Babysitter Website finally up and running

It has taken a while, but to add to my list of running websites I have finally got MissMolly underway.

MissMolly is a Directory of babysitters, nearly all of whom are highly skilled child carers with CRB checks and years of experience behind them. I am actively encouraging other skilled people to register on MissMolly as babysitters to help those parent like myself who have struggled to find child care for years.

For parents we offer the only UK wide National Database of Babysitters. We are proud to have broken the circle that encompasses London and to have started our venture in Cumbria. It is often in the rural areas of our Country where child care, good child care, is the hardest to find.

MissMolly hopes to address this. We are a Word of Mouth website and we are looking forward to our continued success.

Its April 10th and no rain!

In the Lake District in April it would be normal to expect a fairly changeable weather pattern as the seasons switch from winter to spring. Amazingly, this year, as can be seen at http://www.mirefoot.co.uk/lake-district-weather/index.html there hasn't been a drop of rain yet this month!

The garden is flourishing now, with many of our rhododendrons blooming and the grass has taken off. Of course, witht he lawn feed on it now, I can't complain!

It is at this time of year that I get concerened about our summer bookings for the cottages. The internet is so just now, and bookings come in very late.

New Cottages under design

We have decided to expand Mirefoot Cottages.

Using the existing cottages that were let on a long term basis, we have decided to employ an architect, Roger Haig, to redeisgn our old cottages and create some beautiful Lake Ditrict friendly cottages for our guests. Again these will only sleep two in each cottage, but will also take advantage of the beautiful scenery around Mirefoot, with views of the expansive garden area.

As usual we are concerned that the planning board may be awkward when it comes to altering, slightly, the external aspects of the buildings, but we are sure that Roger can win them over!

I write this whilst skiing in Canada in Whistler. What a fantastic place, well worth the journey time as the snow is excellent even at this time of year.

I shall keep you all updated with regard to the new cottages.

The Snow has come today

We have been waiting the entire winter for the rain to stop, it has at last, and now its snowing. Hurrah.

2007 A New Year

Mirefoot goes from Strength to strength. This year we have added Special weekend breaks including dinner at the acclaimed Michelin starred retaurant of Holbeck Ghyll as a package that can be booked direct from the web or personally over the phone if you wish.

Both Cottages now have Satellite TV and the Garden has been revamped.

Today it's raining. You'ld think that rain in The Lake District was awful. Quite the opposite. For Photographer's in particular the wonderful flat light allows some special opportunities, that shouldn't be missed.

Dogs and Childredn love the rain. There is nothing more satisfying than watching a child racing from puddle to puddle getting soaked to the skin. We love the rain.

Self Catering in The Lake District - An Owners Perspective

Whe we started our Self Catering Cottages in The Lake District in June 2006, we really didn't expect to be quite as busy as we have been.

I t all started when we decided that the Children required th best education possible and we needed to fund it. No mean feat in The United Kingdom where there is no substantial assistance available for any parent to help fund a private education.

The first step was to ask our exisitng tennants, who had been with us for 6 months, to leave the property at the end of May so that we could do it up ready for openeing in June.

Secondly we had to decide how to market our property. An Agent would have seemed to be a good idea. But with agency fees from 18% to 39% we felt that we could do it ourselves much more successfully.

www.Mirefoot.co.uk was born. It now receives up to 300 page hits every day in the summer and we have been fully booked up to now. This was in no small part as a consequence of receiving a 5 Star rating from Visit Britain.

We are now fully booked to the end of October and have just received another short term booking for Novemeber. Many people do not realise how beautiful the Lake District is throughout the year, and with the added advantage that we take pets, we are a perfct and relaxing place to visit.