

Are you thinking about an autumn visit to the Lake District? When the heat is over and the leaves start to turn there is no better place to go.

Brockstone Grasmere Cottage, our 2 bedroomed cottage with stunning views,  has been fully booked from March, right through the spring and summer. However, we do have some weeks available in September and October. Take a look at our website and our Facebook page  and see if this might just be the perfect spot for your autumn break in the Lakes

Here's the view on a winter's day.

and here are some photos taken on walks around Brockstone Grasmere Cottage in autumn last year.

For information about available dates and rates, please take a look at this page on or website.

The Lake District is now a UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Come a see what the Lake Dsitrict has to offer. Brockstone Grasmere Cottage could be your perfect base. Please get in touch if you have any questions. We'd love to hear from you.

Monarch Airline collapse

Very sad to hear of the collapse of Monarch. We've had many happy holidays in Lanzarote and other places over the last 40 years that have begun and ended with a Monarch flight from Manchester. I know they've been on the edge for a few years now, but we'll miss them. They provided lots of flights from Manchester and the service was pretty good.

If you were planning to go away for the late half term week ( from Saturday 28 October) and were booked on Monarch flights- maybe you'll want to stay in the UK now? Maybe you've nothing planned but would like an autumn break in the beautiful Lake District? This is a cheeky reminder that we still have the second half term week available at Brockstone Grasmere Cottage , at a reduced rate for last minute booking. (was £890, now £690)

Here's our website Brockstone Grasmere Cottage

Some photos

and here's the link to our Facebook page. On Twitter we're @GrasmereCottage and @whitemosshouse

Looking forward to Autumn

I'm looking forward to Autumn. This may sound perverse, as schools have just broken up , and many of us are still looking forward to a sunny summer holiday. I love summer too- of course. We've got a family holiday to look forward to and hopefully some lovely sunny Lake District August days warm enough to eat out in the garden.

However, when summer comes to an end it's uplifting to have an Autumn break to look forward to. Last October the weather was superb. Here's a post I wrote on my blog at the end of that wonderful month. Please click here Here's a photo from that post.

Penny Rock Wood Grasmere, October

If you're thinking of taking a week's walking holiday in the Lake District this October, you might like to try making Brockstone Grasmere Cottage your base . We have the week 7-14 October available, and also the half term week 28 October- 4 November. The perfect Autumn break. Both of these weeks have been reduced by £100 for last minute bookings.

From 4 November you can stay for short breaks, with a minimum stay for 3 nights. Rates start at £330 for a 3 night midweek break. The best value is for stays of a week. We can be flexible about changeover days.

To check rates and availability please use the booking checker at the bottom of this page. 

I have a lovely Pinterest board with more gorgeous Lake District Autumn photos. You find it here. Take an Autumn break in the UK's newest UNESCO World Heritage Site. Get out in the fresh air. Walk yourself happy. If you stay at Brockstone Grasmere Cottage you can bring your dog.

One more photo of leaves in Penny Rock Wood, Grasmere, just a few minutes beautiful walk from Brockstone Grasmere Cottage.Find us on Facebook here

Penny Rock Wood, on a beautiful short walk from Brockstone Grasmere Cottage

Beautiful Autumn colours in the UNESCO World Heritage Lake District.

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Lake District UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Lake District has just been awarded World Heritage site status. We knew we lived in a very special area, and we're very proud that UNESCO has recognised this.

The press in the UK have been writing about this. Here's an article from the Telegraph.

Praise for the Lake District World Heritage Site from the Telegraph.

The Lake District is now ranked along side the "must see" places in the world, such as he Taj Mahal and Machu Picchu. The Lake District is a wonderful place to visit at any time of year. You can read some of my tips on year round visiting here.

Yesterday, there were TWO articles in the Sunday Times. The first article was about living in the Lake District- where to buy, why it is so good to live here, with tips about great walks, sdrives, restaurants and so on.  Where did they pick as the Best Village? Grasmere! Here's the page, and the post about Grasmere enlarged.

The Lake District- why the Sunday Times loves the Lakes

Grasmere- the Best Village!

You can stay in our historic Grasmere cottage with stunning views and experience this beautiful area for yourselves. Our next availability is for the week 26 August-2 September, which is available at the last minute due to a cancellation. It's the week of Grasmere Sports, and you can also take in the Grasmere Guzzler Beer Festival 

Find out lots more about our beautiful cottage Brockstone Grasmere Cottage, on our website. 

Here's a tempting photo! The cottage is on a famous walking route- no passing traffic. At the end of the day, take off the boots, soak in a spa bath, then take a glass of something cold and sparkling onto the south facing terrace and drink in the view.

You can follow daily posts and information on our Facebook Page. Please visit, and Like the page- thank you.

We're also on Twitter @GrasmereCottage  andfwe also tweet as @whitemosshouse.

