The team at Linthwaite

There is no hotel without its staff. We employ 39 wonderful people who make it all happen. People often ask whether we have lots of European members of staff. Well the answer is out of 39, 2 are Polish, 1 German, 1 Czech, 1 Fin, 1 Slovak, and 1 Spanish at the time of writing. We also have a Kenyan and a Jamaican. All the rest are British. So roughly 75% are from the UK, and at least two of the others reside permanently in the UK.

Many faces remain the same. Rachael who has been with us since 2001 is reception manager, and Sally who many of you will know has been in reception for 4 years. Behind the scenes, John, our kitchen porter, and one of the Lowry family, is still here after over 13 years. Margaret, our demonic Housekeeper, is still flying around furiously cleaning everything in sight: she started with us in 2002, and Elaine helps her, not far behind, from 2003, and of course Colin the gardener is still happy to give out gardening tips after 17 years at Linthwaite. Officially he comes up for retirement next year but guess what....Other long standing members of staff include Kate our wedding coordinator who started with us in 2006.

One new member of staff is John handy. He took over the maintenance responsibilities last year leaving Colin out in the cold. He's rebuilt the outside of the Conservatory, which was 20 years old last year, and has performed myriad duties on all sorts of things from complete room re-decoration to, through plumbing, electrical and especially carpentry jobs. He is also a member of Kendal Photography Society and we will be using some of his landscapes in promotions this year.

It is amazing what talents you find when you ask people.