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Letter from the Editor

The chemist shop and GP surgery in Hawkshead are continuing to fight rearguard actions to protect these services.

As Windermere Now approaches it’s first birthday, we are looking for two new writers to join our team. More details on the inside back page.

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 why not find out more. The job can be done part-time from home and is varied and interesting.

There is a whole range of summer events on the way. If you’re seeking ideas for things to do, take a look at page 20. If you want to tell everyone about your own upcoming events, simply send them in to be added to the free listing in Windermere Now. The next deadline is 28th May. In our local area there is a range of issues that we try and highlight through the paper (for example the sale of parts of the National Park) and, in particular, through 'Woolly Thinker.' Following last month’s 'Woolly Thinker' article on fell top furniture, this month offers a view on the nuclear industry in Cumbria - see page 8. Readers are not always going to to agree with what is said. These pieces are intended to be thought-provoking and to encourage people to look critically at a subject, even if this means adopting an entirely different viewpoint to the author.

Windermere Now is a free community newspaper that is funded solely by advertising. If you wish to promote your business to local residents why not give it a try. The cost is far less than the local paid for paper and delivery is to every home and business in Ambleside, Bowness, Grasmere, Hawkshead, Staveley, Troutbeck, Windermere and everywhere in between.

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Unless managers at NHS England are convinced that the pharmacy, Collins and Butterworth, provides a vital service then funding may cease. The business in Hawkshead has been receiving top-up cash from NHS England through the Essential Small Pharmacy Fund. If this is withdrawn in June the chemist would be £45,000 short and the pharmacy would become unviable.

Under a new NHS England pharmacy contract, chemists must dispense 2,500 prescription items a month.

Supporting the community

Windermere Town Council's annual summary Town Steward. For six years Gary Hancox has managed Elleray woodland (opening a route to Orrest Head, clearing undergrowth, promoting birdlife), undertaken repairs such as the weather vane on the Baddeley Clock, and cleaned signs - to name only a few of his

Toilets. The less than glamorous, but essential task of maintaining and improving public toilets, is one of Bill Smith’s many voluntary roles. WTC took over eight locations four years ago. 327,000 “visits” by the public generated £95,000 income against costs of £115,000, the balance met by WTC. Quarry Rigg WCs will be refurbished to improve access. If problems are noticed please report these via the telephone number displayed at each location.

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Windermere’s Bench Project needs volunteers

Known more fondly as “Men in Sheds”, those taking part in the Bench Project do not spend a lot of time in sheds ….. but, regardless of what they are called they add a great deal of value to our community in Windermere.

The project is specifically for men aged 60 years and over with practical skills.

The Windermere Group has repaired and improved many benches in the area, including Library Gardens. They have worked with groups from local schools bringing young and more mature people together.

“We would love to have more volunteers to carry on the wonderful work that our members have been doing.

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You only need to give up a couple of hour’s about once a month”, said PCSO Sarah Blacow. As well as supporting the community the project is also a good opportunity to have a good “crack” together.

If you are interested and would like to know more please contact Sarah Blacow at sarah.blacow@cumbria.police.uk or Ian Irwin at Irwin004@ btinternet.com .

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Police. Windermere Police Station is forecast to remain open, albeit not for front-line deployment. Funding for Community Support Officers has been assured for the next 12 months.

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Hawkshead’s pharmacy, with its rural population and one of the highest percentages of holiday homes in the country, dispenses 20 per cent below that target. Loss of the service would leave residents with an eight-mile round trip to the next nearest chemists in Ambleside or 30 miles to Grange or Ulverston.

Hawkshead Medical Practice is not a dispensing surgery and so the pharmacy and surgery offer a “symbiotic” service. If the pharmacy closes this would jeopardise further the small rural GP practice.

Citizens’ Advice. Dealt with 10,000 issues and benefits from financial support from WTC.

Air Cadets.The Air Cadets and Royal British Legion are working well together to maintain the War Memorial. Cadets take part in a wide range of activities - shooting, watersports, internet-based training, Duke of Edinburgh Scheme, swimming, camps, marching bands, parades and lots more - and would welcome new recruits and assistance from volunteers.

Allotments. There are 14 allotments at the Orrest Head site, managed by WTC. Additional locations are needed.

The Glebe. Cumbria CC recently launched a consultation on proposed highway improvements and has secured £2M for this and two other locations. WTC is determined to protect the “Green Glebe” and to make sure that there is no encroachment of tarmac and street furniture.

Bandstand. The Glebe is a lovely spot to play and listen to music.

WTC is asking local bands and musical groups to make contact to use the bandstand throughout July - and it is a great opportunity for groups to raise money. WTC has agreed also to provide a donation to each group that plays.

It’s twins! Windermere and Bowness have been contacted by a beautiful town in Italy, Amandola, to request that we twin with them.

Currently, WTC supports one twinning partner in our area - Diessen - and local people make all the arrangements for visits and activities.

Although it would be lovely to twin with Italy, there are no resources to do so. If people wish to set up a twinning committee, we will put you in touch with Amandola. WTC may be able to help out with a grant.

If you would like to use the bandstand as a “showcase” or are interested in twinning, contact Julie Wright, Town Clerk on 07951 402372 or email clerk@windermere-tc.gov.uk

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A community bus pull event was hailed a success after hundreds of pounds were raised and no one was run over by the bus!

Organised by Windermere and Ambleside Lions and the Friends of the 597 the event was held last month in cool, wet conditions on Glebe Road, Bowness-onWindermere. The weather did not dampen spirits to help raise money to keep Windermere’s 597 service going after the rural bus subsidy was cut by Cumbria County Council.

The 597 bus is used by many locals, including elderly residents. A trial service is being funded by a Windermere Town Council grant and fundraising with events such as this.

Speaking on behalf of the Friends of the 597 Sandra Lilley of Windermere said, "this was a great event and everyone had smiles from ear to ear. We've raised hundreds of pounds and had a fantastic time."

Gareth Bowman from Lakeland Commercials, who took on the service after the subsidy cut commented: “We were thrilled to be involved in this event, which will go a long way to enable the popular 597 service to continue. The fantastic community spirit in Windermere is a credit to the town, and they have really taken the initiative to allow the route to remain open. This will aid all those who use the service both regularly and sporadically. Keep up the good work!”

Helping to organise the event, Lion Ben Berry said "What could be more symbolic than pulling the bus that might be pulled from service? I’d like to thank everyone who donated and especially those who came to watch and those that took part! I'm honoured to have taken part in this event raising vital funds to keep the 597 moving around Windermere."

Manju has no parents, but lived with her brother in Gamcha an area just outside Kathmandu.

A photo of the house Manju shared with her brother and his wife their child was buried alive for 4 hours before being rescued.

Julie Brockbank has started a fundraising campaign to support the very small Cumbrian charity “Images of Nepal”, based in Carlisle. Julie, a Holistic Therapist in Windermere, said: ‘“Images of Nepal” provides education for some of the most needy children in the Kirtipur region of Kathmandu.

The charity manager in Kathmandu has reported that out of the 90 children the charity supports 42 have lost their homes. My husband and I pay for the education of four children in Nepal through the charity, and at the moment know that two of them are safe. We await news of

two of our beautiful girls”.

“We spend a lot of time in and around Kathmandu visiting the charity children and their schools. They are our personal friends and when I heard of the earthquake I felt I had to try and help. On Saturday evening I set up www.givey.com/ kathmanduearthquakefund that has already raised over £2,000 (at 4 May) and it’s growing fast.

“The money has now been

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Bowness - make sure you visit the right one!

To the majority of British and overseas tourists the name Bowness is linked inextricably to Windermere. The earliest known reference to the name was in 1282, and it is probably Old English in origin, meaning the “headland of the bull."

There are, however, at least three other Bownesses, two in Britain and one abroad. There may, of course, be others – perhaps “transported” by emigrants from this country taking with them the comfort of familiar names to populate new landscapes.

The small village of Bowness-onSolway, to the west of Carlisle, is on the site of a Roman fort, Maia, the place where the western end of Hadrian's Wall terminates at

the sea. In 1869 the Solway Junction Railway was opened between Bowness-on-Solway and Annan in Scotland. Built on a mile-long iron girder viaduct, the remains can still be seen.

Another namesake, Borrowstounness, known more commonly as Bo’ness, lies on a hillside on the south side of the Firth of Forth, NW of Edinburgh.

Here, however, we are concerned with Bowness in Calgary, Canada, which has links that can be traced back to Bowness-onWindermere.

The village of Bowness became the town of Bowness in 1952 and was amalgamated into the City of Calgary in 1964. This, however, is only recent history. People

native to Canada occupied the area since the last ice age. The Nitsitapii (Blackfoot) for over a thousand years, and Stoney, Cree and Tsuu T'ina peoples from the 16th century. Europeans arrived in the late 17th century, after which native populations began to decline rapidly, due to epidemics and the decimation of the bison herds on which they depended. In 1877 they signed a treaty to live on reserves that covered some of their traditional hunting grounds At about this time it became easier to lease and buy land in western Canada. According to municipal records, in 1883 the area was first leased by the Cochrane Ranche Company, to graze cattle. In 1890-91 a

ranch house was built on the banks of the river and the barns and stables were located on the island now known as Bowness Park. At that time the only other infrastructure were twin bridges over the Bow River and a railroad track.

