Our breakfast was superb. Rick’s own hazelnut and apricot sour dough bread, spread with creamy local butter and home made grapefruit and anise marmalade, was delicious. In addition I choose a bowl of carefully chopped fresh fruit served with local yogurt and a couple of boiled fresh eggs laid by his noisy hens that strut nobly around the barn. Rick is a generous and friendly host. He is one of life’s enthusiasts and loves to walk and talk you around the beautiful kingdon he and his wife Gill have created just three miles outside Kendal. He is mid way through building his own bake house and kitchen so that he can extend into outside catering. The accommodation is charming and finished to a high standard. But it was the personal touches we really appreciated. The welcoming glow of the wood burning fire; the bunch of fresh flowers and a slice of home made cake which greeted us on arrival. The location is remote but provides a magnificent view of the local fells.