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GOOD LUCK TO ALL COMPETITORS TAKING PART IN THE 2015 BRATHAY MARATHON

Letter from the Editor ‘Loof Lirpa’, the mysterious flying boat of Windermere, caused general uproar and merriment in the last issue, the highlights of which were various calls asking how it could be booked, including one from the local Tourist Information Centre, and 10,000 views on facebook.

Langstone House would welcome new users

You may be familiar with the lovely old Edwardian building, Langstone House, on Broad Street that was originally the offices of the Urban District Council. More recently, it became the home of Windermere Town Council and the parking and housing offices of SLDC.

This is surely a sign of demand!

Sadly, at this stage we should confess to the reverse spelling of Loof Lirpa as being our only excuse for publishing this article.

Congratulations to Editorial Chief Paul Flint for an April Fool story coup ‘par excellence.’

PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS CHANGE

As you will read below we now have new phone number and address details. To get in touch please call 015395 35454 or email info@windermerenow.co.uk

JUNE DEADLINE CHANGE

Next deadline is 1st May (issue 8) but the one following breaks with the tradition of being on the first of the month to allow for staff holidays and is on 28th May (issue 9). Thereafter we are back to the 1st July, 1st August and so on.

Thanks to Glenn, Paul and the rest of the ‘Now’ team for doing a great job in bringing you this issue of Windermere Now.

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WANTED - a new home for Windermere Now In September 2014 Windermere Now started to operate from a temporary office in Bowness. Over the past eight months it has been great to meet members of the community calling to discuss content, book adverts, ask for photocopying, and seek directions. Everyone is welcome.

Our temporary lease on the building expires at the end of this month, 30th April, and we are looking for a new home permanent or temporary.

Our ideal location would be somewhere in close proximity to the centre of Windermere or Ambleside with easy access for those who wish to visit. We need only a modest office, not necessarily with a “shop front”, with space for a couple of desks, office equipment and visitors, and the usual range of essentials: a phone link and

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access to a WC. Electricity would be useful!

If you are looking for a tenant at a cost-effective rental, do get in touch. We would love to hear from you. From 23 April we will be operating from our Grange Now office until a new home is found for Windermere Now. Email: info@windermerenow. co.uk. Grange Now is located at: 2 Imperial House, Main Street, Grange-over-Sands LA11 6DP. Telephone 015395 35454.

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Langstone House

SLDC has decided to move out and dispose of an unwanted asset. The Town Council, however, has rights in perpetuity to their part of Langstone House, but the rest is at risk of being sold off and Windermere may lose one of its most historic community buildings.

The Town Council has been given the opportunity to put forward proposals to save the building for the community and wishes to

identify any community organisations or partners who would be interested in using it. Langstone House is in excellent condition and has full disabled access. There are gardens at the rear, which we are thinking of turning into allotments.

If you are interested, or if you have any good ideas for the building, please contact the Town Clerk, Julie Wright on 07951 402372, email clerk@ windermere-tc.gov.uk

Our survey, your paper - the results In the March editions of Grange Now and Windermere Now we sent out a readership survey. Thank you to all those who completed and returned the forms. Their names were entered into a draw and the following have won family tickets to visit Holker Hall and Gardens.

Well done!

• David Pearson • Frank Leaver • Margaret Roberts

We are pleased that both newspapers are well received and are regarded as filling useful niches in their respective areas. In Grange Now the highest rated content is local news, local authority information and local history. The pattern is similar in Windermere Now, with local news, wildlife/ environment, and local history being the most liked content.

The What’s On sections are popular in both papers. These sections will be strengthened and expanded to build on their popularity.

Survey respondents had some useful suggestions.

These range from including puzzles, more “now and then” photographs, walking suggestions and reviews of local restaurants. We will try these out on an opportunity basis.

The “Now” newspapers are funded solely by advertising, and we value the support of local businesses. To attract and retain their loyalty as advertisers the written content must be of genuine interest to readers. Our publications must be more than just pages of advertisements with no content, to be consigned quickly to the bin. Our surveys reassure us that readers enjoy receiving Grange Now and Windermere Now.

Thank you to you all (and keep those letters coming in!).

Will the lights go on again in Windermere?

A marathon effort for fun at Brathay

On Sunday 17 May an event conceived to celebrate the 60th anniversary of a local charity is taking place for the ninth year running at Brathay Hall. Made possible through the goodwill and support of the local community, it has already raised £1 million to support Brathay Trust’s work with young people, their families and communities.

Windermere and Bowness Winter Lights committee would like to thank all those who volunteered to make the lights go on and the parade and firework display a great success.

There are far too many to thank individually, but our community owes them all a big thank you.

At our recent AGM all of the committee members stood down and unfortunately no replacements came forward. If any individuals or organisations would like to form a committee to keep this amazing local event running then please contact Kev at Brambles in Windermere.

Happy Christmas!

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The Brathay Family Fun Day, Windermere Marathon and its sister event, the Brathay 10in10, where participants run the Windermere Marathon course 10 times over 10 consecutive days, is set to be even better this year.

As Ali Young, Brathay events officer explained: “In addition to all the usual things on offer like canoeing, a high and low ropes course, zip wire, live music, food, drink and local produce stalls we are organising a fun run for 6 - 17 year olds. It means all members of the family can be involved in running that day – not just runners' families and supporters, but also local people and

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visitors. Even if you’re not into running or supporting someone who is involved in either marathon event,

it’s a great day out and all in aid of a good cause.

Everyone is more than welcome to join us.”

Mindfulness in Today’s Busy World Many people,at times, experience mental disturbance. Perhaps temporary distress as a result of trauma or bad news; stress caused by pressure at work or family disruption - even the extra mental activity involved with moving house or changing circumstances.

James Berresford (Left), Chief Executive of Visit England, cut the ribbon at the entrance to Windermere’s new Tourist Information Centre. He was accompanied by the Chairman of Mountain Goat, Norman Stoller, whose company has taken on responsibility for the entirely new-look centre near Windermere Station.

In most cases the added mental strain will dissipate as life returns to normality. But for some of us depression and serious medical conditions such as dementia or alzheimer’s disease require proper supervision from professionals.

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As with any metabolic disfunction mental illness needs to be addressed.

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the chance of owning their own business.

Jane said, “Renoir’s was an institution in Windermere and we both remember happy times there when we were young.

I even recall when Woollies Garage was in the same building, where my uncle Robin worked. All good things come to an end, but from the ashes of Renoir’s – literally, as we have had some good bonfires – a vibrant new café is taking shape”.

Jane and Richard refurbishing their café

Their love of food will also be reflected in their menu and the couple hope to capture the breakfast and “brunch” culture that is growing around the country.

They both worked previously at Chesters by the River at Skelwith Bridge, but jumped at

Richard, who confesses to being coffee obsessed, added, “We have experienced some significant challenges during the refurbishment, particularly in fitting a wood burning stove.

New ceilings, walls and almost an entirely new kitchen have also been required. The best bit, however, has been selecting some of the finest coffee making equipment in the world, so that we can offer the very best experience when we open in May.

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Cycling roundup Tour de Staveley - Entries are now being taken for the 9th Tour de Staveley on 11 July.

There will be two routes to suit cyclists of different abilities.

The more challenging of the two, the Tour de Staveley, is 48.5 miles, whereas Le Petit Tour is 28 miles, both starting at Wheelbase in Staveley and ending next door at Wilf’s Cafe.

If by-standing is your thing, then…

The Fred Whitton Challenge could be the answer! It’s 112 miles long, climbs 3,950 metres, has a maximum gradient of 30% (after 98 miles), two feeding stations and tea at the end - and it hurts! Yes, it’s the annual Fred Whitton Challenge which, this year, will be held on 10 May. The Fred Whitton Challenge is one of the most popular “sportives” in the UK - ranked by riders alongside European events such as the Marmotte in terms of difficulty. This ultratough route starts in Grasmere and takes in a string of gruelling mountain passes: Kirkstone,

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The Pearl Izumi Tour Series Honister, Newlands, Whinlatter, Hardknott and Wrynose. Top cyclists can complete the circuit in just under six hours, but 11 hours or more are not uncommon for the average rider.

Tour de Yorkshire - On the other side of the Pennines, on the heels of Northern England’s successful contribution to the 2014 Tour de France, comes the first ever Tour de Yorkshire! Set over three stages 1-3 May, it starts in Bridlington and finishes in Leeds. Dubbed already as one of the biggest and most exciting cycling events in the UK in 2015, the race will start around midday each day. Keep up to date with all the latest information about the Tour de Yorkshire at www.letouryorkshire.com

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This battle cry translates as “the Gurkhas are here”, and may have been close to the lips of a group of Gurkha soldiers who cycled the coast-to-coast route to celebrate their 200 year association with the British Army. Nine mountain-biking soldiers from 70 Gurkha Field Squadron of the Queen’s Gurkha Engineers used the occasion to raise funds for the Gurkha Welfare Trust.

Exercise Lakali Khukuri involved 200 miles of on and off-road cycling From St Bees across the Lake District, Pennines and North York Moors, by Nepalese troops whose heritage is one of bravery, ferocity, strength of character and unstinting loyalty to Britain.

The team’s leader, Sgt Ekai Rai, said: “We’re all mountain biking enthusiasts

“Ayo Gorkhali”!

Can you donate 1 in 6?

Can you help to support Windermere’s Foodbank? Nonperishables are most useful, and the following items would help greatly to support those facing hardship: Milk (full fat or semi-skinned UHT), fruit juice (1 litre cartons UHT), tea bags, instant coffee (medium), tinned meat, vegetarian alternatives to meat (eg tinned bean chilli), fish, tomatoes (tinned or carton), fruit, vegetables, soup (tinned preferred), rice pudding, tinned sponge pudding, evaporated milk, custard (tinned or UHT carton), pasta sauces, instant mashed potato, sugar, jam, pasta, rice, biscuits, snack bars, cereal (medium or large)...

