Windermere Now 19

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Ambleside, Coniston & Ambleside, Bowness, Coniston, Grasmere, Hawkshead, Langdale, Staveley, Troutbeck, Windermere and surrounding areas.

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Letter from the Editor I am delighted to announce that we have extended our coverage to include Coniston (in fact the entire Coniston area postcode sector).

To everyone who is receiving this paper for the first time, welcome to a real community newspaper that lives and breathes local news, events, supports charities and local business people and has been going for 2 years (this is issue 19). We deliver every month through Royal Mail to over 10,300 homes and businesses, plus a further 400 or so hand delivered to Staveley - it goes through every single letterbox.

If your school, drama group, cub pack or football team want to send in news then please do so - there is no charge.

If you are a local business and want to avoid wasting money by advertising in places where the majority of copies appear in towns that are many miles away or even in a different county, you won’t find a better value, more targetted place to advertise your business.

Find out more by visiting www.windermerenow.co.uk So as we now include every single letterbox in Ambleside, Bowness, Coniston, Grasmere, Hawkshead, Langdale, Rydal, Skelwith Bridge, Torver, Troutbeck, Windermere (plus central Staveley) we have decided to change the name.

It used to be Windermere Now. From now on it’s Ambleside, Coniston and Windermere Now. We have two sister papers called Grange Now (been going 25 years) and Ulverston Now And finally... while we all hugely appreciate the reopening of the road at Dunmail Raise, please Cumbria County Council turn your attentions and the funding provided by the Department of Transport to Staveley, a village that has now been split in two for six months.

The latest on the CCC website says the target for work on site will be June 2017, which seems an awful long way off.

More on page 10.

As the paper expands we are looking for two new writers to join our team. Ideally one of these would be based in Coniston. A genuine desire to help your local community and an ability to write good articles are the main requirements. More details on page 30 With all grateful thanks to the hardworking team who make this paper happen each month.

Don’t miss the next deadline - July 1st.

Chris Plumb

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04 There’s cash in copper

05 Foodbank gets a boost 06 Housing Hero

07 Walls not well at Waterhead 08 Cooking up a storm

10 A bridge not far enough

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12 Road with a hole becomes whole 14 A wheely good idea!

16 Bowness and Windermere Forward

14 BUSINESS 20 HEALTH & LEISURE 22 SCHOOLS 24 ART & MUSIC 26 NATURE & WILDLIFE 28 WHAT’S ON 29 CHURCH

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There’s cash in copper

Tesco Ambleside raffle: Correction

It has been pointed out that the winner of the raffle featured in issue WN18 was a local lady, Mrs Joyce Powley whose great granddaughter Ava is a member of the Brownie Unit.

All aboard for Lakeland Adventures

The future of two of the country’s most significant historic mines, Coniston Copper Mines and Penny Rigg Mill, Cumbria, is secure, thanks to a £450,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

per continued to be mined until the 1950s. There will be training and volunteering opportunities for people to get involved, including conservation and archaeological survey work. The information will then be shared for the benefit of local community and visitors, providing a new insight into the rich mining history of the South Lakes.

The project is a partnership between Lake District National Park, land owners, Ruskin Museum, YHA Coniston, Grizedale Arts and Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society.

If anyone would like to get involved email: archvol@lakedistrict.gov.uk or call 01539 724555

Starting in June, over the next two years the project will focus on conserving over 150 items of repair, stabilisation and reconstruction across ten different structures at the two sites.

At its peak in the 19th century, Coppermines Valley employed around 600 people, in the extraction, preparation and transportation of copper ore. However the underground mines in the valley date back to the 16th century. Coniston cop-

WATERSPORTS FUN THIS SUMMER

Until 2003, Les Lansley had only sailed small dinghies and chartered yachts for holidays, but then he bought a Moody yacht which he intended to moor at Conway, but saw his boat on Windermere and fell for the lake’s scenic charms.

He spent many happy hours on the lake with his three children, basing himself at the Lake District Boat Club in Bowness Bay. In 2007, he met his new wife Julie and needing more space for her (and her 2 children) in 2009 they bought another boat from local dealer, Maiden Marine.

Jim and Karen of Maiden Marine bent over backwards during negotiations to help them to find a way of affording a lovely new Beneteau Oceanis 34 which would be delivered new for the 2010 season.

Part of the plan to afford this was to gain the necessary licenses and qualifications to offer skippered charters on the lake. Local sailor Elaine Middleton (then of Total

Sailing) helped enormously with advice, guidance and support during this time.

They ran the business on a part time basis until the end of the 2015 season and then, deciding that it could become a full time business, they took offices, and a jetty agreement, with the Lake District Boat Club on Glebe Road, Bowness.

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Boost for Windermere Foodbank A concert helped St James’ Church in Staveley boost its reputation as the top contributor to the Windermere Foodbank.

The four singers in the quartet, Birdsong – Lucy Crispin, Sarah Wroe, Allyson Fiddler and Kate Jackson – raised more than £155 for the foodbank with a similar amount going to the Refugee Crisis Fund.

Birdsong representative Margaret Mitchinson said: “The quartet got together simply because they love to sing and now find that their efforts can help to raise money for great organisations such as the foodbank and refugees.

Their wide range of songs is mainly unaccompanied and is a testament to their talent. Our concert in Staveley was also supported with excellent organ music by Clive Walkley.”

Staveley resident Maggie

Bridge, a founder member of the Windermere Foodbank, said: “The village continues to be the largest single contributor of items for the foodbank”

The Windermere Foodbank is located in The Methodist Church, Main Street, Windermere, and is open between 1.00 and 3.00pm every Wednesday and Friday.

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Classic racing boats back on Windermere The Windermere Motor Boat Racing Club have been racing on Windermere since 1926 and in the location opposite their club house –Broad Leys since 1952.

Chartered Practice logo: guidelines for its use

POWERBOAT RACING RETURNS TO WINDERMERE FOR 2016 The Chartered Practice logo can be used only by registered Chartered Practices on items that promote the work of the practice. E.g. – company stationery, website and office signage.

Logo design The logo for the Chartered Practice scheme fits within the overall framework of the RIBA’s brand identity.

Please do not attempt to create your own version of the Chartered Practice logo, and please print all elements of the logo – the letters ‘RIBA’, the lions, the horizontal line and words ‘Chartered Practice’ in the same colour.

There are two versions of the design: the ‘primary’ version (top left) and the ‘badge’ (top right) which is to be used on occasions when the logo is placed against a competing background – e.g. a busy, colourful image.

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A classic Albatross racing boat photo courtest of WMBRC

Racing had to stop on Windermere when the speed limit was introduced in 2005 but WMBRC continued to race 10 days each year at Barrow Docks.

In 2013 due to a change in the Bye Laws the club was able to apply for an exemption and held two very successful afternoons of racing where over 250 spectators watched from the Lake and the grounds of Broad Leys on

two afternoons each year for the last two years, 2016 will be their third season back on the lake. Last year saw the beautiful classic Albatross boats joining the racing fleet and they are back again this year. They hope to continue racing annually on the lake for two afternoons in the future.

The support WMBRC has received from residents, businesses, lake users and visitors has been tremendous.

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16th July will see five races for WMBRC 5pm and there will be no mooring facility club boats with a further three races in for leaving a boat at WMBRC. between of historic Albatross classic

boats.

Free transport is available if booked in 24th September will see WMBRC boats advance with your ticket, departing from taking on racers from around the country Bowness Pier at 10.30am prompt and with up to twenty boats competing over returning to the Pier at 4.30pm. five races.

Admission to the grounds to view the Commentary will be heard at the club racing is £5 each with under 16s free grounds. when accompanied by a paying adult.

Tickets include a tour of the club house Spectators are welcome to view by boat between 11.00am and 1.00pm and tea at a safe distance away from the racing and cakes which will be served at 2.30pm. course which will be marshalled by club

patrol boats flying BLUE flags and the Refreshments and snacks will be available LDNPA Ranger team to identify that a race to purchase from the foreshore kitchen. is in progress.

Bring blankets or seats to sit on the grass During the lunch break the pits will be to watch the racing. open for visitors to meet the drivers and Parking is not available at WMBRC. get a closer look at their boats.

