Here’s the last part of the road to Brockstone holiday cottage in the Lake Distirct. Right now this road ( a stretch of the famous old “coffin road” between Rydal and Grasmere) is lined with blackthorn bushes in full blossom. I took this photo on Easter Saturday. Weren’t we lucky with the weather this Easter?

Lots of blossom means there should be a good crop of sloes in the autumn, and , hopefully , several bottles of sloe gin ready for Christmas, as long as I get there before the birds and other sloe pickers!

Our Lake District holiday cottage is booked until Saturday 3 May. There are two weeks still available in May. We’ve just reduced the rate for the week from 3 – 10 May to £590, and the same rate has been applied to the week 17 – 24 May.

If you can’t manage a week, we will consider a short break. The rate is £120 per night, and the minimum stay is 3 nights. Interested?

Find out more about our Lakes holiday cottage with amazing views on this  website, and also via this page that we’ve written.  You’ll find links to other articles about circular walks from our Grasmere holiday cottage, more about things to do in Grasmere and all sorts of useful Lake District information.