Lakeside Hotel, Windermere

[petem]

Can be found at the southern tip of Lake Windermere. Moorings available for £25, which is offset against hotel services. Dinner (£40pp) in the 3 Rosettes main restaurant exceeded expectations. Good flavours without being over rich (i.e. you couldn't still taste the dinner you had two days ago).

Ruskins brasserie (£25pp) also excellent. Superb fishcakes (always a good way to judge a restaurant) and lovely home made chips.

Also a new £1.3m leisure club with pool, jacuzzi, steam room, saunas, massages, etc.

[tcm]

Ads you drive away from the Lakeside, towards Ambleside (north), another hotel catches your eye on the other side of the road. It has a large temporary sign outside which says

"WARNING - THE ONLY VIEW YOU GET FROM THE LAKESIDE HOTEL IS THE VIEW OF ITS OWN SMELLY SCEPTIC TANK!!"

Competitive capitalism in action, eh?

[petem]

Surely you mean sceptical tank, or more likely septic tank?

Can't say that I saw any septic (or sceptical) tanks from my suite unless they were referring to Windermere itself, which is perhaps a little harsh, even with the current 'stinker activity'.

[tcm]

ahem. I bow to your expert west-country knowledge of these matters! Must have been septic, unless it was full of doubts...or it might have said sewage tank. Or is that sewerage?

[ruthhobson]

Yes - the sign has been up a while, I saw it up at least a couple of months ago if not longer. Maybe it will be on TV ? Neighbours from Hell or similar....

[tr7v8]

In about 1990 went for hols aboard a Holidays Afloat hire boat (Broom 30) and ended up at that end of the lake for a meal. We ate in the place opposite the Lakeside Hotel and had a very good meal indeed. I also remember going down the feeder stream at the end in the tender and not being able to row back due to the current! Guy with dinghy & outboard towed us for a £5! And also going to lift the anchor and finding it trapped under the rails, eventualy got it free.
Is the resturant still there?

Jim
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[hlb]

"west-country knowledge" Might be wrong but I thought Windermere was just North of Accrington??

No one can force me to come here-----------
----- I'm a Volunteer!!!

Haydn

[petem]

I'm a west country boy (Cotswolds/Glos/Cheltenham)who visited my sister in Acky and went on to stay at Windermere where I met Matt.