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Over 25 crews registered and those whose cardboard boats survived the morning time trials took part in an extended Armada battle to retrieve “Admiral Berry’s” treasure from a floating pontoon against two “Sea Monsters” – essentially expertly piloted fly-boards firing highly-pressurised water jets, dressed appropriately as The Hulk.

There was a range of family activities on the lakeside throughout the day, including a brass band, bouncy castle, face painting, paper boat races and the Big Art, with a barbecue providing food and drink for the thousands of spectators.

Anthony Smith, MD of Progression Solicitors who sponsor and are the main organisers of the event said “it was a fantastic day, such a brilliant turn out of spectators and teams alike, the sun shone and everyone had a

great time raising money for St Mary’s Hospice and the Calvert Trust. For us that’s the most important part of the day and we are really pleased the event just gets bigger and bigger each year”.

There were some amazing creations venturing out onto the water, with teams from businesses large and small to local school children taking to the waves. Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team made the time trials look easy with a time of 47 seconds.

At the opposite end of the scale were St Mary’s Hospice’s, whose boat went down in less than that time much to everyone else’s amusement! Prizes were presented by the High Sheriff of Cumbria, Reverend Richard Lee at the After Party event where teams and spectators alike waited eagerly to hear how they had fared.

Corporate escapes with the Brathay Trust The Brathay Trust in Ambleside have added another part to their business, offering corporate away day retreats to businesses.

Brathay Escapes give businesses the opportunity to take their teams away to help develop leadership skills and undertake teambuilding exercises. All profits from this venture go back into the sister charity fund.

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Walls not well at Waterhead Work has largely been completed on a major upgrade to the shore of Windermere at Waterhead, but local councillors are not happy with one aspect of the scheme... the drystone walling.

At a meeting of Lakes Parish Council, Cllr. Phil Thompson said: “They’ve made a right pig’s ear of the flower beds with stones going every which way.”

Cllr. Jean Birkett’s condemnation was even stronger: “It’s an absolute insult to all our drystone walling people.”

And Cllr. Nick Martin was equally as blunt: “The people using that stone didn’t know what they were doing. It is just appalling.”

Manchester-based contractors were blamed, but parish clerk Michael Johnson said the reason why a non-Lake District company was awarded the contract was because South Lakeland District Council “was tied into European competitiveness rules”.

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Women grapple with world-title bid.

Cooking up a storm

The first ever women’s world championship for Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling will be staged, this summer, at Ambleside Sports.

The traditional sport, at which women were allowed to compete for the first time only ten years ago, will feature the world title event in the “allweights” division.

“We are very proud to be hosting the first world championship,” said Jak Hirst, the Ambleside Sports chairman and a former professional juggler. “We have staged women’s events over the last few years but we are thrilled to have the world championship here on our 130th anniversary.”

The first Ambleside Sports featured wrestling along with the same events which are on the schedules today: fell running, track racing, track cycling and hound-trailing.

One of those hoping to take part in the new world championship is 20 year old Connie Hodgson, a sports coaching student from Dent.

“We used to go with dad to the wrestling academy in Kendal,” said Connie. “It’s a quick and nimble sport. And it was something different to talk about at school.”

Ambleside Traditional Lakeland Sports will be held at Rydal Park on Thursday 28 July.

A sous chef from Kendal has been named the UK’s Young Chef of the Year 2016 at the national Oscars of the chef world.

Twenty-year old Arthur Quin (pictured centre) from The Punch Bowl Inn & Restaurant at Crosthwaite picked up the prestigious award at The Lancaster London Hotel The annual awards ceremony, which has been running for more than 50 years, is a pinnacle of the culinary calendar recognising both emerging and wellestablished talent from across the UK’s catering and hospitality industry.

Former Kendal College student, Arthur collect the most significant accolade of his career to date.

Presenting the award, judges said: “Despite being only 20, Arthur has grown immensely in his role in the last 12 months,

nurtured and mentored by 25-year old Head Chef Scott Fairweather.”

Punch Bowl Inn owner, Richard Rose said: “I am just bursting with pride at the moment it was just fantastic to see Arthur collecting his award in front of so many of the industry’s top chefs last night. Arthur is such a humble and unassuming young man whose hard work and enthusiasm have seen him develop so much in the last 12 months and he certainly has an exciting future ahead of him.”

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Somewhere for everyone to enjoy the lake

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The Millerground Enhancement Group community project, led by Windermere & Bowness Civic Society, has just been awarded a grant of £50,000 from the SLDC ‘Locally Important Projects’ fund.

In addition, SLDC has also committed a further £100,000 from its capital fund for 2017/18. Together with funds already raised, this will help the Group to achieve its aims of restoring Millerground and Rayrigg Meadow. Much work has already been done by local students and volunteers helping National Trust rangers to plant wildflowers, bluebells, daffodils, clear undergrowth and repair pathways.

“The major focus point will be the new adventure playground,” said Millerground Enhancement Group chair John Saunders.

“The idea is to provide an area that’s accessible for all sorts of people of all ages.

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Detailed planning will take place in 2016 with the main work happening in early 2017. Millerground will host the very popular free of charge ‘Swim Safe’ event this summer from 4th July to 13th August.

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CLUBS & SOCIETY IN-BRIEF Getting Tooled-Up A generous donation to Windermere Tools for Self Reliance, who supply tools to communities in Africa, has been made by Rotary’s Group Study Exchange team.

Richard Bird, on behalf of the team, visited the group of tool renovators in their workshop at Carver Uniting Church and L-R: Bill Norris, John Mullen, presented them Richard Bird, Richard Beskeen and Ruth Ogden with a cheque for £500. This generous donation will be put to good use in helping to fund training and transportation of tools to Africa.

The Rotary Foundation’s Group Study Exchange (GSE) program is a unique cultural and vocational exchange program which provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits in paired areas of different countries.

Windermere Tools for Self Reliance always welcomes donations of unwanted tools. Contact John Mullen (015394 45456) or Ruth Ogden (015394 45828) for more information or to arrange collection.

Age UK winning in South Lakes A SOUTH Lakeland charity has won a GSK Impact Award, a national award run in partnership with The King’s Fund, that recognises excellence in charities improving health and wellbeing in their communities.

Age UK South Lakeland, which helps older people retain their independence and exercise choice in their lives, beat more than 400 organisations to win the accolade and £30,000 in unrestricted funding.

As well as the many services it provides, the judges were particularly impressed with the charity’s Compass Assessment Tool that identifies the important issues that may put an older person at risk of going into crisis.

Money for community groups Cumbria Community Foundation has announced a new £103,500 fund aimed at supporting charitable organisations operating across Cumbria.

Small charities and community groups with an annual income of less than £200,000 can apply for grants between £500 and £5,000. Applications will be considered three times a year: June 2016, October 2016 and February 2017.

The closing date for the next round of applications is in early September. Email ellen@cumbriafoundation.org

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Winderclean

Two groups of young people have got involved in the Winderclean litter-picking initiative, supported by the Town Council and organised by the Bowness & Windermere Community Care Trust.

Well done to both the Windermere Cubs and to the pupils of St Cuthberts School. And thank-you from the Town Council and residents of Windermere & Bowness!

Tim’s Column The A591 is at last re-opened and that together with some brilliant weather seemed to persuade people from all around the country, (indeed all around the world if some of the travellers I saw rushing across the platforms to catch the Windermere train at Oxenholme were anything to go by), that the Lakes really is open for business.

I still don’t understand why it took 6 months, including two of our key public holidays, for the road to be repaired but let’s celebrate the fact that it is and all do everything we can to ensure that it is as busy as it can be for the rest of the summer.

There are, however, still quite a few bridges

closed across the area with many of them not currently due to reopen for quite a long time, with consequent issues for residents and businesses particularly in Staveley which is effectively cut in two.

The major issue that has been taking my time this month has been the proposed closure of the Kentmere Ward at the Westmorland General Hospital. This is the ward for people suffering acute mental health issues that result in them needing treatment in hospital. The prospect of having to travel all the way to Barrow, Whitehaven or Carlisle to receive treatment in a place they don’t know and where their friends and family will find it so much harder to visit will actively discourage some people from seeking the treatment they need.

The proposals to close the ward have

arisen because of an unfavourable report by the Care Quality Commission which highlighted improvements that needed to be made.

