Ever have one of those weeks where work is just one annoying thing after another? That's when you need to get away, and unless you already live in the countryside, a rural escape could be just the job. So it was that Farlam Hall Country House Hotel, near Brampton in Cumbria '“ less than a two-hour drive from Glasgow and Edinburgh '“ proved a much-needed haven of tranquillity for us recently.
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