Celebrating 200 loyal years

and we thought it would a good way to mark Gurkha 200 and raise money for The Gurkha Welfare Trust, which supports old veterans back in Nepal. Gurkha 200 is a proud moment for all of us in the Brigade.” They have some distance to go to

reach their target of £2,000.

If you wish to help please go to www.justgiving.com/ Exlekalikhukuri.

Collection points: Windermere Methodist Church at the corner of College Road (Wednesdays and Fridays) and anytime at No.22 Boutique, Main Road, Windermere.

Telephone (Rose) 015394 43208.

Find out more about The Gurkha Welfare Trust at www.gwt.org.uk “Dhanybhad” (thank you).

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If you’re up for an amazing day out, including a boatload of fun, raising money for charity, want to put Oxford and Cambridge to shame, and ultimately “enjoy” sinking and getting very wet then this is for you!

The annual Low Wood No Wood cardboard boat race on Saturday 16 May at Low Wood Bay Resort Hotel Marina starts from 10.00am and runs throughout the day. Sponsored by Progression Solicitors, the regatta raises money for the Calvert Trust - a residential centre with over 35 years’ experience delivering challenging outdoor adventure holidays for people with disabilities.

Whether you are a business wishing to enter a team (or several teams to compete against other participants and against each other), a school class, group of friends or an individual, entering could not be easier. Simply go to www. cardboardboatrace.co.uk and for a fee of just £20 (all of which goes to the Calvert Trust) you can enter online.

This year Progression Solicitors has joined up with The Country Hut bar in Bowness to create a Progression Cappuccino. For everyone ordered (which requires the Progression logo to be sprinkled over it in chocolate), Progression Solicitors will donate 20p to the Calvert Trust. The campaign will run for seven weeks, culminating on the day of the race. Go on, get yourself down to the Country Hut and order yours now. What’s not to like?!

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Thursday 11 June 2015 Bring your own picnic food No drink - Bar on board Raffle Tickets £15 - available from Windermere Now - Lake Road, Bowness Jean Curtis on 015394 42937 Lyn Gooch on 015394 45212 Sponsored by Windermere Lake Cruises - Proceeds to the RNLI

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Overseas faces of Grasmere

Search the world map and you will find Grasmere tucked away in several places. These include a hamlet in British Columbia in Canada (named after our own Grasmere in a competition in the early 20th century), a suburb in Sydney, Australia, and a community in New Hampshire in the USA. Here, we take a brief look at two Grasmeres, both in New York state.

ABOVE: Grasmere at Rhinebeck, New York State RIGHT: Richard Montgomery

Grasmere is the name of an affluent neighborhood on the east shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City. Although criss-crossed by major roads it has retained a quiet suburban character. Dotted with lakes and ponds, the area is apparently reminiscent of our own Grasmere, and is attributed to Sir Roderick Cameron, an American resident of Canadian descent who was knighted by Queen Victoria.

Another Grasmere at Rhinebeck in Duchess County, New York, is nationally important. It’s founder, Richard Montgomery (1738-75), was an Irish-born soldier who served first in the British Army before taking up farming. In 1773 he married Janet Livingston, whose grandfather, Judge Beekman, gave them a cottage on the Post Road north of the Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck in which to live. Montgomery bought some surrounding land and set to work fencing, ploughing fields, building a grain mill, and laying the foundation for a larger home he called "Grasmere".

When the American Revolutionary

War broke out, Montgomery joined the Continental Army, as a result of marrying into the patriotic Livingston family. In 1775 he led an invasion of Canada and captured Fort St. Johns and then Montreal, before advancing to Quebec City where he was killed leading an attack.

The British gave him an honorable burial, but in 1818 his body was moved to an elaborate tomb in St Paul’s Chapel in Manhattan.

At the time of Montgomery’s death the tiny cottage was the only residence at Rhinebeck. His widow developed the estate from 1805. The manor house, which was built on the ruins of Montgomery’s cottage, was destroyed by fire in 1823, but subsequently rebuilt and expanded. The main 19th century building is a three story brick dwelling with restrained classically inspired design. It sits on a stone foundation and has a hipped roof. In addition to the manor house there is a barn, garages, sheds, formal gardens, two tenant houses and a stone stable complex. In recent years much of Grasmere has been restored to an active farm.

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The North Pole in Ambleside?

One of the joys of reading “Swallows and Amazons” books, for generations of children and adults, has been to discover places that Arthur Ransome featured in his jumbled geography of the Lake District.

An elusive location is the North Pole, to which the children made a successful expedition over the frozen lake in “Winter Holiday”.

Suggestions have been made about various houses and conservatories on the shores of Windermere and Coniston Water, but none of these is convincing or in the right place at the head of Ransome’s lake.

Add to this mix the fact that some years ago Jim and Judy Andrews used divining rods and discovered post holes that define the shape of a former building in Borrans Park (a plaque marks the spot), and the mystery deepens.

One plausible inspiration for the building that Ransome described has attached to it an interesting tale of a Dodo and the MacIver family. The latter were pioneers of steamship services from Glasgow in the 1830s, and David and Samuel MacIver were associated with Samuel Cunard in founding the Cunard Line.

David MacIver, a nephew of the original founder, left the company in 1874 to establish

LEFT: The Dodo on Windemere RIGHT: “Nancy reaching the North Pole” From WINTER HOLIDAY by Arthur Ransome (Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group)

his own steamship company, the Birkenhead Shipping Co. Ltd., and later David MacIver, Sons & Co. From 1863 he rented Wanlass Howe, a house overlooking Borrans Park, as a summer home, and bought the house in 1873. This is now owned by the John Lewis Partnership as a retreat for staff.

Launched in 1880, Dodo was the name given to a private paddlesteamer built by David MacIver’s Spanish boatman in the stable yard below Wanlass Howe, and it sailed on the lake for 30 years. It was called Dodo because paddlesteamers were thought by then to be extinct! Dodo can be seen in the

background on a photograph of the Kaiser visiting Waterhead in 1895.

David MacIver, who was also MP for Birkenhead and Liverpool, died in 1907, after which Dodo became a houseboat and was broken up after World War 1. The mahogany and glass cabin was salvaged and adapted as a changing room near the beach below Wanlass Howe.

This was on land owned by the MacIver family that is now part of Borrans Park.

Wanlass Howe is an interesting spot. It was built in 1841 for John Brenchley. To get rid of a quarry, that had perhaps supplied stone for the Roman fort a Galava, six

vaults were constructed over which the lawn was laid. Each measures between 30 and 80 feet long and 16 feet high.

Ransome’s writing was inspired by particularly hard winters in 1895 and 1929, when Windermere froze across and the lake became a playground for everything from ice yachts to ox roasts, and wagons took short cuts across the lake.

Dust down your copy of “Winter Holiday” or nip to a local bookshop and buy one! Does anyone remember the bathing hut made from Dodo’s cabin, or even have a photograph, to see if this could have been Ransome’s North Pole?

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children and adults to explore the Lake District. To signpost locations is entirely counter-intuitive to the spirit of adventure that he encouraged. Explorers are made into tourists.

Our cluttered countryside

When walking along the shore at Bowness or at Waterhead the presence of seats and benches is fine. Explanatory signs helpfully describe distant scenery. They assist people of all ages and capabilities to relax and enjoy the views. There are, of course, other places too numerous to mention where seats and signs are welcome and appreciated.

Once away from "honeypot" locations or from places where paths have been engineered for those with difficulties, there is no need for “street furniture”. The summits of fells and mountains are places where people seek solitude, a challenge, and a "natural" environment, free from clutter that is more appropriate in parks than within Britain's wildscapes. Far better to park oneself on a boulder and get out a guidebook (or an iPhone app) to explain the view, than to have these things handed intrusively "on a plate".

This brings me to a sensitive subject, because many seats in the Lake District have been provided by families and friends in memory of loved ones. Long

Harmonicas and Harps

Wray Castle’s Fern House hosts an intriguing new art installation that links a growing plant to musical technology, allowing listeners to hear nature grow.

Harmonica Botanica is on display in the Fern House (in the grounds of the Castle) until 20 May. Local artist Dan Fox has created the work, which has never been seen in Cumbria before. It comprises a growing laurel in a pot, which has a monitor overhead – as the plant grows, the monitor converts the movement into musical sounds.

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CLUTTER? - An over-turned bench on a muddy Orrest Head, plus a warning sign at Levers Water

may this continue - but perhaps, not in places where seats are out of keeping with the very thing that those remembered probably enjoyed because they looked untouched. For example, benches have proliferated on Orrest Head, adding also to erosion. They have been provided with the best of intentions but have left their mark on the landscape.

Some years ago a slate plaque was placed by a well-meaning

Claife Viewing Station on the west shore of Windermere, close to the ferry. There, the National Trust has been painstakingly refurbishing the Georgian buildings.

This is an on-going project, supported by Heritage Lottery Funding through the Windermere Reflections programme, with a viewing platform scheduled to be “launched” in September. In the meantime enjoy the new cafe and strange noises generated by an aeolian harp (not to be confused with the sound of the legendary Crier of Claife). There was one at the station originally, to add to the sensory experience.

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organisation on the summit of the Old Man of Coniston to describe the mountain's association with the author Arthur Ransome.

This expensive sign survived only three weeks before it was smashed. Whilst I don't agree with direct action of this type I can understand the sentiments that probably gave rise to this reaction.

Ransome created an imaginary landscape, based partly on reality, that has inspired generations of

On the heels of accidents on Striding Edge, Swirral Edge and Jack's Rake, there have been calls for warning signs to explain the dangers associated with such places. In today's all too health and safety conscious and litigious society, these are more likely to ease the conscience of pessimistic bureaucrats than to be of any practical value. They would be intrusive and add nothing to what common sense already makes obvious: a scramble on a steep craggy summit with precipitous slopes clearly carries with it inherent risks. If these need to be stated then we do a disservice to man's ability to exercise judgement, free will and to take on a challenge. We would take from rather than add to the very experience that fell walkers hope to enjoy.