What needs to happen is that we have these improvements made and so we have the facilities we need in South Lakeland, not that the facilities are closed and we have nothing. I urge you to support our campaign, please search online for “Tim Farron Mental Health” and you will find the link to our petition against closure.

The more signatures we get the more force we will have behind our arguments with the health trusts involved.

As ever if I can help you in any way please do write to me at tim@ timfarron.co.uk or call 01539 723 403.

Thanks for your support Tim

A bridge not far enough!

Traders in Staveley are becoming more and more exasperated as the news on replacing their damaged bridge is... well, there isn’t any news.

from Burneside, has been pushed up the list to enable the Tour of Britain bike race to pass through!

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South Lakeland District Council put together a priority list which Cumbria County Council adopted for repair works, but Staveley was 11th on that list when last checked.

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The official comment on the bridge is “the intent of completely replacing the current bridge with a single span, target for work on site will be June 2017, although it is anticipated that ground investigations will be scheduled for early 2017.”

supermarket says that “My trade is down a few hundred pounds a day, and has been since the floods. We are getting organised into an action group to lobby the councils and government ministers as no-one has had any success with individual approaches.

It seems that the official line is that Staveley has access, so it is not urgent. That is is not the message that businesses in Staveley want to hear”.

Road with a hole becomes whole

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t took 157 days, 14 hours and 56 minutes (give or take a few minutes), but at 8.41am on Wednesday 11 May the A591 finally reopened through the Lake District as a blue Vauxhall Zafira became the first vehicle to cross ‘The Gap’ – the point where the road had collapsed at the height of the December storms.

In the intervening period a temporary footpath was constructed to allow school buses from the Grasmere and Keswick sides of the stricken road to ferry students to school in Keswick, then a temporary road was built on which a shuttle bus service operated. Alongside that, the Lake District National Park Authority constructed a walkers/riders/cyclists path to link Dunmail Raise with the road on the west side of Thirlmere.

All the while, Highways England was engaged in rebuilding the A591, which was a massive engineering exercise, as well as repairing large sections of the road below the Helvellyn range on the east side of Thirlmere where multiple landslips had destroyed much of the road.

People who used that section of the road before the storm damage will hardly recognise it now; many trees were destroyed in the storms and it is much more open, and there is a drainage channel on the Helvellyn side for much of its length which means it is far less likely to remain wet for long periods which used to be the case.

All in all, the message from Reopening Day was of a job very well done, although South Lakeland District Council leader Peter Thornton did question why it took so long for Highways England to get involved.

“The real problem was the time it took to get started on the repairs,” he said. “I think it could have been fixed somewhat quicker if they had been

called in at the start. Nevertheless, this is a great day – now let’s hope we have a great summer to help all our businesses which have suffered so much.”

He was speaking before pupils from Grasmere Junior School joined government minister Rory Stewart to officially reopen the road, watched by dozens of journalists from print, radio and TV media.

Next came a ceremonial procession of vehicles across the newly reopened section of the A591, including a couple of vintage cars from Coniston, before at 8.41am – just 11 minutes behind schedule – the first vehicles were let through from the Keswick side, soon afterwards followed by those from Grasmere.

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Local doctor and medical herbalist takes over local health food store.

Any concerns that Windermere was about to lose its

independent health food store, when the business changed

hands earlier this year, have thankfully now been put to rest.

Under new owner, Catherine Tupper, everything at Manuka is carrying on as usual. Or almost. Catherine has brought something new to the Main Road store: her services as a Grasmere pupils lead by Molly (in yellow), who made headlines by writing to the Prime Minister calling for swift action, race across the new section of road, which, back in December, looked like this...

First cyclist Jeremy Rebbeck was the first cyclist to pedal the tarmac (very smooth!) over the newly rebuilt section of the A591.

Jeremy, who owns Wheelwrights Cottages based in Elterwater had cycled over Red Bank to see at first hand the location which caused his business to suffer a big downturn in bookings in the early months of the year. “I’m so relieved it’s reopened,” he said.

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An NHS doctor for 30 years, Catherine’s interest in herbal medicine stemmed from seeing patients with pre-menstrual and menopausal problems who didn’t respond to conventional medicine. “It’s great”, she says, “to be able to offer an effective alternative.”

Her knowledge of both disciplines means her treatments will work safely and effectively alongside conventional medicine.

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First biker Lisa Charles took time off from her job working at Cunningham’s in Ambleside to be the first motorcyclist to ride the newly reopened road from the Grasmere side. “I couldn’t miss this!” she said.

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Alison is Barking Mad Barking Mad recently held their annual Conference on the shores of Lake Windermere. Started

by Lee Dancy in Kirby Lonsdale in 2000, they organise “home-fromhome” accommodation for dogs while their owners are on holiday.

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A new company has just launched, the brainchild of Ollie Colman, 21, and his mother Pippa, who live in Ings, and Ollie’s girlfriend Amy Hunt, also 21, who lives in Ambleside.

Lake District Bike Hire, covering the South Lakes area, delivers and collects 8am to 8pm from March to October. And according to Ollie, the fact that the business is home-based has helped keep down costs. “We don’t have to pay for an expensive shop-front, so we believe we have a very viable business,” he said.

Prices range from £10 to £15 per day for children under 14 and £23 to £30 per day for adults, depending on the length of hire. www.lakedistrictbikehire.co.uk

Old Laundry welcomes new musical The Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness, is in the privileged position of hosting not one, but two new Beatrix Potter inspired productions this year.

First up with a production run between 27th June and 4th September comes Where is Peter Rabbit? Described as a “not-to-be missed visual spectacular. Exploding with life, music, special effects, dance and show-stopping songs” the show lasts a little under an hour and will hopefully delight children and adults alike.

Guided through the story by an imagined Beatrix Potter, all the classic characters will come to the fore with - amongst others - Tiggy Winkle, Jeremy Fisher, Squirrel Nutkin, Mr Brock, Puddle Duck, and finally Peter Rabbit himself. The production team have created some wonderfully characterful puppets to compliment the evocative Potter-esque sets; you’ll recognise the kitchen from

Millerground memories The landings at the area near to Low Millerground Cottage, were used for many years as Windermere’s own swimming pool.

There were pontoons and a high diving board as well as a springboard. The wooden huts, which are still there, were originally the changing rooms for the Windermere Bathing Pool. They are now used for by Windermere Outdoor Adventure Centre, which offers watersports tuition Local Windermere resident Don Todd reminisced “In 1954 I attended Calgarth School, Troutbeck Bridge. I was recently talking about Millerground to a young neighbour.

He was amazed that we used to walk from Calgarth School to Millerground, where we learned to swim once a week. There were two small changing huts and a wooden pontoon which had made it safe to learn to swim.

Once we had spent our allocated time in the water we got changed then

walked back to Calgarth, usually frozen, but still, nice memories” The 12ft high diving board provided much entertainment. There are stories of lads of the day jumping off the top of the diving board “at attention” to see who could get their legs deepest into the mud at the bottom of the lake - only the best swimmers could try it as they obviously then had to escape from the mud! Many people used this as their free swimming pool, but it came to an end when the indoor If you have any memories, or pictures, of your days swimming at the Millerground let us know and we will put swimming pool at Troutbeck Bridge together an article on this now-lost Windermere feature. opened in 1974 and locals had to A5 WPR? 1/3/16 14:22 Page 2 pay to go 1forMar a swim.

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Miriam Margolyes and Griff Rhys Jones lend their voices too!

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Celebrating both The World Of Beatrix Potter Attraction‘s 25th anniversary and the 150th Anniversary celebrations of Beatrix Potter, the ten week run of Where Is Peter Rabbit? will play up to three shows a day throughout the summer (Monday 27 June – Sunday 4 September) The theatrical experience doesn’t need to stop there, as the Attraction has launched Character breakfast, afternoon tea and high-tea/supper parties, to be enjoyed before or after the live family show, in their brand new special catering and events building the Laundrama Meeting Bea, a tale of Potter’s later years will appear in the Autumn. Tickets from www.oldlaundrytheatre.co.uk, box office 08445 040604.

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It also means the speed you get is a lot faster than most local phone broadband. Their internet service has recently expanded to the Coniston lake area including Torver so if you’d like faster broadband call 01539 898145 or sales@ kencomp.net.