To check rates and availability of our Grasmere Cottage look at our "How to make a booking" page. 

Thanks, 

Sue 

Grasmere Cottage Special Offer

View from the bedroom window

Our Grasmere Cottage with amazing views has been reduced to £590 (from £790) for a last minute booking week Saturday 22 April to Saturday 29 April. What a bargain! 2 bedrooms, sleeps four, but a lovely peaceful romantic getaway for two guests .

Welcome to Brockstone Cottage

We would be happy to let a short break this week, 3 nights minimum stay, from £350.

There are primroses.......................

and bluebells........................................

See our website for more details of this special Grasmere Cottage, including our 5 Star reviews by clicking here

Visit us on Facebook here  ( and please give us a "like" whilst you're there)

April Flowers

This morning was glorious, so out I went with the camera to record some of my favourites in the garden right now.

Magnolia

Magnolia White Moss

Fritillary

Fritillary and euphorbia

Euphorbia

Bleeding Heart

That's enough for now! The bluebells are appearing in the wild part of the garden.  Just a reminder that we still have an April week available at Brockstone Grasmere Cottage at a special offer rate of £640. This is the week of 22-29 April, when the bluebells should be at their best.
Just one more picture of bluebells near Brockstone Cottage taken last year...you could be here two weeks from now. You might like to follow our Grasmere Cottage on Facebook by clicking here.

Daffodils at Brockstone Cottage Grasmere

The daffodils at Brockstone Cottage have been beautiful this year. Grasmere is famous for daffodils, thanks to William Wordsworth who often walked past our cottage back in the days when it was two cottages owned by the Le Fleming family of Rydal Hall, who used the cottages for their estate workers.

Bench in Brockstone Garden

 Here is a pretty bench set in the corner of Brockstone garden. From the bench you can look down on the footpath below. You can see the gate on the "coffin route" through which many people walk every day on their hike between Grasmere and Rydal. The view from the bench is in the picture below.

Looking down from Brockstone garden to the path below, with views over Rydal Water

Turn the other way, and look up the hill. More daffodils. Brockstone garden extends as far as the fence you can see, and beyond that there is fellside, leading on to the side of Nab Scar fell.

Brockstone garden looking uphill from the bench- full of daffodils

 Brockstone Grasmere Cottage has a wild woodland garden. In March , this is absolutely full of daffodils. Guests are very welcome to pick them and take a big bunch home at the end of their week in the cottage.

Brockstone garden from the side window in the four poster master bedroom

The picture above is taken through the side window of the master bedroon at Brockstone Cottage. The bedroom has a fourposter bed.From the front window of both bedrooms you see Rydal Water and the hills over towards Grasmere. On a clear day you can see the Coniston Fells.

View from Brockstone bedroom of Rydal Water

If you want to see daffodils at Brockstone Grasmere cottage you'll have to wait until 2018. However, we can offer you bluebells . The week of 22-29 April is still available, and in past years this week has been a great week for bluebells. The woods around Brockstone of full of these beautiful flowers. You can see pictures if you scroll back through this blog. 

Even better news is that we've reduced that week from £790 to £650 for last minute bookings. Can you come? Can you take advantage of this special offer?  Do you know someone who might like a week in this lovely spot? We'd love to hear from you.

Brockstone Grasmere Holiday Cottage getting booked up for 2017

Hello and Happy New Year.

It's been a while since I posted here. I'm just leaving a quick link to our blog on our Brockstone Cottage website. Click here to read my latest post there

I've just in the last two days filled 6 weeks at our Grasmere cottage. Those of you thinking about staying at our Grasmere cottage in 2017 need to book asap! If you want to read reviews you can find them here.

We have the last week in April and the first in May still available, so here are some May photos from around Brockstone Grasmere Holiday cottage to tempt you.

Huge reductions for a week in October in our Grasmere cottage

We have made huge reductions for October weeks 8-15 October and 15- 22 October.

Originally these weeks were £790, but as we still have two weeks available and it is getting quite close, we are now offering these weeks at the great price of £590. October is actually a very, very popular time to visit the lakes, and usually we would expect to be fully booked. For some odd reason we’re not fully booked! So if you can get away you have the chance to take advantage of this huge reduction and book peak weeks at low season rates.

If you look around this website you’ll see pictures of the cottage, with it’s new cosy log burning stove, perfect for the autumn evenings after a day in the crisp autumn air. The leaves are already beginning to turn slightly, and by early October the autumn colours will be looking good.

October is the time that discerning visitors come to the Lakes for a last break before the shorter days set in. Here are some autumn photos I’ve taken in past years to give you a hint of the glory of the Lakes in October.The little light spot on the hillside in the middle picture is Brockstone. All these photos are taken on walks which you can do from the door .

Please contact us if you think you can take advantage of this reduction in price and enjoy a week at our beautiful cottage at a wonderful time of year for a special rate.