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T’s good to hear that the hosting of two RL World Cup games continues to reap benefits for Workington’s economy and all those behind the success are to be congratulated.

Prior to the 2013 event, Derwent Park was upgraded thanks to £350,000 from British Energy Coast, and £100,000 from the council. Shops, hotels and other businesses benefitted by £650,000, says Allerdale Council.

Now they welcome Scotland once again as they take on Wales in the opening match of the European Championship, on Friday, October 17 and as Coun Mark Fryer, who is also vice-chairman of Workington Town, pointed out, it’s all on the back of the World Cup success.

There are bargain price tickets available now for what looks like being a great game and Workington’s certain to be a winner.

But apart from commercial success there’s the prestige that comes with it.

Putting Workington to the forefront of rugby league can benefit the area in all sorts of other ways and you can’t have too much prestige Tickets for all areas of the stadium can be ordered online at www.townrlfc.com.

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The Guide Magazine | Contents

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key Features

6 John Challis

10 Stage Fright

12 C-Arts

On being Boycie Ghosts in the Theatre Royal Arts Festival throughout Cumbria

22 Thumb-Thing Different Tales from Harrington

LIFESTYLE & BEAUTY

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28 Vintage Fashion

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Fascinating Past Styles

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Feature | John Challis

“I’m not really like Boycie” Actor JOHN CHALLIS tells The Guide.

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e are used to seeing him propping up the bar in the Nag’s Head, cigar in hand and reprimanding his wife Marlene, but prepare to meet the man behind Boycie, as actor John Challis takes to the stage of Workington’s Theatre Royal, in Only Fools and Boycie, on Wednesday October 29.

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Green Green Grass was actually inspired by my move to Herefordshire. All these notes I’d collected eventually grew so I got someone in to organise things; put in the chapters and throw out the bits that were a bit indulgent.”

Two autobiographies and one novel later it seems that there’s no stopping “I know that some actors get John, who is currently working on his second novel, he said: “The stories just Based on his autobiographies, Challis annoyed at being associated kept on coming and that was how the tells all about how he began as an with just one character but my novel happened. I do write about my actor, tales and anecdotes of Only view is; if you’ve given people a experiences and people I meet but if Fools and Horses right through to the lot of pleasure then they’re the you’re writing a piece of fiction you spin off series The Green Green Grass. reason that you are where you are because they’re the ones who can embroider them. I was a fish out After 50 years in the business it turned on the telly to watch you.” of water and learning to adapt to living in the country just like Boycie and seemed like the right time for John because of the success of Only Fools to finally write his autobiography, he and Horses and The Green Green explained: “People have said to me for Grass I find myself invited to the most extraordinary places years that I should write a book and I always write things that I wouldn’t be otherwise, like opening the village fete or down; things that happen, characters I meet. A lot of The being asked to have a table at the hunt ball.”

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Terrance Aubrey “Boycie” Boyce is only one of many characters John has played; he’s featured in Coronation Street, Citizen Smith, Doctor Who and more recently he’s been in Shakespeare’s As You Like It and had just finished filming for the new series of Benidorm but it’s his Boycie character that stands out in people’s minds: “Boycie sort of follows me around; it’s a bit like living with an alter ego,” although John admitted: “I don’t think there are similarities, he’s the same height as me and he looks like me but he’s a completely different type of animal… but they say there’s a little bit of you in every character that you play.”

Only Fools & Boycie

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“I get the distinct impression that people are disappointed when they realise I’m not like Boycie. I know that some actors get annoyed at being associated with just one character but my view is; if you’ve given people a lot of pleasure then they’re the reason that you are where you are because they’re the ones who turned on the telly to watch you.”

According to John he based the character on a man who used to drink in the same pub as him in the 1970s. He said: “Being interested in characters and people he’s someone that I always remembered, he used to speak a bit like this,”… and to my delight he slipped into Boycie’s voice.

“It’s not just about Only Fools and Horses, it’s about how and why I became an actor and those are the questions that I asked myself. As a kid I always wanted to be other people and always wanted to be an actor right from the word go.”

The show will be followed by questions from the audience which John admits can sometimes be embarrassing. He will also be meeting fans and sign his books, which will be for sale on the night.

