Category Archives: Sue’s Grasmere Blog

I write about White Moss, Brockstone Holiday Cottage, Grasmere, the Lakes, the weather of course, and things that are happening in the Lake District .

Special last minute offer for Brockstone Cottage.

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Due to a cancellation, Brockstone Cottage is available from Saturday 23 April, to Saturday 7 May

The usual rate for these holiday weeks would be £820, but we are offering a special rate of £690 for 1 week bookings starting Saturday 23 April or Saturday 30 April.

This is for two guests self catering. For 3 or 4 guests the rate would be £740 ( usually £870)

If you can’t manage a full week we would consider a 4 night minimum stay.

For pictures and info please look at Brockstone Cottage website , or email sue@whitemoss.com

Bargain 5 night stay at Brockstone Cottage

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Can you arrive on Sunday 15 May and stay for five nights? If so, Brockstone self catering cottage with the most amazing views is yours for just £450.

For more information and photos please look at Brockstone Cottage Grasmere .

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Special Offers to see the Daffodils at White Moss House

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Great special offers to visit White Moss House and see the daffodils.
The weather here is fantastic, and the daffodils are out all over the Lake District, with a great show in our garden at White Moss House.
We have superb offers for you if you can stay 2 or 3 nights between 29 March and 14 April. For details please click Special Offer at White Moss House and go through to our website, where you’ll find the details.

Here’s a reminder of what our special little wild Wordsworth daffodils look like.

Wordsworth daffodils at White Moss House, Grasmere ( once owned by Wordsworth)

Special Early Spring Offer at White Moss House.

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Were back from our holidays and looking forward to welcoming you all in 2011.
We open at White Moss House on Thursday 24 March, and until 2 April we have a great offer, where you save £100 per couple if you stay 3 or more nights.
For details, please see the Special Offer page on our website.
The wild Wordsworth Daffodils are just opening their delicate little heads in White Moss Garden. The photo was taken in our garden in March last year.
Come and stay, an see the Lakes before the crowds arrive for Easter.

Another fabulous Grasmere Day

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Here are a couple of photos from today’s walk. I set off from White Moss House, through the meadow and down to Grasmere lake where a couple were  having a rather cold picnic- the sun hadn’t reached this spot all day.

Then I went through the woods to Grasmere lake and caught a lovely view of Helm Crag reflected in Grasmere Lake.

I then walked up through Bannerigg woods,zig zagged left and through Ladywood, all the while being followed by a couple who seemed to think I was searching out some new route for them. I shook them off at White Moss tarn as I went up to White Moss viewpoint, then back down to Brockstone Cottage and home to White Moss, where I took this picture from the garden looking towards Loughrigg at 5pm- the end of a beautiful Januaryday.

Rydal Water and Wansfell on a late January afternoon

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We walked up to Brockstone Cottage from White Moss late this afternoon. It’s been a brilliant day in the Lake District. Last night was full moon, and the sky was absolutely clear. This morning we had a thick white frost.
By mid morning the sun had melted the frost in all the south facing fields, but on the north side of Rydal and Grasmere where the sun never shines in winter it stayed icy all day.
This photo was taken from the spot where the Thirlmere Aqueduct goes into Nab Scar, just behind Brockstone Cottage ( our self catering cottage ). There was someone ( probably from Nab Cottage) in a canoe on Rydal Water. You can see how cold it was on the north shore of Rydal, still very frosty at 3pm.
Looking towards Ambleside from the same spot in the photo below you can see sunny Wansfell with one of the Rydal estate houses, Cote Howe,  in the foreground, with no sun all day.

Is there a sunnier rental cottage in Lakeland?

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Yesterday the Lakes was blessed with January sunshine. We had jobs to do at our self catering cottage, Brockstone. It’s the cottage that you pass as you walk from Dove Cottage to Rydal Mount along the coffin route.
View from Brockstone Cottage over Silver Howe to Wetherlam and Sergeant Man

Here’s a picture I took whilst we had our lunch on the terrace. You can see that there is snow on Wetherlam ( left horizon) and Sergeant Man ( the little pimple on the right horizon)
This was taken on 11/1/11 .As the cottage is high on the hillside, it gets all the sun that’s going.
If you want to make a booking for 2011 in our Grasmere self catering cottage, do it now!

A wonderful winter’s day in the Lakes

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You might wonder why I hit you with a post about my Dyson. Well, if you have lots of Blogs, as I have, sometimes you post on the wrong one. That’s the explanation! However, as I do love my Dyson so much, and it was topical for Twelfth Night, I decided not to delete it. Hope you found it of passing interest!

Back to today, and the sun is shining out of as clear blue sky. We’ve got a few jobs to do, but on a day like this you just have to get out, and we’ll be Walking round Rydal Water later. Maybe we’ll see you in the tearoom at Rydal Hall if you’re around!

Thanks to Cumbria Tourism for the picture, which is not for reuse other than by members of Cumbria Tourism ( which we are)

The Dyson DC 25 vacuum cleaner changed my life!

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I spent yesterday, Twelfth Night, clearing up from Christmas, and this job ( which I hate) was made much easier by my lovely Dyson ball vacuum cleaner.
This gadget really has made housework a relative pleasure. Not that I’ll ever enjoy housework, but efficient tools make an enormous difference.

I decided to write a Review of the Dyson DC 25 to share my enthusiasm. Take a look if you need a new vacuum cleaner. I think the Dyson vacuum cleaner is well worth the high price.

Incidentally, if you are the person who left an unopened selection box behind a chair in the lounge- claim it soon- finders keepers!