Considered to be one of Cumbria's most popular village, Grasmere sits about halfway down the ambleside area of Lake Windemere. (The most...

Yesterday was a beautifully sunny day . . . the first really sunny day we've had thus far on our travels and so we took ourselves off to...

We took ourselves out for the day yesterday to explore the lower lakes of the Lake District and ended up in Hawkeshead around lunchtime. Th...

When we know we are coming up to Cumbria on holiday, the first thing I think of is the delicious Cumberland Sausages that they make here and...

Last night we treated ourselves to another of the Marks & Spencer "The Cook Menu" range of ready meals. This time it was the ...

Shhh . . . I'm on holidays and not really supposed to be blogging, but I just couldn't resist showing you what we had for our dinner...

Yep, yep, yep! I'm gone fishin, instead of just a wishin! I'm off to Cumbria today where I'll be stogging my face full of . . ....

(This is after the initial baking period of 4 hours as I was stirring in the frozen peas and mushrooms.) Again, here I am using up all the f...

I've been trying to run down the fresh goodies in my fridge and larder this week in preparation for us going on holidays soon. I never ...