“It’s always wonderful to meet the people who have watched the shows, or have written in and it’s a sort of thank you from me for tuning in.”

John has been in contact with the charity Hugs for Noah and is hoping to meet Noah and his parents while he is in Workington.

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Feature | Workington Beer & Cider Festival

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orkington’s beer festival returns to the Carnegie Theatre, Workington for its fourth anniversary on Thursday September 18 and organisers say this year will be bigger and better than ever.

There will be a large selection of all the local favourites and some from further afield as well as more dark beers, lights, goldens, lagers, ciders, and perries to tickle your taste buds. The official sponsors; T& R Theakston Ltd, have also promised another fine selection of traditional ales.

There will also be a selection of alcohol-free beers and wine as well as hot food.

John Mather, Chairman, Rotary Club Beer Festival Committee who are behind the festival said: “It’s great entertainment and good value. We have some fantastic sponsors who allow us to make it much cheaper than other beer festivals; we couldn’t do it without them.”

John, who was behind the original idea to have a beer festival four years ago, used to work in the brewery trade and uses his past contacts to pull together up to 60 different ales, ciders and perries from as far south as Hackney and as far north as Orkney.

Thursday sees sets from Plastic Paddy, West Cumbria’s very own tribute to Irish/Celtic music in single-person form; brand-new retro-rockabilly revivalists The Mustangz, and the North East’s kings of R’n’B, The Revolutionaires.

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The Bleedin’ Blaggards

Friday sees Dublin-born singer and guitarist Paul O’Halloran offering his own distinctive take on folk, rock and pop classics, followed by the raucous and crazy combination of country ’n’ Irish music courtesy of The Holborn Hillbillies, with a closing set from local favourites The Bleedin’ Blaggards.

Saturday night culminates in an appearance

by Ulverston’s very own Bag Of Spanners, a supercharged Celtic combo channelling the energy and excitement of the early Pogues through a Celtic rock’n’folk filter, with support from Workington-based six-piece The Hoochie Coochie Moonshine Band who supply their own inimitable and upbeat take on Irish and country music.

John said: “With the acts that we’ve got performing it’s more like a three day party.”

The three day beer festival has aims to raise money for local and international charities, last year they raised over £8,000.

Admission each evening (6pm to midnight) is a mere £5, with Saturday’s afternoon session £2.50 entry.

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Feature | Stage Fright

Stage fright?

ALI HIPKIN visits an old haunt in Workington

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orkington’s Theatre Royal has been standing on Washington Street since 1866 so it’s hardly surprising that, given the dramatic nature of the premises, that there have been some unexplainable incidents and reports of ghostly goings on over the years.

So, with Halloween just around the corner, I decided to meet the Cumbria Ghost Hunters to investigate such goings on to find out if there’s anything to these ghostly reports or… is it just imagination?

The theatre originally held 700 seats and at first was known as The Lyceum. It was built by George John Smith.

Washington Street was a prime location to build a theatre given that it was the main trade centre of Workington and over the years many famous names have trodden the Theatre Royal’s boards.

But it’s local folk who are said to haunt the place. There are rumoured to be the spirits of two young boys, and then Henry the theatre’s caretaker a bad spirit, together with a woman called Mary and a black cat, which theatre workers claim to have seen run through a wall.

As I stood in the main entrance of the theatre with the lights on and daylight streaming through the windows it didn’t feel like a place likely to be haunted but all that

changed when I was shown footage of previous nights in the theatre. A feeling of terrified excitement took over and I wondered if it was too late to run but curiosity got the better of me.

I was accompanied during a light’s-on tour of the theatre by a team of Paranormal Investigators including the team’s psychic medium, Steve. As we went into the cellar Steve informed us that we weren’t alone. Henry, apparently, recognisable by the pungent smell of alcohol he gives off, was further down the cellar.

We turn off all the lights and headed back to the cellar armed with K-II’s which are electro-magnetic field meters, which light up when spirits are near, and a digital LCD infrared thermometer heat meter. It was an attack on the senses to be standing in the pitch-dark cellar with nothing but the sound of traffic above.

I gripped a KII in one hand; torch in the other, willing something to happen, but despite asking for any spirits to come forward none did and the light on the K-II stayed firmly on green but as we walked back through the stalls three of the seats, all of which had been up when we went into the cellar had randomly moved into the seated position.