This is a plea to planners, pessimists and people in general to exercise sensitivity and common sense when it comes to placing objects in our Lakeland environment.

A copper-bottomed mystery

With a depth of 1,700’, extending more than 600’ below sealevel, and a history dating back to the Middle Ages, Coniston copper mines are probably the deepest and most extensive in Britain.

In their heyday, in the mid-19th century, the mines employed 600 men and boys and provided the wealth around which Coniston grew. In the autumn of 2014 plans to conserve the workings passed the first phase of a bid for more than £400,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

20 years ago someone clearly had a very different motive. In 1995 a bomb, or at least an explosive device made from a camping gas cylinder packed with fertiliser and sugar, was found in the mines against a wood and concrete “plug” beneath the Levers Water

Dam. At the time, claims were made that this dam-buster bomb was intended to kill John Major on a visit to Coniston.

A less controversial theory, in keeping with the size and basic construction of the device, is that it was placed by cavers wishing to blast a hole through to sealed mine workings. Either way, it is an interesting story.

The “bomb” was discovered several weeks after the Prime Minister’s visit had been cancelled. John Major had been due to visit Coniston and sail on the steam yacht Gondola as part of the National Trust’s centenary celebrations,

Spring clean your debts

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John Horne - Obituary John Horne, a well-known local figure, sadly died on 5 March age 91. He was born on the Scottish island of Islay and went to school in Edinburgh.

In World War II John started a Forestry course at Edinburgh University, but left to join the Fleet Air Arm, learning to fly in Canada before joining a squadron based in the Orkney Islands. After the war John completed a Forestry degree at Oxford University and then worked in the Forestry Service in Nigeria, eventually becoming the Director of the Forestry Research School in Ibadan. He was awarded an OBE for his work.

John moved to the Lake District with his family in the mid-1960s,

taking up the post of Librarian at the Freshwater Biological Association at Ferry House on the west shore of Windermere.

The library has one of the best collections of books on freshwater science in the world and during his tenure he expanded it significantly and translated a number of papers from Russian.

John quickly became involved with the Liberal Party and inspired many local people to become politically active. He was a parish councillor for many years and served as Chairman. He was also a district councillor for Bowness North and was particularly concerned with affordable housing for local people and matters concerning the lake.

John was a loyal member of the congregation of Carver Church in Windermere. In recent years he had become increasingly concerned with climate change and fired off emails and letters to those in authority until the end.

While Windermere was his adopted home, he never forgot his Scottish roots and was a frequent visitor to the island of Jura, where his sister still lives.

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but the deteriorating situation in Bosnia meant that his plans were changed.

Chief Inspector Andy Bell of Kendal police dismissed a suggestion in the Sunday Times that the explosives could have been an IRA bomb: it was untypical of anything used by the IRA and there was no timing device to enable it to coincide with John Major’s intended visit. The Sunday Times claimed that a fuse had been lit, but had spluttered out with just 35 seconds to burn, which makes the suggestion of a planned attack even less likely. Mr Major's visit to Coniston was cancelled 24 hours before it was due to take place and this had been announced in the press.

Does anyone know more? Was this a crude assassination attempt or a botched method to access an unexplored part of the old copper mines?

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Poll Position

On 7 May the country goes to the polls. Voters have the chance to decide which party will run the country for the next five years and, in a third of South Lakeland, district and parish elections will also be held.

In the run-up to what many people are referring to as one of the most unpredictable elections in living memory Windermere Now asked the five candidates for Westmorland and Lonsdale to outline their bids to become your next MP. Their answers are in alphabetical order by party name.

Conservative

Green Party

Labour Party

Liberal Democrat

UKIP

Ann Myatt lives in Kendal and works as an NHS doctor at Westmorland General Hospital.

Chris Loynes is a lecturer and researcher in outdoor studies at the University of Cumbria.

In many ways, the South Lakes provides a vision for the future, with small businesses meeting local needs, strong communities and a high quality of life. Yet, we also need new policies to reduce carbon emissions, tackle austerity, share wealth and improve our environment.

My reasons to vote Green: Fair rewards for real work The South Lakes is lucky, but there are still too many zero hours, temporary and minimum wage jobs.

Anti-austerity We need fair taxes and clean, green jobs, not benefit cuts. Even here there is homelessness, food banks and increased suicide rates.

Meaningful climate change action We need carbon reduction and enhanced renewable energy, home insulation, public transport, local food, flood control and coastal defences.

Defence from corporate power We oppose deals that allow corporations to threaten workers, consumers, citizens and the environment.

Banking and monetary reform Power to create money will be removed from private banks and restored to democratic and public control.

Voting reform Proportional representation would end the dominance of two political parties and give a voice to every citizen.

Keeping the NHS public and supporting localised primary care, integrated social and health care and enhanced mental health care.

Public ownership of public services, speeding up electrification, cancelling HS2 and investing in new lines and rolling stock.

John Bateson is from Kendal and served as mayor between 2009 and 2010.

Tim Farron has been MP for Westmorland & Lonsdale since 2005.

Alan Piper is owner of the Sun Hotel, Coniston.

As a Conservative, I believe in personal responsibility. I have been very fortunate to be born healthy, into a loving family and have benefitted from an excellent (state) education. So I know that it is my job to look after myself, my family and my community and to pay taxes to help others who cannot look after themselves.

I believe that those who can should look after themselves and those who cannot should be helped. But there is a difference between a welfare state, funded from taxation that provides a safety net in times of hardship, and a comfort blanket, which deters people from looking after themselves and their families.

The difference between Conservatives and the other parties comes down to that balance between personal responsibility and lower taxes on one side (Conservative) and state responsibility, higher taxes and higher borrowing on the other (Labour). That is the fundamental choice facing voters at the General Election.

Conservatives will give you competent government, we will continue to manage the economy well and protect and improve our public services.

We offer you and your family hope, opportunity and prosperity.

I am delighted to have been selected as Labour's Parliamentary candidate for Westmorland & Lonsdale.

Westmorland has been my family home for generations, and I was born, schooled and worked much of my life in my home town of Kendal.

Sadly, Britain today is a massively unequal country and has become much more so in the past five years. Since 2010, the national debt has doubled to a colossal £1.5 trillion and George Osborne has borrowed more in five years than Labour chancellors have in 90.

As a personal carer for many years, I am acutely aware of the crisis in NHS care, experienced daily by some of the most vulnerable people in our community. If elected, I would work tirelessly on your behalf.

My pledges:

I will support the reintroduction of the 50 pence tax band, raising the minimum wage and offering incentives to pay a living wage.

I will fight for the integration of NHS and social care services and the recruitment of over 30,000 frontline staff.

I will campaign to lower the voting age to 16 and bring back the Education Maintenance Allowance.

I will promote the need for affordable housing for local people.

I will be at the front of the lobby to vote for the abolition of the unfair bedroom tax.

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For the past 10 years, I have been lucky enough to be your MP and I have tried really hard to use that honour, to work for the benefit of this area and the people who live here. I am really proud of the things that we have helped to make happen – new jobs at places like the Steamboat Museum and at GSK in Ulverston, 3,500 young people in apprenticeships, investment in the new chemotherapy unit at the Westmorland General Hospital, electrification of the Lakes Line. These are just the headline-grabbing achievements. My team and I have dealt with over 70,000 “cases”, helping people get rehoused, helping with benefit applications, helping firms win grants, helping anyone who needs us.

But there is much more I want to do. The hospital has a chemotherapy unit, but cancer sufferers need radiotherapy treatment without having to travel to Preston. The Lakes Line is being electrified, but the Furness Line also needs electrification. We have very low unemployment, but we don’t have enough wellpaid jobs. We get people rehoused, but we need more affordable homes to be built.

If I am lucky enough to be re-elected, all I can promise is that I will continue to work as hard as I can on issues like these to make this area an even better place for us to live.

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I see UKIP as the sensible choice for like-minded grown-ups who despair at the antics of the modern crop of political leaders - posh boys, with rich daddies or rich wives, who've never had a real job in their lives.

I'm not here to challenge anyone's political convictions, but I am here to question their political allegiances.

I moved here in 2000 when I bought The Sun in Coniston, thinking: “What could possibly go wrong?” Far too much, it turned out. Which is why, if I get elected and UKIP gets enough support to become part of a small, conservatively-minded alliance, I will do everything I can to draw attention to measures that will offer help to small businesses, starting with reforming VAT and abolishing the retrospective VAT "penalty".

A very big local issue is trying to keep small businesses going and the pressures on SMEs. Most are struggling and this constituency depends on them.

We're like a forgotten army and that’s why the VAT reform is so important here.

Another issue is the National Park Authority selling off land.

There's more to that than meets the eye. Plus housing policies, which have driven local families out, lack of accountability, which they have forgotten, or choose to ignore, and their statutory duty, which is to protect local communities. Instead, they are competing against them to recover lost funding.

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When you need the Fire and Rescue Service, these are some of the people who will respond: Lorraine Parkinson, a florist in Windermere; Alan Backhouse, a mechanic at Rayrigg Motors; Paul Taylor, a property developer; and Ashley Vinall, who works nights at Lakeland Ltd. From traffic collisions to chimney fires, and from house fires to burning moorland, Windermere’s team and others at Coniston, Ambleside and Staveley are the local people who react when we are in trouble.

For many, it is desire to give something back to the community that motivates them at 4.00am when their pagers go off.

Windermere has a team of 13, including Crew Managers Pete Gorman, Shane Parkinson and Andrew Milray; equipped with one “pump” or “wagon” (to the layman, a fire engine with hoses, ladders, rescue kit and a sophisticated communications system) and a Wild Fire Land Rover. The latter to tackle wild upland fires. They train to deal with a wide range of call-outs, on average 12 a month. Training includes cutting into vehicles to release trapped people, working from boats, operating at heights and crawling through drains.

