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Lake District Holiday Cottages
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Cumbria Flood Relief, Cumbria
Businesses, Local Authorities, Charities and Individuals.
Add your Information...
If you are a businesss or a provider of services or an individual in Cumbria we NEED YOU! to add your details and what you, your business or your organisation can offer to the people of Cumbria who have been so affected by the recent floods.
Adding your Details
Click Here to enter the Forum and click either the whole of Cumbria or pick an area.
Then click "NEWTOPIC" where you should outline the following:
- Your Contact Name
- Business or Organisation Name
- What services you offer
- What special or FREE services you are willing to provide
- Contact Details, Telephone, email etc.
Cumbrian Residents of the flooded areas
Find Help... or Tell your story and share your experiences...
Here you will find details of all those Businesses, organisations or individuals who are able to offer help at this time and the special offers they are also making at this time.
Tell your Story
If you have a personal story you wish to tell, whether it is your own, or relating to someone who has suffered in the floods or who has shown exceptional community spirit then we would love to hear it.
If you have received help and assistance that you would like to let others know about, then you are welcome to tell us on the forum as well.
Flooding in Cumbria, what a great idea to help all those people who have been affected by the flooding in Cumbria
Friday, December 11, 2009
Weather Station History : Weather Underground
via wunderground.com
Lake District Weather in real time, what more could you need?
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Cumbria Flood Relief • Index page
Check out this website I found at cumbriafloodrelief.org
Totally needs everyones support to help all those people who have suffered in the floods.
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Calva Bridge Limited Edition Prints for the Cumbria Flood Appeal
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Cumbria Flood Relief, Cumbria
Cumbrian Residents of the flooded areas
Find Help...
Here you will find details of all those Businesses and other organisations who are able to offer help at this time and the special offers they are also making at this time.
Tell your Story
If you have a personal story you wish to tell, whether it is your own, or relating to someone who has suffered in the floods or who has shown exceptional community spirit then we would love to hear it.
Looks like a great idea, hope it works
Monday, November 30, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Outdoor Warehouse - Retailers of GoLite, Montane, Haglöfs, OMM, Aarn, Aku, Hilleberg, Injinji... and much more
Opened in 1975 our shop has been supplying gear to walkers, climbers and skiers ever since. Living in the Lake District gives us a unique opportunity to combine the experience and enthusiasm we have developed for mountain activities with the product knowledge gained from endeavouring to supply the very best clothing and equipment for your needs.
In a market with so much choice available, new fabrics and designs constantly being launched, the customer has more need of informed guidance in gear selection than ever before. By our understanding of how clothing systems work, we are able to encourage careful selection to produce a high level of comfort and safety for all seasons and weather conditions.
New fabrics and innovative designs give us the opportunity to travel far, fast and light.
Our commitment is to enhance your Outdoor experience!
Good spot for some outdoor clothing in the Lake District
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 09, 2009
Hotels on Windermere
Hotels on Windermere - Lake District Hotels
If I didn't know better I'd think the Cumbria Tourist Board have been reading my mind. Here I am writing posts about how mediocre I think all the Hotels in The Lake District and in particular, hotels on windermere when I read in my latest Cumbria Tourist board magazine that internationally we are not really there yet!When one compares the quality of international hotels to the ones in The Lake District you are reminded of how shallow they really are. On the outside they are all glossy and sit comfortably in their beautiful surroundings. However when you scratch the surface, be careful you don't fall through...
It starts when you open the front door; or rather when you push against a very stiff and un-wieldy creaking door. Those of you have travelled will know well enough how un likely it is that you will be left to your own devices in a hotel in Asia for example! There will be someone to grab your bags from the cab before your door is open. The hotel door, if it isn't being swung open by a smiling and genuinely happy to see you member of staff will swish silently and electronically out of your way as you serenely make your way to the beautiful front desk.
I am not dreaming here, this is for real. The problem is we give our hotels 5 stars based on the average level of dross around us. If we were to genuinely check our lake district hotels on windermere and grade them against equivalent 5 star Establishments abroad we would come up well short of the mark!
There is a solution, I think, and that is to remind the owners of lake district hotels on windermere what it was like the last time they travelled abroad. And in particular what it was like to stay in an Establishment similar to their own. I am sure it would be an eye opening experience. After all in this country we often charge more than the equivalent business abroad.
