Looking out of the window this morning, the sky is blue, the sun is coming up and the birds are singing. All thoughts of sitting at the desk catching up on paperwork have gone. It’s a day to get outside.

We’re promised several days of glorious sun. Usually we’d be getting ready to open White Moss House for our bed and breakfast guests, but we’re having a break this year. We are still letting our wonderful Lakes holiday cottage, Brockstone, and it is available for short breaks in March and early April. We might spend today in the garden up at Brockstone cottage.

It’s such a sunny spot it’s an absolute joy to “work” up there. It’s just a few hundred yards from White Moss House by footpath ( though it’s over a mile by road). It’s also a few hundred yards by road (well, track) from the next nearest cottage, but it feels quite remote when you are there as you can’t see any other buildings and only walkers and their dogs go past. I’ll take my camera, but meanwhile, here’s a photo of Brockstone in the autumn. It could be you opening that gate to a wonderful Lake District break in the next few weeks!