Gather Round Ye Minions of Michaels Nook

When I wrote a series of six blog posts on my time in 1978/1979 working at Michael's Nook Country House Retreat, situated in Grasmere in England's Lake District, I did not foresee that other employees would find my stories and add their memories. It's been a fun ride keeping up with them all. Earlier this …

A Journey to the North of England: Cartmel and surrounding areas

We have made our way to a north-western corner of England, to stop for a couple of nights with friends at their home in Burton-in-Lonsdale.  It is a quiet village of around 600 persons.  Their postal address is Lancashire, but the signpost not far out of town says they are in Yorkshire, and I always think of it as …