Good B+B near Seascale, Cumbria or Lakes

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OK, its only slightly boaty but:
I am picking up a little nut shell dinghy from a gentleman called Bob Orrell ( who wrote a book about restoring a 26' boat, Amulet )
We are going up Friday and looking for a nice B+B to stay at for Friday and Sat nights somewhere in the Lakes where we can have a nice stroll etc.

Any suggestions?

Nick
 
Long way to come for a dinghy!
As a Seascale resident, I should reply. The 3 small hotels, in ascending price order, I think, are The Westcliffe, The Calder House and The Cumbrian Lodge, but all OK and decent food. Can't think of any private B&B's off-hand, but if you go further into the Lakes there are many, plus lots of Pubs with accommodation, mostly good.
A stroll here on the beach at this time of year can be ..... bracing!!
Egremont, Cleator etc are probably not so good for your needs.
Don't forget it's half-term, the area is popular with families, esp week-ends, so get booked in in advance.
Hope that helps
 
melandnick said:
We are going up Friday and looking for a nice B+B to stay at for Friday and Sat nights somewhere in the Lakes where we can have a nice stroll etc.
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I love Eskdale. We've stayed at the Boot Inn - a while ago - which was excellent. Great scenery, great walks (Hardknott Fort and back builds a nice appetite as a predinner stroll) and you can use the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway as an entertaining way to close the loop on noncircular walks.
 
earlybird said:
Possibly, but it's over an hour's drive from here, and the area will be packed out I should think.
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The request was for suggestions for "somewhere in the lakes"

It's just a suggestion and it is in the lakes.

Mention that you know Phil the previous owner and a big discount should be applied.
 
Pub/hotel in western Lakes

I can second the suggestion of the Eskdale/Wasdale area; much quieter than the central lakes, with some excellent walks. Lots of B and B's around, and can recommend the Bower House in Eskdale.
 
VicS said:
The request was for suggestions for "somewhere in the lakes"
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And the road over Hard Knott & Wrynose looks pretty straight on the map if you zoom out far enough. A mate up in West Cumbria still tells the story of a salesman he was meeting who was misled into taking that short cut by a bit of software.

For the OP, there should be quite a few B&B's around. Seascale has already been mentioned. Try the tourist board and look at places like Ravenglass, Gosforth, Calder Bridge.

Egremont & Cleator (as opposed to Cleator Moor) are not that bad. St Bees has a few B&Bs and there's always the metropolis of Whitehaven.
 
dt4134 said:
And the road over Hard Knott & Wrynose looks pretty straight on the map if you zoom out far enough. A mate up in West Cumbria still tells the story of a salesman he was meeting who was misled into taking that short cut by a bit of software.
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Last time we stayed in Eskdale (rented cottage) we went by 2CV and since we were having lunch with friends in Kirkby Lonsdale the day we left it made sense - honest, guv - to go back via the Hardknott and Wrynose Passes.

Only 632cc, but it did the trip absolutely effortlessly. Whee. The really fun bit, though, was in the scowling and bad tempered reactions of several drivers in big, shiny urban 4x4s. I like to imagine the conversation

Driver: "Yaah, one has to have a car like this for weekends in one's country place, those dreadful things the poor drive would never make it, haw haw haw"
Passenger: "Oh yeah? Then how did that tatty looking motorised deckchair get here, then?"
Driver: "Curses. Rumbled."​

Though we met two big 4x4s just as we got to the top of Wrynose, and they gave us a round of applause, which was nice.
 
Depends what you want to spend. We had a lovely afternoon tea and chat here and were very impressed. That's near Keswick and only about 30 miles from your destination.
The Northern Lakes starts to close down after the half-term holiday so some places may be shut, leaving others quite busy.
The Newlands valley, West of Derwent water is a lovely destination. Another local site here

The people at Stockghyll Cottage now are not running it as head-on as we did, but it's still a lovely place (next door to us at present - if 200 yards counts as next door).
The owners have a Bene 29 ft on the mooring next to mine.
 
Ubergeekian said:
Last time we stayed in Eskdale (rented cottage) we went by 2CV and since we were having lunch with friends in Kirkby Lonsdale the day we left it made sense - honest, guv - to go back via the Hardknott and Wrynose Passes.

Only 632cc, but it did the trip absolutely effortlessly. Whee. The really fun bit, though, was in the scowling and bad tempered reactions of several drivers in big, shiny urban 4x4s. I like to imagine the conversation

Driver: "Yaah, one has to have a car like this for weekends in one's country place, those dreadful things the poor drive would never make it, haw haw haw"
Passenger: "Oh yeah? Then how did that tatty looking motorised deckchair get here, then?"
Driver: "Curses. Rumbled."​

Though we met two big 4x4s just as we got to the top of Wrynose, and they gave us a round of applause, which was nice.
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This guy apparently got his timing wrong and was too early for the tourist slot. He encountered lots of tatty old but robust 4X4s driven by sheep farmers.
 
I used to work up there quite a lot and used to always stay in the Scawfell Hotel in Seascale. Is that still there? it was about 20 or more years ago. You didn't need an early morning call, the 6AM mail train waiting on the platform outside your window did a good job.

Always went over Hardknot and Wrynose, except in winter when sometimes blocked by snow. Almost always in a hired car and have never found a car that had the slightest trouble with it.

The locals think nothing of it. I once followed a Land Rover over, towing an Ifor Williams trailer full of sheep, and I had a job keeping up with him.
 
I stayed at this Guest House near Cockermouth. Cost for single occupation was £50 per night. Excellent Breakfast and very nice people, and location not far from A.66
www.graysonside.co.uk
It was good value with 5 stars. For evening meal there is a hotel about 500 yards away.
 
ProDave said:
Always went over Hardknot and Wrynose, except in winter when sometimes blocked by snow. Almost always in a hired car and have never found a car that had the slightest trouble with it.
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I've done it in the 2CV, two Herald 13/60 convertibles and a bay window VW Camper. One day I may try it in a modern car. The great thing about older ones is that they tend to have very low first gears, making 1 in 3 a doddle. Handbrakes not so great, though, so if some prat coming down decides to ignore the "give way to uphill traffic" rule the subsequent hill start can be a wee bit educational.
 
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