New and not so new

Sorry I know its been a while days then weeks seem to fly by..

Today we have just had an electric vehicle charge point fitted which will be free for guests use 

so whether you arrive in a Bright yellow Merc

or even something a little more affordable

 although my personal favorite at the moment is this one

 While you sleep you can charge your car up ready for another day in the lakes or your journey home.

...this has had me thinking since a plot of land was bought on the 25th July 1891 which 7 years later was to become Elder Grove, built as a boarding house but what was offered back then which we now consider the norm ..

..a little digging and Elder Grove has had 7 owners since 1920  only 10/6 a day the proprietress was Mrs Lofthouse every comfort was offered even a garage (oh how I wish we still had that  but that's a different blog!!)

 You could even have your fires lit for a nominal fee.

Skip forward to 1963

Dinner Bed and breakfast was offered for £14 along with extras of Morning & Evening tea 


Even in our tenure  who would of thought  how things would of changed trying to keep 1 step ahead of what guests require 


and to finish just a random thought, this afternoon we had a call from a local company trying to sell me something. I listened, I do like the accent from the west coast of Cumbria but later I found this quote on their website it has nothing to do with anything I just liked it

 In his book The Star Thrower, Lorans Eisley mentions the day when he was walking along the beach after a storm, thousands of Starfish had been washed up. He noticed a boy picking them up and throwing them back into the ocean, one by one.

When Lorens asked him why, the boy said, “If I don’t they’ll die.” “But how can saving so few make a difference when so many are doomed?” asked the writer. 

The little boy picked up another Starfish threw it back into the ocean and said “Its gonna make a lot of difference to that one.

 

October Already!

Sitting reading the local paper this morning there were 2 stories that caught our eye and were given a second look one was about a local Pub that has just spent a fortune on a refurbishment only to see his turnover plummet because his regulars really didn't like what he had done ( and looking at the photos and description I can sort of agree) and the other is below which I thought I would share Couldn't put it better myself





No pressure on getting the redecorating right then this winter!!

Just a little redecorating to do this winter. The rooms we plan to do are room 1 the first floor single then rooms 3&5 hopefully time allowing another as well. Stones Throw will be redecorated this winter and before we know it its back to marmalade again and hardly any posts on the Blog... I must do better 







Dont forget we are open all Winter with special prices. Winter is definatly my favorite time of the year especially when it cold and clear and just that little bit more peacefull.

Hopefully at the begining of the week we should have our own hand pump installed ready for Octobers dinner break can't decide what to put on from The Watermill perhaps "a Bitter Ruff"  perhaps, last time it was Collie Wobble.

Anyway best get on, the washing machine has just finished, I have damson jam on the go and I've still not washed up from lunch!!

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