Most of our vistors will be familiar with Duncan the raven who takes stale bread & toast from the lawn and dunks it in the birdbath before eating it. He also picks up as much bread as possible to take back to tne nest, sometimes being almost unable to take flight, and frequently dropping chunks [...]
Following a recent visit by a hotel inspector representing VisitBritain we are pleased to have been once again awarded a 4 Star classification with a Silver Award for quality.
This spring it seems that Mrs Osprey has decided it is time to move to a new nest. The pair are setting up home on the opposite side of Bassenthwaite Lake on one of the new nest platforms built by the Osprey Project team last year. No camera has been set up yet to [...]
The Bassenthwaite Ospreys arrived back at the nest yesterday after overwintering in North Africa. The pic is from the nestcam yesterday, just after they arrrived from their 3,000 mile journey. Both birds arrived within a few minutes of each other, something not seen before. Usually there is a least a few days [...]
These lambs were photographed in the field next door to us yesterday. Driving into Keswick there are lambs in almost every field you look at, some newly born and others old enough to be running and jumping about.
Spring really is here - althought there is still ice & snow on the fells.
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I noticed there had been some damage to plants just coming through the soil, which I thought may have been due to birds eating them - then I saw this little chap eating my lawn. I don’t know if he has been eating other plants. Florrie saw him go into a hole next to our [...]
We missed out on a White Christmas, but the snowfall at Easter made up for it. It did not hang around for long, but in the sunshine the fells looked magnificent.
This pic was taken in the garden at breakfast time on Easter Sunday. The snow had vanished from the garden by lunch time. Our [...]
At the tender age of 17yrs 2mths and 2wks Alice has passed her driving test at the first attempt. She is now the proud owner of a little Toyota Aygo purchased out of her own money. The added advantage is that we now have our own personal taxi driver. After taking her here, there and [...]
A pair of squirrels have been feeding regularly in the garden from the beginning of November. Unfortunately one of the squirrels was killed on the road outside a neighbouring property, but the survivor is continuing to take the nuts from the feeder for burying.
Thanks to those who have asked about Alice’s GCSE results. We are pleased to report that she optained 4 A*, 3 A, 3 B and 1 C - not surprisingly one of the A*s was in Music. She has now started her A levels.