A sunshine break in the Lakes! How often can you say that?

From now until Wednesday 17 July, we can offer you £60 off a 3 night stay at White Moss House. I’ve checked the BBC weather forecast and it really does look warm and sunny for the next 10 days. We have rooms available so we’ve cut the rates for last minute bookings.

You can see our special offer rates by clicking this link.

Grasmere Lake Shore, 10 minutes walk from White Moss House

 Here’s a reminder of where you could be – Grasmere shore, perfect for picnics and for the adventurous/hardy/slightly crazy, perfect for swimming. The water is still very cold though.

We have two rooms still available for this weekend. (Rooms 3 and 5) Here are our last minuite rates for this weekend.

We also have a special offer for Brockstone, our Lake District holiday rental cottage with amazing views.. Our holiday cottage is fully booked until 24 August, but we do have weeks available from then, and if you make your reservation and pay your deposit during the month of July, we will discount the advertised rate by 10%. This applies to any booking up until 3 January 2014.

Here’s a picture just to remind you why the Lakes are are great British Holiday destination.

Grasmere from Loughrigg Terrace, onw of the many great White Moss Walks

The weather forecast is good- lots of sun and very little rain.

Can you take advantage of our last minute ned and breakfast offers?

Click this link to see our last minute offers from now until 30 June.

White Moss House garden

Start your White Moss circular walks from the door– you couldn’t pick a better spot for beautiful walks – in my opinion!

We’d love to see you soon…………

Just because it’s raining where you are, don’t assume that it’s raining here, in sunny Rydal and Grasmere.

Of course it rains a lot in the Lakes-” no rain no lakes” as we say, or “if you can see the hills it’s going to rain, and if you can’t see the hills  it’s already raining”

However, the last few weeks we have had pretty good weather. Not hot admittedly, but not too wet. On Sunday for example, we hoped to watch Andy Murray at Queens Club London, and England cricketers trying to beat New Zealand in Cardiff.. We turned on the TV at 1pm- both rained off until late afternoon. Here- dry and pleasant.

Today is gorgeous. Warm sunshine.Perfect.

Update on our offers. Brockstone, our Lake District holiday cottage with amazing views has been booked for the 13 July week. We still have a 5 night break from 8 July for only £450.
Otherwise the cottage is fully booked until 24 August.

At White Moss House bed and breakfast, we have 1 room available for most of this week, but next week is looking quiet, so we’ve put some great Lake District last minute special offers here on our Grasmere special offers page

The tubs that I’ve planted on the terrace are starting to flower. Here’s how they will look soon.

White Moss House Terrace, Grasmere, Summer 2010

You could be sitting here, enjoying a complimentary cup of Lakeland Special tea ( from Farrers of Kendal) and a slice of homemade Lakeland Tea Bread

We have two breaks available in July at Brockstone, our Grasmere holiday cottage with amazing views of Rydal Water.

Break 1- Arrive Monday 8 July, leave Saturday 13 July- 5 nights, for just £450

Break 2- Arrive Saturday 13 July, leave Saturday 20 July- 7 nights for just £690

These are for two guests. There may be a small extra charge for additional guests.

Dogs are very welcome by arrangement. Brockstone is perfect for dogs- no passing cars, lovely paths all around……

Here are some photos taken around our Lake District holiday cottage.

The heron on White Moss Tarn, 400 yards from our Grasmere self catering cottage

Taken along the lane this week

Brockstone from White Moss viewpoint, in early spring

I’ve just taken one of my favourite short walks.

You go through White Moss House garden to the waterfall, right up the hill to Brockstone Cottage our unique Lake District self catering cottage with amazing views..

Turn left onto the coffin route towards Grasmere, and on your right you pass Heugh Fold, a large Victorian house which was planted many years ago with rare rhododenrons, azaleas and other unusual trees. The lady who lives there now spends hours in the garden. It is not open to the public, but passers by marvel at the sight. Here are some photos I took today.

All of these were taken at Heugh Fold, above White Moss Common.

I then walked down to the duck pond just above Dove Cottage, turned left along the old road back towards White Moss House, and passed Ladywood, Christopher Morris’ family home .I took a picture there of these amazing colours.

Then back down to White Moss. Our own Rhodies and azaleas are looking pretty special too.

Try to come and visit the Lakes in the next couple of weeks before these colours fade. We’re fully booked on Friday and Saturday, but have a room available most of next week..Grasmere, Rydal and the whole of the Lakes are just looking their best .

If you’ve been waiting for some warm, dry , sunny weather before you went away for the weekend- this is it!

We have room 1 still available. Special last minute rate for 2 nights, 2 guests, £185 ( usually £236). 3 nights £270 ( usually £354). King or twin beds. A great last minute bargain.

These rates apply until Thursday 13 June. Then we’re fully booked for a few nights.

The Wordsworth Rose at White Moss House

This ancient rose is so old that it could have been here when Wordsowrth bought the house for his son. This picture was not taken this year – it’s still in bud right now, but looks like it will be out in a few days. The gardens in the Lakes are looking fabulous. I visited Holehird Garden yesterday. What a wonderful place it is. I’ll post some photos I took in the next blog, but meanwhile, here’s a link if you would like to know more. Holehird Garden,Windermere, Lake Horticultural Society..