A few years ago, in response to enquiries from some of our older guests who no longer wanted to climb up ladders to get on the top bunk we set […]
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Where can I go for a walk and have a swim as well? This is a question we are often asked “This is the Lake District – the answer is […]
It’s been great to be out on my own adventures again; especially back on Coniston Water. A couple of weeks ago, Paul and I took kayaks down to the southern […]
Now that the legal restrictions have been lifted and Elterwater Hostel is almost fully open, following its longest closed period in history, we thought you might appreciate a brief update […]
What started out as a silly idea in the pub, has morphed into a new challenge for runners in the lakes. Back in Elterwater after too long away from the […]
This week is English Tourism Week. At the hostel we’re incredibly proud of being part of such an important industry that in a normal year generates £3 billion for Cumbria […]
Winter 20/21… even weirder than summer 2020! Who’d have thought that was even possible? Normally the run up to Christmas is fairly busy with Bottom Bunk Club bookings and […]
As my mum sat at her school desk in a little west coast town in New Zealand, the boys would dip the ends of her long plaits into the ink […]
Standing at 469m Lingmoor Fell packs a lot into its socially distanced position between Great and Little Langdale. The fell is steep and craggy and covered in heather getting […]
The world has changed, and how far and how permanently this will affect the future of hostelling we are yet to discover. What we do know is that Coronavirus, and […]
