Welcome to this personal page "About Us". We
do hope your appetite has been whetted to find out more - about the background to
our home and business and also about us, Judith and Peter, the owners of
Westwood - The B&B with a view.
Westwood has not always been a B&B and Judith and
Peter have not always been in the hospitailty trade. In fact, they both lived
and worked in Gemany in other careers for many years. Whereas Judith is a
native Cumbrian (and proud of the fact), Peter comes from the beautiful area of
Upper Bavaria in Germany (and is also proud of the fact!), but feels quite at
home here in the mountainous Lake District in Cumbria, even if his native Alps
are just that little bit higher. He also enjoys living so close to the sea -
something Upper Bavaria does not have!
Judith taught languages in the German vocational
school system and university, then worked freelance, internationally, as a
filmmaker. Peter read economics at university in Munich and Bamberg, but then
followed his interests in "Baubiologie" (building biology and
ecology), building up a successful consulting business for the optimization of
living and working spaces (interior and exterior).
In 2013 they then both relinquished their careers to come
to England to care for Judith‘s aging father, who suffered from Parkinson’s.
For Judith this meant, "returning home", for Peter it was both a big
challenge and privilege to start life "abroad".
Passionate
about hospitality and details in home and garden, Judith and Peter have
recently converted the original family home of Westwood into a
welcoming B&B, which opened at the end of August 2017.
There
are still a number of original features in Westwood which have been
lovingly restored.
We felt we would like to
showcase our penchant for Art Deco in our logo, which is also to be found as a
mural in the hall. Both logo and mural were created by talented local artist
and graphic designer, Alan Roper of Maryport (www.argraphicdesign.co.uk). This handcrafted
1930s' style mural and logo, which reminds us of famous railway posters of that
time, is a lovely piece of original artwork in our home and gives us and our
guests great pleasure.
Cumbria
and the Lake District have a special warmth and ambience which we wanted our
home to reflect, so Peter has invested his skill and knowledge of buildings and
materials to achieve this.
