We spent 3 days in the lakes celebrating the New Year with friends. We stayed at our favourite B&B, the Ellergill in Stanger Street in Keswick, over the days we walked around Derwentwater lake and on one of them we ended up walking round the back of Skiddaw to Skiddaw house. One of the my photos is a view looking to Helvellyn with snow on its peak, with the other being Skiddaw house Youth Hostel which was well know to Alfred Wainwright. Skiddaw house is a century-old cottage, formerly used by shepherds & gamekeepers. It is nearly 1550 feet above sea level and 3 miles from the nearest road. It was opened in May 1991 to provide simple accomodation for hill walkers & cyclists, and after a period of closure, mainly due to the Foot and Mouth outbreak problem, it has now re-opened to offer the user a unique accommodation experience located in the shadow of Skiddaw