Windermere Town Council Diary At our Annual General Meeting and the election of the Town Mayor, present Mayor Cllr Leith Hallatsch and the deputy mayor Cllr Lisa Greasley were retained for the 2016/17 Civic Year.

Our Windermere Town Council website has been revamped and now has a very useful news bulletin page, so do take a look. If you are wanting to advertise a local, not-for-profit event, let me know and I can post it.

I’ve been asked to give all gardeners a reminder about Windermere in Bloom this year. There is no need to send in an entry form, but gardens should be ready for judging on the 3rd weekend in July, which is when the judges will be out and about, looking at both residential and commercial premises.

Next month is set to be just as busy, as we now have the boundary commission draft recommendations, which put the Applethwaite area into Lakes Parish ward. The Town Council believes this is a mistake and is preparing a submission to oppose this.

Mayor Cllr. Leith Hallatsch and Deputy Mayor Cllr. Lisa Greasley

Local residents are very welcome to come along to our meetings and we welcome applicants to be a Town Councillor – we still have vacancies! Our next meeting is on Wednesday 22nd June at 7pm.

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Bowness and Windermere Forward takes shape At the inaugural meeting of Bowness and Windermere Forward, there was a strong attendance from a group of around 40 local business people and representatives from Windermere Town Council, SLDC, Cumbria County Council and Lake District National Park Authority, Friends of the Lake District and the Federation 0f Small Business.

The purpose of the gathering at Windermere social centre on 8th June was to establish a partnership for the economic benefit of Bowness and Windermere, in particular to create an overarching group for economic drive and in accessing grant funding to enable projects to happen.

The group, to be named Bowness and Windermere Forward will act as one united effort for the benefit of both villages.

As an example of what might be achieved, Brian Harrison from the F.S.B. talked about what had been achieved by a similar effort in Kendal. The most valuable thing to be achieved there, was the

influence they were able to bring in getting things done because all parts of the town work together as one force.

Specific examples of what might be achieved by the group may include the development of markets, fairs, improving the quality of highways, branding and marketing of the area, college links, employment opportunities, help for new or small businesses for example through starter units or affordable offices, help with business rates, creation of festivals and so on. These and many more projects have come about through similar schemes in the local area such as Sedbergh who now have a paid project manager and Grasmere through their business partnership.

There was unanimous support for the group from all those who attended and several hands were raised by those keen to join the board. They will now meet on a monthly basis to get the program underway.

This looks to be a hugely valuable and worthwhile project in uniting the villages and driving economic development for the benefit of residents and local businesses.

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Smith arrives just before the peak season and has already begun work on two new venues in both Windermere and Bowness.

“Colin Monk and Alex Mauro are allowing me to push a few boundaries with the ideas but will keep a strong hold on the reigns as they believe in staying true to the heritage and tradition that makes this part of the country so attractive.”

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Shamrock for luck Or is it just hard work?

Three years later, during his hours offduty he used the engineering facilities on the mother-ship to build the new engine from scratch.

“Others would drink and gamble and then go ashore being worse-off than when they went on board. I came home with a new engine”

MAIN AND FRONT COVER: The elegant, Edwardian steam launch Shamrock at Wray Castle boat house.

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hen you see the steam launch Shamrock gliding gracefully, and silently, across Windermere you perhaps understand how the elegant Edwardians enjoyed their pastimes. You would never imagine the enormous amount of effort and skill that keeping such a beautiful, 46 foot long, 110 year-old lady in peak condition entails.

Ask Roger Mallinson…..

Since he bought Shamrock 40 years ago, to prevent her being broken up for firewood, he has poured his life and his considerable engineering skills into every bit of her.

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Shamrock was built for a Lancashire cotton magnate, W H Birtwistle, in 1910

by Shepherd boat builders in Bowness.

After 20 years Birtwistle sold her to his boatman and her life of hard knocks began. By 1948 the steam engine and boiler had been replaced

by a “modern” diesel engine and she was being worked hard as a trip boat.

She was laid up in 1974 and in 1976 Roger bought her for £350.

For 3 years Roger worked hard restoring Shamrock to her former beauty. The hull and cabin were rebuilt and Roger actually built the new steam engine to replace the noisy and smelly diesel.

He was working as a submersible pilot/engineer. He quite famously was stranded with his colleague, Roger Chapman, in 1973 after their Vickers Oceanics’ small submersible, Pisces III, was trapped on the seabed at a depth of 1,575 ft, 150 miles off Ireland in the Irish Sea. The 76-hour multinational rescue effort resulted in the deepest sub rescue in history. But that is quite another story.

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Roger has since built another new engine (in 2001) with many modifications which he had been dreaming up. This engine powers Shamrock peacefully about Windermere today. He sold the other engine to another steam-boat enthusiast. The new engine is the 32nd one he has built, the others were for other steam-boat builders.

The boiler that raises steam for the engine was originally a steam locomotive boiler. It was built in 1927 for one of the small trains on the Ravenglass and Eskdale railway so was an ideal size to fit into a steam launch.

Roger made many modifications to suit its use on the boat.

The propellor fitted when the boat was diesel-powered was quite unsuitable.

Windermere Steamboat Museum owned the sister boat, Swallow, and George Pattinson lent Roger the 27” propellor from that boat to have a cast made to produce a replica.

Perhaps, most importantly, a Windermere kettle is fitted which produces half a gallon of boiling water in about 20 seconds from cold. As Roger says “The whole point of cruising the lake is to have a nice cup of tea.”

The pretty relentless work on board (brass-polishing doesn’t do itself, you know) gets more strenuous when Mother Nature takes a hand. Whilst he has owned Shamrock, Roger has been a tenant of the National Trust in their boathouse at Wray Castle, where the boat has a special problem. There is an upper floor to the boathouse and the space between the water and the beams which support that floor is crucial to the safety of the boat.

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During normal times the lake level is about the same as the weir at Newby Bridge. But when there is flooding, the lake level rises. Roger has seen it rise to 6’ 10” above the weir level several times. This is important because at any level above 3’ it is not possible to get the boat out of the boathouse. If the level gets above 7’ there is the danger of the boat touching the steel beams which hold up the upper floor.

In 2009 the water level reached 9’ 7” above the weir at Newby Bridge. This crushed Shamrock’s saloon roof against the steel beam. The damage was extensive.

Roger managed to source some Burmese teak, amazingly of the same age as Shamrock, and repaired all the shattered woodwork. It took a while, but he says he actually enjoyed the work.

“Shamrock” is not only registered with the National Historic Ships Register, but is also a member of the National Historic Fleet. Roger is not getting any younger, and the potential loss of “Shamrock” has alerted many people to the risks of losing such a vessel permanently. Following discussions with Martyn Heighton (Director of the National Historic Ships Register) it was decided that the best way forward was to set up a Trust to take over the ownership of “Shamrock” and to provide a sound basis for her future preservation and operation. The Trust was formed in 2010 and now the responsibility for her is The Clerestory Roof crushed for a shared between keen second time (Akram Busaidy) supporters from all over the country.

However, in 2015 the lake level rose to 9’ 4” and again the boat was seriously damaged.

This time the work was undertaken by the insurance company and Roger, who is no longer as young as he was, has left it to them. The work so far has cost more than £18,000. The pictures in this article were taken on the second day back in commission.

You’ll know Roger if you see him about in the area. He drives a 1929 Austin Seven which he bought in 1954, with a constant companion, his German Shepherd, Whappet (the 3rd) in the passenger seat. He was recently presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for services to the Restoration of Steamboats by the Transport Trust.

Roger is the Chairman of the Shamrock Trust and now knows that Shamrock will have a continuing life without the uncertainty that bedevilled her early days and nearly led to her being chopped up for firewood.

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More adventure for café duo

Hayley Webb and Helen Stoker, who run Café Altitude in Lake Road, Ambleside, have expanded the other arm of their business,.Desperately Seeking Adventure, by taking over Ambleside Adventure and have renamed it Altitude Adventure.

“We’ll now be offering lots more Lake District walks” said Hayley.

They are both qualified mountains leaders, and are looking forward to more great days on the fells – when they’re not sitting on a comfy sofa in the café, that is!

Calm down In the ‘Know Your Blood Pressure’ event, held by Ambleside Kirkstone Rotary, in collaboration with Langdale & Ambleside Mountain Rescue and St John Ambulance, 130 local residents and visitors took the opportunity to have their blood pressure tested.

