Winter weeks in the Lake District

Winter weeks in the Lake District offer you beautiful scenery, wonderful walks, and a break from your everyday life. Winter weeks at Brockstone Grasmere Cottage for the winter 2023- 2024 are great value at £695 per week ( Saturday changeover)

We’ve written in the past about the joy of winter weeks in the Lake District. Here’s a link to our previous article. Read it to see more photos, and to get links to the wonderful theatres and cinemas that we have locally.

I’m writing this in the early days of November, 2023, when the weather has been wonderful. We live about half a mile from Brockstone Grasmere Cottage, and we share the same walks as our cottage guests.

The other day, we were walking in the late afternoon when we enjoyed a beautiful sunset.

The outline of the Lion and Lamb, Helm Crag, Sunset

and here’s another lovely view…

November sunset from Loughrigg Terrace, Grasmere

All these photos are taken from Loughrigg Terrace, one of the many walks from the door of Brockstone Gramere Cottage. These White Moss Walks are described here.

A couple of days after the photos above were taken, we were walking at mid day. The forecast was for sunshine, no rain. However- it rained – a little drizzly rain. The bonus was the most amazing rainbow.

November colours- trees and rainbow over Grasmere . NT Allan Bank gets the pot of gold

Then the rainbow became brighter than ever

Rainbow over Penny Rock Woods, Grasmere, with Helm Crag in background

Finally, the rainbow moved to loop over Brockstone Grasmere Cottage, seen perched on the fell in the middle of the photo.

See lovely Brockstone Cottage perched on the fell, under the rainbow

In a few weeks the leaves will have gone. Although the leaves are lovely, it’s great to have the different views you see when the deciduous trees are bare. There are many lovely evergreen trees still looking amazing.

Here’s my favourite Holly Tree, perched on a knoll at the end of Louighrigg Terrace, overlooking Rydal Water

Beautiful Holly at the southern end of Loughrigg Terrace, overlooking Rydal Water