The area was named Bowness by a developer John Hextall, who purchased the riverside lands prior to the First World War. Hextall had enjoyed visiting Bowness-on-Windermere in England before moving to Canada, and had ambitious plans to develop an exclusive residential suburb. A few houses went up in 1911, but the scheme was put on hold as WW1 broke out and Hextall died later the same year. Wartime veterans were offered 48 one acre plots in an area of Bowness, then called Veterans Settlement, and Bowness Park developed as a recreational area.

After WW2 Dutch and German immigrants began to settle and the field beside Bowness Park was the site of Calgary's first commercial airport known as Bowness Flying Field. The area’s mixed urban and parkland development is a popular place to live. In June 2013 much of it was inundated by flood water.

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Throughout the summer months Jo will be organising various events:

Saturday 13 June: A kids’ aquathon and family fun day at St Martin’s and St Mary’s School in Windermere.

10.00am - 2.00pm there will be games and activities, ranging from a coconut shy and hooka-duck to children’s races of all kinds.The Aquathon is £5 per child and, also for £5, craft tables are available.

Further ahead there will be a Wansfell run, a walking football tournament and car wash. Then, to conclude in November, there is The Big Pink Ball - which will be attended by Sally Dynevor, from Coronation Street.

All proceeds from events will be split between The Christie Hospital in Manchester and the Genesis Centre in

Wythenshawe, where many people from this area have been treated for cancer.

Please support Jo’s efforts by donating raffle/auction prizes for events. To find out more contact Jo Wood on 07944 380990 or Angie on 07801 732140 or Anthony on 07766 021819.

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Lucy Batty 1928-2015

Coniston’s colourful, warm-hearted “matriarch”.

In the 1990s we would arrive late on Friday evenings to stay at Bank Ground Farm, overlooking Coniston. There, to be met warmly and loudly by Lucy Batty who would let us use her kitchen to feed our young sons, for whom she barely charged, despite making sure they ate the most enormous breakfasts.

In the evening we would help ourselves at the bar, and pay afterwards. These happy memories of Lucy are just a small measure of her generosity, which extended well beyond her family and Coniston, where she was close to the hearts of generations of people. Her funeral on 21 April at St Andrew’s Church in Coniston attracted a full congregation and humorous and moving stories about one of Lakeland’s memorable characters.

Skydiving “postie” Carol Walthew said, “it was an exhilarating, adrenaline-filled experience and I haven't stopped smiling since.”

Postwoman Carol, who delivers mail in Windermere and Bowness, has achieved the first of three challenges that she set herself to raise funds for the Stroke Association - the Royal Mail’s ‘Charity of the Year’. By taking part in an 11,000 tandem skydive (1,000’ more than expected) she has ticked the first box in her ‘10,000 feet Triple Challenge: Jump, Swim, Climb”.

The next “hurdle” will probably be more gruelling when, on 14 June, Carol will attempt to swim two miles (that’s 10,560 feet) in Windermere. “I've been overwhelmed by the interest in my charity challenge from people within the local community. Their words of encouragement really help motivate me

to continue training for my swim and mountain climb. Several people have also made generous donations to my charity, Stroke Association, but it would be great if I could raise even more to help fund 'Life after Stroke' grants. The Royal Mail will match fund everything I raise”.

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Lucy Batty (née Dickinson) grew up in Ireleth, Askamin-Furness, and came to Bank Ground Farm when she married John Batty in 1954. As well as helping to run a busy farm she also immediately “acquired” five children in addition to her own two, and all seven were enfolded in her care and affection. When John died the farm tenancy was terminated. Lucy fought hard to gain a new tenancy and eventually, with her son Kenneth, purchased the farm outright. Driving tractors and heaving hay bales were necessary regular tasks, but never got in the way of bringing up her family.

Lucy’s young children avoided the lake, if unaccompanied, as she had informed them that the monster “Ginny Green Teeth” lived there. She cared greatly for her wide-ranging family, and liked nothing better than to watch Liverpool FC, snooker or darts on the television, whilst demolishing a box of chocolates at 2.00am; and was the life and soul of parties with her piano accordion. She once described to me how her children had run into the house to say that Donald Campbell’s Blue Bird had crashed, before then dashing off to school.

In running the accommodation side of the farm she was a hugely welcoming character and loved seeing her regular customers returning for more. Rev’d Mark Cannon recalled that Lucy would greet him, “now then vicar, what’s happening in the village?” Before he could reply, she told him exactly what was going on!

“Although Lucy could appear formidable, she gave and gave and gave. If she thought you needed help you got this from Lucy, whether you wanted it or not!”

Bank Ground Farm was the inspiration for Holly Howe in Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons books.

Lucy enjoyed the connection and was delighted to be invited to the première of the 1974 film, although she always mischievously and somewhat proudly claimed never to have read a single word of Swallows and Amazons. Even in her advancing years she would appear, with celebrity status, to judge boat building competitions and races organised for children by members of The Arthur Ransome Society.

Lucy’s grandson Jonathon, who now runs the farm, told us that instead of leaving in a hearse Lucy would be travelling in Kenneth’s van, first to visit her beloved Morecambe for the last time and then, following cremation, her ashes would be scattered at Bank Ground Farm, where “she can always make sure everything is as it should be.”

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Private water supplies - being checked now

Any water supply that is not provided by a water utility company such as United Utilities is a private supply and includes springs, wells, boreholes, surface water (eg streams) and mains water via a second party.

In South Lakeland there are more than 1,880 known private supplies. All pose a potential threat to health unless properly maintained, protected and treated. If you supply water to others, with our without charge, for example as a landlord for domestic premises, renting out holiday accommodation or to commercial premises with employees or food production, then it is your responsibility to ensure the water is wholesome and does not pose a risk to human health.

Regulations came into force on 1 January 2010 that under

which every five years the local authority must carry out risk assessments and monitor all private water supplies (excluding water supplies that serve only one domestic dwelling with no commercial activity). There is a charge for this service based on risk assessment score, supply type, the visit cost and the costs for laboratory analysis of samples.

TOBIN Consulting Engineers are undertaking risk assessments on behalf of SLDC. These require a site visit, and take 2-4 hours during. Samples are not taken, but could be taken later, depending on the outcome of the assessment. The cost averages £300 per supply, to a ceiling of £500. For more details go to SLDC’s website or phone Environmental Protection on 01539 733333.

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Paddling the River Rothay

This is a fantastic trip, particularly if you do the full descent from Grasmere to Waterhead in Ambleside. This river requires recent rain to paddle, otherwise it is not worth doing.

The lower play wave on the Rothay. Credit: Kayleigh Furby

The first section from Grasmere to Rydal Water is short, but great fun along the way. There are one or two big boulders that need to be negotiated and you have to be careful of overhanging tree branches. Having paddled across Rydal Water the next section of the river is benign at first, but leads to the crux of the trip: a longer rapid than the others. More than one line can be taken, depending on how adventurous you feel. After this, the river becomes friendly again with the occasional small rapids and some stepping stones to negotiate.

On reaching the park in Ambleside there are two “play waves”, as kayakers call them. They are both man-made, created by weirs, and

each generates a different type of wave. The first likes to hold kayaks sideways, which sets the challenge of keeping upright, but also allows you to do spins on the spot on top of the wave. The lower wave, which is directly opposite the Riverside B&B, is a much cleaner, allowing you to surf it facing upstream for as long as you wish.

Once you have had enough of waves, you can “bob” down to Windermere, to finish at Waterhead. This trip can be developed into a journey from source to sea, as you could continue the length of Windermere into the River Leven, through to estuary.

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Woolly Thinker

Like an uncontrolled reactor, the nuclear debate in Cumbria is set to overheat for two reasons.

Nugeneration Limited (NuGen) has started to consult on the ‘Moorside Project’ to build a nuclear power station next to Sellafield in west Cumbria. Also, in one of the final legislative acts before parliament was “dissolved” for the election, MPs voted to classify radioactive waste sites as “nationally significant infrastructure projects”.

This means that decisions concerning the disposal of radioactive waste will be taken by the Secretary of State for Energy.

Local councils and communities will be able to object to waste disposal, but they will not be able to stop such projects.

There are now 4.5 million m3 of accumulated radioactive waste kept in secure containers at sites across Britain, much of it in Cumbria.

Of the overall waste, 1,100m3 is high-level and 290,000m3 is intermediate-level waste. It costs £3bn a year to manage Britain’s nuclear waste, of which two thirds comes from taxpayers.

In 1956 the country’s first fullsize commercial reactor opened at Calder Hall, since when the Sellafield site has developed into the largest and most diverse nuclear facility in Europe. 97% of waste from reactors is processed and

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in grout-filled shipping containers, prone to rust, in a compound that is fast approaching capacity.

Alongside the containers are earlier waste-filled trenches. High and intermediate level waste is stored in complex surface silos within Sellafield. In the right geological conditions, all radioactive waste is far better locked deep underground where it will be far less risk to future generations, and less vulnerable to terrorist attack or environmental problems.