The upstairs bar is known as an active area where a ghost hunter had previously been knocked off a chair and

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(sign of a bad spirit) and through yes and no questions we discovered it was Henry.

At first I wondered how much pressure I was putting on the Planchette and if I was subconsciously pushing it but Henry’s forceful answers left me in no doubt that I had little influence in the movement of the pen and I became less scared by the idea of being watched. The group told me that they’ve never had someone associated with a building connect with them in this manner and as I joked “Henry must have a thing for blondes” the pen was pulled forcefully towards ‘yes’.

bottles had been rattled. The lights on the K-II raised to the second green light with the amber light flickering briefly.

This, I thought, had to be it, my first proper paranormal experience… but it wasn’t… despite the rise in the electromagnetic field there was little activity.

By far our most successful experiment was on the stage itself, where we used a planchette (an automatic writing machine) which works on a similar principal to the ouija board.

Through the Planchette we made contact with another man from the theatre and there were plenty of unexplainable bangs and clinks. A few personal messages also came through, one of which came to me and started with the drawing of a love heart. It was altogether a very strange experience.

There may be reasonable explanations for what happened and the more cynical of our readers would suggest foul play… but after receiving my message and experiencing the forceful pull/push of the pen and the bangs I am a bit less cynical than I used to be.

One of the first things drawn was an anti-clockwise spiral

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Feature | C-Art

An ovine emphasis on landscape … and a hotel strictly for the birds

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-Art are bringing art to life by taking it out of the galleries and placing it in some less than ordinary places around the county.

The annual visual arts festival, which is now in its fourth year, incorporates a host of National Trust properties and other beautiful and hidden locations throughout Cumbria in this year’s Art in Extraordinary Places exhibition. Art will be on show in mines, mills, bridges and barns, on fell-sides and even in Carlisle Cathedral.

This will be Cumbria’s largest visual arts event, with a two-week long programme of open studios, exhibitions, workshops and art in the Cumbrian landscape.

Ashness Bridge, outside Keswick will be livened up, playing host to brightly coloured sheep skulls and giant balls of fleece, created by artists Annabel Lewis and Natalie Williamson. Referring to the surrounding landscape and sheep on the fells, the fleeces will run up the fellside and cover an entire National Trust Bark Barn, while inside an

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installation will incorporate skulls, bones and found objects.

England’s highest mountain will also receive a make-over in a bid to create the ‘highest art in England’.

Alice Francis’s Hilltop Rest Hotel opens for birds, for one week only, on the summit of Scafell Pike. A procession of Bird-costumed hikers will climb to the summit and ceremoniously stake the hotel to the top of the summit cairn, where the boutique hotel will provide a welcome break for nature-loving and travel-weary birds.

Elsewhere in the mountains and valleys there will be giant wool balls, swarms of ceramic dragonflies, and droving sticks.

The events gives members of the public the opportunity to see how work is made, talk to artists, watch demonstrations and visit private studios that are usually closed to the public.

“Art in extraordinary places” takes place from 13 – 28 September. The event presents around 200 artists, designers and independent galleries opening their doors to the public.

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Feature | Station Redevelopment

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LANS for a new look Workington rail transport hub have been unveiled by Cumbria County Council.

The scheme will cost £3million and, according to Coun Keith Little, the county council member responsible for transport, fulfil “a long-standing ambition of the county council”.

There will be improved pedestrian and cycle links to the station; covered cycle parking; improved drop-off facilities and improvements to the setting of station Out will go current unsightly haphazard parking on the former Station Hotel site together with the temporary car

park built during the 2009 flood recovery and instead there will be increased car parking provision of 148 free spaces.

The aim is to improve access to the coast railway; encourage sustainable travel; bring the surrounding area back into use; give people a better impression of the town when they arrive; prevent railway parking spilling over into nearby residential streets and to provide blue badge parking.

There will be improved accessibility and a larger drop-off area, with a new road layout.

Part of the site has populations of common lizard and small blue butterflies for which new habitat must be created offsite and the lizard and butterflies transferred.

Detailed design will take place in 2015; then a contractor will be appointed to carry out the works.

