Taste
Cumbria 2015
Cockermouth once again to host foodie heaven
as this year's TasteCumbria festival takes place in September. Find
out more.
January 2015...UK Government concedes to National Park
fracking ban...more
Meanwhile in 2015 the emergency alert zone around Sellafield has
been extended
to seven kilometres.
Solfest
Returns for 2015
The Northern Lakes answer to Glastonbury is back this year.
The Unthanks, The Baghdaddies and Kathryn Tickell are among the artists
confirmed for the event, which runs from August 28 to 30.Early
bird adult weekend tickets, at £99, are available from 9am today
from www.solfest.org.uk
Mist
Below...
Dramatic inversion below Red Pike caught in superb
picture by @adrianstrand
Check out these excellent illustrated walks for
the Northern mountains.Skiddaw
mountain info
The
Roman Fort on
the mountaintops
A rare chance to see a giant bust of the Emperor
Hadrian comes to Cumbria...find out more at foot of our Romans
in Cumbria page.
Learn to Speak Cumbrian?
Find out what it means to be Gattered
and the many other dialect Cumbrian words that hark back to the
days when the Vikings were the main farmers in the Lakeland dales.
Such words as Knock and knash, neb, mush and scran are just some
of those explained on this Dialect Dictionary web site.
Foxhunting
in the Lakes..
MPs brought an end to John Peel's sport
in February 2005.
Follow this link to find out more about the Lakeland
hunting packs and to hear John Peel's song.
The
Real Bluebird
Find out about the restoration of Donald Campbell's
K7,
not to be confused with the K777 replica that has been
controversially in the news.
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1960's
Architecture to hit Keswick lakeshore
Somehow planning approval has been won by Keswick's Theatre by the
Lake for this cafe extension...work has started with completion
in 2015. Note the 'traditional' Cumbrian flat roofing?
£300 million folly to make freshwater mussels
happier...Read on as Lakestay raises concerns...
Cumbria's
own 'Brunel'
Keswick Convention...what's
it all about?
Saving the Lakes from an Army of Conifers
A Tale to amuse Jonathan Swift?
How
they took the first elephants to Australia!
The quiet shores of the Solway
St Bega's Walk
Find out about the inter-Irish 'Murphy Riots'
Ennerdale, the quiet valley
Lakeland Breweries
Lakeland Gardens
Cockermouth after the Floods
Cold
War Cumbria
Find out some of the ways Cumbria was embroiled
in the Cold War...Read on
Borrowdale's Caveman
The eccentric pioneering rock climber and Borrowdale
caveman Millican Dalton...more .
Nuke
Dump for West Lakeland ?
The
granite under parts of Eskdale and Wasdale may prove ideal for the
UK's proposed underground nuclear dump(estimated
cost so far £4.3 billion).
Meanwhile the guardians of the Lakes, the National Park Authority
says it's inappropriate to object...Lakestay disagrees and says it
is much better to keep the waste above ground where it can be monitored.
But huge community 'bribes' may cloud Cumbrians' judgement.....Read
more on this important issue...or see the
video
Meanwhile the quango, West Cumbria Tourism is part funded by Nuclear
Management Partners, operators of Sellafield.
Wasdale Shepherds Meet enjoyed late summer sun. Trail
hounds race for the finish (Pic M.McKenzie) Meanwhile Cumbrian
foxhunting packs wait to see if the new government
rescind the Foxhunting Ban?
The
Doomed Hamlets
This was the last sermon at the church before the reservoir
flooded the valley.
Read about another
chapel lost forever.
Wildlife in your parish
Tullie House at Carlisle has this excellent web site which tells you
which rare species live in every parish of Cumbria...
http://www.lakelandwildlife.co.uk/
Child Labour in Cumbrian Mines
Life was cheap
as coal was hewn under the Irish Sea..Learn
more at our web site
The Coniston postman always....
 takes
a picture of the wonder of the Lakes each day..join him at www.lakelandcam.co.uk
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