TWO SIDES: Anti-nuclear protesters in Bowness-onWindermere January 2013 - picture ITV Border and a 'Yes to nuclear power badge".

recycled as new fuel, leaving the balance to be stored in complex repositories above ground at Sellafield. A short distance to the south, low-level waste is stored at Drigg.

Britain is highly dependent on nuclear power. Although this produces toxic waste it does not add to our carbon footprint like oil and gas. Our national picture is one of a rapidly growing population with complete dependence on affordable energy. Our population is reliant also on procedures that generate low level waste, such as medical x-rays and cancer treatments.

Without the nuclear industry the west coast of Cumbria would have a population without a cause. Iron

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and coal came and went, as did chemical production, and with them the means to sustain working towns.

A workforce of over 10,000 and numerous additional companies are engaged in operations around Sellafield where the nuclear industry is a lynch pin. Remove this or the construction of nuclear powered submarines at Barrow from our coastal fringe and you take what is left of Cumbria’s industrial heart.

Like it or not, radioactive waste is a necessary by-product of our economy and lifestyle. Add to this the fact that decommissioning nuclear sites takes generations, and we have to accept that “the fall out” of this industry is here to stay.

Low-level waste is stored at Drigg

In 2013 the proliferation of notices and protests in Cumbria decrying underground storage, together with a “not in my back yard” and “not in the Lake District” mentality, delayed essential decisions about where best to store radioactive waste.

Cumbria may or may not be the best location. However, let’s get away from the attitude of many that radioactive waste should be kept in someone else’s “backyard”. In the case of tourism, it would soon become a case of “out of sight, out of mind”. How many tourists object to current vulnerable surface storage? Let’s get real and get the stuff “buried” very deep where it belongs.

NuGen has published details of consultation events being held across Cumbria on the its plans to build a new nuclear power station close to Sellafield. There is one at Kendal Town Hall on 7 July 11.00am-7.30pm.

Magna Carta,

Cartmel and Brougham Runnymede near London, where 800 years ago King John sealed the Magna Carta, may seem very distant in time and place.

However, the impact of Magna Carta spans the centuries, has influenced constitutional thinking worldwide, and has local links.

The original charter was sealed on 15 June 1215. This was revised several times in the 13th century and the 1297 version became part of English law: guaranteeing trial by jury, due process of law, independence of justice, and many things affecting all citizens, such as universal (now) suffrage, fair treatment of widows and children, even standard weights and measures.

Knight William Marshal, who established Cartmel Priory 1189, was the principal mediator in the showdown between the disaffected Barons and King John, which led to Magna Carta. He later became Lord Regent of England during Henry III’s childhood and was central to the review of Magna Carta in 1217.

Brougham Hall, near Penrith, contains papers belonging to Henry Brougham, Lord Chancellor in the 1830s and the man who introduced the second most important piece of constitutional reform in British history - the Great Reform Bill of 1832. Although distant from London and Parliament, Cumbria has been able to elbow its way into the making of our nation.

Closer to Windermere, from 25th September there will be five days of celebrations in and around Cartmel to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. These include a Flower Pageant, Medieval Tournee, Son et Lumiere, a concert series, and local food and drink.

For more details go to cartmelpriory. org.uk

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Send your entry by email to info@windermerenow.co.uk. With your answers please provide your name, email address, and the postal address to which winning tickets should be sent.

1) In which year was Cartmel Priory founded? 1168, 1189, 1215

The winning tickets can be used on either Saturday 26th or Sunday 27th September. They give entry to the Priory Flower Pageant and the medieval mesnie camp of Knight William Marshal as well as the son et lumiere at the Priory at dusk.

2) Which English king sealed Magna Carta? Henry II, Richard 1st, John 3) How many years ago was Magna Carta sealed? 700, 800, 900

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People & Places

From Windermere to the edge of despair

Kate Holt – photojournalist – exposes mans’ inhumanity to man Kate Holt’s career takes her to some of the most challenging places.

To see her pictures is to witness hopeless situations, to be humbled and disturbed by her work, and to be grateful that people, like her, are prepared to capture moments of inhumanity, despair and fortitude in Africa, the Middle East and other parts of our World.

Kate, a photojournalist who feeds images to the BBC, international media and humanitarian organisations such as Amnesty International, attended St Anne’s (now Windermere) School, her parents live in the Lyth valley and her brother, Chris, runs the Punch Bowl in Underbarrow.

Kate was born in Zimbabwe, grew up in Canada and in 1992, when she left school, went alone to Romania following the fall of Ceausescu. The horrific conditions in which unwanted children were being kept were headline news at the time and Kate decided to see what she could do to help.

She arrived at Negru Voda orphanage, home to 360 severely disabled children.

Their near-hopeless situation had a profound affect on 19 year-old Kate, who worked there for a year and returned every summer whilst at university.

Kate says “realising that aid work touched the tip of much bigger issues, I turned to journalism as a way to expose these to a wider audience, and those with power to make a difference. After leaving St Andrew’s University, I joined the BBC’s News and Current Affairs department and subsequently went on to study

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photojournalism at the London College of Printing.”

Kate’s resilience amidst troubled situations took her to Bosnia in the wake of the war, from where she continued to Albania to document refugees flooding over the border from Kosova in 1999. The post conflict environment of the Balkans fascinated here: “I became aware that the most vulnerable people, primarily women and children, were slipping through the net of international aid, which opened them up to exploitation and abuse. Returning to Bosnia, I spent a year uncovering the exploding sex slave trade - young girls trafficked from Romania, Moldova and the Ukraine being bought and sold as commodities, primarily to service the sexual needs of the International Community. This was the first time the issue of women being trafficked from Eastern Europe for sexual use had been exposed.”

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forced Kofi Annan, then Secretary General of the United Nations, to announce a “zero tolerance” policy within the UN to sexual exploitation. Her persistence forced the resignation of the head of the UNHCR, Rudd Lubbers.

“After being in some very difficult places, it is always a joy to return to the Lake District. It is hard to find anywhere more peaceful or beautiful.”

Kate, who now combines photojournalism with offering bespoke training programmes for would-be reporters, has worked extensively in East and Southern Africa for the last ten years, and more recently returned to working in Afghanistan and Somalia. Currently in Rwanda, she comments:: “I am drawn to countries troubled by war. It is essential that international journalists still travel to these places, despite the risks involved. Without us bearing witness to what is happening in nobody would understand the consequences of international foreign policies on innocent people.”

Kate returns to her parents home in the frequently. “After being in some very difficult places, it is always a joy to return to the Lake District. It is hard to find anywhere more peaceful or beautiful.”

To learn more about Kate and her photo journey visit: www.kateholt.com

War Memorial Pavilion Windermere’s first grammar school was founded in 1613, in what is now Laurel Cottage in Bowness.

Here, we are concerned with the 19th century grammar school that operated until 1967, when it was superseded by The Lakes School at Troutbeck Bridge. Windermere CofE Junior School (now St Martin and St Mary Primary School) was built on the site of the grammar school, where an unusual and poignant memorial survives at the edge of the playing field.

Following the First World War, the old boys and friends of Windermere Grammar School raised funds to erect a Memorial Sports Pavilion. Green slate panels on the front of the pavilion record the names of 25 old boys and two masters (a third was killed, but for some reason was not listed) who lost their lives in the war, and 187 old boys and two masters who served in and survived that war. Most of the boys lived locally, but some were boarders from as far afield as south London and Dublin.

Brief biographical notes on those who lost their lives, and a list of those who survived, compiled

by John Beckett who attended Windermere Grammar School from 1951-1958, have now been deposited in Windermere and Kendal Libraries.

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71 years before the mast

Allan Brockbank, who started as a boat-building apprentice in January 1944, has seen dramatic changes in the way people build and use boats on Windermere. And he has seen it all from a unique perspective - having spent over 50 years working for Windermere Lake Cruises.

86 year old Allan can reflect on a very varied nautical career: “I have so many wonderful memories of Windermere, but one of my favourites was definitely working on the Queen of the Lake. To see her sailing down the Thames as part of the Diamond Jubilee Pageant years later was a great moment, as was meeting Her Majesty the Queen when she sailed on Windermere in 2013. Other memorable projects include building a 27 foot boat called ‘Liver Bird’ for the owner of the Liver Building in Liverpool, and installing an engine in one of the recordbreaking boats that raced on Windermere.

I also spent one summer season driving the 45-seater vessel Venture, a boat that I had built myself.”

and was responsible for designing and building the fibreglass self-drive motor boats that have been operating on Windermere for many years.

From building lifeboats and RAF harbour launches, Allan moved on to ski-boats, cabin cruisers and the passenger vessel Venture - the first ‘modern launch’ on Windermere, still operating today.

Boat-building was a big industry in the Bowness and Windermere area, but the arrival of fibre-glass boats revolutionised boating and boat-building forever.

Although Allan stepped down from his full-time role in 1992, he has remained actively involved with Windermere’s proud boating traditions over recent years in his capacity as a director of Windermere Lake Cruises Ltd, as well as its parent companies Winander Leisure Ltd and Winander Group Holdings Ltd. Allan is now retiring as a board member, although he will still have an ongoing involvement as a shareholder.