In 2007 they searched mangled carriages at the Grayrigg rail disaster. They were first at the scene last year when the Queen’s Head in Troutbeck caught fire.

They tackled a fire in the engine room of the Windermere Ferry and helped to fight the major blaze at the Furmanite factory in Kendal last month. It would be good to say that this is “all in a day’s work”, but for retained personnel this role is additional to their “day jobs”. Their main employment adds value to how they deal with problems, as each is able to draw on experience outside the Service. When on call they are at five minutes notice to reach the Fire Station to crew up the “wagon” and head for an incident.

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For some it is a family business. Shane Parkinson works alongside his wife, Lorraine, and brother, Jamie, and follows in his father’s footsteps. There have been Parkinsons at Windermere Fire Station for nearly 50 years! My impression is that the close-knit team is like an extended family.

Friendly banter combined with common objectives, sound training and honest debriefings produces professional people.

At their Wednesday evening session the lecture focussed on operating in confined spaces. This was followed by a “table top” exercise. Improvisation meant that an air bag capable of lifting 12 tons was used to free Jamie Parkinson, trapped beneath a table. The response was realistic, even if the scenario was in a classroom: correct handling of equipment, thinking through a problem, co-ordination and First Aid were all required. Subsequent weeks will see them operating from ladders and practicing in breathing apparatus.

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Shane Parkinson put his finger on a moral dilemma faced every day. “When attending incidents there is always a risk that a car will ignite, a building will collapse or some other catastrophic event may occur, balanced against which is the need to save lives. There is no such thing as ‘we can’t do that’. We sometimes work in a ‘grey area’ where dynamic risk assessments are needed and, as long as we can justify our actions, we go ahead. I sometimes say, ‘it can be a case of coffee with the Queen or facing an inquiry’. We take the attitude that we don’t hold back when lives are at risk”.

Two retained Fire Stations, Coniston and Ambleside, are presently seeking recruits and Staveley may need an additional team member. The job brings with it an attractive mixture of excitement, challenge, and comradeship – and a useful additional income. On average an on-call firefighter

"There is no such thing as we can’t do that." earns about £6,000 per year. This depends on the station and number of call outs. They are also paid to attend courses and receive holiday pay. There is an annual fitness test and a medical every three years.

Pete Gorman has a seasonal message for the public: “As the weather improves and barbecues are brought out, 999 calls are not unusual. Keep a bucket of water, sand or a garden hose handy, avoid placing barbeques close to sheds and trees, and never use petrol or paraffin to revive them.

And definitely do not use a barbeque in a confined space, such as a tent. Deaths from carbon monoxide, an odourless poisonous gas, are a sad consequence of enjoying modern living. But do have a great summer!”

It is thanks to companies like Rayrigg Motors, Lakeland Limited and Colin Barnes Joiners that staff are available to help our community.

To find out more about becoming a retained Firefighter, go to www.cumbriafire.gov.uk or contact 0300 303 8623.

Open days are a great opportunity to meet the Station Manager and recruitment team and talk through the selection process. Visit Coniston on Monday 27 April or Ambleside on Wednesday 29 April, both 4.00-7:00pm.

NATURE & WILDLIFE

Lynx in Lakeland

The last wild wolves in Britain died out in the 18th century and, in doing so, joined the other large carnivore that was wiped out in this country in about 700 AD - the lynx.

This left only the fox to predate on rabbits (themselves introduced by the Romans and then the Normans) and nothing large enough to tackle deer. Thus, in the absence of biological controls, foxes reign supreme and have extended their territories into urban areas, and deer are pests as well as being attractive.

Lynx shun human contact and are harmless to man. They and wolves feed on deer but, unlike wolves, lynx confine their hunting almost exclusively to woodland and forests. This means that where sheep graze on open pasture they are rarely attacked by lynx, whereas to a wolf sheep are fair game. In countries such as Switzerland, where the lynx has been carefully reintroduced and monitored, the impact on livestock has been negligible. In Norway, where sheep may graze within forested areas, figures for sheep predation are higher.

The Eurasian lynx is the largest lynx species. It survives best where there are plenty of deer and research shows that in Europe significant numbers of foxes are also killed and eaten by lynx. They will also eat rabbits, squirrels, rodents and other woodland species. Where deer are subject to predation they tend to have smaller, but healthier, populations and ecosystems

benefit from the top-down effect known as a “trophic cascade”.

For these and other reasons the reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx into wilder places in Britain is being considered seriously and it is quite possible that, if approved, pilot projects will be implemented in Scotland and northern England, including the Lake District. This would not be a free for all.

Populations would be monitored closely on selected private estates and individual animals tagged and tracked through GPS technology.

If you are fed up of deer eating your roses, of foxes raiding bins and killing lambs, or simply wish to see an ousted species return to its rightful place in the ecosystem where it has a role to play, then find out more from Lynx UK Trust. This is engaged in a range of research to identify potential release sites and in carrying out a full public consultation on opinions towards reintroduction.

visit www.lynxuk.org to learn more. You can also see the Eurasian lynx at the Lake District Wildlife Park in Bassenthwaite

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April at Holehird is a month when the early flowering spring bulbs such as narcissi die down making space for other bulbs.

The later flowering white Narcissus poeticus may still be seen on the meadow beyond the walled garden, but vibrant coloured tulips will be on display in the walled garden with smaller varieties in rock gardens.

Magnolias and rhododendrons are their best in late April and early May, including Magnolia ‘Caehay’s Surprise’ in the walled garden, while the white flowered Magnolia soulangeana alba can be seen in the higher parts of the garden. The wide range of rhododendrons and azaleas throughout the garden produce their flowers of red, white, pink, purple or orange for a short period, but are spectacular.

The large Davidia involucrata or handkerchief tree will produce its white bracts, which surround its small highly scented flowers designed to attract night moths, towards the end of May.

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Hideyuki Sobue An encounter with Hideyuki in his studio in Kendal has all the ingredients that a visit to an artist should include: walls crowded with pictures, a palette and pots of colour, an intriguing work in progress, and a softly spoken man who is thoughtful, candid and an enigma, all rolled into one.

Getting a handle on Hideyuki’s approach to his work is like searching through the meticulously painted fallen leaves in his pictures – he rustles with energy, is an environmentalist in his thinking, and lifting each leaf reveals, bit by bit, an insight into how he works and thinks as an artist.

A Japanese national who married his wife, Kirstie, when she was teaching in Japan, Hideyuki lives in Grange-over-Sands and draws much of his inspiration from people and places in the Lake District. This link is personified by his exhibition in Rydal Mount, which opened earlier this month and celebrates the publication in 1815 of William Wordsworth’s now iconic poem, Daffodils.

This is Hideyuki’s third exhibition at Rydal Mount and his third alongside poet Gary Boswell. It also celebrates Hideyuki’s ten years in Britain. I found Hideyuki

MAIN: At work in his studio on portrait of Wordsworth and INSET: View towards Ambleside]

working on a fascinating portrait of Wordsworth, whose appearance varies significantly between works by contemporary artists, some of whom probably presented Wordsworth’s appearance in an overly favourable light. Hideyuki’s interpretation is probably one of the most authentic in terms of the real shape of Wordsworth’s face as it is based on a “life mask” made in 1815.

Hideyuki has shunned “smelly” oil or thick acrylic paints as mediums, preferring to work in delicate layers: first drawing and line-hatching with sumi ink, and then using a very limited range of semi-transparent acrylic tints, with a palette of no more than seven colours, to create tints that

I wandered into my childhood

In writing a poem as a tribute to Wordsworth’s Daffodils, 13year old Jessica Dickinson of Cockermouth has been judged the best young poet in Cumbria

by Christopher Wordsworth, the poet’s great great great great grandson.

When awarding prizes at Rydal Mount, Christopher said that Jessica wrote beautifully about childhood, as Wordsworth himself had done.

The award ceremony marked the start of a series of events to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Daffodils. An exhibition of tribute work by the Japanese artist Hideyuki Sobue and poetry by Gary Boswell can be viewed at Rydal Mount.

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I wandered into my childhood, Reminiscing one autumn day…

My creased eyes saw with joy Each defining moment that shaped my mind, my life, What treasures did I discover anew?

Fireworks shining in my mum’s eyes, A swing to carry me to the top of the world, A witch’s hat; a twinkling pumpkin greeting us and our tricks, Santa, vibrant red, and a kind smile, Summer days to run free and wild, Oh no; that clown, a puppet, evil smile Put him AWAY A perfumed hug, everything’s OK Colouring shapes on rainy days My foot traces patterns on a sandy beach, Laughing with friends until I cry, And now but now, all my days are Autumn, Winter draws close Gnarled knotty hands, gnarled knotty trees, Time to hibernate?

But my memories, like a toasty heart-warming fire keeping me aglow Childhood memories The jigsaw of me.

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are part reality and part in our imaginations. It is an exacting technique, leaving little room for error, and creates luminous tones.

Hideyuki’s aim is to challenge art, by seeking to bridge a “gap” between conventional heritage paintings with a technique that is more subtle than the “wow factor” often sought by contemporary artists. He is particularly interested in research that has examined how use of line and colour can trigger neurological responses to art.

He has exhibited in Edinburgh, Manchester and London, and his travelling exhibition “The Way I See” was part-funded by an Arts Council grant. As a member of the prestigious Lakes Artists

Society it would be good to see his work in major commercial galleries. As a Japanese artist in England, Hideyuki misses most the food, friends and hot springs (“onsen”) of his native country, but equally he is enthusiastic about the cultural advantages of raising a family in this country. Kirstie is a specialist Japanese translator who is training also to teach Japanese as a second language, his son is studying maths at Durham University and his daughter also plans soon to start university. A fascinating man, and an interesting and accomplished artist.

Visit Rydal Mount to see and be drawn into Hideyuki Sobue’s unique and intriguing style of painting.

