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Cumbria Family Business Awards winners 2017
Accommodation, Business, Cumbria

A fabulous night to remember at Cumbria Family Business Awards 2017

April 4, 2017 by Zoe Dawes 7 Comments
CFBA organisers Sue Coulson, Janett Walker and Sophia Newton – photo Victoria Sedgewick ‘I gotta feeling’ by the Black-Eyed Peas rocked out from the speakers as Sue Coulson, Janett Walker and Sophia Newton stepped onto the stage to announce the start of the very first Cumbria Family Business Awards. Sue, whose company,...
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A pair of walking boots overlooking Grasmere in the Lake District - photo Zoe Dawes
Accommodation, Cumbria, Outdoors

Enjoy a relaxing spring weekend beside Grasmere in the Lake District

March 21, 2017 by Zoe Dawes 7 Comments
Relaxing beside Grasmere The stone hits the water with a splosh and rippling arcs curve further and further out towards the fells in the distance. Light peeks through darkling clouds as the weather god makes up his mind whether to shower Grasmere with sunshine or a wee bit more rain....
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Kendal Castle ruins in Cumbria - photo Zoe Dawes
Cumbria, History, Walking

Exploring Kendal Castle on a sunny Cumbria day

January 3, 2017 by Zoe Dawes 5 Comments
Kendal Castle – Manor Hall The kite’s red wings rattled noisily as it soared higher and higher over Kendal Castle into the clear blue sky, its string held firmly by a guy in a big puffa jacket. “Can I hold it, Dad? Please, can I?” begged the young girl beside...
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Places to see autumn colour in the Lake District - Tarn Hows - photo Zoe Dawes
Accommodation, Cumbria, Outdoors

3 places for autumn colour in south Lakeland

October 25, 2016 by Zoe Dawes 10 Comments
Beside Tarn Hows What’s your favourite time of year? Some love the tantalizing flirtatiousness of spring, others the voluptuousness of summer days and for some it’s the crisp, frosty cold of winter. For me it’s always been autumn, with its vibrant colour, abundant produce, luminous light and the surprise of warm sunshine...
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Langdale Gala in the Lake District
Accommodation, Cumbria, Sport

Langdale Gala – a traditional Lake District Show

July 6, 2016 by Zoe Dawes 6 Comments
Langdale Gala Fell Race The young boys were bent chest to chest, grasping each other around their backs. The referee made sure they weren’t moving an inch before shouting “Wrestle.” There was a blur of arms tightening and legs entwining before the lad in the red shorts was on the...
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View from the Malt Kiln in the Furness Peninsula - Lake District
Accommodation, Cumbria, Holiday

Three very special holiday cottages in the Lake District

May 6, 2016 by Zoe Dawes 6 Comments
Spring daffodils in the Lake District Daffodils herald the entry of spring to the Lake District. They’re everywhere, from the little ones on the shores of Ullswater that Wordsworth made famous, to the big, blowsy chaps that trumpet merrily in the breeze along hedgerows, beside fields, in town and village. Then along...
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Culture, Cumbria, QT Review

On seeing ‘Nocturnal Rainbows in the English Lakes’

May 2, 2016 by Zoe Dawes 6 Comments
Nocturnal Rainbow on Coniston “If a picture paints a thousand words Then why can’t I paint you?” David Gates, BREAD Those were the words that came into my head as I tried to photo over 200 coloured LED lanterns slowly drifting across Coniston Water in the springtime dusk. Looming over the...
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Molten gold pouring down from Loch Mackie. The gor Molten gold pouring down from Loch Mackie. The gorgeous colour of the burn is probably caused by the peat in the area 🧡 Whatever the cause, after heavy rainfall, it’s a glorious sight tumbling over the rocks as it makes its way down to the sea at Rascarrel Bay on the Galloway coast 🤗

This was taken on an iPhone 11 with no filter 💦

#waterfall #scottishlandscape #lovescotland #dumfriesandgalloway #nofilter
Visited the splendidly restored @mackintoshatthewi Visited the splendidly restored @mackintoshatthewillow Tea Rooms on Sauchiehall Street in #Glasgow. designed by internationally renowned architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, which opened for business in October 1903. 

I was last there 30 years ago - it looks much finer now. Plenty of people enjoying their magnificent afternoon tea 🥪🥮🍰🫖☕️👍 I had a delicious Scottish smoked salmon open sandwich and a glass of Sauvignon blanc - cheers!
Visited the Real Alcázar #Sevilla last week. Abso Visited the Real Alcázar #Sevilla last week. Absolutely stunning. As impressive as the Alhambra and relatively quiet in December @realalcazarsevilla 

#realalcazar #seville #andalucia #spain
Enjoying the last days of #autumn. Easy to see why Enjoying the last days of #autumn. Easy to see why it’s called #fall in USA and other places … After the recent stormy weather everywhere here in SW Scotland is covered in rich tapestry of crimson, scarlet, russet, yellow, orange, auburn, green and many other autumnal leaf shades 🍁🍃🍂

#autumnvibes #autumncolours #fallvibes #fallcolors #fallcolours #autumntime #quote #autumnquote
Lobster pots and fishing gear at the harbour on Ea Lobster pots and fishing gear at the harbour on Easedale Island where the ferry departs for Luing. Great views out to that island (famous for its eponymous cattle) and towards Mull. Spent a lovely day exploring the ‘Slate Isles’ in Western #Scotland. 

#TheHighlands #visitscotland #easedaleisland #lovescotland #quirkytravel #scotlandiscalling
Crofter’s (or possibly quarry worker’s) cottag Crofter’s (or possibly quarry worker’s) cottage on Easedale Island, one of the Hebridean Slate Isles in Western Scotland.
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