Allan is the sole surviving founder member of the Bowness Bay Boating Co., which became Windermere Lake Cruises,

Park all day and enjoy Grasmere Joanne Hunter, a partner in Grasmere Gingerbread, has been heading a scheme to encourage visitors to use cars less and spend more time exploring on foot and using public transport, bicycles and boats.

In order to give visitors the best advice, Joanne, who worked previously for National Park Tourist Information Centres, coached locals on history and attractions - everything from Wordsworth to “miles without stiles” for people pushing prams and using wheelchairs; and from gluten-free meals to cycle schemes, guidebooks,

maps, timetables, art galleries and, of course, great walks on the fells.

Rather than being cooked up in a car, why not circumnavigate the two small, but delightful lakes of Grasmere and Rydal Water on a walk that takes in, amongst many other things, caves, a coffin stone, rowing boats, and several good cafes.

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NATURE & WILDLIFE

A colourful sense of direction Holehird Garden

In late May and early June colourful displays of plants are on show throughout the garden. Many visitors head straight for the walled garden to view the five island beds and border beds that face the four directions of the compass and contain plants suitable for these different aspects. The walled garden is always a delight, but perhaps other parts of the garden are worth investigating in early summer.

The long bed next to the Davidia involucrata has a magnificent display of hostas at this time of the year, showing a wide range of different coloured leaves.

Where this border meets the drive is a display of blueflowered Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’, and brightly coloured Asiatic primula.

The National Collection of Meconopsis (perennial blue poppies), displaying more than 55 cultivars and species can be seen in the highest area of the garden known as ‘The Paddock’ The best views of the fells can also be seen from here. In the early months of summer the violas in this area are at their best.

Coming from The Paddock and taking the path along the wall, visitors can smell the flowers

of the deciduous azaleas in the Magnolia Bed and view the ferns in the Polystichum Collection.

Seats are positioned in various places along this walk where visitors can rest and admire the plants and the view.

Holehird gardens are located on Patterdale Road, Windermere and approached through the electronic gates at the bottom of the drive.

The dark side of our gardens

During the day we catch glimpses of a neighbour’s cat, rabbits, squirrels, deer and the occasional fox. By night, these figures increase ten-fold - only we don’t see them.

However, in an attempt to track down what has ring-barked apple trees in a Windermere garden a hidden camera fitted with infrared flash picked out a range of overnight visitors, and we were able to add badger to the guest list.

Oh, and the barknibbling culprits, are almost certainly rabbits who will also ascend a sloping trunk to get stuck in.

“To The End We Will Go” A beautiful new film by nature charity Cumbria Wildlife Trust was launched at Zeffirellis Cinema in Ambleside in April and can now be viewed online.

Produced by local filmmaker Simon Sylvester, it highlights the problems faced in balancing farming for food production and managing land for wildlife.

The film features interviews with farmers, wildlife conservationists and students from Orton Primary School and has stunning footage of local hay meadows, closeups of wildlife and archive footage from the collection of Tom Temple, held by the Northumberland Archive.

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Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells

No community newspaper would be complete without a “dog poo” story from time to time!

Recently, “brown stuff” has featured in regional and national papers as people, understandably, voice their disgust at irresponsible dog walkers who give a bad name to pet owners and spoil country walks for everyone.

Mark Hedges summed up the problem recently in an article in The Daily Telegraph about Britain’s disgusting litter habit: “Dog walkers are some of the worst offenders; bizarrely, they take the trouble to shovel Fido’s mess into an orange plastic bag, but then leave it dangling from a hedge”.

On a recent walk along a road that leads into Windermere I saw bagged faeces hanging in a bush and another in a dry stone wall. These were not isolated examples of inconsiderate “bonkers” behaviour - a well-chosen word, because not only does bagged dog faeces look unpleasant, it will not biodegrade readily - and is, therefore, a “doublewhammy”. Recently, 47 bags of faeces were discovered hung up on trees, stuffed into walls and dumped on the path along a 500 metre stretch in White Moss Wood near Grasmere by couple Claire and Alec McCarthy, who run the Rattle Gill Cafe in Ambleside.

Although South Lakeland District Council is responsible for enforcing dog fouling fines, with fixed penalty notices of £75 and fines of up to £1,000 for persistent offenders, these are actions of last resort and are particularly difficult to enforce in isolated locations. The answer, in theory, is simple: people need to dispose of dog faeces in bins, where these exist, or take it home. With the joy of pet ownership comes responsibility. What has happened to personal standards?

News from Friends of the Lake District

Wind Farm. A planning application for a renewal of the Kirkby Moor wind farm has been proposed, increasing the height of the turbines to 115m, more than 2.5 times as tall as the existing ones. It is in moorland on the Furness peninsula, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and very close to the Lake District National Park. If you feel strongly about this please write to South Lakeland District Council.

Fencing at Thirlmere. The Planning Inspectorate has called in the application by United Utilities for a 10km fence on the open fells above Thirlmere. This will now go to public inquiry where all objectors will be allowed to present their views if they wish.

New Director. Douglas Chalmers has been appointed as the new Director at FLD. Douglas grew up on his family's farm on the North East coast of Aberdeenshire and studied agriculture at the University of Aberdeen. He then spent 20 years as an agricultural nutritionist in England, moving through technical and sales management before becoming a general manager.

Over the last 14 years he has been involved in a wide number of rural groups including Cumbria and North and East Lancashire Rural and Farming Network, Board Member of Cumbria Local Nature Partnership, member of Cumbria Rural Forum Business Group, Cumbria Local Access Forum and the Lake District National Park Partnership.

A magnificent man in his flying machine Although Major Oscar Gnosspelius is buried in Coniston he is linked inextricably with Windermere and early aviation - and is not accorded the credit he deserves.

A civil engineer from near Liverpool, Oscar worked in Sweden and then on surveys in the Transvaal, Brazil and Angola.

By 1910, however, he was living with his aunt at Silverholme on the SW shore of Windermere and began to experiment with the idea of aircraft operating from water.

The problem was not powered flight, which was well established by then, but designing floats that would enable an aircraft to gain sufficient speed to break free from the surface.

Using his own design of monoplane, Oscar worked with Borwick & Sons of Bowness to develop “stepped” floats that channelled air beneath them and enabled them to attain speeds well in excess of a boat hull of similar length. He first flew completely successfully from the lake in a floatplane on 13 February 1912.

He saw commissioned service in WW1, in the Royal Naval Air

Service, and between 1918-25 he worked in the test department of Short Brothers at Rochester, where he designed an ultralight monoplane, the Gnosspelius Gull.

Oscar married Barbara Collingwood, daughter of W G Collingwood, and was friends with the author Arthur Ransome. The latter based one of his characters, “Squashy Hat” on Oscar and used Oscar’s knowledge of mining for copper in his book Pigeon Post. Oscar and Barbara lived at Hollin Bank, Coniston and their daughter, Janet, became an architect.

Too little credit is given to Oscar as an important pioneer of early flight. He was initially in competition with Captain E. W. Wakefield to be the first to achieve flight from water in the UK, and later teamed-up with Wakefield who had been developing a flying base at Hill of Oaks, on the other side of the lake.

On 25 November 1911, when Oscar was taxiing his aircraft south out of Bowness Bay, he felt able to lift it clear of the water. This he achieved, flying at a height of about 6’, but unfortunately his inexperience

Testing a 'stepped' float in Bowness Bay with Borwick's sheds in the background

resulted in a short hop turning into a crash as a wing tip caught the water. This left an opportunity for Wakefield’s pilot, Herbert Adams, to take off later the same day and alight successfully in an Avro-Curtiss aircraft. This was immediately renamed Waterbird, a replica of which is currently being built and is scheduled to fly from Windermere in September 2015.

Adams achieved the first successful complete flight from water in Britain. Oscar’s “hop”, although short and disastrous, was nevertheless the first occasion a float plane lifted from the water in this country - even

if not completely successfully on that occasion. Wakefield went on to develop flight on the lake and even patented Gnosspelius’s design for a stepped float. Oscar was an important figure amongst a group of pioneers who helped to shape aviation history in this country. A Frenchman, Henri Fabre, was first in the world, followed by an American, Glenn Curtiss, in San Francisco bay, to fly powered aircraft from water.

We will feature future articles about the importance of Windermere’s place in aviation history and the working replica of Waterbird.

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BOOK REVIEW

"The Frozen Shroud"

In reality, many crime novels and thrillers can be based almost anywhere. The locations in which authors place events are secondary to motives, the interaction between characters, and their underlying psychology.

That said, it adds colour and texture to a novel to be able to identify with the physical environment – to picture the places and to imagine the “atmosphere” in which they are set. This could, for example, be amongst the foggy late autumn shores and less accessible valleys of Ullswater, the café at the Theatre by the Lake, or an intriguing meeting in a bar at Pooley Bridge. Which is exactly the case in Martin Edwards’ most recent novel “The Frozen Shroud”.