The national ‘Know Your Blood Pressure’ day, promoted by the Stroke association, is designed to increase the awareness that high blood pressure is the biggest single risk factor for stroke, contributing to over 50% of strokes.

1 in 5 women and 1 in 6 men will have a stroke before the age of 75 but many of these can be prevented if high blood pressure is controlled.

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Windermere School sailing success Two Windermere School pupils have enjoyed a significant sailing victory at the 30th RYA Eric Twiname Championships held recently at Rutland Water.

Sailors are selected to represent their zone or home county by their coaches following a winter of training, and are considered to be some of the best up and coming racers in the country.

This year, Windermere School pupils Pierce Harris (Year 9) and Alfie Cogger (Year 8) secured victory in the RS Feva Class, beating off strong competition from a field of thirty crews and further underlining the school’s status as a RYA Champion Club.

The school became a RYA Champion Club in

Flooding and health Survey Public Health England (PHE) is conducting the first ever national long-term study into the impact of flooding on health and wellbeing— and would like to include residents of Cumbria as part of the study.

Approximately 2,500 randomly-sampled households in Cumbria will be contacted shortly by PHE with a postal questionnaire.

VICTORIOUS AT RUTLAND WATER: Pierce Harris and Alfie Cogger

2014 (the first school in the UK to achieve this status) in recognition of the work it was doing to help its pupils not only take up sailing, but also to develop them into competitive racers.

“We did pretty well today”, said Alfie. “We were leading the competition by one point at the end of the first day, although each of the top three boats had won one race, so we knew anything was

possible at the start of day two. But we worked hard together and managed to win, which was a brilliant feeling.” Added Pierce. Headmaster of Windermere School, Ian Lavender, was full of praise; “Congratulations to Alfie and Pierce for their success. To finish first in a field of thirty boats from across the UK is a fantastic achievement and one of which we are all very proud.”

PHE wants to hear from people directly affected, those whose lives were disrupted and also those who believe they were unaffected, in order to compare the possible impacts. The study is being undertaken by PHE working with King’s College London, in collaboration with experts from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

term study into the impact of flooding on health and wellbeing. This study will help PHE understand the long term health impacts of flooding. It will be used to help tailor and improve future flood planning and response, both in Cumbria and throughout the rest of England.

Dr Isabel Oliver, Public Health England and coordinator of the study said: “This is the first ever long-

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Input from Cumbrians could be crucial, regardless of how they feel they were impacted. Please take 20 minutes to complete and return the questionnaire to Public Health England.” treatment to their particular requirements, using different techniques and specific aromatherapy oils. It’s a very personal service and every patient is different.”

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“We are very pleased to be able to offer holistic therapy for cancer sufferers.” says spa manager, Sally-Anne Maher. “Last year, we received requests from a number of cancer patients who wanted treatments, such as massages, so we’re very much responding to a need. Whether it be massage, reflexology or a full spa package.”

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On the fells

CLIVE HUTCHBY

I’m often asked ‘what is your favourite fell?’, a question that reminds me of the age-old truism of news reporting: You’re only as good as your last story.

A year ago I would have had no hesitation in replying ‘Mardale Ill Bell’, which is usually climbed as part of the Kentmere Horseshoe walk and would appear to be not much more than a grassy hill.

But from the Mardale side (Mardale is the valley that contains Haweswater) the story is different; two craggy ridges enclose a rocky corrie offering fantastic routes to the summit with the added bonus of being right on top (almost literally) of two of the finest tarns in the Lake District, Blea Water and Small Water. The clincher is (or was) the seclusion that this side of the fell offers, making you feel you really are breaking new ground, although thin paths offer evidence that others, too, have been beguiled by this marvellous fell.

The impressive Gladstone’s Finger in Crinkle Crags, looking towards the Langdale Pikes.

That was then; I’m writing this column now.

And right now, I’ve just fallen back in love with Crinkle Crags, a favourite of many fellwalkers. Not the usual approaches from Red Tarn or Three Tarns I might add, lovely that they are, but three other routes that are seldom used: via the hanging valley of Adam-a-Cove from the Eskdale side; via Little Stand and Stonesty Pike, in effect the southern ridge of the Crinkles, from Cockley Beck Bridge in the Duddon Valley; and a truly great walk from Oxendale on the Great Langdale side, following a grassy spur up between Isaac Gill and Crinkle Gill to the rock outcrop of Gladstone Knott where you will find the impressive pinnacle known as Gladstone’s Finger, also known as Disraeli’s Dismissal! Actually, I made that last bit up.

It must be because I’m in a good mood because a couple of days before writing this column I climbed Wetherlam by way of its Black Sails ridge. Ahhh, Wetherlam, in my view the best of the Coniston Fells – oh dear, it’s happening again...

New blood needed to save Lakeland tradition Hound trailing, one of Cumbria’s oldest traditional sports, is in danger of dying out because too few young people want to become involved.

The dogs race around the fells, not on paths but across the roughest and toughest ground, following a scented trail, a pungent mixture of aniseed and paraffin. The sight of the hounds racing to the finish at country shows throughout the summer seasons is a thrilling experience, but there’s a

danger that the trails soon be a thing of the past.

“We are struggling to get young people interested,” says Ambleside’s Lynn Garrity “A lot of the older characters in the sport have died, and there are too many different distractions for young people today.”

The racing season runs from April till October, with the big South Lakes event being at Ambleside Sports on the last Thursday in July.

There are up to six fixtures a week across the county, attracting as many as 70

dogs, racing in different categories.

What’s needed, says Lynn, is people to come forward to own and train their own dogs, as well as more visitors turning up to watch the races. “It is quite demanding. The dogs need to be walked for two or three hours a day and they need a special diet. But it’s so much fun. And when they retire from racing, the dogs are the most lovely family pets.” www.houndtrailing.org. uk for more information.

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Clive Hutchby, who contributes to Windermere Now, is revising Alfred Wainwright’s seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Books One, Two and Three (the Eastern, Far Eastern and Central fells) have already been published. He is currently working on Book Four: The Southern Fells.

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SCHOOL REPORT

Hawkshead Primary School’s travels All of the children have been out and about this term, learning about geography, history, religion and lots more.

Years 3 & 4 visited the local Quaker House as part of their studies in RE – they managed to sit for eight whole minutes in silence! After the visit, they created and presented a photo slideshow film for the school’s sharing assembly.

Not to be outdone, Years 5 & 6 enjoyed a trip on the train to Edinburgh and took in the tourist sights of Edinburgh Castle, St Giles Cathedral and The Cannongate Toll Booth, finishing with a walk along the Royal Mile. They are studying settlements in

Hawkshead School in Edinburgh

geography and carried out some field work comparing the tourist trade in Edinburgh to that in Hawkshead.

Meanwhile, the youngest children in key Stage 1 enjoyed an introduction to work on sand dunes in

preparation for a coming trip to Roanhead beach.

They have been studying the Seaside past and present and this will provide a practical day of activities on the beach to finish the topic, buckets and spades at the ready!

Prize Day at Windermere School Windermere School recently hosted its largest ever Prize Day as almost 600 students staff, family and friends packed into the school sports hall.

The presentations began with external awards, including Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Awards for William Chamberlain and Jonathon Harwood, followed by the academic prizes for the lower and middle school (Years 7-11). These are awarded for high effort and academic attainment throughout the year.

The Sixth Form prizes were next, following the same format, before sport took centre stage, with prizes awarded for sailing, kayaking, cross-country running, athletics, tennis, cricket, football and basketball, as well as individual awards for all-round success in sports.

Next up was the presentation of a number of open prizes including the Marga Stofberg Prize won by Isabelle Svatins and the Inter-House Endeavour Cup won by Cavendish.

Finally, the Headmaster’s Prize. This award is considered to be the most

prestigious and is awarded based on nominations from the staff. The winner this year was Isla Hamilton from Windermere, who has embraced the maxim ‘Opt in, not out’, throwing herself into every activity she possibly could.

One student said, “Every single day she has never failed to make me smile or laugh. She is always so positive and welcoming… every time she gets knocked down, she stands back up. Even if things are getting her down, she always perseveres.”

