8th August 2021

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 up what has affectionately become known as the bottom bunk club. This is not an age-related offer, but…… It is aimed at those groups who […]

3rd August 2021

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 in the question!” we reply “No, somewhere quiet I mean” Well here are a couple of Andy’s favourites:     Of course we can’t give […]

2nd August 2021

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 end of the lake and paddled out to Peel Island, otherwise known as Wildcat Island to Ransome aficionados. The secret harbour and the lookout point […]

19th July 2021

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 on recent goings on and future plans. It has been an extremely difficult time for the entire hospitality industry, particularly for those offering shared facilities. […]

8th June 2021

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 fells, sitting in the Britannia Inn, with a mate and a pint of Bluebird, Paul Tierney’s record-breaking run around all the Wainwrights (which we’d helped […]

27th May 2021

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 and also allows us to meet lots of amazing guests. This past year has of course meant that everyone has had to stay at home […]

10th April 2021

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 multiple sole use bookings, often involving 3 to 5-course Christmas dinners for up 30 plus people, interspersed with painting and decorating and managing any hostel […]

28th February 2021

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 well on the desk behind…. if this ‘lockdown business’ goes on much longer, my hair will be long enough to reach the ink well too! […]

12th October 2020

  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 its name from the Old Norse word Lyng meaning heather. A serpent like wall  handily leads to the summit giving a view of Lingmoor Tarn […]

21st August 2020

  Manager Nick explains what we’ve done to bring visitors back to Elterwater and make you welcome, and reflects on a strange season in the Lakes    ‘Furlough’ and ‘lockdown’… the first, a word that if asked previously to define I would have suggested something agricultural. The second, a word I’d normally associate with a […]