Crimes in Martin Edwards’ books have a habit of being rather brutal, but he populates his Lakeland landscapes with people who have very real failings, character traits that are realistic, and criminals that are plausible. There are sufficient real places to picture the scene, albeit readers would struggle to find Ravenbank, apparently near Sandwick, or Brackdale, which may be a mixture of Long Sleddale and Kentmere.

Kendal, Penrith, Glenridding and Keswick are all there, to

Seán McCann was born in Ballymoney, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland and, from his early teens, he joined his father in evening art classes to be taught oil painting.

After attending a series of art colleges he travelled around the world visiting destinations including South East Asia, America and Canada, where he was inspired by the people and places.

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I like its human scale. It is approachable. The light is incredible, even when it rains!

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Each has something to offer.

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Author: Martin Edwards Genre: Crime thriller

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Prometheus Unbound in Grasmere

On the afternoon of 13 June, at 2pm, St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere, will host ten professional actors giving a rehearsed reading of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s dramatic poem Prometheus Unbound.

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provide points of reference; as are real literary figures, such as De Quincey and Walpole researched by historian and would-be detective Daniel Kind.

The real detective, Hannah Scarlet, is a fallible mix of vulnerability and skin-deep determination to succeed as a cold case specialist against the odds, including cut-backs in her department (sadly, all too realistic at present). An element of romance supports rather than dominates the storyline.

“The Frozen Shroud” is a ‘whodunit’ with a small cast and a very short list of suspects that focusses on more than one investigation. The meticulous plot encourages readers down blind alleys, led all too easily by their own assumptions rather than sound detective work.

This is the sixth book in Martin Edwards’ Lake District

Mystery series. For those new to his writing I recommend starting with his first book, “The Coffin Trail”, and reading chronologically. For those impatient to find out what happens near Ullswater, go straight to “The Frozen Shroud” for a good read. Be prepared for some late nights when you can’t put it down. Support your local bookshop and get reading!

Fans and followers of Martin Edwards’ work may be interested to know that:

a) Martin’s new book, “The Golden Age of Murder” will be published in May. b) He is appearing at the Carlisle Crime Writing Weekend 12-14 June www. crimeweekend.carlisle.city

c) Another Lake District Mystery, “The Dungeon House”, will appear in September.

From Mountain to Sea

Some of the lyrics will be sung to his own piano and organ accompaniment

by David Jones, who wrote original music for the production. This work has, so far as is known, never been performed in this manner before, except for a previous presentation in Oxford three years ago by this same company, Oxford Chamber Theatre, whose production of The Tempest appeared in Ambleside last year.

This poem, with a theme of non-violent resistance, is one of those which influenced the policy of Gandhi.

Herdwick on the Hill I once got asked what was the difference between Wolverhampton and Windermere apart from the obvious landscape contrast.

My answer then was: one you travel to and one you travel through.

But asked that question now, having lived 20 years amongst the knitted gnomes on the humpbacked hill.

I’d just point and agree that there is no difference apart from the obvious.

For a light-hearted, mind searching contrast and comparison with Wordsworth’s poetry, call at his family home and gardens to read Gary Boswell’s humorous and thoughtprovoking pieces dotted around the house - interspersed between family portraits and contemporary paintings

by Hideyuki Sobue.

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man is constantly extracting, it is wonderful to walk on ground that is protected and hasn’t changed in years. There is a strong connection to the past and also to something much greater than the present. This is what inspires my paintings”.

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From Mountain to Sea is on display in the Severn Studio at Brantwood, daily 10.30am 5.00pm. Admission is included in the house or garden ticket.

For further information please contact Brantwood, Coniston, LA21 8AD. 015394 41396. www.brantwood.org.uk

Readers of Windermere Now are encouraged to visit “I Wandered...", Rydal Mount’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Wordsworth’s poem Daffodils. The house is owned by Wordsworth’s descendants and is a time-capsule of his life, brought into the present by the exhibition. Of particular interest is Hideyuki Sobue’s portrait or “diptych” (the overall picture is in two parts) of Wordsworth, created from a “life mask” made from the poet’s face in 1815 - possibly one of the most accurate visual representations of Wordsworth.

BUSINESS

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Pie-eyed at butcher’s top results

Jody Clark, 33 when his design was selected, is employed by the Royal Mint where engravers are recruited for their talent and receive an exacting training, learning to combine state-of-the-art technology with craftsmanship. Jody found being chosen a real honour: "I liked all four of the previous portraits, each one strong in its own way.

It's official - Huddleston’s award winning pies are delicious. Husband and wife team John and Elspeth Nicholl, who run A F Huddleston’s butchers in Windermere, have won first place at the 2015 British Pie Awards in the meat and potato class, and third place in the dessert section with Bramley apple pies.

Production is spread over three floors and, in the basement, Elspeth starts the process each weekend by preparing half a ton of pastry.

As well as running the shop, assisted by Alan Freeman, John devises recipes and Elspeth assembles the pies.

To see their pie production is to witness the creative and technical side of being a butcher, which combines

this role with being a chef.

Different pies require different flours, which vary from season to season, chosen according to “strength” to suit the crust required.

John is competitive - first as a cyclist, when he was younger, and from 1997 when he won his first professional award.

He trained as a chef at Kendal College, but in 1977 changed to becoming a butcher on joining Huddleston’s. With John and Elspeth’s pies, therefore, comes a longtradition of working in Windermere, out-competing supermarkets where possible, and offering first class customer service.

John has a particular ambition –to produce the perfect Cornish-style pastie, known locally as a Grafter’s Pastie, where meticulous preparation of pastry and ingredients are particularly challenging. Not to be outdone, Alan Freeman recently won the local snooker championships. Huddleston’s is a truly competitive and successful shop with the motto ‘It’ll do... won’t do! Only perfection counts!’ “I love every minute”, said John.

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The news that my design had been chosen was quite overwhelming and I still can’t quite believe that my portrait will feature on millions of coins."

Local business revealed as a top hospitality employer

Langdale Leisure 19th place in the top 30, sitting alongside renowned hotels The Dorchester and The Savoy in the highly respected ratings.

The scheme recognises employers who excel in all aspects of people management. Companies are judged solely on employee responses to a bespoke online engagement survey.

Anne Durnall, Senior Manager for Langdale Leisure said:

“We are delighted to be in the Top 20 of the Caterer Best Places to Work. To run a great hotel you need to have great staff and we are very lucky to have a fantastic team here at Langdale. We are reassured to know that our people think that Langdale is a great place to work as we wouldn’t be able to deliver the great service that we do, without them. “ Find out more about Langdale Leisure at www.langdale.co.uk

Bowness-born engraver, Jody Clark, has created a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth II that will appear on new coinage. His design was chosen earlier this year, making him the youngest out of the five artists to have created portraits of the Queen for circulated currency.

I hope that I’ve done the Queen justice and captured her as I intended, in a fitting representation.

The new coins are presently being minted and will appear in our change as the year progresses.

Olde Friar Richard Webster “egg-cited” next to Windermere.

Langdale Leisure has been listed as one of only two Cumbrian hospitality businesses in the UK.

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25 talented local artists are coming together to present a special exhibition, the ‘Summer Showcase’, with this year’s theme of ‘Family Dynamics’. The venue, Bishop Bulley Barn at Rydal Hall, will be brim-full with artistic talent 1-7 June.

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SCHOOL REPORT Mrs Jenkinson loved her first term as headteacher at Langdale! Early on Jane Renouf visited to tell the children all about John Kelsick. We are very lucky to be supported by the Kelsick Foundation and the children enjoyed learning about how it all started years ago.

There were many fantastic events. Years 5 and 6 completed their Bikeability training to give them skill and confidence on the road. Junior children took part in the Young Voices concert in Manchester.

The atmosphere was amazing, something which, hopefully, the children will remember for a long time – they are certainly keen to return next year.

Braver members of staff took nine children to compete in the Windermere Cross Country event. The children did incredibly well in the challenging conditions. Daniel excelled once again and came first in the U11 boys’ category with our U10 boys’ team taking third place.

Children worked with artists John and Amy at the Merz Barn, exploring the work of Kurt

Langdale School to be extended

Schwitters; and we celebrated National Science week and took younger children to a fun ‘Science Show’ at Heron Corn Mill. We attempted to watch the solar eclipse (birds became confused, singing their evening song just hours after waking up!) and there was World Book Day, Red Nose Day, and we held our own Mardi Gras.

We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in bidding for funds to extend the school. Having moved to a three class structure in the mornings, this is working particularly well and the children are getting the benefit

St Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School

Wednesday Welcomes Come and see us in action Drop in visits or Taster Days Wednesday 3rd June (9.30—11.30) Wednesday 24th June (9.30—11.30) Please call, we look forward to meeting you. 

Flexible nursery places for 3 year olds

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A ‘stage not age’ approach to teaching

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Excellent pastoral care

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A fully inclusive school

of being supported and challenged in very small class groups. As we now use the old library for our third class, this leaves us very short of space for times such as assembly and lunch. With the support of this funding we now hope to extend the back of the school and build a multi-purpose room. It is envisaged that the extension will be used for pre-school, assemblies, lunches, library, teaching space, P.E area and as a meeting room. The plans have been submitted and, if approved, we hope to start work on the extension in the summer holidays.

