Talking about the weather.

I doubt it's escaped your notice that we're having some rather beautiful snow. And that life goes on, people has places to go and for the most part for a temperate country we do pretty well at that. For example yesterday we loaded up the Landcruiser with blankets, flasks, chocolate and extra warm clothes, and a few car recovery bits, and drove to Newcastle and back to see Mamma Mia the musical. The A69 was open and largely very clear. We had a lovely time and drove back through a bit of snow to bed.

Anglers are sometimes more obsessed with the weather than the fish they're dreaming about. I know this. I'm obsessed too. And to keep everyone happy we've got our thermostatically controlled aerators in Lonsdale Lake which keep large parts of the lake ice free.
But for a large percentage of people it seems that we've gotten out of touch with the world, people are hugely inconvienced by a bit of rain or snow or a change in the pressures, forgetting perhaps thats these are things that can't be helped, and at least we're not at work (well you're not) so we might as well see the best in them.
Once I was asked what clothes should customers bring!
I blame working and travelling trapped indoors all the time.

The met office is the website we use for our weather reports and forcasts, but due to the nature of working here we're usually only current as of first thing in the morning or last thing in the evening. And of course we're in the North, in Cumbria so by nature of geography it will be slightly colder here than down the south, and the weather changeable in autumn and winter.
So sometimes it might be easer to check the met office before ringing us. The website for the North West is: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/nw/nw_forecast_warnings.html

For the extra keen out there the BBC Cumbria website will bring the latest local, travel and other news. They also have a section for 'your pictures' so you can often see areas of Cumbria on the day. That's over at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/default.stm

If you want to check you can get to us, I'll be honest we have a large number of guests from everywhere in the country, we have no idea. I can tell you that our lane is not gritted, but that it has posed no problems to my Mum's mini, or my sister's seat. Past the lane end I'm afraid I can't really help you. I know someone who can though! The highways agency.
Their website is: http://www.highways.gov.uk/

I hope you are all warm and dry, but having fun in the snow too, I hope these websites help you.

And don't worry if something huge effected us we'd put on the blog straight away!