Worldwide Polio eradication welcomes Amabile Choirs

Windermere Rotary Club is hosting a concert by the renowned Amabile Choirs to support Rotary’s effort, known as Polio Plus, to help defeat this awful disease. The Choirs will sing at St Martin’s Church, Bowness, on Saturday 9 May.

Piccolo, Poco and Amabile girls

Amabile [a musical term] have three choirs, all of them for girls age 5-19 years. Their singing is impeccable and each choir has its own Director.

The three - Piccolo, Poco and Amabile Girls - are co-ordinated and produced professionally by Artistic Director and Conductor Rachel Little.

Amabile was formed in 1996 and has since become very well known, not only in South Lakeland area, where most of the girls live, but also nationally and in Europe, Canada and America. They have achieved many competition successes at home and abroad. The 13-19 year olds choir –

Amabile Girls - returned recently from a very successful tour in Germany’s Harz Mountains culminating in an evening concert in Rinteln, Kendal’s twin town.

This highly recommended concert, with music to suit all tastes and ages, takes place at 7.00pm. Tickets £12 for adults, £8.00 for Seniors and £1.50 for Juniors and Students obtainable from any Windermere Rotarian or the new Mountain Goat Offices and Tourist Information Centre

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SCHOOL REPORT

A very full time at Hawkshead Primary

Gardening team at Hawkhead Primary School

Pupils presented an assembly.

Years 5 and 6 talked about Millennium Goals and Key Stage 1 showed work from Design Technology, Science and History about houses and homes of the past. All pupils went to John Ruskin School to watch a performance called ‘Arts Feast’.

Safety Week saw a presentation on Water Safety and St John’s Ambulance running workshops about Water Safety and First

Aid, including information on what to do and how to call an ambulance. To celebrate World Book Day pupils brought books to share and photos showing them reading in unusual places, and dressed as characters from their favourite books.

Spring is in the air! The school gardens have been prepared: ground turned over, onions/ garlic/flowers planted, sticks at the ready for peas, weeding complete and the shed tidied.

“Outstanding”! Early Years at Windermere Prep Early Years’ provision at Windermere Preparatory School has been ranked ‘Outstanding’ in a recent Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) report.

Inspectors observed lessons, conducted informal discussions with children, examined examples of work, attended assemblies, and held discussions with staff and parents, all of whom had been invited to fill in pre-inspection questionnaires.

The Early Years’ Foundation Stage (EYFS) at Windermere Preparatory School comprises 40 children, of whom 11 are under age three. The report highlights that “outdoor learning is a significant strength of the school”,

New York beckons Windermere’s teenage traders A team of student traders from Windermere School will compete for an all-expenses paid trip to New York after making it through to the national final of the 2015 Student Investor Challenge.

of up to four students aged between 14-19 with a “virtual” £100,000 to trade shares, stocks, futures and assets and the opportunity to experience the dynamic world of share dealing. This year’s challenge attracted more than 10,000 teams, where the top 50 teams’ investments totalled over £7 million in four months.

Rascals’ Easter art

development. Footprints were used to form the body of a chicken, potato stamps and small pieces of tissue were used to decorate large egg shapes.

The Student Investor Challenge is a free-to-enter competition, run by ifs University College. It provides teams

Children from Little Rascals day care teamed up with Ellerthwaite Lodge B&B - a beautiful arts and crafts influenced property - to make themed decorations for a special Easter display.

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adding that “strong links between indoor and outdoor experiences consolidate learning further.”

Jenny Davies, Early Years Leader at the school, said: “As an accredited Adventure Learning School, we make great use of our fantastic setting wherever possible, to ensure that we can provide an exciting and challenging curriculum for the children.”

Ben Freeman, Headmaster at Windermere Preparatory School, added: “We are thrilled with the results of the inspection. It has highlighted the commitment of staff to ensure that all children attending Windermere Preparatory School receive the very best education.”

Window dressings and Easter chicks were created using different techniques to assist with the children’s

Going the extra mile

Although small, St Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School likes to keep a very full calendar of events and activities. As the Head, Peter Harrison, remarked, “small schools still have the same operational things to do and children still need richness in their curriculum.

The last week of term was no exception!”

Children in Key Stage joined other schools to present a dance spectacle with a huge amount of variety to a full audience. Jude Goldie, a member of the teaching team at the school runs the London Marathon this

The Happy Easter decoration was made to help the children with their alphabet and sounds of the letters.

Samuel, Noah and Ronan along with other children from the group enjoyed a visit to Ellerthwaite Lodge to see their arts and crafts on display. year. To develop an awareness of the dedication and commitment Mrs Goldie has shown, the children ran their own marathon on the Glebe in Bowness, gathering sponsorship beforehand for a good cause.

At the South Lakes hockey tournament the children won some of their games. Winning is important otherwise there is no point competing, but participating is the most important feature for the school. The week closed with a disco organised by a dedicated Parents and Friends Committee and an end of term family service in church that culminated in a wonderful Lego film clip depicting the Easter story.

Ready for a dip after Easter

At St Martin and St Mary CE Primary School our annual Easter Competition attracted an amazing 164 entries. Younger children decorated bonnets and hats and older children decorated eggs.

Children learned about the traditions of Easter Time and the Easter Story, and the whole school participated in a Palm service.

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opening our swimming pool at the end of April. The Governors have recently published their report for parents and the community. This can be found on our website www.windermere. cumbria.sch.uk. Our Summer fair is on 26 June at 3.00pm and is open to the community to join in.

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A sheepish New Year

This year is the Chinese year of the sheep and a friend of mine with a Chinese connection, knowing that I make felt, asked me if I could make fifty sheep (initially he had asked for five hundred!).

LEFT - RIGHT Liz Hampton Yates, Alys Strachan, Karen Cleasby, Sally Barraclough.

I belong to the International Feltmakers Association and also a local group of feltmakers.

Amongst them I found three friends who were willing to help.

The sheep had to be local breeds, 10 cm long and needle felted.

We managed this commission and in February handed over our sheep at a Chinese New Year celebration at the Footprint Centre in Windermere. In order to make the display more realistic, we added a couple of felted sheepdogs and a crocheted drystone wall to keep the sheep in, although one or two tried to and managed to escape! It was a challenging undertaking, but a happy one and we are now suffering withdrawal symptoms!

Liz Hampton Yates

Will you take one minute to send an urgent message?

A change to EU rules is going to push 200,000 people into poverty - they urgently need you to stand by them.

Demand the EU acts to protect livelihoods of vulnerable sugar farming communities in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific from this damaging decision.

Generations of sugar cane farmers and their families depend on the UK and other EU countries buying their sugar. Their access to our markets has been shielded by the EU capping the amount of sugar grown in Europe.

However, the EU has decided to get rid of this cap and, with it, the safeguarding of sugar cane farmers’ livelihoods.

Hundreds of thousands of farmers - including 62,000 that are part of the Fairtrade system - and their families will be pluged into poverty unless the EU acts fast.

Please go to the Fairtrade Foundation website www.fairtrade.org.uk and click on the GET INVOLVED tab then click on STAND BY SUGAR CANE FARMERS to sign the petition on line.

Thank you! Theresa Wooll

Margaret Fuller and Rydal WI

Margaret Fuller is a founder member of Rydal WI. AIthough Margaret missed the first meeting in November 1952, as she was giving birth to her son Mark, since then she has been an active, loyal supporter.

The first meeting of Rydal WI was held at Rydal Cottage, the home of Miss Florence Anderton and the first President was Mrs Joan Curwen (nee Le Fleming). All subsequent meetings were held until early in the new millenium (when the rent was substantially increased) in the Rydal Reading Room, built originally for the men working on the estate.

Rydal was a small community (population 176 in 1965) and at that time Margaret recalls was very close-knit, the properties being owned by the Le Fleming Estate of Rydal Hall and rented to people working nearby in the village, on the land,or in Ambleside. None at that time were second homes. The weekly rent was 5s 6d. Margaret's father was the Land Agent for the estate and she remembers going by the hourly bus to Ambleside for entertainment and shopping. The bus fare in 1952 was 1d-2d and in 1965 6d. Groceries were usually

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delivered to the cottages.

The WI held monthly meetings, as today, but mostly concentrating on cooking, craft skills and health.

There was always a competition.

For example, four rock cakes, the prettiest brooch, something done in patchwork. Very few of the talks involved local or national issues and were largely given by women with demonstrations rather than PowerPoint presentations!

Margaret, her mother-in-law, and sister were all members and often "tea hostesses". One year Margaret was Vice President and for many years organised and booked the speakers . Many of the Rydal women catered for summer visitors, although 13 in 1965 were in paid employment and there were 36 children in the village. One wonders how many children live in Rydal today?

Rydal WI is still flourishing, meeting in the Kelsick Centre in Ambleside and is in the process of organising (with The Lakes WI Group) a Live Link feed to Fellinis Cinema for the 100th WI AGM from The Royal Albert Hall.

VE Day - Poppy Appeal at risk

On VE Day a generation celebrated the end of the Second World War in Europe.

On Saturday May 9th you are invited to join us to salute the bravery and spirit of yesteryear once again. We are holding a family day, including a Poppy Picnic.at the Lake District Visitors Centre in Brockhole, Windermere, from 10am - 4pm.

Could you join us in helping with this year’s Poppy Appeal during late October and early November? We need more volunteers to help with our collections. Without more help we may not be able to have poppies in Windermere and the Lake District. For more information about the VE70 Brockhole Family

Day and Poppy Picnic or on how you can help with the Poppy Appeal this year please email: awhitmore@britishlegion.org.uk

Winners! South Lakes Curling League Windermere Rotary has won the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Salver. The final match of South Lakes Curling League took place at Lockerbie Ice Rink, at which this year’s winners were Windermere Rotary who beat Kentside Probus into second place.

