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Things to do on a rainy or cold day, in the Lakes District

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 Fingers crossed the weather improves for the February half term… remember we still have that week free xxx Here's some ideas for rainy days. No such thing as bad weather only bad clothing... as Wainwright once said. So it's half term soon, so here's a list of places to see and go why you are here... if it's raining We know it's raining in Car...
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Places to visit St Bees and Ennerdale Water

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A lovely walk to the seaside town of St Bees, then a walk around Ennerdale Water #SolwayCoast #Ennerdale Water #StBees  #LakeDistrict 
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Walk at Silloth

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 A New Year's Eve walk at Silloth today... and saw this Molasses tanker ship arriving at Carr's mill, Silloth docks, this afternoon. The Zapadnny is a Belize registered ship. #Silloth #SolwayCoast #Solway
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PLACES TO EAT NEAR THE BARN ....

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LOW 10% DEPOSIT FOR BOOKINGS IN 2024

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Low deposit of 10% for 2023 bookings

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 OUR CALENDER IS NOW OPEN, FOR NEXT YEAR 2023 SPECIAL OFFER – LOW DEPOSIT OF 10%  No price increases from 2022 10% discount code for couples/2 guests  10% discount code for returning guests  No booking fee 2 bedroomed (one ensuite) luxury barn conversion  Sorry no pets  What we offer views to Moricambe bay, from the Ju...
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A trip and walk around Moffat

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 We had a lovely trip to Moffat yesterday We had lunch at Moffat Woolen Mill, then a lovely walk past the river and then back into town It's about an hour from the barn  #Moffat #DumfriesandGalloway
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OUR NEW PHOTOS

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Moffat Classic Car Rally

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 As you may know Richard loves his cars, including classics. Holly has the bug as well. So a quick trip up the motorway today to the Moffat Classic Car Rally, what a great day and stunning scenery. We were overlooking Talla Reservoir.It's on tomorrow all day for the official show and there will 900 cars on show tomorrow.. 10am to 4pm #Moffat #...
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Check out our video showing the Juliet Balcony... chilling and relaxing

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 Do you want a holiday to just CHILL and RELAX. I thought I would do a video showing our beautiful Juliet Balcony, with its amazing views If you want to come and have some 'ME' time then here are some offers, our last2 dates in June and July. **** LAST MINUTE OFFER ****North Lakes/Solway CoastMon 27th June 4 nights was £450 now £350 Fri 15th J...
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For all those walkers out there, some great ideas for walking in the Lake District

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Most popular Lake District walks revealed - cumbriacrack.com The top 10 most popular walks in the Lake District can now be revealed. https://cumbriacrack.com/2022/04/26/most-popular-lake-district-walks-revealed/?fbclid=IwAR2uCvM55KZKl-zarNxqKYlMR4_RuiVRqqPimgXkkgJm5Hb_eBPPmvC-Qjc Enter your text here ...
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WHY BOOK DIRECT

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 NORTHERN LAKE DISTRICT/ SOLWAY COAST Nearly all our bookings this year, are bookings we have taken directly......WHY BOOK DIRECT*The benefits for you*⦿ No booking fees (saving £60 ish)⦿ You are dealing direct, with the owner⦿ You don't have to wait for answers to queries⦿ The owner will be knowledgeable of the area⦿ We take cards, so you are ...
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Things to do in the Lake District/Cumbria when it's raining

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 🌧️No such thing as bad weather only bad clothing... as Wainwright once said.🌧️ So it's half term next week and the week after for other areas, so here' a list of places to see and go why your here... if it's raining :-)We know it's raining in Carlisle, so I have attached a list of things to do and some other ideas.MuseumsSenhouse Roman Museum...
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The Inn at the Bush, picking our guests up in a Black cab

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 It's great that one of local pubs (in the next village) offers this service.If you are having food, the Inn at the Bush will come and pick you up and drop you off in a London cab.Our guests used it last night..
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Our recent guests visting Carlisle Castle and the Military Museum

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Thank you to our recent guests, Alan and Sharon for their fab photos.More to come .... they had a very busy week visiting lots of museums etcHere are photo's of Carlisle Castle and Cumbria's Museum of Military Life, they said Brian was amazing in regards to knowledge in the museum.Both worth a visit#carlisle
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All you need is faith, trust and a little fairy dust

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 Holly has been busy today, she's been tidying up the fairy garden for our little visitors. ( or big visitors who love fairies) 'All you need is faith and trust, and a little pixie dust' We still have 8th October available, if anyone wants to come and stay Church House Barn www.churchhousebarn.co.uk #fairies #staycation #selfcatering #lakedist...
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Our guests had a trip to Derwentwater, at Keswick

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 A huge thank you to our recent guest Jason and his family, for these brilliant holiday photos.Looks like they had a great walk overlooking #Derwentwater #staycation #lakedistrict #keswick
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Great photos from one of our recent guests, Scott

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 A big thank you to Scott one of our recent guests, for sharing his fab photos...We do miss his fab cars
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A stroll on gorgeous Mawbray beach

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 A lovely evening stroll at #mawbray beach.So beautiful and nearly had the beach to ourselves
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Church House Barn from the skies !!!

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A huge thank you to one of our recent guests John, who did this amazing drone footage of the farm and barn.It's incredible how different it looks from above !Our gorgeous church in front, which dates back to medieval times as well.
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