Holly Howe Cottage

15/01/2025

Holly Howe Cottage. 1995 - 2025 - 30 years of welcoming guests.

We’ve begun the year as usual by having all the safety checks done, and taking a last look at the cottage while decorated for Christmas.

At last ,and almost in celebration, the holly bush planted in 1995 has graced the year with a respectable flush of berries.

We wish all visitors and guests a safe and happy New Year.

03/03/2024

Selfless and cheerful dedication.

10/10/2023

Langdale. But not today!

03/01/2023

Our first call out of 2023 come in the very early hours of New Years Day.

Keswick were tasked to someone having a panic attack after decending Scafell pike towards sty head stretcher box. When the team approached the area of the reported person no one was found. At this point Search Dog Isla spontaneously headed down hill into a gully and alerted her Handler Martin Bell that she had found someone ❤️🐾. The team followed and successfully evacuated the casualty from the hill.

A fantastic find by Isla in horrendous conditions.

More information on the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team page.

Happy New Year everyone.

🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

Burns Pet Nutrition

16/11/2022

07/12/2021

Our latest mantanance trip to Holly Howe included the installation of a wood burning stove, admittedly with some help from scaffolders and a Hetas engineer. While the engineers were up on the roof installing the new flue liner and a new chimney pot they also capped off the redundant flues with smart terracota ventilated caps.
The snow fell almost as soon as the stove was first lit.
We also took the opportunity to paint the gable black again, in line with the other houses in the Gale and local convention.
All in all quite a trip!

28/11/2021

First light this morning from Low Pike, Fairfield Horseshoe.

02/09/2020

1st September 2020.

High Cross.....at the top of Hawkshead Hill.

04/08/2020

After a serious walk and dip in the lake the weighty question here is clearly about what she's cooking for supper.

01/08/2020

From Pike o' Stickle looking back towards a distant Windermere. Lovely view of Blea Tarn nestling in between Lingmoor Fell and Wrynose Fell. All that remained was to drop back down into Great Langdale via Loft Crag.

31/07/2020

From Pike o' Stickle looking down into Mickleden. Featuring the Mickleden Beck, with Grunting Gill and Rosset Gill which flow down from the heights of Earing Crag and Bowfell.