White Moss House: Red squirrels seen every day for three days.

Here is the Lake District we love our red squirrels. We’ve seen red squirrels every day for the last three days on our daily walks from White Moss House. They’ve been frolicking about in the trees. I saw one rolling over and  jumping around on a branch, seemingly just having fun.

There are lots of hazelnuts now, so maybe they are storing their food supplies for winter. If you’ve only ever seen grey squirrels, ( big ugly things to my mind) you might be surpiresed by how small, pretty and dainty the reds are. Beatrix Potter loved Squirrel Nutkin, and as you probably know, she lived just 8 miles away from us here at White Moss House.

I’m delighted to hear from our guests that they’ve been reading all my Guides to the Lake District, and have printed out my guide to White Moss Walks. Today they are doing “walk 5” the walk round Rydal Water.The sun’s come out at last after all the wind and rain, and it’s just lovely here. We’re pretty busy right now, but we do have a room for a one night stay this Saturday, 17 September, so if you can get away, take a look at our website for our best offers.

The highly intelligent and thoughtful group of well read people at the Grasmere reading group have just read Guide to the Lakes by William Wordsworth. (I’m one of them by the way!).

I think “mixed” would be a fair reflection of our views on the Guide. Wordsworth had very strong opinions on everything. For example, Lakes should not be too much like rivers. Long thin lakes are not to his taste. Having said that, even the most narrow lakes in the Lake District are much better than those in the Alps and America, which are too big apparently. As for Scotland “whoever travelled along the banks of Loch Lomond….without feeling that a speedier termination of the long vista of blank water would be acceptable…?”

Not many of us actually enjoyed the book, but it’s certainly interesting to dip into.

Just to let you know about a new feature I’ve added to our website. Every day I’m putting special last minute offers on the website for the week ahead. These are the very best rates , so if you’re planning a last minute trip to the Lake Distirct take a look at White Moss House last minute special offers.

Not in Grasmere, obviously!
We’ve just had a lovely American couple staying, They live in Kenya where they are teachers and missionaries. They were surprised that the sheep roamed freely all over the place, and asked if they had any natural predators. I’d never really thought about this before, but apart from foxes taking lambs, and the odd sheep being chased by rouge dogs, nothing much harms our wonderful Herdwick sheep..

In their village the other week, leopards had come and killed 60 sheep, a disaster for the village, which is home to the Masai people.

This might sound corny, but it really is a pleasure to meet the huge variety of people who come to stay at White Moss House.

I’ve just started a “last minute specials” spot on our website. This will be updated daily, so if you’re planning a visit to the Grasmere area soon, why not bookmark our Grasmere last minute offers ? See you soon for a complimentary cup of tea with home made cakes by the log fire in the Wordsworth Lounge?

Stay 3 nights midweek ( any night except Friday or Saturday) at great rates!

Larger rooms usually £342 now £270, and our smaller rooms ,usually £282 are now £210.
This is for two guests, for three nights, and includes our award winning breakfasts.

For more details please visit our website, or email me, sue@whitemoss.com

We are also offering special rates for three night stays that include Friday and Saturday.

You can check availability and book online here.

Thanks to everyone who tweeted and blogged and facebooked ( is there such a word?) about our August offer at  Brockstone self catering cottage. We’ve now filled those nights.
We do still have the week of the October half term free, and there are great bargains to be had over the winter months.
email sue@whitemoss.co or check Brockstone Cottage for more information

Last night the moon was so bright that you could walk outside at midnight. Which we did- for a few yards! It was cold though, with a strong hint of autumn.
Today is beautiful.
Just a reminder- we still have rooms left for this weekend at a very special rate. Only our larger rooms are left, and we can offer you a room with king bed, at the very low rate of £99 per person ( £198 for the two of you), for the nights of Friday and Saturday, 19 and 20 August.
Please email me, sue@whitemoss.com, or ring 015394 35295 to make your reservation.

Excellent! It’s always a shock when the bells rings, and there’s this man with an ID card telling you he’s an EHO ( Environmental Health Officer) come to check your kitchen.
We’re always slightly nervous ( who wouldn’t be ) but once again we’ve come out with flying colours.
Just to remind you, we have two special  offers right now.
There’s a reduction of at least 10% for two nights B & B on 19 and 20 August at White Moss House and we have a 4 night midweek amazing offer at Brockstone Cottage. Details are on the posts below.