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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 Red coats of 1775 to invade
Cockermouth
This 2008 Georgian fest was a big success...see the fun at
Georgian Festival
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. |
Derwentwater
We love this picture of Derwentwater
by Cumbrian photographer and artist Bob Douglas....see his works
in Cockermouth.
Wanton Lust?
Das Jüngste Gericht
(The Last Judgement)
An oratorio by Dietrich Buxtehude
Friday 30 May
7.30pm St John's Church, Bassenthwaite
The craft of the organ chorale prelude
Saturday 31 May
12.30pm St Bega’s Church, Bassenthwaite
Concerto cantatas by Buxtehude and Bach
7.30pm St Bega's Church, Bassenthwaite
Refreshments will be available at all concerts.
Tickets
Evenings £7 (child £3) Lunchtime £4 (child free)
Festival Pass for all concerts £15 (£5)
Saturday Pass £10 (£3)
available on the door,
by emailing bassfest@orange.net
or calling 01900 829622
www.bassfest.org.uk
Blown Away
West
Lakes Renaissance has awarded the British Kite Surfing Association
(BKSA) a £5,000 sponsorship package to host Round Two of the
Kite Surfing competition at Earnse Bay, on Walney Island, Barrow.The
event is due to take place on June 13th to 15th and will see the
country’s top kite surfers return to Barrow for a thrilling
battle of skill and technique.
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?
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