English Lakes Blog

The 1000 twitter followers milestone giveaway

Update

Thank you to everyone who re-tweeted our twitter messages and links to this page. We reached our target of 1,000 followers before 10:00am and as a result we randomly selected a winner from the full list of followers using twitrand.

The winner of this draw is @Marsh_77 who has won a complementary 1 night bed and breakfast stay with English Lakes.

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We have been tweeting about the Lake District and North Lancashire for well over a year now and have enjoyed getting to know every single one of our loyal twitter followers along the way. We are now very close to reaching the milestone of 1000 followers!

1000 followers may not seem as impressive as some of the bigger players in twitter world, however we are proud of our small community of twitter friends and as a thank you we would like to offer one of our twitter followers a complementary 1 night bed and breakfast stay if we reach 1000 followers by 10:00am tomorrow (25^th August 2010). This should be easy! At the time of writing we are currently 20 followers away from our target and all current and new followers alike will be entered into the draw to ensure everyone has a chance of winning.

To be in with a chance of winning, click the button below and click follow.

• If you’re an existing follower: Great! You are in with a chance of winning. We need to make sure we reach 1000 followers by 10:00 am. Why not tweet your friends and let them in on the competition?
• If you’re not an existing follower: Hurry and make sure you are following @englishlakes by 10:00am and you will be in with a chance of winning if we reach our target of 1000 followers.

The small print

We will randomly select one twitter follower at from the list of all followers subject to us reaching 1000 followers by 10:00am on Wednesday 25^th August 2010. The prize of 1 nights’ bed at breakfast stay is valid for 2 adults and can be taken subject to availability and blackout dates may apply. We will get in touch with the selected winner via twitter direct message to arrange redemption of the prize.

Have a blast with clay pigeon shooting

New clay pigeon shooting courses launched at the Wild Boar Inn Grill and Smokehouse this August.

There will be four sessions running each Saturday throughout August. In the beautiful Gilpin Valley woodland near Windermere.

The clay pigeon shooting will be held at the Wild Boar Inn, which recently underwent a major refurbishment to restore it to its former glory as a traditional coaching inn.  The Wild Boar Inn has a purpose built shooting range in its own private 72 acre wood.

Each session costs just £39.00 per person and can be booked via the Wild Boar Inn on 015394 45225.

An instructor will be able to help those new to clay pigeon shooting to develop their technique.  You’ll be able to have a go at shooting at clays that are thrown in a variety of trajectories, angles, speeds, elevations and distances to simulate live quarry shooting. Hence some of the names commonly used such as springing teal, driven pheasant, bolting rabbit, crossing pigeon, and dropping duck.

The times of the sessions each Saturday in August are:

• 10.00 – 10.45
• 11.15 – 12.00
• 13.00 – 13.45
• 14.15 – 15.00

On other days during the year clay pigeon shooting and archery courses are available for groups on request.  Anyone who would like further information should contact the hotel.

The Wild Boar is also the first Lake District inn or hotel to have its own smokehouse. As well as smoking meat, fish and cheese on site the Wild Boar serves a wide range of local produce and beers. 

Anyone taking part in the courses can also book for a meal either at lunchtime or in the evening.

The Wild Boar also has 17 individu  ally designed rooms with different features such as copper baths and log fires, as well as modern touches such as iPod docking ports and an additional 16 standard rooms.

Set in the picturesque Gilpin Valley the Wild Boar Inn takes its name from the local legend of Sir Richard de Gilpin who bravely fought and killed a particularly ferocious wild boar there.

For Bookings telephone: 015394 45225