Construction is expected to begin mid to late 2015 with everything up and running by mid 2016.

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Just the ticket for your Christmas ‘Do’

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HE Whitehaven Community Trust is to benefit from a corporate auction, on Friday November 28, at the Energus Centre, Lillyhall, to help raise funds.

It’s being organised jointly by the Trust and by SOA Safety, a Cumbrian company specialising in health / safety training and consultancy, which has made the Trust its nominated charity of the year.

The Trust helps people with socially-relevant projects, training and even houses people and helps improve their health. It has two supported housing hostels for homeless young people aged 16-24 and supports people’s independence, through training, education and life skills.

The event includes a champagne reception, three-course dinner, and music from singer Miss Cindy Hoten… so it could be just the thing for your Christmas party.

There’s a chance to win a brand new BMW, a telly and raffle prizes which include a DAB radio, gym membership, gas service, crash helmet and a food hamper.

Auction lots donated include: six golden tickets for a trip around a chocolate factory and a day on the fells with a famous walking guide for up to 10 people.

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Feature | A Day in the Life

A day in the life of…

Mark Elliott, Managing Editor, BBC Radio Cumbria

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BC Radio Cumbria boasts that its listeners amount to a third of the local population. Only one other local BBC station in England can better that. The presenters are its obvious ‘image’, but behind the scenes is a production team working equally hard and creatively to inform and entertain us.

Managing the entire team is Mark Elliott. He grew up in the North East, studied modern history at University, then postgraduate Radio Journalism, in Falmouth.

focus on it in the car, and it gives me a chance to hear the opposition too.”

A regular daily occurrence is the de-briefing after the key daily programme, Breakfast. Mark tries to attend most of these and to discuss with presenter Mike Zeller what went well or not so well. There is also a daily stack of emails to tackle: “You come in the morning and don’t know what you’ll be facing.”

Other meetings may be about discussing a new idea: and then there are monthly regional management meetings, often in Newcastle, where Mark’s boss, the Head of Regional and Local Programming, is based. Some ideas involve meetings in Salford and other parts of the BBC. When Producer Nell Gordon wanted to create a community orchestra project in West Cumbria, Mark and Nell headed off to Media City UK to see the general manager of the BBC

Mark then worked freelance as well as presenting programmes on hospital radio before joining the BBC. He moved to Cumbria as producer and then news editor and a move to Manchester saw him help organise the BBC’s move to Media City before Cumbria tempted him back, two years ago.

And he doesn’t have any regrets. “I don’t miss the fancy restaurants in Manchester” – my local pub does great food, and there are also some excellent places in nearby Kirkby Lonsdale. Life feels richer here than in a big city. On my first morning I stood looking at Carlisle Castle and took deep, satisfied, breaths”.

Since moving here his lifestyle has changed considerably. An hour’s drive to work means that he’s not as fit as he was when he worked in Manchester, where he could run to work. His alarm goes off at 5.30 am and he’s usually in work for 7.15 am. Despite being less fit he enthuses about the beautiful countryside that his daily commute involves, and also says it’s a great time for listening to output: primarily Radio Cumbria, but occasionally other stations. “I can really 16 | The Guide Magazine

Philharmonic to sell the idea. He said yes within minutes.

Mark also feels that it’s important not to be Carlisle-centric, and admits he should probably get out around Cumbria more. “I’m very aware of the differences between Carlisle and, say, Barrow – but my staff from across the patch keep me right”. He opens his door and points out a large map of Cumbria. “This grounds me,” he says, “The sheer geography of the county is a challenge”.

Other managerial aspects of Mark’s role include recruitment,

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and let others implement ideas that they think best, not necessarily in exactly the way he would do it.

But he has absolutely no regrets about moving back to Cumbria.

finance and health and safety. While the BBC has processes for recruitment of new staff, it’s ultimately Mark’s responsibility to decide who the station needs. He is full of praise for the team at Radio Cumbria, which has some long-serving staff.

When it comes to health and safety he gets involved with risk assessments and checking that insurance is adequate: for example for Mike Zeller’s sky dive, in August in aid of the station’s 2014 charity partner - Jigsaw, Cumbria’s Children’s Hospice.

Mark says that none of the staff regard radio as just a nineto-five job.

