Melbecks Holiday Cottages

We have five pet-friendly holiday cottages nestled at the foot of Skiddaw just 1 mile from Bassenthwaite. Our cottages sleep 2 - 7 and welcome up to 3 dogs.

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Amethyst Deceiver #Bassenthwaite #Fungi

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Scarlet Waxcap (Hood) I think- on the way to Ullock Pike

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Mist clearing from the fells around Derwentwater this afternoon

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@rattycastle @HuttoninForest It's a human fruit machine - matching fruit (randomly picked) wins a prize

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@TimMcKenna01 Similar date to last year (2nd Sep)

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@TinaBeckDash Robin Hood Weddings https://t.co/aDBQYf9jAZ

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An evening wander over Longside to Carlside and down Southerndale

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@CumbriaWeather How long b4 heatwaves have names - like storms?

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Felted #ColouredRyeland #sheep head #FauxTaxidermy #Wool

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#Ryeland & #ColouredRyeland ewes sheared and lambs looking good here in the #LakeDistrict

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Early evening view of Bassenthwaite Lake from Dodd

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@RosieisaHolt Fancy a little Gouda?

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@LoveCumbrian But ewe would be sooo missed

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@CumbriaWeather @Sunnysidegh @rfj1966 @mountainsandsky @RathboneKeswick @keswickbootco @VisitKeswick @janslss @AlternativeKes @Wainwright_Pub @CherrydidiUK @glocky9 Definitely aliens over Bassenthwaite

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@terrybnd Interesting clouds over Bassenthwaite too

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@jk_rowling Otter and a donkey

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@buymeacoffee

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Our latest (& overdue) gimmer lamb #RyelandSheep

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First lambs out #2022lambing #ColouredRyelands

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@SouthYeoEast Have noticed over the years that Ryelands (c.f. Coloured Ryelands) seem to hang on to their lambs & not birth right away and so lamb gets stressed (yellow) - not sure if this is a trait?