Fruit glorious fruit!

At Goodly Dale our Nursery children have enjoyed planting a beautiful fruit tree in our school grounds. The tree is a three-year old St Edmund’s Russet which we hope will grow and bear fruit for the children as they grow throughout the school.

Our school is proud to work in conjunction with Windermere Food Group who have donated various trees over the years, including a lovely Black Worcester pear tree that was grafted and cuttings grown to provide food through ‘fruit in the community’. We thank the group for their continued work with us and the benefits they bring to Windermere. We are extremely proud of the fruit, vegetables and herbs we grow on site at our school. The children harvest these to use in cooking within the curriculum.

Golf in Grasmere Grasmere School has scored a hole in one with two very different initiatives.

The school has linked-up with Windermere Golf Club for a fouryear initiative to include golf in the curiculum. Children are able now to learn golf skills, with the hand-to-eye co-ordination that this requires. Club chairman, Cliff Heath, has been coaching Year 3 and 4 children weekly since November, and the Club has put significant efforts into developing the ‘junior drive’ over the past 12 months at Grasmere and in other local schools.

“We are so grateful to Cliff for giving up his free time to provide

the children with his expertise and guidance.” said headteacher Johanna Goode. “They have thoroughly enjoyed their golf experience and we are looking forward to taking them onto the next stage of their development.

Golf is a fantastic sport on so many levels. In particular, the children have learned how to compete on their own, whilst also working with one another.”

Multi-sports area on track

The summer term is as busy as ever at St Martin and St Mary CofE Primary School. Our outdoor adventurous activity programme is in full swing, with children taking part in many trips and activities in June and July.

Prince’s Road, Windermere LA23 2DD (015394)48135 Email: admin@st-cuthberts-windermere.cumbria.sch.uk

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Our new multi-sports area should be finished by the end of May and we are anticipating that it will improve our facilities for many different sporting activities. The pool is being well used by our pupils and by children from other local schools: St Cuthbert’s, Goodly Dale, Ambleside and Crosthwaite.

Our summer fair is on 26 June 3.15- 4.30pm. All are welcome to join us for a fun-packed afternoon.

Fun in the forest

Windermere Preparatory School’s Forest School site opened once again for younger members of the school to be joined by families from outside the school.

OFF THE SHELF Libraries are much more than books!

Ambleside Library Kelsick Road, Ambleside

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.

The atmosphere throughout the day was fantastic with parents and children building dens together, creating beautiful dream catchers, hunting for mini beasts and helping each other to complete forest medallions before enjoying popcorn and marshmallows around the campfire.

Iron Sharpens Iron Men's Ministry at Lakes Christian Centre on Lake Road, Bowness is known as Iron Sharpens Iron. We regularly bring all the guys together to socialise and encourage one another on our journeys.

We've been go-karting, canoeing, and enjoyed walks, barbeques, breakfasts and pizza nights. We recently launched a brilliant Men's Bible Study and Prayer on the last Friday of the month 7.00-8.00am in the downstairs Coffee Lounge.

The next time we’ll be getting together for Bible Study and

3 June: Lakes Parish Council Meeting, 19:00, Latest planning applications to view from 18:30.

17 June: Lakes Parish Council Plans meeting, 19:00, Planning applications to view from 18:30.

Local History Display. The history of Kelsick Grammar School in words and pictures 1907-1965 showing until the 15 June.

Knitting Group, meeting Tuesdays 10.00 - 12.00. Get-together for Knitting, Chat, Coffee (or Tea) and Cake. A friendly social group to share ideas and knowledge, beginners welcome.

Prayer is Friday 26 June, so please come along or encourage any guys you know who may be blessed by the opportunity to fellowship and learn more about the Bible. All are welcome to come along.

You can also keep an eye on our Iron Sharpens Iron webpage to find out about upcoming events at www. lakeschristiancentre.co.uk

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

Ambleside Library also hosts weekly drop-ins with advisers from Age UK and South Lakeland District Council on Wednesdays 10.30am - 1.00pm.

Lakes Surestart Children’s Centre Stay and Play, Thursdays 10.00 12.00 term time, and Ambleside Child & Baby Clinic, 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 10.00 - 11.00am

“The pilot that weathered the storm” Whilst negotiating Plumgarth roundabout near Kendal, glance in the direction of Staveley and you will see a tall, slender obelisk above Toadpool Farm. You are looking at the Elba Monument, built in 1814 to commemorate Napoleon Bonaparte’s capture and internment on the Isle of Elba.

James Bateman of Tolson Hall near Burneside had the Grade II monument built. It was designed by George Webster of Kendal and it was Bateman’s intention to dedicate it to Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger.

Before a plaque was fixed Bonaparte escaped. This culminated in his defeat at Waterloo and exile until his death on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic.

Bateman lost heart and did not dedicate the monument as he intended.

One hundred years later, on the eve of the First World War, Charles Cropper fitted a plaque. It reads: In honour of William Pitt “the pilot that weathered the storm.”

ELBA James Bateman of Tolson Hall intended to inscribe these words on this monument when he built it in 1814. But owing to Napoleon’s escape from Elba the inscription was not engraved. A century later this tablet was placed here in 1914 by Charles Cropper of Ellergreen.

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

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SOCIETY ROUNDUP Ambleside and District U3A

A talk entitled "Mountain Guiding" will be held at the Marchesi Centre, Windermere, at 2.30pm on Monday 8 June.

This will be given by Chris Ensoll, who is a British Mountain Guide and a member of the International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations, the highest international mountain guiding qualification. He will be talking about his experiences as a guide.

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An illustrated talk given by Dr Sarah Watson at our April meeting was on the work of the Charity “Phase”, which is run with local communities in Nepal to enable them to organise health and related services in remote hill villages.

What an “eye-opener” it was to see the conditions and strenuous climbs the volunteers experienced in order to visit settlements.

How welcoming and friendly the Nepalese people were and

how appreciative of the help and advice they were given. It was fortuitous that we were able to understand a little of the background to the disastrous earthquake which has since struck the country. We hope to be able to use the income from our “Pie, Pickle and Pud” Quiz Night to support the Charity, which has such well established links to be able to give help where needed.

Instead of our large annual Charter Anniversary lunch this year, we enjoyed an afternoon tea at the “Lindeth Fell Hotel”, relaxing with the wonderful views over the lake.

I will report next month on our guest speaker Chris Plumb, the Editor of “Windermere Now”, who on 11 May will tell us about introducing and running the magazine which has been much appreciated in our community.

Christine McGraw, Club Correspondent mcgraw@ etherway.net

Air Cadets bang on target Windermere Air Cadets have aimed high by winning an marksmanship competition.

In late April cadets from across Cumbria and Lancashire came together in an annual competition which celebrates all things ‘Air Cadet’.

With challenges in Drill, First Aid, Aircraft Recognition, Model Making, Marksmanship and Photography, Sgts Hall and Fralick excelled themselves. they competed against more 60 cadets from across the two counties and tied with cadets from

Fairtrade

Some of our members recently exchanged correspondence with the National Trust. Here is a relevant extract: “National Trust sourcing guidelines stipulate that global commodities like bananas, sugar, tea or coffee should be either Fairtrade or Rainforest Alliance. As we move forward the Trust is beginning to support properties from a central team to make sure they make the correct decisions and follow the guidance that has been set out. With this in mind I hope you begin to see these ethical products in more places as you enjoy your visits”.

One of our members has reported that he recently enjoyed Fairtrade coffee at the National Trust Aira Force café.

Whilst enjoying a Fairtrade coffee, please take a minute to send an urgent message to protect sugar cane farmers? A change to European Union trade rules is going to push hundreds of thousands of people into poverty - they urgently need you to stand by them. 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.

Please go to the Fairtrade Foundation website www. fairtrade.org.uk and click on the GET INVOLVED tab then click

Town Twinning exhibition

Windermere-Diessen Twinning Association took part recently in a two day exhibition at Kendal Town Hall. Together with South Lakeland’s other groups from Ulverston, Sedbergh, Coniston and Kendal the event raised awareness and publicity for the activities and benefits of Town Twinning.

Representatives of the North West Twinning Federation , of which we are members, made a special visit. Many local people as well as visitors from other areas took an interest in our various activities and information about the respective partner towns.

During discussions between the group members and information from the public and visitors , we gained fresh ideas and new ways to attract more local people to take an interest and possibly join their respective groups to help cultural and activity ideas to come to fruition, particularly those exchanges which bring benefits to the young people in our communities.

For further information contact Jenny Borer on 015394 44995, or email jsborer@tiscali.co.uk Jenny Borer

Living with loss - finding hope Sgts Hall and Hannah Fralick Kendal for first place in the marksmanship competition.

Our congratulations to them. We wish them every success in their endeavours to represent the north of England in the next stage of the competition.

The death of a loved one, whether sudden or expected, affects us all in different ways, and the grieving process can sometimes be difficult.

There are two established “Bereavement Support Groups” in the area that meet to enable people to come together to talk through their experiences. People chat over tea or coffee, there is no fixed agenda or programme just a sharing of experiences.

Those who have been coming to the groups for some time have found them very helpful and have discovered that they are not alone in their grief. The groups are not only for the recently bereaved, but for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one.

