Month: December 2025

Christmas at Sizergh

The Sizergh estate is the ancestral home of the Strickland family, whose name is threaded through the history of the Kendal area. They’ve recently begun to decorate the whole estate for Christmas. Here’s a sample of what it’s like. The interiors are from another age – and respond perfectly to the Christmas spirit! And the famous gardens are lighted beautifully. Most of the work … Read More Christmas at Sizergh

Lady Eleanor

If time proves to be not just malleable, but revisitable, we can close our eyes and be back in a tiny Lancashire hamlet called Tockholes; graced by a pub, a few stone cottages and a car park/bus turnaround of the farthest route from Bolton’s bus station, on Moor Lane, in the town centre. Had my share of nightmares, didn’t think there could be much … Read More Lady Eleanor