Country Sports at Greenquarries
Love spending your time outdoors? A bit competitive? We bet that you'll love testing your wits on this ...
Carlisle the Roman City
Experience Carlisle the Roman city, one of the few places in the UK to still have fully functioning original Victorian Turkish Baths?
‘Tour of Britain’ comes to the Solway
Cycling fever is gripping sports enthusiasts all over World with the ‘Tour de France’. We are over the moon too, the Tour of Britain 2015 is going past the Tranquil Otter drive on 8th September, we thought this would be...
Guilty of flushing wipes
Okay, I am guilty of flushing wipes in former times. Moving north to Cumbria to a septic tank arrangement has been an education into what happens when wipes are flushed down the pan. Within hours the whole sewer system at...
Time to BBQ
Time to BBQ Spring is here at the Tranquil Otter and we’ve seen some really lovely barbecue weather recently in Cumbria, great time for having a barbie. No matter what your level of competency it is easy to put together...
Early bird gets the worm
Early bird gets the worm Early bird – Leah works on this same principle in order to get a treat. An early riser, she aims to slip out of the door when Nick goes out to fire up the boiler....
Christmas Robin is here
Christmas Robin Yep, he’s here the Christmas Robin. He may be one of the common species of birds and one that most people recognise, nevertheless we are always pleased to see the robin as he adds the much needed colour in...
Walking is the new wonder drug
Walking is the new wonder drug, choose from short or long, scenic or city walks in Cumbria and simply feel the difference.
The Sun is out – time to picnic
Picnic Time With the sun out it brought to mind the recent picnic we enjoyed at Kirklinton House in Kirklinton. It was so easy to get ready local sliced cold meats from Mulholland and Mrs Mulholland does fabulous home-baked quiches...
English Bluebells have the sweetest scent
English bluebells have the sweetest scent, and are always blue. May is the time to enjoy walk amongst bluebell filled woodland.