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24 August 2011  Gosh that was quick!  We've already had a booking inquiry.

23 August 2011
Sadly one of the guests due to arrive this Saturday (27th) is ill and they have had to cancel so this Bank Holiday week is now available.

5 July 2011 
I wondered why our bird food was disappearing so quickly until I saw this, one of Borrowdale's most treasured residents...  CLICK HERE for a video

11 May 2011
Back to "normal" Cumbrian weather of sun and rain, at least the farmers are smiling, but we've had a good few weeks.  Bookings have been very successful this year with only a couple of weeks available now until the middle of October, and those weeks will most likely get booked soon.  We need to make our wifi work in the cottage - the walls are too thick forthe signal to penetrate.  We've had some helpful suggestions, but the salesmen we've spoken to could not promise their devices would work and we're not keen to pay out money without guarantees.  More research needed.

10 March 2011  After a week or so of gloriously sunny weather a return to cold, wet and windy, but right now the sun has come out and the mountains glow gloriously.  the weather certainly doesn't put off walkers on the fells.  Daffodils now in bloom.
Sad to note the passing this week of Mark Weir, probably the most colourful character in the valley.  He was loved by some but disliked by others - jealousy?  We had every admiration for him 
and were grateful for his help in the renovation of Chapel Field.

24 February 2011  Going to try to turn this page into a kind of blog - but not sure how often we'll be able to keep it up to date.
Today is the culmination of a longstanding boundary dispute with one of our neighbours.  Several years ago another neighbour stole several square metres off the back of our property, including the remains of an old privvy, which was of historical interest, that she had demolished.  Now another neighbour has been trying to steal something off the front.  The dispute is far too complex to put down details here.  We couldn't get them to see sense so have reluctantly agreed to a compromise.  Later today a surveyor will mark out an "agreed" boundary and the neighbour will then have to erect a fence on her side of this new boundary.  Let's hope that peace will reign afterwards.  Meanwhile, the weather has turned warmer for the Bank Holiday week and there are plenty of holiday makers around both on the fells and in the towns.

19 January 2011 The weather is warming up and already the daffodils are pushing up through the soil. If we have a cold snap they'll probably want to go back down.

Someone staying in the cottage early December or late November either over-filled the bath or used the shower without its screen.  The result was the bathroom floor coming up and downstairs ceilings coming down in the hall and lounge.  We've had to close for a couple of weeks while the bathroom floor dried out was re-laid and we've fitted a new shower screen.

2011 bookings are coming in fast, especially the Easter period. Looks like we'll be busy this year.

You are now able to pay by card, this should make the booking process much easier.