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Great Walking
This lover of the Lakeland fells
has some excellent illustrated walks for the Northern mountains.Skiddaw
mountain info
The Lost Gardens of Lowther Castle
Find out more...
Summer Music
2008
Check
out a host of classical music treats at various Lakeland venues
Aug 3-19.
Mini Pilgrimage?
New
walk suggested linking the two St Begas.
Borrowdale's Caveman
There is a new biography of the pioneering rock climber and Borrowdale
caveman Millican Dalton To find out more visit
www.professor-of-adventure.com
where details of millican and the book can be found.
See Hadrian face to face
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. |
Show News
Loweswater Show has been cancelled in
2008 but Lakeland Country Fair at Torver (near Coniston), has been
re-scheduled for Sunday 14th September.
Soar Away
Image:
Cumbria Soaring Club.
Paragliding is taking off (excuse pun!)more and more in the Lakes...see
www.cumbriasoaringclub.co.uk
or www.airventures.co.uk Derwentwater
We love this picture of Derwentwater
by Cumbrian photographer and artist Bob Douglas....see his works
in Cockermouth.
Join the Lakestay Boycott of
Bottle Water
Please
join us in trying to end the bonkers buying of bottled water.
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. The exhibition, Spots of Time, will be in the 3°W
Gallery next to Dove Cottage, the home of the poet William Wordsworth,
from 16th March until 22nd June 2008. Websites: www.wordsworth.org.uk; www.spots-of-time.co.uk
Lakes as a World Heritage
Site?
Whether it will be
a force for good or not there is a push this year 2008 to make
the Lakes a World Heritage Site. To find out more go to www.lakeswhs.co.uk.
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
St Bega's
Walk
Find out
about the inter-Irish 'Murphy Riots'
Lakeland Breweries
Lakeland
Gardens
Atomic Cumbria? |
