Patience is the secret to the perfect pancake recipe. But why do we eat pancakes anyway on Shrove Tuesday? In Christian tradition, the 40 days before Easter known as Lent […]
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We were very proud to see Nick featured in this new series in NFU Countryside magazine. We appreciate his immense efforts with the Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team. Sometimes he […]
Christmas is a magical time of year. People tend to be a bit nicer to each other, families reunite and it’s generally acceptable to eat amounts of chocolate that at […]
Thirty thousand bed nights, countless cooked breakfasts and new friends every season: this December marks five years since we took over the hostel from the YHA. Then, it was a […]
The Lakes come to life in the autumn, when the colours on the fells are at their best, and there’s plenty to keep everyone entertained. So what’s on in the […]
Guests who stayed with us recently went out onto the hills to get lost on purpose – and then find their way back safely. It was the weekend of one […]
Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a high school that took its entire Year 8 cohort on a camp to the Lake District every summer, an […]
There’s a bible that many of our visitors carry with them on the fells, and that will be one of the Wainwright guides. It’s a good analogy because the guidebooks […]
THERE’S a growing campaign to persuade visitors – to the Lakes and elsewhere – to book direct with their chosen accommodation provider. Here at Elterwater Hostel we can understand and […]
Parkrun is all about numbers. And we don’t mean the 5k that folk run every Saturday, several of those folk staying with us regularly to run at our local events. […]