Honours for John Ruskin School

Parents were delighted to hear that the academic achievement of students at John Ruskin School in Coniston has been recognised in a letter from Nick Gibb MP, Minister of State for Schools.

The letter states that John Ruskin School is one of the top schools in the country for value added, Mr Gibb comments that “This reflects the fantastic progress made by your pupils since the end of primary school” There have been many recent highlights at the school; the work of the Year 10 ELBS course with a group of visiting Japanese businessmen to create an outdoor classroom complete with pond and seating area and the contribution of the Year 10 and 11 teams at Youth Speak stand out.

However it is heartening that the academic achievement of John Ruskin School students is also being recognised and that parents can be confident that their child not only attends a ‘good’ school, but one of the top performing schools in the country. Year 11 students have sat their GCSE exams.

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Amelie Tyson won the Cumbria-wide Wordsworth Poetry Competition in her age group, for the second year in a row. Sammy Barnett was also highly commended by the judges for his poem.

Teachers now have much easier access to internet research and online education tools with new interactive touchscreen in all classrooms, with generous support from the Kelsick Foundation.

The Friends of Ambleside School (the wonderful parents) helped to organise a lovely 22

day celebrating the Queen’s birthday. They decorated the grounds with Union Jack bunting to make sure it was an event that the children will always remember.

The children made some splendid birthday cards and dressed up in red, white and blue in honour of the Queen. Mrs Fish, the school cook, provided a marvellous celebration buffet for the ‘Royal Garden Party’. The girls made beautiful decorated hats and the boys wore amazing decorated bow ties.

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The children have fallen in love with Lacrosse and the after school club has regularly had the maximum number of 24 children.

In April, eight lucky Year 6 pupils were chosen to represent Goodly Dale at the South Lakes Pop Lacrosse Festival. The children produced an amazing performance at the tournament finishing fourth out of fifteen teams. They were unlucky in missing out on a place in the North West finals by one place.

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very week all our children take advantage of our amazing grounds walking through unique woodland and our beautiful meadow…

Each week sees the beginning of a new journey exploring the most natural of classrooms in the whole of the Lakes. Every child thrives at Goodly Dale Community Primary School and being happy, confident and safe in a unique environment is central to this. At Goodly Dale, whether it’s wonderful ‘Worms and Wellies’ on Tuesdays for two year olds in the area who are all welcome, or everyday lessons the children have their learning experiences transformed in the great outdoors. At Goodly Dale Forest School children learn to help each other, support each other and work as a team nurturing vital social skills so important in life.

Building self-esteem and growing in confidence, Goodly Dale children learn to adapt very quickly to the challenges of outdoor and adventurous learning. Ofsted recognised our lessons to be ‘a joy to behold’ as playing

and learning using a range of first hand experiences and activities in a woodland setting develops investigation, awe and wonder, respect for nature, innovation, problem solving and recognition of our plants and animals.

Goodly Dale Forest School is an educational approach to outdoor play and learning.

It is a model of good practice and reflects the ethos of our school. Forest School is about exploring, taking risks and challenging yourself beyond everyday experiences in a safe stimulating environment.

At Goodly Dale our forest meadow, pond, fire pit and outdoor classroom are extremely large and are important in the delivery of our rich, broad outdoor and adventurous curriculum.

Throughout Forest School sessions, health and safety considerations are of paramount importance and our children learn how to work and play responsibly and understand the potential dangers however exciting they may seem.

At Goodly Dale this exploration starts in the Early Years and continues until our children leave

primary school. Our Forest School is proven to play a significant role in developing a range of skills and dispositions including motivation to learn, problem solving skills, independence, speech and language, emotional intelligence, resilience, balance and coordination. Forest School is also about learning that is fun and unhurried, allowing each child to have a voice especially those who find it difficult to communicate in a more conventional learning environment.

We have staff with a great deal of outdoor and adventurous teaching skills. Children have the opportunity to engage in a wide range of activities including den making, identifying flora and fauna, creative play, problem solving, team building activities, orienteering, environmental art and craft.

Every child at Goodly Dale Primary School thoroughly enjoys their time in the forest and is always eager to return. Proud of all they achieve, nurtured in a caring, loving environment ensures Goodly Dale children have an experience they never forget.

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ART & MUSIC

Trails of the unexpected Trails of the Unexpected offers six trails across the county, three right here in the heart of South Lakeland.

Wordsworth’s Grasmere is a two hour walk centred around Dove Cottage through the glorious landscape around Grasmere that inspired William Wordsworth’s poetry.

Complementing this walk is Romanticism Around Rydal Water which, as the name suggests, circumnavigates that lake via the Coffin Route and Rydal Caves.

Windemere Arts and Crafts Wander, starts and ends at Blackwell Arts and Crafts House.

You’ll see more in that vein en route, with Victorian architecture, interior design inspiration and Lakeside haunts. The highlight of this walk may be Cockshott Point on the shore of Windermere.

In Kendal, the trail features eighteenth century portrait painter George Romney’s home, Abbot Hall, which houses a permanent exhibition of his work.

Further afield, The Romans at Hadrian’s Wall illustrates how the North West frontier of the Roman Empire was defended and Reivers in Carlisle illuminates the tribes who raided the Borders for 400 years from the late 1300’s onward.

The trails can be downloaded at trailsoftheunexpected.org.uk

A Feeling for Landscape Local artist, Patricia Haskey, has a love for landscape, which can be seen in her current exhibition at Brantwood.

She creates works which reflect her emotional presence in Ruskin’s beloved Lake District.

“My fascination is with the richness of the flora and the distinctive shapes of the mountains beyond; dramatic skies; meandering lanes; clusters of tiny buildings punctuating the shapes of fields and trees, dwarfed by the expanse of the surrounding hills.

The Lake District Summer Music (LDSM ) is a fortnight-long music festival, comprising this year of 45 events in 16 venues spread across the South Lakes.

Between 30 July and 12 August, this year’s theme is ‘String Quartets plus’: quartets, quintets and sextets with the Škampa Quartet, Chilingirian Quartet and guests Roger Chase (viola), BBC New Generation artist Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Garfield Jackson (viola), Yuko Inoue (viola) and Christoph Richter (cello) with a thread of Mozart and Dvořák.

There is a presentation of the 1916 silent film The Battle of the Somme

‘A Feeling for Landscape’ is on display in the Severn Studio at Brantwood, every day 10.30am until 5.00pm until 7th August www.brantwood.org.uk

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which was the first feature-length war documentary. Composer and percussionist, Jan Bradley has been commissioned to improvise a soundtrack live to accompany the screening.

From the 150+ works in this year’s programme, almost two-thirds of the

pieces have never been performed here before.

There are concerts in in Ambleside, Windermere, Bowness, Kendal, Grange and Kirkby Lonsdale all have concerts.

Free copies of the Festival Diary are available online at www.ldsm.org.uk or 01539 742621.

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Set in the historic village of Hawkshead, nestling in the heart of the Lake District National Park, is the stunning venue of the parish church of St Michael and All Angels, a gem of a venue, where you can experience a mix of musical styles on Tuesday evenings throughout the months of July and August 2016. The

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acoustics are great and the views are unparalleled!

Music for a Summer Evening is now in its 49th Season and is a must for music lovers.

All concerts start at 8.00pm and are free to enter, organisers just ask for a charitable donation at the end. There is also free parking after 6pm.

From Opera to jazz styles, from sopranos, to pianos and choral singing there is a wide range of music on offer, with something for everyone! This year they also have a Saturday evening concert on the 9th July with the outstanding Manchester Chorale.

For further details of the concerts, go to: hawksheadbenefice.co.uk

Herdwick and seek You may have come across the ‘Go Herdwick’ public art trail. Made up of life-size, colourfully decorated ewes, all sponsored by businesses and organisations around the Lake District to raise money for the Lake District Calvert Trust. The trail goes on until Sunday 4 September and as the Herdy’s are mostly found on and around the 555 bus route spotting all 60 ewes is quite a day out.

It’s proved to be such a hit there are now two new, smaller, Hide and Seek Lamb Trails. One is based in Keswick and the other across Bowness and Windermere.

All money raised goes to the local charity The Calvert

Outdoor G&S Tickets are still available for next month’s Gilbert and Sullivan outdoor concert at Ambleside’s Rothay Park.