His day job doesn’t stop on Friday evenings: when the satellite car is needed for weekend outside broadcasts, Mark will often pick it up from Kendal and drive it to where it’s needed, which gives him an opportunity to meet listeners.

Mark also remains in contact with listeners by occasionally broadcasting the early morning sports bulletins or by answering the phones.

“It reminds me who is listening and what’s important to them – and my journalistic background means I want to know what’s going on! In fact he admits to finding it difficult at times to let go of the hands-on work; he has to remind himself to step back

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Feature | Nuclear Management Partners

NMP gives

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uclear Management Partners (NMP), the parent body for Sellafield Ltd, has announced its renewal of a partnership which will see the company fund £500,000 of community projects that support children, young people and families across West Cumbria.

After five years of working with the Cumbria Community Foundation, NMP is committed to continue its support of the organisation that grants funds to help those most in need in our communities. Since 2009 the NMP Community Fund has invested over £2.5m in the ‘Life Chances and Aspirations’ of people living in West Cumbria.

The priorities for NMP and its partnership with CCF centre on supporting those community groups providing invaluable services to children, young people and families across West Cumbria. NMP will provide up to £500,000 for communitybased organisations to provide services and activities that benefit people in Allerdale and Copeland.

The announcement comes shortly after NMP appointed new chair Tom Bishop, who confirmed his ongoing commitment to enriching the lives of people in West Cumbria. He said: “It is right that we continue our commitment to the people who live and work in West Cumbria and the CCF partnership has played an important role in enabling us to target support where it is most needed

Willie Slavin, chair of CCF’s West Cumbria’s Grants Panel, said: “The fund couldn’t be more welcome or better timed with the climate of cuts in public spending and increasing social need.

“I am absolutely committed, as chair of NMP, to see us continuing to provide opportunities that can help local people achieve all they can.”

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The support from NMP will be a key source of assistance to groups helping to meet the priority needs of their community. The fund’s priorities are taken from the Communities that Work Plan, jointly agreed and launched in 2009 by local MPs Jamie Reed and Sir Tony Cunningham.

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Feature | The Shows Must Go On

The show must go oN but as cheaply as possible

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nd that’s where the Cumbria Festivals Group comes in. It’s a non-profit making company which literally helps to stage events in our area… events that might not otherwise take place.

Here’s what they do and how they do it.

WE Cumbrians love a good festival, particularly if it’s showing off some of our amazingly-talented local artists but festivals aren’t easy or cheap to organise and that’s where the Cumbria Festivals Group can help.

Cumbria Festivals Group was formed three years ago when a group of experienced organisers got together to pool resources, ideas and experiences, in order to help set up new festivals and support existing ones.

The receipt of two grants from Cumbria County Council and Allerdale Borough Council has allowed the group to buy front-of-stage crowd barriers as well as a large stage, just like that at any major festival.

Paul Williamson, group secretary, said: “It isn’t about making money, It’s about utilising experience around you.” He said that the cost of hiring a stage out of county could make or break a festival.

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Instead the Cumbria Festivals Group can now supply equipment at a fraction of the cost, which means tickets needn’t be quite so expensive for festival-goers and because the group is a non-profit making organisation all proceeds go towards maintaining or replacing equipment.

Paul said: “We’d like to say a huge thank to Cumbria County Council and Allerdale Borough Council for throwing their weight behind the group and realising the importance of these not-for-profit events and the way in which they benefit the people of west Cumbria.”

More and more of these music events are popping up and the equipment has already been put to good use this year at At The Stadium, Maryport Blues and Cumbria’s newest festival; Spyatstock and hopefully we’ll see some more new festivals in 2015 as a result of this group’s efforts.

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Feature | Thumb Thing

And now for thumb thing

completely different …

IF you are ever driving or walking down Scaw Road, High Harrington, spare a thought for local farmer, Joseph Thompson, who was buried in 1745 beneath the roadway, in what was then his own field, next to Scaw Lonnin (now Scaw Road).

As Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites readied themselves to do battle for the throne of England Thompson and the local vicar were having their own war over a disinterred digit.

to be buried in the churchyard, so that one day he could be eventually be reunited with it, after his death… but the idea didn’t go down well with the vicar who would not permit it, so Thompson he argued.

