Nuclear Dump under the Lakes moves step closer in 2020

22/2/2020 Latest News...

The granite under parts of Eskdale and Wasdale may end up hosting 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 and Copeland and Allerdale councils have said they want to 'take the money'.....Read more on this important issue...or see the video

Green Man in the Woods?

Mist Below...

Dramatic inversion below Red Pike caught in superb picture by @adrianstrand

Child Labour in Cumbrian Mines

Life was cheap as coal was hewn under the Irish Sea..Learn more at our web site

The Real Bluebird

The Roman Fort on
the mountaintops

Truly magnificent setting for this Roman fort in the mountains...find out more at 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.

Camping allowed again!

As from 4 July 2020 apparently camping will again be allowed. Quite why it has been banned appears illogical as virus spread in open air very low..but that is now history. We at Lakestay have always said the ban on open air walking was illogical (see below), now the government is allowing more open air walking.

But to clarify! Boris said you can travel to the Lakes to walk but Cumbria Police and Tourist Board have been saying STAY AWAY

August 2020: Yipee the greatest little railway Laal Ratty is open again!

New bridge for Keswick-Threlkeld cycle route...

Lakeland's Derelict Lido

A derelict Grade II listed coastal lido is to be refurbished and reopened to the public, but not as a swimming pool. Plans for Grange Lido in Cumbria to be turned into a "multi-use public space" have been agreed by South Lakeland District Council. Grange Town Council is also to support. The authority said it could be used for swimming in the future if a business case was made for a pool that could run without an ongoing public subsidy. The outdoor seaside salt-water bathing Lido opened in 1932 and was open and popular until closure in 1993. https://www.savegrangelido.co.uk/

Cumbria's Lord of the Runes

Was this Cumbrian find the inspiration for J R Tolkien's epic tales?

*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 .

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.cbdc.org.uk

The Coniston postman always....