Fancy clubbing together...

[chrislord]

...to buy this?

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7837894.stm

I see myself as a bit of a Withnail. In fact I'm just like him according to many I know here in the outside world. ;D I'm quite flattered by that.

Perhaps in my youth...not now. I'm dull.

Terrific film. Looks like a lot of work needs doing to it though.

And it's in Cumbria, my favourite part of the world.

[Patrick]

Cor! Two miles to the road - permanently (nearly) snowed in in Winter! (If it snows at all - it'll snow on Shap!)

Lovely Stuff!

Probably get snapped up by some soft Southerner! "Lucinda & Christophe' weekend retreat - yah?

[Alpha Hooligan]

United Utilities senior land agent, Edward Holt, said: "Sleddale Hall is in one of the quietest parts of the Lake District.

"I hope it is bought by someone who can restore it. It would make a lovely family home."

I also hope it is bought as a "family home" and not some weekend retreat...but let's be honest, most of us probably would buy it as a weekend retreat if we could.


AH