Then Thompson persuaded his wife to bury the thumb secretly, in the churchyard yet soon after that was done he

A gravestone at the side of the Scar Road reads: “JOSEPH THOMPSON MAY HERE BE FOUND WHO WOULD NOT LIE IN CONCECRATED GROUND, DIED MAY 13th 1745 AGED 63,WHEN HE WAS ALIVE.” This is the inscription on Thompson’s headstone that by the side of Scaw Road.

In 1744, Thompson began to suffer with a festering thumb on his right hand. It was particularly painful; had swollen to twice its normal size and gave off a foul odour which was so offensive that even his friends avoided him.

No one knew exactly what was wrong, but he apparently began to waste away so something must have been seriously amiss, and possibly gangrene had set in. The farmer Joseph only saw a doctor when the local vicar advised him to put his affairs in order. Having seen the medical man the most advanced medical opinion of the time was to cut the thumb off.

Undeterred Thompson went home happier accompanied by the thumb in his pocket. But he decided that he wanted it

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began to ache all over suffering great pain where his thumb had been.

Due to his argument with the vicar Joseph stopped attending church and somehow he then persuaded his long-suffering wife to revisit the churchyard after dark and exhume the thumb.

It was returned and Thompson this time buried it on his own land. Once done the pain apparently ceased but due to his differences with the church Thompson ultimately chose to be buried reunited with the thumb, on his own land, steadfastly refusing to be interred in consecrated ground.

So when he died in 1745 he was buried in the field next to Scaw Lonnin and when that was eventually surfaced, nearly 200 years later to become Scaw Road, his gravestone was removed to the side of the road, where it stands today.

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if you wish to pass assets to AISING a child is a costly business - nappies, family and friends during clothes, pocket money and school trips are your lifetime, these gifts just the tip of the iceberg. will only be made free of IHT providing you survive Results of a survey by LV last year show that by the seven years from the date time your child has reached the age of 21 you will have of making the gift. spent an average of £222,458 on their upbringing. It doesn’t get any easier once they reach adulthood age.

If you die within this The chances are high that they will need financial help to seven-year period, fund a gap year, or to get a foot on the property ladder. potentially the full value of the gifted assets will be added back into your estate but only the Preserving as much of your wealth as possible requires value calculated at the date of the gift which excludes careful estate planning; otherwise you may not pass on subsequent growth or increase in value. as much wealth as you anticipate. Inheritance tax (IHT), which is just one barrier to the transfer of wealth, is a There are some lifetime gifts that are exempt from any 40 per cent tax imposed on all assets above the nil rate IHT. You can gift up to £3,000 a year, which can be divided band of £325,000 which form part of the worldwide between as many people as you like.You are also allowed estate of anyone who is UK-domiciled. to use the previous year’s allowance if it has not been used. Parents are each The Nil Rate Band can be passed to a allowed to give away £5,000 to their surviving spouse, if not used, increasing One of the simplest children when they get married, while the survivor’s nil rate band up to grandparents can give £2,500.

IHT mitigation tools is a £650,000. The threshold is normally Will. Not only can a well updated each year in The Budget, in A Junior ISA offers parents, line with inflation, but the Coalition has drafted Will mitigate grandparents, other relatives and said that it will now be frozen until at friends the opportunity to invest IHT, it is also crucial for least April 2015 and, subject to further regular contributions or lump sums on legislation, the freeze will be extended up anyone wanting to protect behalf of a child in a flexible and taxto and including the 2017/2018 tax year. their family efficient way. Of course, the favourable tax treatment for Junior ISAs may not One of the simplest IHT mitigation tools be maintained. Setting up a pension is a Will. Not only can a well drafted Will for a child (you are allowed to invest mitigate IHT, it is also crucial for anyone a maximum of £3,600 gross a year on their behalf). wanting to protect their family from a huge headache after they die. In addition to Wills, Trusts can also help Being a parent brings with it rich rewards, from watching you to protect and preserve your estate. your children walk their first steps, to applauding them when they walk on stage to collect their graduation scroll.

There are many different types of Trusts, some But such rich rewards do not have to be only emotional; straightforward and others very complicated. A common they can be real too, with a little foresight and some expert use of a Trust is to hold assets on behalf of a child until financial help. they are old enough to look after their own money.