If you feel that one of the groups could help you, or someone you know, please contact one of the people named. The groups and contact details are:

Ferry Nab facelift

New facilities being developed at Ferry Nab by South Lakes District Council will add to the pleasure and practicality of boating on Windermere.

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Ambleside Group

Meets on the first Wednesday of every month in the Brathay Room at the Parish Centre.

Meetings start at 2.30pm, and the next date is 3 June.

For further information please contact Judith Shingler on 015394 34640

Windermere Group

Meets on the third Friday of every month in the Meeting Room at Carver Uniting Church.

Meetings start at 2.30pm, and the next date is 19 June. For further information please contact Jim Wilson on 015394 34069 or Eira Leach on 015394 31800.

The marina is offering longer jetties (able to accommodate large boats with deep keels) alongside the existing public jetties, plus investment in showers and toilets, chemical toilet disposal, a pump out facility (with reduced rates for berth holders), 24 hour emergency

telephone, hot and cold snacks and drinks and storage for dinghies and trailers.

For further details about the new Ferry Nab Marina, including berthing fees and conditions, visit SLDC’s website at: www. southlakeland.gov.uk/ ferrynab

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WHAT’S ON Use this column to advertise your events - free of charge.

Please e-mail your events to info@windermerenow.co.uk by the first of the Month - with contact details if you wish. Coffee mornings, club meetings, sports events etc. All welcome.

MAY/JUNE Now 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.

Now to 22 Jun “From Mountain to Sea”. An exhibition of paintings of the Lake District by Sean McCann.

Brantwood, Coniston.

To 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.

Now to 1 Nov “Wordsworth, War and Waterloo”. The first-ever exhibition to present William Wordsworth and other writers of the Romantic period as ‘war poets’, on the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere.

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

Now to 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.

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

Now 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.

23-31 May “National Canoe Week”.

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

10.30am-4.30pm. £1.

27 May “Cartmel Races”. Cartmel Racecourse. 015395 36340.

In 1967 the local Round Table decided to provide a community centre for Windermere’s over 60s (later changed to over 50's).

In November 1971 the Marchesi Centre opened for use. It had been completed at a cost, with furnishings, of about £19,000 and was named after Louis Marchesi, national founder of Round Table, who had died in 1969.

Since then there have been two further additions to the building.

One in 1983 to provide a further lounge to the premises and another, to mark the Millennium, to provide facilities for a Day Care Centre.

There is a varied programme of events for its members and in order to cover its running costs some of the rooms are hired

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www.cartmel-racecourse.co.uk 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.

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 “Birdwatch at Brockhole”.

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

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 1-7 Jun “Family Dynamics - Lakes Collective Summer Showcase” at Rydal Hall from 10.00am – 5.00pm daily and until 9.00pm Thursday 4 June. 25 talented local artists present a special exhibition.

3-4 Jun “Story of Landscape Painting”. Two days with Director Howard Hull at Brantwood, Coniston.

Understand and celebrate Britain’s greatest artistic tradition. £125 per person.

3 Jun - 9 Jul “Absurd Person Singular”. Grasmere Players present one of Alan Ayckbourn’s most popular comedies in Grasmere Hall. Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8.00pm.

8 Jun “Mountain Guiding”. A talk

by Chris Ensoll hosted by Ambleside & District U3A. Marchesi Centre, Windermere at 2.30pm.

11 Jun “The Art of the Handcrafted Globe”. Royal Geographical Society lecture by Peter Bellerby at Brantwood, Coniston. 7.00pm (drinks) for 7.30pm Members free,others £5.

Advance booking essential. 015394 41396.

12 Jun “Graphite and Watercolour Art” With Patrick Corbett at Brantwood, Coniston. A practical workshop that explores Ruskin’s ideas on drawing and painting. Suitable for all levels. Materials and refreshments provided. 10.30am – 4.30pm. £55.00 per person.

12-14 Jun “Great North Swim”. Low Wood, Windermere. www.greatswim.org 12-20 Jun “Ulverston International Music Festival”. Various venues in Ulverston. 01229 587140. www. ulverstonmusicfestival.co.uk 13 Jun “Prometheus Unbound” St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere will host ten professional actors giving a rehearsed reading of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s dramatic poem Prometheus Unbound. Music by David Jones.

2.00pm. www.wegottickets.com or on the door (£10).

13 Jun Kids’ aquathon and family fun day” at St Martin’s and St Mary’s School, Windermere. 10.00am 2.00pm. Games and activities, ranging from a coconut shy and hook-a-duck to children’s races of all kinds. Supporting Jo Wood, fundraising for The Big Pink cancer campaign (see article).

13 Jun “Crossing Morecambe Bay with Queen's Guide to the Sands Cedric Robinson”. Organised by Friends of the Lake District. From Arnside Promenade. Registration from 1.30pm. Start 3.00pm. Entry £10, including free t-shirt. Booking essential. www.fld.org.uk/cross-bay-walk 01539 720788.

13 Jun “Allegri Singers Summer Concert”. Mozart's Requiem, Purcell's Welcome to All the Pleasures plus other pieces. 7.30pm at St Cuthbert's Church, Kentmere. £9.00 (including light refreshments during interval). Iain Johnston (01539 822571), Christine Hevey (01539 821689).

14 Jun “Allegri Singers Summer Concert”. Mozart's Requiem, Purcell's Welcome to All the Pleasures plus other pieces. 7.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Crosthwaite. £9.00 (including light refreshments during interval). Iain Johnston (01539 822571), Christine Hevey (01539 821689).

14 Jun “Elton John Concert”. County Showfield, Crooklands, nr Kendal.

Marchesi Centre History

16 Jun “Wurlitzer Organ Lunchtime Concert”. featuring Chris Powell at the Royalty Cinema, Bowness. Begins 12.30pm. Tickets £6.

19-21 Jun “Mid-Summer Poetry”.

Creative writing course at Brantwood, Coniston with Geraldine Green and Penelope Shuttle. Fully residential (non-resident option available). All materials and refreshments provided.

Fri 2.00pm – Sun 2.00pm. £240 pp.

21 Jun “Father’s Day: Dens for Dads”. Wray Castle. For dads. Build yourself a den, make yourself at home, you can even have your picnic in there.

It’s up to you whether or not you’re at home for guests! 10.00am-5.00pm.

Normal admission.

26 Jun “Portrait Painting”. A practical workshop with Sally Bamber at Brantwood, Coniston.BBeginners and experienced artists welcome. All materials and refreshments provided.

10.00am – 5.00pm. £65.00 pp.

26-28 Jun “Cartmel Races”. Cartmel Racecourse. 015395 36340. www.cartmel-racecourse.co.uk 27 Jun “Blood and Sand”. Silent film at the Royalty Cinema, Bowness.

Starring Rudolph Valentino and accompanied by Mark Latimer. For details phone 015394 43364.

JULY 4 Jul “Whose voice? Landscape, power and the future of the Lake District”. Dr Chris Loynes. A field visit that reveals the shifting power and influences that have shaped the Lake District through the last 1,000 years. 11.00am -4.00pm Armitt gallery, Ambleside. RGS-IBG members free, others £5. Bring a packed lunch. Book in advance. Janet Elliott 017687 79601 enquiries.bl@field-studies-council.org 4 Jul “Ambleside Rushbearing”.

Ambleside Primary School. 015394 34640. www.amblesideonline.co.uk 4 Jul “Ulverston Carnival”. Ulverston. www.visitulverston.om

MARCHESI CENTRE Regular group meetings Monday:

CAMEO Day Centre 10.00am 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:

Exercise class for older adults 1.30pm Alzheimers Society, Dementia Cafe 2nd Tuesday of the month 1.30pm Trefoil 2nd Tuesday of the month 2pm

Wednesday:

Yoga group 2pm U3A Reading Group 1st Wednesday of the month 2pm Weightwatchers 5.30pm Windermere Bridge Club 6.45pm

Thursday:

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

by other groups such as U3A, Blood Donors, CAMEO, and WeightWatchers.

The centre is a charity with a committee in charge of

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its operation, upkeep and viability. Details can be found at mcwindermere.wix.com/ marchesi-centre . An office administrator looks after the dayto-day tasks. Tel: 015394 43411.

Friday:

U3A Bridge 2pm Windermere Bridge Club 6.45pm

Saturday:

Coffee Morning first Saturday of the month 10am

Sit back, enjoy the A591

Those of us who drive regularly on the A591 between Kendal and Keswick may recall traffic jams at Banner Rigg, congestion in Ambleside or caravans lingering along Thirlmere. Not so the car rental company Avis which, in a recent study, has identified this route as the best driving road in Britain.

The Avis Drive Ratio (ADR), which has been used to rank roads for their driving experience, was developed through Avis working with a roller coaster designer, quantum physics experts and other specialists with experience of high-performance cars and F1 track design.

“There are four key phases of a drive,” said quantum physicist, Dr Mark Hadley, who led the research. “Bends, acceleration, cruising and braking. A great driving road strikes just the right balance between the phases so you get the exhilaration of speed and acceleration whilst corners test your driving capabilities and long stretches allow you to enjoy the scenery.

