Dance of the Seven Veils..unveiled at Keswick Film Fest!
Saturday 29th February 9:00 PM - Theatre By The Lake sees the first
screening for half a century. One of Ken Russell's most controversial
works even if it hasn't been seen in public for 50 years. Aired
on 15th February 1970 (one of the most misunderstood TV broadcasts
ever) it marked the end of Ken's association with the BBC. Immediately
after the broadcast the Strauss family removed all rights for the
use of the music by Richard Strauss and the film has been wrapped
in legal tape ever since. We are delighted that Lisi Russell will
be with us to host the screening and discuss the film. Festival
website
Chateau Keswick?
Much activity at Underscar where neat rows of what appear to be
grape vines have been laid out. Let's hope the south facing slopes,
sheltered by Skiddaw will encourage a goof harvest in future years.
Green Man in the Woods?
Nuke
Dump for West Lakeland ?
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
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
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.
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.
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Another Threat to the Lakes?
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....
 takes a picture of the wonder of the
Lakes each day..join him at www.lakelandcam.co.uk |