LEFT - RIGHT Mike Pollard, Rob

McGraw, Alan Kirkpatrick, Mike Fletcher, Clive Langley

Windermere Rotary won with 10, Kentside probus scored 8, followed by Nomads on 5, Ice Cubes on 4, West Callies on 3, plus the The Farmers and Medics.

South Lakes group travels to Lockerbie Ice Rink for the season (October-March), home to Olympic Captain David Murdoch.

The Salver was presented to Skipper Rob Mc Graw and team members Mike Pollard, Mike Fletcher and Clive Langley, by Ice Master Alan Kirkpatrick.

Lockerbie Ice Rink runs taster sessions and coaching and all details can be seen at Lockerbie Ice Rink website.

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Windermere WI

We meet every first Thursday in the month at the Marchesi Centre in Windermere, and have thriving activity groups such as craft, walking, rummikub and book club. We also have interesting and amusing speakers. The craft group meet at the Ladyholme Centre at 7.15 pm on the first three Thursdays each month.

Mice made by Margaret Heap depicting the Four Seasons

The next meeting is on 7 May at 7.30pm in the Marchesi Centre. It’s resolution night - all

are welcome. At our meeting on 7 June at 7.30 pm in the Marchesi Centre the speaker will be Peter Rimmer with a talk is entitled ‘The Tide is the Very Devil.’ All are welcome.

The photograph shows Mrs Margaret Heap exhibiting ‘Mice’ depicting the ‘Four Seasons’. She belongs to our craft group - what talent!

CHURCH NEWS

Getting out of the boat!

This month, Filling Station hosts speaker Rod Readhead. As an ex-nuclear submariner Rod will have a lot of empathy with Peter who, nearly two thousand years ago, obeyed Jesus and stepped out of his boat to walk on water. Matthew tells us the story in Chapter 14 of his gospel.

Rod’s been in full-time ministry for twenty years. He is the founder of Men’s Ministries UK, responsible for Maranatha Ministries Retreat and Conference Centre, and presently in charge of community liason at St Thomas’ Kendal.

We’ve been blessed to have Rod speak several times at Filling Station, bringing his gifts of healing, prophecy, discernment and words of knowledge into our midst and showing us that the the supernatural is truly natural! Come and hear Rod on 21 May. Perhaps you’ll experience healing of body or mind and you’ll learn about the gifts that the Holy Spirit has given you from this international speaker and Gifting Evangelist.

We meet at 7:30 at The Marchesi Centre, Holly

Christian Aid Week 10-16 May 2015.

Christian Aid week began in 1945. For seven decades Christian Aid supporters have been driven by their faith to fight for justice for the world’s poorest people.

Christian Aid is the single biggest act of Christian Witness in Britain and Ireland. Every year 700,000 volunteers demonstrate God’s love for the poor by

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HMS Warspite Rod Readhead's "boat"

Road, Windermere LA23 2AF on Thursday 21 May to celebrate the faith we share - in fellowship, song and teaching. We’d love to welcome you. Join Christians and seekers from all over the Lakes area.

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taking part in house-to-house collections. This fantastic witness is a chance to take the mission of the church into the community.

This year’s Christian Aid Week confronts one of the great injustices of our times, discrimination against women. It focuses particularly on giving practical help and education to women and girls in Ethiopia to enable them to take control of their lives. Members of our local

churches will be delivering and collecting the familiar red envelopes during house-tohouse collection in Bowness and Windermere during Christian Aid Week . Our collection last year raised £3,018.62.

Any offers to help with the collection will be most welcome. For more information please contact Jean Lishman. Tel: 015394 42423. Email: jlishman@ etherway.net

It’s not just about Coffee!

For a few years now Lakes Christian Centre on Lake Road in Bowness has been opening its doors on a Tuesday morning from 10.30am - 12noon. And as the title indicates – IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE COFFEE! Though we do serve excellent coffee, biscuits and cake, and it’s free too!

But we also serve up something a lot more long lasting and satisfying than a cuppa. We offer to pray for anyone who wants it. It doesn’t matter if you have faith or not, we

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Sunday 10th May : 3.30-5.30pm .

Messy Church in Carver Church Hall.

Wednesday 13th May : 7.15pm .

Open Fellowship. ‘In the footsteps of the radical Jesus’ Lawrence Moore, Director of the Windermere Centre, reflects on his recent visit to Palestine. All welcome.

Saturday 23rd May: 10.00am Noon. Bible Society Coffee Morning .

Sunday 24th May : 9.00am ‘Coffee with Croissants’. Informal morning service with prayer, music and discussion. All welcome.

Wed 6 May “Shopping Online”, 10.00 till 15.00. How to buy, books, tickets, clothes etc online, how to be confident and remain safe while shopping online.

Wed 13 May “Personal Business Online”, 10.00am-3.00pm. How to use the Internet to carry out personal business online, e.g. use comparison websites to find and buy the best insurance deals, government websites to pay Road Tax, Renew TV Licence, Passports etc.

Wed 20 May “Socialising Online”.

10.00-3.00pm. How to use Social Media to keep in touch with friends, share news & photos using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc.

Wed 27 May “Apps and Add-Ons”.

10.00am-3.00pm. How to add Apps to help get the most from Tablets and Smart Phones: Apps for Weather, Maps, Help to learn a language, Games etc. How to use, organise and remove them.

IT 1-to-1 help is available free of charge on Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings for assistance emailing and browsing websites, plus help using a Laptop, Tablet or Smart Phone, contact the library to book a session.

Drop-in sessions

Knitting Group: Tuesdays 10-00amNoon. Get-together for Knitting, Chat, Coffee (or Tea) & Cake. A friendly social group to share ideas & knowledge, beginners welcome.

Games Group 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month. 4.30-6.00pm. Informal games playing Cards, Scrabble, Chess, etc. Everyone welcome.

Age UK and South Lakeland District Council advisers. Wednesdays 10.30-1.00pm.

Lakes Surestart Children’s Centre Stay & Play, Thursdays 10.00am-Noon term time.

Ambleside Child & Baby Clinic 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 10.00-11.00am.

Contact the library on 015394 32507 or email ambleside.cdc@cumbria.gov.uk for further information

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APR/MAY To 4 May “Arriving Where We Started”.

Exhibition of still life and flowers studies

by Tina Palmer at Brantwood, Coniston.

To 17 May “The Grandest Views: Models of Lakeland from Victorian Times to the Present Day”. Exhibition at Keswick Museum and Art Gallery that featured on BBC’s Countryfile.

To 18 May “One to One” by acclaimed artist Martin Greenland. The second in an annual series focusing on a single new work by a living artist. Brantwood, Coniston.

To 20 May “Harmonica Botanica” at Wray Castle. The creation of local artist Dan Fox, not seen in Cumbria before. Beguiling audio-visual work best described as a musical plant!

To 13 Jun “Face Value: Portraiture from the Arts Council Collection”.

At Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, showcasing the work of Tracey Emin, Richard Billingham and Sarah Lucas alongside conventional portraits by Mark Gertler, Lucian Freud and Vanessa Bell.

To 29 Nov “Taste of Townend”. The Brownes' family recipe book, from meaty mince pies to medicines dating back to the 17th century. The National Trust will be cooking all afternoon at Townend, Troutbeck to recreate some of them.

Every Thursday 1.30-4.00pm.

25 Apr - 4 May “Ulverston Flag Festival”. Ulverston. 01229 580640. www.visitulverston.com 30 Apr “Pie and Quiz Night”. Inner Wheel of Windermere at the Marchesi Centre, raising funds for our local community and international charities. A fun evening open to all. Details at 01539 43137 or from any Inner Wheel member.

2 May “Simply Local Farmers’ Market”. At J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands. Local crafts and produce for sale from cakes, chutneys, knit ware and gifts. Alongside a Rare Breed auction and an opportunity at 1818 Auctioneers to have free advice on collectables and antiques.

2-3 May “Printfest”. Coronation Hall, Ulverston.

2-4 May “Superhero Weekend”.

Ullswater Steamers. Children under 15 travel free if dressed as their favourite superhero.

3 May “Beautiful Birds of Prey”. Birds of prey from Silverband Falconry demonstrate their amazing hunting and flying skills at Brockhole. Shows at 11.00am, 1.00pm and 2.30pm. Free.

3, 24, 27 May “Birdwatch at Brockhole”.

Volunteers will be in the bird hide to help you identify the birds and animals in the woodland surrounding Brockhole. Free.

Just turn up.

15 May “1-day graphite and watercolour art workshop”. With Patrick Corbett at Brantwood. Suitable for all levels. All materials and refreshments provided. 10.30am – 4.30pm. £55.00 per person.

homemade refreshments throughout the day! 11.00am -5.00pm.

17 May “Brathay Windermere Marathon”. Around Windermere plus a range of family activities (see article).

26 and 28 May “Fires & Marshmallows” at Wray Castle. Outdoor adventure with our rangers as you learn how to prepare and light a fire. Normal admission applies. 10.00am – 4.00pm.

20 May “Glorious Garden Tour”. Meet Brockhole’s gardener for an informal walk and talk around the centre's beautiful and historic Mawson gardens. £3. 1 hour. Just turn up.

3, 10, 17, 24 May “Wild Play Sundays”.

Fun outdoor activities such as snail racing, dens, bug hunting and messy mud painting. 11.00am-1.00pm at Fell Foot, near Newby Bridge.

20 May – 7 Sep “Glen Fender Meadows”: photographs by John Ford. A remarkable documentary of the diversity of an unimproved hay meadow on the edge of the Cairngorms.

Brantwood, Coniston.

6 May “Glorious Garden Tour”. Meet Brockhole’s gardener for an informal walk and talk around the centre's beautiful and historic Mawson gardens. £3. 1 hour. Just turn up.

23 May “Feel Now Yoga” with Devi Lewis and Ross Dixon at Brantwood, Coniston. Further details at www. feelnowyoga.com 10.30am – 4.30pm. £45.00 per person.