With a score of 14:1 the A591 from Kendal to Keswick came closest in Britain to the ideal figure of 10:1. The ideal ADR is considered to be 10 seconds spent on a straight to every 1 second on a bend. The time spent by drivers on the straight allows them appreciate the surroundings before they move into the next bend. The bend then offers the excitement and thrill that a driver expects from a challenging drive.

A 14 mile stretch on the B3515 between Cheddar and Ashwick and the A535 from Holmes Chapel to Alderley Edge in Cheshire are ranked second and third respectively in Britain.

Don’t, however, stop there. Go to Portugal where the N-222 from Peso de Régua to Pinhão cuts right through the heart of the Douro Valley, offering amazing views of the terraced hillsides.

This road, with a score of 11:1, is considered to offer the world’s best driving experience.

Jane McClure, who is tackling three significant challenges to raise money for charity, faced a fourth last month when her efforts were rewarded with lunch at the House of Lords. This was a thank you for fundraising for the Genesis Research Trust and her other charity work.

She has raised more than £10,000 and said “I’m deeply moved and honoured to be invited – I’m raising funds for an organisation I believe in and that is very close to my heart” Jane McClure from Windermere is preparing for her second mega cycling challenge and will again be joining a team of “Ordinary Superwomen” to help fund vital research into prevention and cures for conditions that affect the health of women and babies.

Jane’s first challenge was 350 km around Tanzania and Zanzibar in November 2014.

She found the challenge extremely difficult with the heat, terrain, food and lack of sleep, which made it not just physically but mentally challenging too. On the final day when all the women had reached the finish line, it was the most emotional experience.

“Every one of us has been affected by miscarriage, stillbirth, women’s cancers or genetic diseases – and raising funds to research reasons for

Jane’s fourth challenge lunch at the House of Lords!

Jane's challenging cycle event in Tanzania

these tragic events is important for all of us”, said Jane.

Jane is training hard to cycle over 350 km in Kerala, India, 2-10 October, and her biggest challenge will be over 500km in Burma 5-15 November 2016.

Jane needs to raise more than £3,000 to meet her target for the Kerala cycling challenge and so she will be: Car booting every Sunday between now and October.

Taking part in a Total Warrior team on 1st August

Fundraising at McClure’s annual Halloween fundraising event.

There is immense support for Jane from her husband, Matthew McClure, Managing Director, and her friends and wonderful staff at McClures.

If you would like any additional information or would like to help raise funds for Jane’s cycling challenge or The Genesis Research Trust please feel welcome to email janescyclingchallenge@gmail.com

Superfast Broadband Comes to Troutbeck, Wray and Outgate

The new high speed internet service is provided by Kendalbased Kencomp Internet and allows residents to watch catch-up TV, online films and run businesses more effectively.

“Kencomp broadband makes a big difference to our business” said Sara Keane, Director of Pullwood

Bay, “Our guests appreciate having reliable, high-speed internet in such a rural location.”

Kencomp provides superfast broadband to towns and rural communities throughout South Lakeland.

Unlike most other internet service companies Kencomp doesn’t use phone lines as it uses microwave technology. If you’d like faster broadband: 01539 898145, sales@kencomp.net.

50 things to do before you’re 11¾

Take up the challenge of our '50 things to do before you're 11 3/4'' from den building to making mud pies; from hunting bugs to building sandcastles.

For children who have yet to grow up and adults who might never grow up - the National Trust is for you. Start working your way through the list!

Dads, on 21 June there is den building at Wray Castle. It’s up to you whether you are at home for guests….. Until the end of May there is Kite Making at Allan Bank, a Wild Play week at Sizergh, Fires and Marshmallows at Wray Castle, and National Go Canoeing Week at Newby Bridge.

Throughout the season there are “Free Friday Walks” at Sizergh, weekly Parkruns at Fell Foot every Saturday morning,

and tasty recipes being cooked in Townend Farm kitchen at Troutbeck every Thursday.

Before setting off, check details of these and other events by going to www.nationaltrust.org. uk/thelakes What are you waiting for? Download the list at www.50things.org.uk and start working through it. Dam a stream, go star-gazing, catch a crab, build a raft, hold a scary beast ……….

Wild Time

Vist Sizergh, Wray Castle, Fell Foot, Allan Bank, Derwent Foreshore, Acorn Bank, Sandscale Haws, Wordsworth House and Garden and Cockshott Point plus many more places.

nationaltrust.org.uk/nwsummer #50things

info@windermerenow.co.uk

© National Trust Images/Chris Lacey. Registered charity number 205846.

The villages of Troutbeck, Far Sawrey, Low Wray, High Wray, Outgate and the surrounding areas now have superfast broadband up to 50 Meg.

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ACCOMODATION ACCOUNTS

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

BOOKS

BUILDERS CARPETS

Home Delivery Carpets Ltd Outlets in Grange, Kendal, Ambleside and Barrow. Tel: 07905 687 672 www.homedeliverycarpets.com

CATERING CHIMNEY SWEEP 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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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

CHIROPODIST CLEANING SERVICES

Mrs BACKHOUSE For light household chores. Reasonable rates 015394 45117

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

Email or call by the 1st of the month The cost is just 28p per word + vat or 38p per word + vat on a highlighted background. Box adverts come with free design - call for details.

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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

GROUNDWORKS HANDYMAN 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

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

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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

DOGS

Call the team to discuss more about your requirements

EXERCISE CLASS

BATHROOMS

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

which category you want to appear in.

ELECTRICIAN 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

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

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ARCHITECTS

ROGER ARMSTRONG ARCHITECT, Lindale.

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

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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 35454

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

Flexible Appointments. Studio K9 at Brantfell Place, Off Brackenfield, Bowness-OnWindermere, LA23 3FJ.Tel.015394 48387.

Holidays for dogs in dog friendly homes throughout Cumbria. No kennels or cages, your dog lives as part of the family. Top Dog Sitters 015395 28858

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 PLUMBING PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

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

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REMOVALS Steele`s Removals ltd Local * National * International Secure self-storage containers available 24 hour access + Self-Drive Removal vans www.steelesremovals.co.uk info@steelesremovals.co.uk 01229 820777

ROOFING SECURITY SITUATIONS VACANT

Could you write for Windermere Now? Ideally 2 positions available. Ideally one person covering Bowness, Troutbeck and Windermere, and one person covering Ambleside, Grasmere, Hawkshead, Langdale and Rydal.

The ideal persons will reside in the local area that we cover and have a genuine interest in working for the local community. Covering local issues, supporting local events, schools, churches, and societies by making sure they get well written and accurate coverage. You will need to attend local council meetings and generally keep your finger on the pulse of local events. You will need an excellent command of the English language and an attractive, easy to read and concise style of writing and reporting. You will also need to be well organised to ensure we provide a first class service to local people through the pages of Windermere Now. Suitable for any age, the positions are mainly home based. Approx. 50 hours per month. This time is spread through the month but inevitably intensifies as deadline approaches.

Lakes Accountancy Accounts Senior We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced person to join our friendly, dynamic and successful small team.

For details and how to apply go to www.lakesaccountancy.co.uk/ recruitment

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

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

TRAVEL AGENT TUITION

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

ABRSM exam coaching.Tel.015394 42591

VETENARY SERVICES WANTED

Wanted - TOOLS, gardening, joinery, engineering etc. garages cleared. Tel 015395 32793

Accounts Senior We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced person to join our friendly, dynamic and successful small team.

For details and how to apply go to www.lakesaccountancy. co.uk/recruitment

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Over 25 years experience in domestic and industrial flat roofing Repairs, strip and recovers and overlays, Insulation specialists, Long term warranties, Thermographic surveys, Consultancy

Ideally 2 positions available. Ideally one person covering Bowness, Troutbeck and Windermere, and one person covering Ambleside, Grasmere, Hawkshead, Langdale and Rydal.

The ideal persons will reside in the local area that we cover and have a genuine interest in working for the local community. Covering local issues, supporting local events, schools, churches, and societies by making sure they get well written and accurate coverage. You will need to attend local council meetings and generally keep your finger on the pulse of local events. You will need an excellent command of the English language and an attractive, easy to read and concise style of writing and reporting. You will also need to be well organised to ensure we provide a first class service to local people through the pages of Windermere Now. Suitable for any age, the positions are mainly home based. Approx. 50 hours per month. This time is spread through the month but inevitably intensifies as deadline approaches.

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AUTOBODY REPAIR

All the above positions are self employed and a flexible approach is needed. If you are interested please email

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ADL has the ability and experience to turn your problem into an opportunity efficiently, cost effectively, with imagination From planning & building regulations applications and planning appeals through to project completion we offer a full range of architectural services in and around the Lake District National Park.

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Chartered Practice logo: guidelines for its use

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Give NEW LIFE to your old CONSERVATORY with our new TILED ROOFS 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.

This badge version gives the logo extra stand out.

Use the space for 12 months of the year, guaranteed!

To meet this need homeowners are choosing to replace obsolete translucent roofs with solid ones

Call us for free advice and a free no obligation quotation

Tel: 01229 582273 • Union Street, Ulverston

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