Can you take advantage of this excellent offer? We have a 4 night gap at  Brockstone Cottage for arrival on Tuesday 30 August, leaving Saturday 3 September, and we are offering this at the exceptional rate of £300 for the 4 night self catering stay.

Click on this link to find out more about Brockstone. There are lots of articles that I’ve written which you can access from this link, including 10 things to do in Grasmere and Wordsworth’s Lake District.

Please ring, 015394 35295, or email me, sue@whitemoss.com, to make this reservation.

Are you looking for a 1 night stay this Friday, 12 August, in the Grasmere area? If so, we can offer you  rooms are a very special rate.

Smaller rooms only £79 for two people sharing, including our award winning breakfast.

Larger rooms just £99 for two guests. This is a great saving, 1 night only!

I’ve just seen a red squirrel running up the garden path and climbing one of the apple trees! Great news! You might be lucky and see one of these special creatures if you are here at any time.

Email me please for this special offer, or to find out about special midweek autumn rates. sue@whitemoss.com

I love the Rydal sheepdog and hound show. If you’ve never been, you can still stay at White Moss House for the night of the show- Thursday 11 August, though we only have one room left.
We do have rooms on Wednesday 10th if you want to stay the night before and drive home after.
The show features sheepdogs herding reluctant sheep through gates ( as in the old “one man and his dog” TV programme). There are also hound trails, and traditional events such as judging the best shepherd’s crook.
Wonderful!

If you’re visiting Rydal show, you might be interested in reading A walk round Rydal water.. Why not take a look, and maybe leave a comment?

It’s looking like being a very busy summer here at White Moss House.  The weak pound is helping, as we’ve had loads of European visitors plus a healthy dose of Australians who’ve never had it so good as far as the Aussie Dollar goes. We’ll be putting off our trip down under for a while though!
If you’re planning an autumn visit, to enjoy the lakes at their best , once the children are back at school, then now is the time to book. September is already pretty busy, and everyone loves to come in October, so don’t leave it too long.

Here we are in July already. The lavender is looking amazing at the front of the house. We have the annual decision- do we leave it for guests to enjoy, or cut it and dry it so that we can all have the memory of it in pot pourri throughout the year.

Half and half is probably best. Last year I left it too long, and all the lavender got soaked one night and became useless for drying. There are photos and information about White Moss Lavender here.

I know, in the scale of world events , worrying about whether to cut the lavender or not is not a major decision along the lines of  “will Greece leave the Euro and send our economy crashing”. It’s a nice little problem.Just thought I’d share it.

By the way, if you want to book for September and October, now’s the time, as bookings are coming in thick and fast. You can email me, sue@whitemoss.com.

The powers that be have put nice brown Tourist Information signs either side of White Moss House, pointing to “White Moss Walks”. It shows car parking, toilets, picnic area and disabled access. Very nice!
When you get into the car parks, the Lowther Estate (who own the area , and have now taken back management of it from the National trust), have put up maps and suggested walks.

So now it’s official White Moss Walks are a top tourist attraction. Stay at White Moss House, and follow the Walk round Rydal Water, and all the other White Moss walks to your heart’s content- with no parking charges!

I wonder if there is a money making opportunity here we should be thinking about? Yesterday I got a phone call from a lady who has just passed on a bus, seen the White Moss Walks sign, and wanted to know when the next walk started, and how much would it be or was it free! mmmmmmm I wonder- Peter loves walking and telling everyone about the area- maybe I’ll suggest it to him!

I write away in the hope that someone out there is reading my blogs, and from time to time people tell me that they have, indeed, read them and enjoyed them
Today a guest has just told me that she loves my blogs, all my articles published on Squidoo, and she produced the print out of my White Moss Walks page. Yes! Fame at last!

If you want to use this guide to walks from White Moss, you’re very welcome, whether or not you’re staying with us at White Moss House ( the only house ever owned by Wordsworth btw) . It would be really nice if you could leave a message in the guest book for the page.

For a more detailed look at the Rydal Round I’ve written a walk round Rydal Water, which has lots of pictures and information . Take a look, even if you’re not visiting right now. Messages are very welcome , here or on the web pages .

The foxgloves on the fells and in the fields around White Moss House are looking amazing right now.Great purple heads are pushing up through the bracken all over Loughrigg Terrace, round Grasmere and Rydal Water.
Now that we have an official brown tourist sign for “White Moss Walks” I  wonder if even more people will realise what a great area for walkers this is!

Here is my personal guide to White Moss Walks, complete with my own photos too. I’m off for a walk right now, in the sun ( it’s raining at Wimbledon, and the only match on is Venus- I’ll give her a miss). I’ll be taking some foxglove photos for the next post.

We still have rooms this coming weekend, and the forecast is quite good. Please ring 015394 35295 or email me, sue@whitemoss.com for our best quote.

See you soon!