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

Falconry Display and Pony Trekking at Limefitt Park, Troutbeck

Today at 2 pm they are going to be flying hawks here at Limefitt Park in Troutbeck

You can see some of these beauties.

Falconry at Limefitt Park

Midnight

and my favourite, thomas the American Kestrel

Thomas

Oh yes – and there’s free pony trekking for the kids [...]

Osprey Watch - Watch the Bassenwthaite Opsreys

One of the highlights of The Lakes for nature lovers is the annual return of the Bassenthwaite Ospreys.

As well as going to see the nest, just North of Keswick, now you can now follow them on the internet!

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Dubbs Reservoir near Limefitt Park is reborn as a wildlife haven

Fantastic news this morning that Dubbs Reservoir, between Ings and Troutbeck, on the fell side just above our Lake District pine lodges has been reborn as a haven for wildlife.

Dubbs Reservoir – A New Conservation Area

The reservoir used to be an important water source but had fallen into disuse in recent [...]

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 [...]

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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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]