Flight by Geraldine Pilgrim

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Trust which offers fun packed holidays for disabled people, their families and friends.

A Hide and Seek Lamb Trail map and activity book costs £2, in which you may collect a sticker for every lamb found.

They are available in various participating businesses or can be bought online at www.goherdwick.co.uk.

The renowned Illyria Theatre Company are performing the two-act comic opera Ruddigore on the evening of Friday 15 July. www.illyria.uk.com for tickets and information

A multi-layered performance and installation created by artist Geraldine Pilgrim celebrating flight since the Wright brothers first took to the air in 1903 Flight will capture the beauty, power and drama of flight in all its forms, paying particular tribute to its setting in Cumbria, an area rich in aviation history. Ticketed performances 8-10 July - tickets available from May. Free installation from 11 to 17 July.

‘Bruckner and the Renaissance’

St George’s Church Kendal Saturday 9th July

Levens Choir’s celebratory 40th anniversary season will draw to a close with a spectacular concert of music from 19 th century Germany and Renaissance Italy when the choir collaborates with the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, a virtuoso period instrument ensemble making its first appearance in Cumbria Tickets cost £12 (free for students and schoolchildren) from Kendal Brewery Arts Centre, Tel: 01539 725133.

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Dove Cottage, Grasmere. Throughout summer

This exhibition explores the ways in which Wordsworth’s words began to draw people to the landscape that inspired them, and shows how the Lake District became so inextricably linked with its most famous figure.

Central in the Lake District with fantastic scenery, Oak Bank has super comfortable Somnus or Vi Spring beds, good food and professional yet unstuffy service.

Oak Bank Hotel, Grasmere Village, Cumbria LA22 9TA Telephone 015394 35217 www.lakedistricthotel.co.uk

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NATURE & WILDLIFE

Ranger Diary All of the places that we look after have something special and unique about them and I am very lucky to be part of a small team that helps keep these places safe and accessible to the public.

A lot of our work is what you would expect from a National Trust Ranger such as drystone walling, repairing gates and improving access around Windermere. But we also do work that you might normally associate with a gardener.

At the Footprint in Windermere we have a disused walled garden that we are hoping to reinstate. It is a lovely area with fruit trees and vegetable beds surrounded by beautiful woodland that is carpeted with different wildflowers throughout the seasons. We are at the planning stage with this very exciting project and are hoping to recruit local volunteers soon to help us take things forward.

We want to create a blank canvas by clearing overgrown areas and then create a planting scheme to make the most of the space available. Our plans include a compost area to dispose of the garden waste which will then provide us with rich compost to feed our vegetables and fruit trees, raised beds so that children can make the most of the area and learn to plant and care for vegetables and a wild area for the benefit of the local wildlife.

Our garden project is part of the Footprint’s wider Deepening Connections with Nature programme which offers all sorts of experiences where people can connect with nature and learn how to care for our environment. Who knows, learning about the ‘field to fork’ journey might even inspire children and grown-ups to eat their greens.

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Meet the gardeners at work in our lovely gardens! Holehird Gardens has all the year round interest and covers 12 acres with spectacular views of the high fells and Lake Windermere.

It is the home of the Lakeland Horticultural Society with about 1600 members. Of these some 200 are active volunteers.

It is unique in that we have no paid gardeners and rely entirely on volunteers.

The gardens are open throughout the year from dawn till dusk. The volunteers have varying roles, including: Gardening developing and maintaining the gardens, wardening - manning Reception from April till the end of October, running education courses and lectures, producing the LHS Journal, a garden guide, leaflets, and cards etc There are tasks for all

Open Day at Holehird Gardens

Saturday 2nd July 10am-4pm

tastes, both for the fit and less fit. We maintain four National Plant Collections: Astilbe, Daboecia, Meconopsis, Polystichum.

We have a plant database, and computerised plant labelling. Also we run a specialist library and operate a Met. Office

approved weather station.

Plants propagated by our gardeners are on sale at the Gardens. Do bring interested friends and family. We offer various Children’s trails to suit all ages. There is limited disabled access including the Walled Garden.

Troutbeck treasure to re-open TOWNEND is set to reveal its secrets this summer after being closed for repair and you are invited to share in the discoveries.

The house will re-open to the public on 23 July but in the meantime they are holding exclusive prebookable guided tours for small groups of visitors to take a look around the worksite and find out a little of the history of the house.

The house was currently closed to the public to allow the National Trust to

Fell care days With the terrible floods we suffered this winter there is a huge amount of work to be done to restore our beloved landscapes.

There’s never been a more urgent need for help and Friends of the Lake District (FOLD) are calling on volunteers to attend one of their Fell Care Day events this year.

FOLD Fell Care Days are

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fascinating and exclusive insight into how the house was built including materials, tools and techniques used

by Tudor craftsmen,” said Emma Wright, Manager at Townend

remove the render from the front of the house for the first time in 150 years so they could replace the rotten structural timbers.

“The project gave us a

mass-volunteering practical conservation and learning events that bring together local communities, schools and volunteers from many different walks of life.

They focus on reconnecting people with the landscape by raising awareness of the immense value of uplands in providing diverse and unique habitats; food and fuel; clean water; flood control; jobs; locking up carbon in peat soils; opportunities for recreation and improving

Townend will re-open to the public on 23 July. Pre-bookable hourly tours will be held on July 2 & 3 between 10am and 3pm. To book and find out more about Townend’s history and the conservation project visit the website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ townend

our health and wellbeing to name but a few. There are two more events this year, in addition to the regular FOLD work parties.

The Glenridding and Patterdale Fell Care Day – Wednesday 6th July and the Rusland Fell Care Day – Early November. If you love the outdoors here’s the chance to have a go at putting something back into protecting it.

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WHAT’S ON Grasmere Players present The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright. Grasmere Hall.

Wednesdays and Thursdays from Wednesday 8th June to Thursday 7th July 2016. Tickets from Barney’s Newsbox Grasmere Tel 01539435627 (Shop Hours) Windermere W I On July 7th at 7pm we are holding a Cheese and Wine Open Evening, when we shall have the opportunity to listen to the lovely singing and guitar playing of Fiona (Music in the Lakes).

Please contact Mrs K Strickland for tickets £5 - 015394 42833.

Everybody welcome. Meetings are on the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 in the Marchesi Centre, always lovely to welcome visitors.

July 7th Hill Top celebrates 70 years of being open to the public with a 1940’s vintage day.

July 28th is Beatrix’s Birthday so National Trust places are celebrating in style. Allan Bank is marking the occasion in their own way with a Beatrix Potter read-a-thon, Sticklebarn in Langdale will screen the popular Miss Potter film, whilst Hill Top, Sizergh and Wordsworth House will host picnics and celebrate with birthday cake, of course!

ON-GOING EVENTS Stott Park Bobbin Mill: Open Wed to Sun and bank holidays 10am-5pm: The only fully operational bobbin mill left in the country. Experience how bobbins were made in the traditional way. Finsthwaite Chair based exercises: Every Tuesday 10 am at Nine Oaks Trust, Phoenix Way. The exercises are safe, gentle and benefit circulation, flexibility, muscle strength and mobility - with an emphasis on enjoyment. For men and women. Further details from 015394 44436.

Breastfeeding Support Groups:Thursday mornings 9.30-11.30 at Ghyllside Neighbourhood Centre, Gillinggate, Kendal Friday mornings 9.30-11.30 at Windermere Manor Hotel, Rayrigg Road, Windermere.

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Hola. U3A advanced Spanish sessions. 1st and 3rd Monday of the month 10 am This small friendly group meets at one another’s houses, and examine Spanish material taken from the recent Spanish press or from Spanish literature.

New members are welcome.

Contact Tony Lonton on 015394-31345.

Modern Jive Dance Night & Class: Mondays: 7.30pm - 10.30pm Weekly modern jive classes for beginners & improvers with dancing to variety of music genres.

Fun, easy to learn & suitable for adults all ages & fitness levels, singles/couples. Great night out in relaxed & informal atmosphere. Bar & on-site parking. Kendal Golf Club, The Heights, Kendal. Special loyalty discounts available - £6: Pam Furness, 07770 954 359 dance@furnessjive.com Beatrix Potter Gallery: ‘Romance & Realism’ a life inspired by nature 13 February – 30 October 11am – 4.30pm, daily except Friday The Gallery explores Beatrix’s love of the natural world from an early age.