6 May “Fieldtrip - Hay Bridge Nature Reserve”. Royal Geographical Society.

Reserve Warden takes people through a diverse environment. Bouth LA12 8JG. £5 pay on day. Followed by informal lunch at White Hart (not incl in ticket).

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23 May - 8 Nov “Wainwright: a love letter to the Lakeland fells”. Exhibition at Keswick Museum and Art Gallery.

7 May “Polling Day” 7.00am 10.00pm.

9 May - 28 Jun “From Mountain to Sea”. Landscape paintings by Sean McCann. The Severn Studio, Brantwood, Coniston.

23-24 May “Taste Cumbria Ulverston Food Festival”. Ulverston. www.tastecumbria.com 23-31 May “National Canoe Week”.

For info about local events, incl Windermere and Derwentwater, go to http://www.gocanoeingweek.org.uk 23-31 May “Kite Making”. Make and fly your own kite at Allan Bank, Grasmere.

10.30am-4.30pm. £1.

9 May Annual Dry Stone Walling Competition. Friends of the Lake District. Watch wallers in action at Moss Side, near Staveley. Free entry.

23 May - 4 Nov “The 39 Steps”. A classic but hilarious thriller presented by 4 actors playing 139 roles. Theatre by the Lake, Keswick.

9 May “Faure - Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine & French Choral Music”.

Ambleside Choral Society. 7. 30pm at Ambleside Parish Church. Tickets £10 at door. www.amblesidechoralsociety. org.uk. Tel 015394 31070.

23 May - 4 Nov “Suddenly Last Summer”. By Tennessee Williams. The steaming heat of New Orleans is the perfect pressure cooker for a battle of wills. Theatre by the Lake, Keswick.

Visit www.theatrebythelake.com for the full summer season programme.

10 May “Classical Music on the Terrace”. Enjoy an afternoon of classical music in beautiful surroundings with Classic Ensembles at Brockhole. Free.

Just turn up.

11-17 May “Freerange Comedy Festival”. Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal.

12 May “Flora and Fauna in Pottery”.

A talk by Jane Gardiner MA on behalf of the South Lakeland Decorative & Fine Arts Society (SLDFAS). 1.30pm at Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. Entry Fee £9.00. Contact: Mrs Lalik Nasmyth, tel: 01229 468525.

24 May “Have a go at Archery”. Get to grips with the techniques involved in using a bow and arrow at Brockhole.

Sessions 10.30am, Noon, 1.00pm, 2.00pm, 3.00pm, 4.00pm. Age 7+. Book online at www.brockhole.co.uk or ring 0845 272 0004. £6. 1 hour.

25 May “Astral Circus”. Family entertainment incl shows, juggling, buffoonery and balloon modelling at Brockhole. Performances at 11.00am, 1.00pm and 2.30pm. Frre. Just turn up.

25 May “Troutbeck Garden Trail”. 12 valley gardens, quiz, raffle, and famous

Exhibitors needed to support Classic Vehicle Show

The Lions are happy to see motorbikes, tractors, buses, cars…. any vehicle of interest to the public will be welcome.

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26 May “Craft day” at World of Beatrix Potter Attraction, Bowness. Fun and free crafts in the foyer.

27 May “Archery” at Wray Castle.

Could you be the next Robin Hood?

Archery taster sessions run by the Kendal Bowmen. Small charge applies.

10.00am – 4.00pm.

27 May - 26 Aug “Statesman Rail Tours -The Fellsman”. Every Wednesday, a steam-hauled journey on the Carlisle-Settle railway. www. statesmanrail.com 27 May “Minibeast Safari” at Brockhole.

Explore the bug life, make a minibeast hotel. Sessions 11.00am, 1.00pm, 2.30pm. Age 6+. Book online at www. brockhole.co.uk or ring 0845 272 0004 Price: £4. Length: 1.5 hrs.

28 May “Meet the Animals from Silverband” at Brockhole. Meet sugar gliders, baby guinea pigs, fluffy chicks, etc. Sessions at Noon, 1.00pm, 2.00pm, 3.00pm. Book online at www.brockhole. co.uk or ring 0845 272 0004. £3.

29 May “Nature Art at Brockhole” Be inspired by the beautiful Brockhole gardens and create wonderful wild art using natural materials. Family drop in activities from 11.00am - 3.30pm. £2.

29-31 May “Holker Garden Festival”.

015395 58328. www.holkerfestival.com 30 May “Owl Day” at The Beatrix Potter Attraction, Bowness. Meet real owls for a hoot! 11.00am-4.00pm.

30-31 May “Country Fest”. County Showfield, Crooklands, Nr Kendal. 015395 67804. www.westmorlandshow.co.uk

MARCHESI CENTRE Regular group meetings Monday:

Short Tennis 10am U3A 2nd Monday of the Month 2pm U3A Local History 3rd Monday of the month 2pm Slimming World 7pm Ellwood Bridge School 7pm

Tuesday:

Enjoy your Leisure 10am Exercise class for older adults 1.30pm Windermere Chess Club 7.30pm Trefoil 2nd Tuesday of the month 2pm

Toot! Toot!

Windermere & Ambleside Lions Club are looking for anyone with a historic or classic vehicle to enter their “Classic Vehicle Show” It will be held on Sunday 21st June at the Sports Ground in Grasmere. With such a stunning backdrop this has to be the place to show off your much loved vehicle.

25 and 27 May “Cartmel Races”.

Cartmel Racecourse. 015395 36340. www.cartmel-racecourse.co.uk

All proceeds from this year’s show will be donated to the Calvert Trust near Keswick and the Bendrigg Trust, Kendal.

Both of these wonderful charities help disabled people to enjoy their lives.

Exhibitors can find a booking form on the website www. lakesclassiccarshow.org.uk or can contact Anthony Harrison 015394 32330 for more information.

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Windermere and Ambleside Lions Club have been raising money for good causes for over 40 years. If you want to know a little more about the Lions, please come and speak to us on the day.

Wednesday:

Windermere Scottish Dancers 10am Yoga group 2pm U3A Reading Group 1st Wednesday of the month 2pm Weightwatchers 5pm Windermere Bridge Club 6.45pm

Thursday:

Art Class 10am Windermere WI first Thursday of the month 7pm Bowness WI 2nd Thursday of the month 12noon Filling Station 3rd Thursday of the month 7.30pm

Friday:

U3A Bridge 2pm Windermere Bridge Club 6.45pm

Saturday:

Coffee Morning first Saturday of the month 10am

LETTERS

Letters to the Editor are published on the understanding that they may have to be shortened to fit available space. Publication of a letter in no way reflects the views of Windermere Now. All letters must be accompanied by a name and address even if the correspondent requests anonymity. In this case ‘name and address supplied’ will be added.

Dear Editor

Just a quick line to let you know how pleased I am already with the Fino advert. We've already had plenty of vouchers claimed and it has made for a very busy few days. Many people telling me that they will be using their vouchers, so all good.

Another comment coming in is how good the advert looks and we are delighted to tell them what an excellent all round service you guys offer.

Everyone comments on the magazine so positively because of the good mix of articles (it isn't all adverts like other local magazines).

Just wanted to thank you for a great service and how much I enjoy reading Windermere Now. Joanne Harris, FINO Restaurant & Windermere Wine Stores Ltd. Thank you very much Joanne. It's great to hear our advertisers' success from using Windermere Now. (Ed)

Dear Editor

Further to your article regarding the Loof Lirpa flying boat, I warn you that I am considering legal action for unauthorized use of the work, ‘Hills of the north’ transmitted via Radio Ambleside on 14.09.07.

My wife wrote a play which featured a future situation in the Lake District fifty years hence. In this original work, she foresaw not only the necessity to construct the Orrest Head flyover to relieve increased traffic, the sale of land above 200 feet to private owners, but also many other events: a major far eastern nation buying Sellafield, nobody being able to live in the National Park (all accommodation being holiday cottages) and the need to transport east Europeans to service these places by fast flying boat to Windermere, said servants having to return by the same means after 6pm and other far-reaching changes to the NP. Unless you publish a retraction and apology, we will be forced to sue for a substantial sum, to be paid in bitcoin into a numbered account in a tax free zone.

Yours in high dudgeon, H Hatley, Windermere

Join us for a VIP Evening as the 2015 Medals are unveiled.

Champagne & Canapés Preview Evening in The Grand Floral Marquee. Music by Jazz Trio, Riverboat Days

Thursday 28th May 2015 6pm – 8pm Hosted by The Cavendish Family Enjoy a walk round the prestigious Marquee with our three experienced Judges to find out what makes a winning display.

Tickets now on sale at £25 per person Call the Show Office on 015395 58838 for more details HOLKER GARDEN FESTIVAL 29th - 31st May 2015 10am - 5.30pm daily Presenting the very best in gardening, countryside food and crafts. Meet celebrity guest James Wong on Saturday.

Buy discounted tickets and pre-book Afternoon Teas and Festival Lunches at holkerfestival.co.uk or call 015395 58838 Holker Hall & Gardens, Cark-in-Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7PL www.holkerfestival.co.uk

Dear Editor

I feel I must object to the proposal to land a flying boat near Belle Isle next week.

April 1st is the day when our swimming group gather on Belle Isle to glue our toes together in readiness for our annual high-speed "Three Island Swimming Race".

An alternative landing site to consider would be Stickle Tarn where there would be fewer issues with Health and Safety. At present, I am sure that the LDNPA would be happy to exchange ownership for half a dozen cycling helmets and a couple of coils of zip wire.

Christopher Lawn, Windermere

PROM ART, Grange-over-Sands

Many readers of ‘Windermere Now’ may not be aware that Prom Art, the leading outdoor Arts and Craft event in the North West, commences its 2015 season on Sunday 26th April on the Promenade in Grange, and on the last Sunday of each month thereafter, until and including September.

There is no entry charge – it is entirely free!

