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                <title>Tebay Services</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Tebay: a diamond in what’s otherwise the slag heap of British motorway service [sic] stations.  Both sides of the M6, in Cumbria between junctions 38/39, it’s independently owned and run by Westmorland Ltd and the cafes serve local food as much as possible, including lamb and beef from their own farm. Two extensive shops carry mostly artisan and organic produce including fresh bread and a butcher’s counter. I can’t resist stocking up on their Gloucester Old Spot pork pies and recently bought a wedding present from a display of hand thrown pottery.  They have all the usual necessary facilities, plus large kids play areas, views of the hills rather than the traffic, dedicated dog walks, and a proper campsite which is great if you need to break the journey to/from Scotland. My only slight grouse is that it’s become quite pricey lately, but I guess no more so than the incomparably inferior chains. Roll on their new place on the M5 (due 2013).]]></description>
                
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                <title>Levens Hall Gardens</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This wonderful topiary garden near Kendal feels like a sculpture park or a 3-D Cubist art exhibition. The pieces on show however are large, 300-year-old yew trees, some sculpted and clipped over the centuries into rigid geometric shapes, while others display apparently overgrown and runaway curves and bulges. Bright flower beds neatly boxed-in relieve the dark back-drop. This garden delights and amazes - just be prepared for a slightly surreal experience!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Duddon Woods</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[These enchanting woods are glorious. On a crisp bright autumn morning, the colours and shapes of the leaves and trees are a feast for the imagination. Here and there are old moss covered walls, the river Duddon tumbles and rushes along to your right. The woods are light and airy with a good variety of trees and are full of birds.  In spring the ground is covered with plant life, including huge swathes of bluebells – take your wild flower book with you. <br>The path is an easy amble and is reached from the Duddon Iron Furnace which is about 100 yards along the Corney Fell Road, immediately to the west of Duddon Bridge on the A595.<br>As a bonus Swinside Stone Circle is less than two miles away.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Low Parkamoor Art Farm Retreat</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Low Parkamoor is a remote Grade II listed farmhouse in the most spectacular location, 200m above Coniston Water in the Lake District. The house is let out by Grizedale Arts for writers, thinkers, artists or artists groups for 'uncurated residencies', a sort of remote artists' retreat. Parkamoor is eco living 1820s style, with no mains services, water from the well, composting toilet, no electricity and all cooking and heating from the 19th century range. To get to the house you must walk up the hill for one mile from the Lake shore, making this house function is an art project in itself. The house is £350 per week including logs.]]></description>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Low Parkamoor is a remote Grade II listed farmhouse in the most spectacular location, 200m above Coniston Water in the Lake District. The house is let out by Grizedale Arts for writers, thinkers, artists or artists groups for 'uncurated residencies', a sort of remote artists' retreat. Parkamoor is eco living 1820s style, with no mains services, water from the well, composting toilet, no electricity and all cooking and heating from the 19th century range. To get to the house you must walk up the hill for one mile from the Lake shore, making this house function is an art project in itself. The house is £350 per week including logs.]]></description>
                
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