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) in the Lakes, any body know of any good Cottages to rent or really nice Hotels?
| Dave-H Member Since: 08 Feb 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1507   
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Lizzick Hall hotel, just outside Keswick.
http://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/lyzzick-ha...ity_target Stayed there a few times now, not cheap [but nowhere is around the Lakes] but we like it. Pool is nice too  Guns and Landrovers .... anything else is irrelevant. |
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23rd Nov 2011 12:48pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383 
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D'oh, last room was booked 14 hours ago.... We saw a nice hotel but it had a 3 day New Year event on £1400 booking  I prefer buy a roof tent  |
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23rd Nov 2011 1:03pm |
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| Dave-H Member Since: 08 Feb 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1507
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Yep it is well liked, not surprised its full.
Remember it for next year  Guns and Landrovers .... anything else is irrelevant. |
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23rd Nov 2011 1:11pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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Thanks Dave
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23rd Nov 2011 1:12pm |
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| TJ101 Member Since: 30 May 2007 Location: Taunton Somerset Posts: 3750  
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Stayed here a few times
http://www.lakedistricthotels.net/innonthelake/index.php Inn on the Lake Ullswater Not cheap but been very good
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23rd Nov 2011 1:53pm |
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| BigMike Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2253
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here http://www.graythwaiteholidays.co.uk/
spot on and also all the green lanes on the doorstep. |
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23rd Nov 2011 1:54pm |
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| BigMike Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2253
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if you want a fabulous hotel look no further than the samling. the room to stay in is called "Manmire". Has its own hot tub overlooking the lake. We got married there
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23rd Nov 2011 1:55pm |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665 
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We stayed here (Ambleside) last time:
http://www.brathay-lodge.co.uk/ Top notch B&B (well, nearly). Good offroad parking, nice choice of rooms, walking distance to some great restaurants & pubs. Ambleside has a great range of pubs & restaurants. Another interesting place in Ambleside - http://www.compstonhouse.co.uk/index.htm (the New York room looks good!) - but they don't allow children, so couldn't stay there last time, as my brother has 2 kids... A great day is: 1. Open top bus to Grasmere, spend a couple of hours looking round there, and walk back round Rydal Water, and stop at the Rydal Hall Cafe for a great coffee and cake! 2. Walk up to Lily Tarn...a fantastic viewpoint right down Wintermere 3. Loads of offroad driving - good mountain biking too
We don't like to have to "commute" to eateries (because I like a glass of wine on an evening when away on holiday), so has to be walking distance into town... The "Lucy's" chain offer good value food, and a relaxed atmosphere at decent prices. Lucy's on a Plate is our favourite eaterie for evening meals (they also do some really quirky service which is great!) http://www.lucysofambleside.co.uk/on_a_plate/index.html Not done self-catering because my Dad has a holiday home near Kendal (which he doesn't rent out, but it's too basic anyway...) Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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23rd Nov 2011 2:41pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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Thanks guys, most are booked up for when we want go, though not tried all...job for Mrs Greeni !
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23rd Nov 2011 4:23pm |
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| twopoint6khz Member Since: 18 Aug 2011 Location: North Lakes Posts: 654 
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If you want a posh hotel, the Armathwaite (north-west of Keswick) would fit the bill. Eye-wateringly expensive though, dread to think what the prices are like over Christmas.
Don't know of any recommendations for small holiday cottages, cos er, there'd not be much point in staying 20 miles away. I know of a few bunkhouses but I doubt that's what you're looking for. Anyway, what I would say about the Lakes is avoid the usual tourist spots like Windermere, Ambleside and (to a lesser extent) Keswick. Around Christmas time you'd struggle to tell the difference from Piccadilly Circus (apart from the scenery). As long as you're a couple of miles out of these you'll be fine. If you want proper isolation, you can't do much better than the Duddon Valley (Dunnerdale) in the south-west Lakes. It's a sod to get to hence the solitude. Must be a few holiday cottages up there - I've stayed in an NT one there but it was huge. Oh and if you want a bit of cheeky greenlaning, south Lakes is definitely the better bet. I'd offer to show you round but I will be spending Christmas and new year in London/Cambridge  |
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23rd Nov 2011 5:59pm |
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| twopoint6khz Member Since: 18 Aug 2011 Location: North Lakes Posts: 654
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Oh and I'll be staggered if they have any space, but try the Kirkstile Inn at Loweswater. No idea what the accomodation's like, but it's the best beer, pie and scenery in the Lakes
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23rd Nov 2011 6:14pm |
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| vulcanfreak Member Since: 05 Sep 2010 Location: suffolk Posts: 77 
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`preist end` cottage in Chapel Stile stayed there in october well recommended i think it is a `Wainwrights` cottage
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23rd Nov 2011 6:19pm |
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| v8steve Member Since: 18 Apr 2011 Location: dumfries scotland Posts: 195 
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me and girlfriend off to lakes on hogmanay for two or three nights in the roof tent.
great langdale site open all year. 4 pubs within walking distance, and plenty hill walking to be done. we always try to be different at new year. if your in the area drop in probably only 110sw with roof tent on site. 110 xs s/wagon s3 swb soft top |
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23rd Nov 2011 6:53pm |
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| BigMike Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2253
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Steve, were you there last year? we saw one on the way out - were in our tipi with stove in it, probably do the same this year but I'll be in a landcruiser
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23rd Nov 2011 7:37pm |
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