It comprises approximately 70-80 stalls displaying a wide range of Arts and Craft products, all of which are the personal work of the exhibitors, ranging from paintings, photography, glasswork, ceramics and pottery, hand-made knitwear, jewellery and silverware; and more besides; all set against the backdrop of Morecambe Bay and its unique ambience.

The event is a wonderful day out for all the family, with an opportunity to hear buskers, watch the occasional dance troupe, listen to ‘live’ poetry, not to mention browsing through a broad selection of beautiful

products, talking to the crafts-folk, or watching artists at their easels.

Children are as entertained as adults.

See the Prom Art advertisement (right) and log onto our website, www.promart.info where you will be able to learn more.

There is café on the Prom for snacks and ice-cream, and of course many of Grange’s delightfully varied shops are open, including a very large secondhand bookshop on Main Street Grange has a lot to offer, including a wide selection of coffee-shops and eateries. There are four or five ways to find your way onto the Prom, all sign-posted. You will be delighted! info@windermerenow.co.uk

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ACCOMODATION ACCOUNTS ARCHITECTS

ROGER ARMSTRONG ARCHITECT, Lindale.

Design / Property Advice / Applications. Tel 015395 34314, lakelandesigner@gmail.com

BATHROOMS

Windermere Tiles & Bathrooms Ltd., 18 Lake Road, Bowness-on-Windermere Beautiful new showroom - supply and fit trade enquires welcomeTel: 015394 45552

BOOKS

Daisyroots Books, rare, collectable and contemporary second-hand books. Famous for fiction. Main Street, Grange-over-Sands.

Open 9:30 – 4:30 Mon – Sat. 015395 38817

BUILDERS CARPETS

Home Delivery Carpets Ltd Outlets in Grange, Kendal, Ambleside and Barrow. Tel: 07905687672www.homedeliverycarpets.com

CARPET CLEANERS CHAMPION CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING Carpets, 3-piece suites & rugs cleaned to a high standard Great prices & free quotations For a professional, friendly & reliable service Call 015395 62390 or 07977 021002 www.championcarpetcleaning.co.uk

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Rob Chambers All types of chimneys and flues National Association of Chimney Sweeps HETAS Approved. Fully insured.

South Lakes & Windermere Tel: 01229 588025 Mobile: 07881 921 529

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OVEN CLEANING SERVICE south lakes.....est. 2003 the local, professional and safe solution for deep cleaning of your oven, stove, hob or cooker hood etc CALL 01539 739622 www.ovencleaningservicesouthlakes.co.uk CLEAN CHOICE high standard cleaning.

Holiday let management, reputable and reliable. Please call Emma on 0779 544 1324 or e-mail cleanchoice@live.co.uk

CONSERVATORIES COUNSELLING

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Phobias (inc. school phobias), anxiety, depression, addictions, confidence and self esteem. Speak to a professional caring therapist. Experienced in working with adults and children. 0779 284 3807 www.fairweathertherapy.co.uk

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CHIROPODIST Mrs BACKHOUSE For light household chores. Reasonable rates 015394 45117

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ANDREW BACKHOUSE CHIMNEY SWEEP LTD Established 1992. Trading standards approved. All types of chimneys and flues swept. Camera surveys. Member of the Institute of Chimney Sweeps. Tel 015394 45117 or 0776 314 5594

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Professional dog groomer - fully qualified, friendly service, out of hours appointments, Lamberts Pet Supplies, Main Street, Grangeover-sands 015395 36544 Studio K9 Dog Grooming and Doggie Day Care. Experienced groomer presenting over 40 Champion show dogs. Personal attention,Easy Parking.Flexible Appointments.

Studio K9 at Brantfell Place, Off Brackenfield, Bowness-On-Windermere, LA23 3FJ. Tel.015394 48387.

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Crazy Pawz Groom Room is a new home based, fully equipped dog grooming salon in Kendal. One to one service to ensure your dog receives my undivided attention. Electrically operated bath and table for larger/older dogs.

Full public liability insurance and dog first aid certificate. Located near Asda, do your shopping or have a coffee while you dog gets pampered. Call for Debbie for an appointment 07773104265

DOG WALKING

YOUR DOG WALKING ADVERT HERE Do you own a dog walking business? then advertise here. this advert, with 32 words will cost you only £8.96+VAT phone numbers are classed as 2 words 015395 35453

DRY CLEANING ELECTRICIAN EXERCISE CLASS

Gentle exercise class at the Marchesi Centre EVERY Tuesday 1.30-2.30pm. £4.50 per session. Any queries phone Elaine at Fitness and Wellbeing on 07855 135714

FOR SALE

RECLAIMED OAK BEAMS We have hundreds of Fantastic Reclaimed Oak Beams & Timbers in Stock Original & Restored - From Small Shelves & Fireplaces to Huge Beams! Give us a call or Visit us near Ulverston Tel: 07920 117 047 or email: lakeswoodwork@gmail.com Telescope Newtonian Skywatcher Reflector 200P (8 inch) with EQ5 mount, dual axis motor drive, polar scope, Barlow lens, 10mm and 25mm lens. Condition as new, £395ono. 015395 36898

FURNITURE GARDEN SERVICES Tree Stumps Removed GET A QUOTE ONLINE or call Peter on 01539 720441 stumps1066@gmail.com www.Tree-Stumps-Removed.co.uk GRANGE GARDENERS For MAINTENANCE & DESIGN Extensive plant knowledge We maintain gardens all year round Call Michael Thornborough 015395 32118 www.gardendesigncumbria.com

GATE AUTOMATION

CHRIS BRAMMALL LTD Automated gate design, installation and servicing including annual certified force testing. CAMESAFE Accredited. Call 01229 588580 e-mail sian@ chrisbrammall.com. More information from www.chrisbrammall.com.

GROUNDWORKS HANDYMAN HEALTH HEARING SERVICES HOLIDAY SERVICES HOUSE CLEARANCES

WA HOUSE CLEARANCES & REMOVALS A professional home and garage service with: All rubbish removed - Phone 07528 049 516 or 015395 59469 House Clearances, Houses, Garages, Sheds cleared and all contents removed.

For prompt reliable and confidential service contact Graham Walkden.

Tel: 015395 32793

JOINERY

M.A. JOINERY (Est. 1971) Specialist in shop joinery, doors, sash windows, stairs, restorations, listed buildings, contracts.

015394 36475. Mobile 07788 761 102 T.CHAPLOW All aspects of joinery work undertaken. property maintenance and improvements.

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LANDSCAPING LOCKSMITH

LOCKS EXPRESS LOCKSMITHS, All lock problems solved; locks opened, repaired & fitted. Cumbria Trading Standards Approved & Police (CRB) checked. Domestic & Commercial work. Safes fitted. Car keys cut & programmed. We cover Ambleside, Windermere & The Lakes. Tel: 01539 739218. Mobile: 07886 831336.

MASSAGE MOBILE HAIRDRESSER OSTEOPATHY

WINDERMERE OSTEOPATHIC CLINIC For treatment of conditions including: • Back & neck pain • Arthritic pain & stiffness • Shoulder pain • Whiplash disorders • Sciatica • Headaches • Golfer’s & tennis elbow • Hip, knee & foot problems • Sacro-iliac pain • Muscular strains & spasms • Repetitive strain injury (RSI) Call Tim Webb 015394 44383 www.lakesosteopathy.com

PAINTING & DECORATING Trustworthy Lady Interior Decorators Deer Park Decorators Quality, Tidy Work at Reasonable Rates Call Michelle on 07876 645751 STEVEN T WELSBY EST. 1979 City & Guilds Advanced Full Technology Certificate Fully Insured SOUTH LAKES 015395 34499

PATHS & PATIO CLEANING PAVING PERSONAL TRAINER PHYSICAL THERAPY PLASTERING

TIMBER GARDEN BUILDINGS TIMBER GARDEN BUILDINGS: Creators of Amazing Garden Spaces! Bespoke Timber Garden Buildings - Traditional or Contemporary Designs. Hand Built High Quality Sheds, Summerhouses, Garden Offices, Workshops, Cabins, Boat Houses, Mini-Lodges & Camping Pods. Give us a call to discuss your ideas & we can make them come to life! Call Nathan on 07920 117 047 email: lakeswoodwork@gmail.com www.gardenbuildingscumbria.co.uk

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AUTOBODY REPAIR

HOLIDAYS FOR DOGS ACCIDENT REPAIR SPECIALISTS Moor Lane, Flookburgh First left after Ducky’s Park Farm

015395 58329 mobile: 07766 913 572 www.evansautobody.co.uk

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TUITION John P Howarth ARMCM Teacher of Piano,Clarinet,Theory,Jazz Improvisation.

ABRSM exam coaching.Tel.015394 42591

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WINDOWS & DOORS YACHTING SUPPLIES

LOCKSMITHS

RECRUITING CARERS IN YOUR AREA Flexible, caring, compassionate, friendly and reliable are the key qualities we feel make a good carer – if these words describe you, we would welcome you to be part of our team.

Call us on (01539) 735694 for an informal chat about our full time & part time vacancies

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CLEANING PERSONS WANTED TO WORK ON A SELF-EMPLOYED BASIS Saturdays & some Mondays & Fridays April to November Ideally suit semi-retired couple who works well as a team Transport essential, expected to work to 5*Standards and with minimal supervision Good Rates for PRACTICAL, WELL ORGANISED PERSONS CALL FOR MORE INFO Contact Christine on 015395 31385 or email chrissy.morris@btconnect.com

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• Trading Standards Approved • Locks Opened, Fitted & Repaired • Domestic, Commercial & Auto • Car Keys Cut & Programmed • Police (CRB) Checked • 24 Hour, 7 Day Service • OAP Discount

01539 739218

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Hard landscaping, fencing, walling, block paving, flagging, patios, driveways, building services, pressure washing, painting. Free estimates, all work guaranteed. Call Martin Eland 015395 59472, mobile 07821 260 730

SAIL MAKER

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