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The views are stunning, the breakfast excellent and the service second to none. I highly recommend a break away from the hectic life we all lead. I only spent two nights and have come back to Ireland ready for anything. Book ahead as this place is not going to be a secret find for long.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/19018 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18736 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18736 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18726 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18726 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18384 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/18384 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17955
The rooms are luxurious and extremely well equipped with not just TV and internet available but you can choose from a wide choice of music or films streamed straight to your room. We are a little biased because we know two of the owners as friends, but I can honestly say we have never stayed in a better furnished or more welcoming B&B.

I really don't think you'll be disappointed if you try it, and it's probably worth getting in before it becomes well-known and booked up.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17955 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17275 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17275 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16979 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16979 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16798 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16798 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16335 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16335 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15723
The accommodation is really spacious and light and the welcome warm and friendly! Go and stay, it's a great spot!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15723 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14880
It is situated in the central area of Windermere in Lake District.

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You can walk from the door on to the fells (my favourite walk, Catbells is just behind the cottages) or to the lake through the wood.

They also have a natural wood-fired hot tub in a small woodland overlooking the valley that you can book by the day - perfect after a long walk.

The cottages are clean and warm and run by a family who live just a minute away. Good value for money. Highly recommended, especially if you are after the quiet life.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14466 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13342
Once in its grasp, this estate holds you close and loses you to subtly changing views and timeless simplicity. There you can sit frozen, forgetting what it was drove you through The Samling's gates until eventually you stir and shift towards the dining room and where the best food is served by the best people.

The hotel also has some tenuous link to Wordsworth but frankly, who cares?]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13342 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12512
You can walk in the famous field down to the lake, where Roger (who grew up to be the asthma doctor who developed Intal) practiced his tacking.

At Windermere you can visit the Windermere Steamboats and Museum where the original Amazon, and Captain Flint's houseboat are preserved.

There are a number of pubs in Coniston village - a walk round the head of the lake - which do good evening bar meals.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12512 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12383 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12383 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12382 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12382 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12381
The Patterdale Hotel, 10 minutes’ walk away does good food in huge walkers’ portions and fine real ale.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12381 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12380 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12380