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Bracken
Plague takes over the Fells
Bracken is an increasing
national problem and probably now occupies some 2 million hectares
(8% of the UK land area), mostly in the uplands...Find
out more..
Appleby Horse Fair
Held in early June. More on the fair
Duck! Low Flying
Interesting photography as training flights are
captured over the Lakes at this website. Lowfly.net
Pre Raphaelite Wonder in Cumbria
While
a lush TV series chronicles the Pre Raphaelites, Cumbrian churches
have fine examples of their art in stained glass....See
this site.
Check out these excellent illustrated walks for
the Northern mountains.Skiddaw
mountain info
Baywalk
Borrowdale's Caveman
The eccentric pioneering rock climber and Borrowdale
caveman Millican Dalton...more .
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.
Donald Campbell and Bluebird
The story of how the wreck of the record
breaking jet boat came to light.
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.
Horse Fair 2009
Find out more
about the traditional Appleby Horse Fair...due to start June 4 2009.
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New
'Road' or What?
We are not sure who did this or why, but more and more agencies
are 'upgrading' paths in our Lake District. This piece of fell path
'tidying' is to the East of High Street. Will the next thing be
handrails and neon signposts?
The Doomed Hamlets
This was the last sermon at the church before the reservoir
flooded the valley.
Read about another
chapel lost forever.
Nightime
Mountain Dramas
An exhibition of extraordinary
photographs, by rising star of the photography world, Henry Iddon,
were taken from the summits of the peaks of the English Lake District
and capture the landscape at nights.Websites:
www.wordsworth.org.uk; www.spots-of-time.co.uk
Nuke
Dump Threat to Eskdale/Wasdale
The
granite under parts of Eskdale and Wasdale may prove ideal for the
UK's proposed underground nuclear dump. Meanwhile the guardians
of the Lakes, the National Park Authority says it's inappropriate
to object...Lakestay disagrees....Read
more on this important issue
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
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/
Common
Land in the Lakes
photo: www.visitcumbria.com
The Countryside Agency has completed maps of all
open country and registered common land in the Lakes.new Ordnance
Survey Explorer Maps now show open access land in orange. But the
right to roam does not extend to horses or motoristed vehicles.......to
find out more and check out areas of interest go to http://www.countryside.gov.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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