“Idyllic accommodation in superb location
What an amazing cottage!”
Spacious, immaculately clean & cosy, and equipped with everything you could conceivably need for a holiday. Traditional & rustic in appearance and feel, it was also bristling with mod cons, right down to the self-closing blinds and skylights in the bedrooms.
The setting was perfect. We enjoyed being on an authentic working farm, but at the same time were overawed by the tranquillity and stunning, unspoilt scenery in all directions. What a joy to wake up to the sight of swallows swooping and rabbits scurrying every morning!
As for the location just NE of Kendal, it enabled us to access the southern & northern lakes with equal ease. A couple of favourite excursions entailed taking the gondola across Coniston Water to Ruskin's beautiful retreat at Brantwood and eating out on the garden terrace, whilst on another day we followed paths around Rydal to Rydal Hall and Wordsworth's house at Rydal Mount, making a lucky find for lunch at the Giggling Goose sited beside the beck & watermill in Ambleside. On returning to the cottage each evening we loved venturing out again after dinner to explore the awesome country lanes and bridleways that extend for miles around and without - hardly ever - encountering a car.
Thanks, John & Hazel, for being such friendly & helpful hosts!