For a list of exceptional Hotels on Windermere follow this link.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
New High Sheriff of Cumbria
I am absolutely delighted to have taken a small part in the inauguration of my Mother, Mrs Susan Thornely, as the new High Sheriff for Cumbria for 2009/10.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Late Hotel Bookings
Late Hotel Bookings!
Found a great new site where you can search and find a hotel so quickly with a fantastic booking engine. Had to tell the world!
Late Hotel Bookings in the UK seems to be a real up and comming hotel booking site.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Late Hotels Accommodation Site
Very surprised to find an excellent hotels and accommodation website the other day...
So often these websites are over complicated and awkward to book. This one seems to do exactly what it says on the box...
Managed to find and book a hotel for a late booking in about 3 minutes. Now that can't be bad...
I recommend taking a look at this Late Hotel Rooms booking site and give it a go...
So often these websites are over complicated and awkward to book. This one seems to do exactly what it says on the box...
Managed to find and book a hotel for a late booking in about 3 minutes. Now that can't be bad...
I recommend taking a look at this Late Hotel Rooms booking site and give it a go...
Friday, October 17, 2008
Cottage for Rent Lake District
Cottage For Rent Lake District.
It really amazes me how quickly world wide events cause dramatic changes in the way people go about choosing their holidays.In the UK, although there are no figures for this yet, there has been such a huge increase in domestic tourism that it is very hard for anyone to keep pace with the increase in demand.
As a provider of this Cottage for rent in the Lake District, the Vale of Lune Holiday Cottages have seen a dramatic rise in bookings over the last 6 months. There are many other success stories throughout the UK that emulate this achievement.
Is this a concern?
Well maybe... As the demand for domestic holidays increases we are undeniably reaching the 'No Vacancies' situation. The supply of holiday destinations within the UK is not limitless. And I would suggest that ,in fact, the demand is way outstripping the supply at this moment.
It is possible that unscrupulous holiday home owners, driven by advice from their agencies will begin to try and cash in on this phenomenum. I urgently suggest that they should not. It would be the beginning of a backlash that would ruin many reasonable owner's businesses.
Should the National Parks allow more conversions of existing buildings to holiday homes? I think not. The beauty of these National Parks is partly preserved by the current moratorium on building and conversions. This doesn't mean to say that sympathetic creation of affordable housing should be halted. Rather it should be encouraged because this leads to another issue.
The supply of labour to accommodate this rise in demand is not forthcoming. Without suitably talented workers who will work in any role whether as a contract cleaner to an agency manager, the whole industry will come to its knees as homes become poorly managed and visitors go elsewhere.
So in order to maintain the excellent increase in popularity of holidays in great surroundings such as those provided by the Vale of Lune cottages in their Cottages for rent in The Lake District we should all work together to make sure that this is a sustainable increase.
To this end it is important that anyone with an interest in helping absorb this increase makes sure that they are fully aware of the implications if failing to provide both suitable accommodation and finding suitably qualified labour.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Weather in Windermere
What can I say...
The weather has been terrible. For the first time in 3 years we have had guests who have left the cottage half way through their week!
Honestly, they have loved the cottage, but the weather has sent them hurrying home. Not a good advertisement you might say? Well you would be right.
Any way, autumn is coming and the rain has stopped. Typical huh?
You can check out the weather for Windermere at our new weather station, Windermere Weather.
Hope you enjoy the info, don't blame me if it tells the truth!
The weather has been terrible. For the first time in 3 years we have had guests who have left the cottage half way through their week!
Honestly, they have loved the cottage, but the weather has sent them hurrying home. Not a good advertisement you might say? Well you would be right.
Any way, autumn is coming and the rain has stopped. Typical huh?
You can check out the weather for Windermere at our new weather station, Windermere Weather.
Hope you enjoy the info, don't blame me if it tells the truth!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Lake Windermere - Powerboats and the Law
Lake Windermere - Powerboats and the Law.
So there is a speed limit on Windermere is there? You wouldn't believe it at the moment.Last weekend Windermere was quite busy. Not busy like it was before the imposition of the speed limit, but busy all the same. the most striking observation though was with regard to the number of powered boats flagrantly flouting the speed limit.
