Photos of the area


Around Limefitt Park - Near Jenkins CragAround Limefitt Park - WIndermere with rainbowAround Limefitt Park - View from Wansfell PikeAround Limefitt Park - Troutbeck GardenAround Limefitt Park - Troutbeck GardenAround Limefitt Park - UllswaterAround Limefitt Park - Troutbeck ChurchyardAround Limefitt Park - TownendDSCF1561Around Limefitt Park - Troutbeck ChurchAround Limefitt Park - Cattle on the fellsAround Limefitt Park - Troutbeck TongueAround Limefitt Park - View from WansfellAround Limefitt Park - View from Ill bellAround Limefitt Park - Troutbeck ChurchyardAround Limefitt Park - Troutbeck TongueAround Limefitt Park - WindermereAround Limefitt Park - UllswaterAround Limefitt Park - Limefiit from aboveAround Limefitt Park - Troutbeck Churchyard

The Cottage Guru reviews our web site!

Last week Heather Bayer, (AKA the Cottage Guru), cast her eye on our web site and wrote a review on her highly respected blog

For those of you who don’t know of Heather she lives in Canada and writes on the subject of self-catering holiday lets. She is a highly respected international expert in the [...]

Kingfisher Lodge is reviewed in the Liverpool Echo

We were really pleased with the lovely review of Kingfisher Lodge that a recent guest Nick Peet wrote in the Liverpool Echo, published today.

Kingfisher Lodge in the Snow

Beauty and peace on your doorstep

Jan 5 2010 by Nick Peet, Liverpool Echo

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Lola the bulldog takes Nick Peet for a week of splashing [...]

Happy guests again!

Well, we’ve just been through the Guest Survey responses from 2009 and I’m delighted to say that we’ve continued to get a great level of satisfaction. We’ve now been doing this for 3 years and we’ve made a point of trying to maintain and exceed the great start we got in 2007. Hopefully the results [...]

Government as bad as Foot & Mouth for UK Tourism!

To be serious for a moment, we self-catering operators are shortly to be shafted by the government when they repeal the Furnished Holiday Letting rules next year. This is being done to us just so that they don’t have to extend the FHL tax treatment to European based businesses owned by UK nationals.

Many of us [...]

Stars

I’m very relieved to be able to say that we retained our English Tourist Board four star rating at Windermere Lodge today. The guy who visited us pointed out that there are very few four star lodges around, but that our’s is “a good , solid 4 star”.  It shows that all the hard work [...]

Things to do in the Lake District

Here’s a selection of the available events to keep you entertained in the Lake District between now and Christmas.

Sedbergh Festival of Books & Drama Friday 18 – Sunday 27 September

Old Laundry Theatre Programme September – November

CAMRA Beer Festival, Kendal Town Hall 14 – 17 October

Kendal Festival of Food Saturday 24 [...]

New Dog Friendly Log Cabin To Let

We are really excited to e able to tell you that we are bringing a third lodge on stream (or should that be on “beck”)

Dog Friendly log cabin

Otter Lodge is in a fantastic position on the river bank at Limefitt Park in Troutbeck. It sleeps 4 people and is pet friendly. We are now [...]

The Mortal Man Reopens

We have been told that The Mortal Man in Troutbeck  is reopening. Wahey!

This pub is in a beautiful old building in Troutbeck and has magnificent views from it’s beer garden.

Over the last 2 years or so the reputation of this place took a dive as the last, now thankfully departed, owner tried to [...]

My Lake District Top 10

Troutbeck Village
The view of Windermere from Wansfell Pike
Sailing on Windermere
MTB ride round Kentmere
Go Ape – Grizedale forest
A canoe on Ulswater
Wordsworth’s daffodils at Glencoyne Bay
A pint at The Queen’s Head Troutbeck
A walk around Grasmere followed by dinner at Villa Columbina
Watching the colour of Buttermere change with the light.

Why not post yours here too – [...]

Lake District Holidays in 2010

We are now taking bookings for the 2010 season.

2009 has already been a great year for UK tourism, and to encourage you all to stay in the UK again next year we are holding our 2009 prices for those who book early with us.

We’ll look forward to hearing from you…

You can find our [...]