Luxury Lodges near Lake District
A World Heritage Site, the Lake District is an amazing setting to explore when self-catering at the Tranquil Otter.
Bread can kill
Bread is junk food for birds. It provides few nutrients and very little in the way of energy to survive. Bread can kill.
The art of Forest Bathing in Cumbria
Forest Bathing in Cumbria, choose your forest and spend time embracing the therapeutic energy from the trees and being close to nature.
Enjoy Valentine’s Day
Enjoy a romantic picnic for Valentine’s Day in some of the best beauty spots in Cumbria & the Lake District.
Miles without Stiles
Miles without Stiles, enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Lake District without too much effort.
Winter Walking: Lake District and Cumbria
There’s nothing to beat a walk on a crisp sunny winter's day as long as you take some basic precautions.
‘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...