Jenkin Hill Cottage News

Winter back again? But beautiful views!

Kelvyn — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:24:03 +0000

Skiddaw 9am 4th April 2012

Strawberries!

Kelvyn — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:19:00 +0000

Christine bought some giant strawberries, so some of out guests enjoyed a tasty desert. And there were some strawberries left over for the rest of the family.

Strawberry meringue

Easter approaches and daffodils are out everywhere!

Kelvyn — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:12:48 +0000

Daffodils in our garden photographed on 1st April

Daffodils beside the road through Thornthwaite village

This was photographed from just outside our gate.

Some of our neighbours

Kelvyn — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:17:43 +0000

Sheep in Thornthwaite, Bass Lake and Skiddaw in backgound

Photographed in February, 2012, the sheep were being very watchful. Photographed from the road, about 200 yards from our house.

Icing on the cake

Kelvyn — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:15:00 +0000

Snow up on the fells looks inviting! This pic was taken from the middle of Thornthwaite Village, looking over Keswick towards Walla Crag/Bleaberry Fell.

The first daffodils of 2012

Kelvyn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:26:47 +0000

Photographed yesterday, the 1st of February, while there is snow on the fells, this is the first of the season, 4 full weeks earlier than last year!

A new video of Jenkin Hill Cottage

Kelvyn — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:55:18 +0000

A friend of ours has been honing her videographic skills by making a short movie of Jenkin Hill Cottage, shot over a period of an hour, and starring our regular guests, Peter and Tricia, the video can be seen here.

Introducing Digby

Kelvyn — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:40:00 +0000

Many of our regulars have already met Digby, Christine’s little dog. For those who haven’t, this picture was taken by Boyd, one of our long time regular guests.

Digby the dog

Improved bus timetable for Summer

Kelvyn — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:14:54 +0000

We are pleased to have extra buses through the village on the X5 Keswick/Workington route, which provides a roughly hourly service through the day. These extra buses run until 3rd September. Download the timetable.

Ospreys move house!

Kelvyn — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:07:07 +0000

The Basenthwaite Ospreys have returned to the area, but instead of using their previous nest on Dodd they have decamped and set up a new nest on the West side of the Lake, not far from us here. This does mean that, for the moment at least, there is no nestcam in place – it was set up above the old nest. A good view of the nest can be seen through the telescopes at the Dodd viewpoint.