Allan Bank, Grasmere: Beyond Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter’s inspiration Until Christmas explore the inspiration Beatrix took from her enduring friendship with Canon Rawnsley, one of the founders of the National Trust.

Mr McGregor’s Garden Trail Sat 23 July –Sun 4 Sept.

10am-4pm Run the risk of bumping into old Mr McGregor as you make your way around his garden hunting for clues.

Complete the trail without getting caught to claim your prize.

Wordsworth House & Garden: ‘Beatrix Potter’s love of the Northern Lakes’ 16 July – 30 October, daily except Friday 11am – 4pm Celebrate Beatrix’s lifelong love affair with the Northern Lakes and her characters Squirrel Nutkin, Benjamin Bunny and Mrs Tiggywinkle.

SKELWITH BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE U3A Bridge group; Fridays: 2pm. Small friendly group..

Phone 015394 35200 or just come along.

BRATHAY CHURCH HALL Coffee mornings: Thursdays: 10am to 12 pm noon Brathay Church Hall. Follow the smell of fresh scones!

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Monday: Social Club 10am Short Tennis 10am U3A: 2pm (2nd Monday of the month) U3A Local History: 2pm (3rd Monday of the month) Slimming World: 5.30pm & 7.30pm Ellwood Bridge School: 7pm Rummikub Club - 7pm (3rd Monday of the month) Tuesday: Exercise Class for the over 50s: 1.30pm Alzheimer’s Society, 1.30pm (2nd Tuesday of the month) The Trefoil Guild: 2pm (2nd Tuesday of the month) Chess Club: 7.30pm

Wednesday: Windermere Scottish Dancers: 10am U3A Reading Group: 2pm (1st Wednesday of the month) Yoga: 2pm Weightwatchers 5.30pm Windermere Bridge Club: 6.50pm Thursday: Art Class: 10am Bowness WI: 12pm - 4pm (2nd Thursday of the month) Windermere WI: 7pm (1st Thursday of the month) Filling Station: 7.30pm (3rd Thursday of the month) Friday: Social Club: 10am U3A Bridge: 2pm Windermere Bridge Club: 6.50pm

Saturday: Coffee Morning: 10am (1st Saturday of each month)

AMBLESIDE PARISH CENTRE Cedar Counselling Cumbria: Mon-Fri: Free and confidential counselling available . Call 075021-06582 or email help@ cedarcounsellingcumbria.co.uk Gentle Exercise: Friday: 1112 pm. Age UK. 01539 728118 Migrant workers conversation group: Tuesdays: 3 - 5pm. Call the parish centre on 01539434172.

Bereavement Support Group: First Thursday of each month: , 2.30-4pm. Call Judith Shingler on 015394-34640.

The Evergreen Club: Wednesdays: 2pm to 4pm A weekly opportunity for the older members of our community to meet together for activities/talks/trips etc.

New members welcome. .

Call Betty Potts on 015394 31851 betty.potts@ btopenworld.com Citizens Advice Bureau: Thursdays Appointments only. Call 015394 46464.

Foodbank: Thursdays: Food boxes distributed 10am-1pm. Collect vouchers during office opening hours.

COURSES AT AMBLESIDE LIBRARY Ambleside Songsters, Fridays 12pm - 1:30pm. For all who love to sing including those with dementia, followed by coffee, Knitting & Craft Group: Tuesdays 10am - 12pm.

Get-together for Knitting, Chat, Coffee (or Tea) & Cake. A friendly social group to share ideas & knowledge, beginners welcome.

Games Group: (First and third Tuesdays each month) 4:30pm - 6:00pm.

Informal games playing Cards, Scrabble, Chess etc.

Everyone welcome.

Wednesday drop-ins with advisers from Age UK,11:15 am - 1pm and South Lakeland District Council, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm.

Gadget Man: every Wednesday, 11am - 1:00pm, Help with iPhones, tablets etc, plus free 1 to 1 IT sessions offering further help using your Laptop, iPad, etc.

Please book with library.

Free use of public PCs available for internet, small charge for scanning and printing. Wifi is free, visitors welcome to join.

Contact the library 015394 32507 or ambleside.library. staff@cumbria.gov.uk

WINDERMERE LIBRARY Closed on Wednesdays Citizen Advice Mon – Friday 10am -2pm - first floor of the library Tel: 015394 46464 Auschwitz to Ambleside Exhibition: Flowers of Auschwitz - first floor of the library 9:30-5pm

CHURCH NEWS

“The Beech boys”

Row 3000 miles for clean water Coniston father and son, Norman and James Beech, became the first British father and son team to row 3000 miles across an ocean.

In 2010, they crossed the Atlantic, in one of the world’s toughest endurance events to provide funds for thousands of people in Tanzania to have access to clean water.

Norman and his wife, Christine will recount their inspirational story, with stunning video support, at the 21st July meeting of the Filling Station.

After leading the work at the Christian Mountain Centre in North Wales for eight years, the Beech family were called to move to Coniston

Carver Uniting Church, URC and Methodist.

They meet every Sunday at 10.45am and everyone is welcome to our Service.

Sunday (third of the month) 6.30pm, evening Communion Service Sunday (fourth of the month) 9am, informal early service, ‘Church with Croissants’ Wednesday Coffee@Carver: Our coffee morning is held every week between 10 and 11.30am.

Thursday Carver Tots meet in term-time from 9-11am.

Dates for July THE BEECH BOYS: James and Norman Beech

where they minister at the Coniston Christian Fellowship.

On 18 August, they’ll be having a summer gettogether of The Filling Station at The Marchesi Centre,Windermere. Do

join them for a bringand-share supper; praise and a prayerful review of future plans.

Everyone’s welcome make this an opportunity to find out about them if you haven’t been before.

Friday 15 July: 2.30pm Bereavement Group Meeting.

Sunday 17July: 6.30pm Evening Communion Service.

Sunday 24 July : 9.00am Church with Croissants.

10.45am Morning Worship 6.30 pm Methodist Circuit Service.

Preacher: Revd. Steve Morgan Our Charity for July is Anti Slavery International.

On Saturday 9th July, all guys are welcome to come along to the Men’s Breakfast at 8.30am at the Lighthouse in Windermere.

It costs up to £10 per person and alongside some good food you can be guaranteed some great social time and encouragement.

Also on Saturday 9th July from 7pm onwards, everyone is welcome to come along to Unite

Community Worship at Lakes Christian Centre to enjoy an evening of free live Christian music with refreshments and a children’s corner. As it’s a relaxed evening, you can come and go as you please. We look forward to seeing you there!

We have plenty more great events planned for 2016, so please check out our What’s On webpage via www.lakeschristiancentre. co.uk or contact the Church Office on 015394 88298.

Summer Songs of Praise

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Lakes Christian Centre’s upcoming events!

Join us as we celebrate 150 years of Beatrix Potter.

Special Place Beatrix Potter

On Sunday 24th July Jesus Church will extend a special summer invitation toPlace join the Troutbeck Special Wicken Fen community in singing their favourite hymns in the beautiful surroundings of this historic Lakeland place of worship. Starts 6.00 pm in Jesus Church Special Place

Wicken Fen

Explore the Peter Rabbit Adventure or build a den at Wray Castle. Enjoy a cruise on the Steam Yacht Gondola and a walk around Coniston. Run the risk of Special Place bumping into old Mr McGregor as you hunt for clues on the garden Gibside trail at Allan Bank.

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PAINTING & DECORATING STEVEN T WELSBY EST. 1979 City & Guilds Advanced Full Technology Certificate Fully Insured SOUTH LAKES 015395 34499

D. LOGAN Ltd Painting & Decorating, Cleaning out gutters. Great prices for interior work or external staining. Discounts for OAPs. Tel 07732 362 186

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This is an opportunity to join a very successful team in an outstanding environment, we uphold very high standards and values.

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Holiday Property Cleaners required

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COULD YOU WRITE FOR US? At Windermere Now, we are looking for two new writers to join our team, ideally one of whom would be based in Coniston.

If you care passionately about our area, have a real interest in local events and news, would like to work for the benefit of your community and are a good writer, then give us a call. The job can be done part-time from home and is varied and interesting.

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