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LAKE DISTRICT: Can anyone recommend a marriage-saving place to stay

46 replies

Twiglett · 27/02/2007 14:33

without children - midweek - 2 nights

hopefully not costing a packet

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Lucycat · 27/02/2007 14:36

mm shame you mentioned cheap... was going to suggest The Sharrow bay Hotel but cheap it ain't!

Grasmere is lovely or the Inn On the Lake at Ullswater - very pretty.

Mind we do camping so maybe I'm not one to ask that may not save the aforementioned marriage..............

Lucycat · 27/02/2007 14:39

The Inn on the Lake actually has an offer on at the moment, pay for one DBB and get a second night free.

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Twiglett · 27/02/2007 14:47

looking at 1 April on unfortunately

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Twiglett · 27/02/2007 14:51

Sharrow bay looks fab .. but £420 a night? .. eek

this is making this look far more reasonable ..

its affordable .. but a stretch

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Lilliput · 27/02/2007 15:02

L'Enclume in Cartmel.
Fabulous restaurant with room. The rooms are all kitted out with antiques, lovely bathrooms, the one we had had a big roll top bath.here

giraffeski · 27/02/2007 15:06

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giraffeski · 27/02/2007 15:09

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Marina · 27/02/2007 15:11

The Drunken Duck at Barngates near Tarn Hows is supposed to be very pretty
Sharrow Bay not really my cup of tea, and possibly too po-faced for some quality R & R. Food is glorious though

giraffeski · 27/02/2007 15:11

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Marina · 27/02/2007 15:14

And there is some new boutiquey type place in Ambleside which looks rather glam

AntEater · 27/02/2007 15:14

Hi Twiggs
If I was coming to the Lakes on a Save a marriage mission on a budget I would try the Howtown Hotel...
Stunning location (better than the Sharrow) good food (owners of Sharrow used to eat here before they croaked)
01768486514
Good luck!

giraffeski · 27/02/2007 15:17

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Marina · 27/02/2007 15:18

Samling and it is in Windermere...
God I love the Howtown's setting Anteater (have only yomped past alas)
Twig do not google boutiue hotel and Lake District unless you like four posters draped in frilly net curtains

AntEater · 27/02/2007 15:19

mind you looking out accross Ullswater now and its Pi..ing dowm!!

Marina · 27/02/2007 15:20

And you can see how far across the lake exactly

boomie · 27/02/2007 15:24

We have just come back from a couple of nights at the Samling and it was fantastic. Although not cheap, they do special midweek breaks so may be worth a phone call. The food was out of this world.

seb1 · 27/02/2007 15:25

If it doesn't have to be the Lake District my friends says this place is great loch lommond

AntEater · 27/02/2007 15:29

Took dw to Samling last week, very lovely but VERY £££.

Blu · 27/02/2007 15:29

Howtown is a shlepp if you want to go anywhere else, though, isn't it? And hardly bustling. Fine if you want to, you know, stay in a lot.

AntEater · 27/02/2007 15:32

Shelepp??

Blu · 27/02/2007 15:35

Rare Cumbrain dialect word, Anteater.

I like Howtown, though.

AntEater · 27/02/2007 15:39

Twig, 1st April for how many nights?

Marina · 27/02/2007 15:40

How can you say that when exciting Dalemain and the Rheged Centre are just up the road Blu

bubblerock · 27/02/2007 15:42

When are you looking to go?