There were many boats traveling around together, speeding well in excess of the 10 Knot limit. There was also, in the northern basin of the lake, at the same time a Lake District National Park Warden. His only motive for being there seemed to be a yacht which had lost its engine. Aren't they meant to use their sails anyway?
As a long time opponent of the speed limit it saddens me that it has come to this. As a law abiding citizen I have not and do not intend to break this law. However it is a sad state of affairs when a large number of minority groups come together to force a legal change and then patently fail to make sure that their hard work is rewarded by the result they fought so hard to engineer in the first place.
The future of Windermere as a popular tourism spot is not dependent on whether there is a speed limit or not on Windermere; no, it is much more dependent on the quality of facilities such as Information centers, the provision of lavatories, the wet weather attractions for children and adults and the general condition of the popular areas.
Take for example the imaginative plans for Waterhead and Lakeside. These are multi-million pound investment opportunities that should not be squandered. As a group of local people we should show just as much interest in these as the time we spent arguing about the imposition of a speed limit on the Lake. The problem is that the so called 'Friends of the Lake District' and the numerous minority groups that go under the same umbrella do not show the same doggedness.
Why is there no real outcry over the new plans?
Simple really, NIMBY. So many of the groups that fought for the speed limit imposition on Windermere had an axe to grind. the early morning water skiers, personal watercraft in among their yachts, huge wash from over sized motor yachts all added fuel to the personal fires that were simmering in this minority of protagonists. If only a managed solution could have been considered. One that may well have been able to deal with the current problems around Windermere such as motorbikes, bad design and terrible planning around the three tourism areas of Bowness, Lakeside and Waterhead.
Motorbikes are only a point made because, yet again, a small minority choose to fit 'silencers' that do nothing of the sort! The vast majority are perfectly welcome and should be encouraged as a suitable source of income to the area.
The future of power boating on Windermere?
Goodness knows. The author will still remain a law abiding citizen. Will his children as they grow to have more autonomy? I suggest not, because if their is an institutional failure to address the breaking of the speed limit laws on Windermere, then those institutions fail to provide leadership to the visitors to the lake and all semblance of a sensible boating operation will be lost.
Can a negotiated and successful legal and financial alternative be found? If this went back to a Public inquiry, I think not. There are still so many polarized positions taken by the various different users of the lake that it would become drowned in anger and ire. Should an imposition be made through the bye-laws opening up the lake to more use by boats traveling faster than 10 knots? I don't know.
We live in a democratic world, but who is the democracy in this area? Is it the locals who reside here and yearn for all the tourists to disappear? (Well those who don't profit from them at least)? Or should the democracy really be the people of The United Kingdom? After all it is a National Park, set up not just for the benefit of the few 1000 that live within sight or earshot of Windermere, but for all the country to enjoy.
It isn't for the author to decide, luckily. Nor is it an easy decision, but in the era of environmental protection and the all the PC behavior that exudes from all things environmental, isn't it now time to start encouraging those who fly for thousands of miles to stay at home, use our beautiful resources in a fair and shared manner rather than excluding them and re-address the postion of Windermere among the jewels of the United Kingdom crown?
Monday, January 21, 2008
Flooding Alert for Lake District Holiday Cottages
With the Met Office forecasting heavy rain over the coming days, especially over western parts of England and Wales, concerns remain over further flooding. During Friday and Saturday Atlantic weather fronts could bring as much 100mm of rain to exposed upland areas of Wales, south west England and the Lake District. Met Office Operations Director Keith Groves said: “The weather over the next three days is certainly causing concern and we have a close working relationship with the Environment Agency in these situations. Our main focus is Friday and Saturday but heavy rain could continue into Sunday and it is this cumulative effect that is causing the current problems.” Many rivers are already very full and Doug Whitfield, National Flood Warning Duty Officer at the Environment Agency said: “Although we are paying close attention to the rivers Wye, Dee and Severn we are continuing to closely monitor all rivers across England and Wales during this period of very wet weather.” The heavy rain expected over western hills and mountains is only part of the story. As the water makes it way down stream, local flooding is likely over the following days as rivers become more swollen. The Environment Agency Floodline 0845 988 1188 provides latest information on flood warnings.
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