However, it is vital that you seek expert help before you To receive a FREE guide covering Wealth Management, take the plunge because there may be income tax or Retirement Planning or Inheritance Tax Planning, capital gains tax as well as Inheritance Tax implications. produced by St. James’s Place Wealth Management, contact Emma Ralls of St. James’s Place Wealth Another way to help reduce any potential IHT burden Management on 07500 906881 / 01946 694082 or is gifting away money before you die. This can be done email emma.ralls@sjp.co.uk through potentially exempt transfers (PETs) which revolve around the famous “seven year rule”. Put simply,

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Feature | Bridget Foster

Hot stuff for brides

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eptember is still a busy bridal time for me as a make-up and hair artist and during bridal season 2014, I hunted down some great new products.

They even included deodorant, for my kit because spraying bride’s armpits over their full skirts has been necessary at times and the heat required me to really re-think my approach to a job.

Cold baby wipes were kept in the fridge to keep my hands cold, to battle against sweaty foreheads – worked a treat! As much as I’m a fan of a fresh, dewy skin and hate a matt finish, the

answer was to go with a matt texture but a glowing appearance.

• Don’t use too much product • Always moisturise and massage the skin before make up. Leave the skin to settle before going in with foundation.

• Do your eyes first while moisturiser settles.

• Leave your foundation to settle before setting with a loose powder.

• Press the powder into the skin and brush downwards to finish.

• Add a powder highlighter to add a glow where needed.

I have had a mix of looks this year – great to express a client’s individual

character Naomi, booked me for hair and make when she was a guest for a wedding last year and then for her own wedding this year. She’s a regular gym-goer and often attends some of my classes so I know her quite well.

We have often discussed skincare – an issue we have both had in the past.

She’s a confident, friendly girl and knows what she wants… in a word “glamour”. She had an idea she

Over the summer I went away to visit friends in other cities. I asked my other “Make Up Artist friends what there Top Products were.

Bev Crawford

www.beverleycrawfordmakeup.wordpress.com

Bev writes a great blog on her website. I met her though a close friend. She works in the Cheshire/ Manchester / Liverpool area.

Illamasque Skinbase, amazing on dry skin and complete coverage for acne skin without looking cakey. £32 Bobbi Brown Concealer for under eyes / blemishes £19 Dior Addict Fluid Stick in 551 Adventure for, a glossy finish £26 Clarin’s Instant Smooth Primer for large pores or line lines £20 Top Shop Khol Black Liner, as its great for smudging. £7

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Emma Hanna www.emmahanna.com

Emma trained at London College of Fashion with me and we worked alongside each other on many shoots and projects. Emma is also trained in beauty so very experienced and full of skincare knowledge as well as make up.

From Belfast NARS smudge proof eye primer £19.50 Holds eye make up in place.

Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation £34 Full coverage foundation that defuses fine lines and brightens skin with out looking cakey. (One of my favourites ) Ren Glycolic Renewal Mask £30 (Fantastic skin care now available in M&S) NARS Velvet Matt Pencil in Sex Machine £19. Stay in place lipstick that you can wear alone or under gloss.

Bridget Foster www.bridgetfoster.co.uk

Bridget has an honours degree in fashion and specialist make up from London College of Fashion and has held a variety of jobs in the fashion and beauty industry. Carlisle Cumbria Urban Decay Primer Sin £16.50 dewy cream shadow that stays in place.

Laura Mercier Mineral Powder £32, Sets, covers and gives a stunning finish Chantecaille Lipchic in Camilia £32 the perfect texture, perfect pink nude classic colour, smells amazing and worth every penny. It completes your look.

Laura Mercier Illuminating Primer £32 Gives every skin tone glow and makes everyone look “healthy”.

NARs blusher in Orgasm £19 a classic peachy pink colour suits majority of skintones. Brings out a blue/green eye.

should get a Mac Pro Concealer Palette (£35). It includes four concealers and two colour correctors. I have medium in my kit, which tends to suit most skin tones I meet.

Remember your concealer covers and your foundation gives you a finish. Naomi’s bridesmaids chose a combination of Champagnes, golds and warm brown with a hit of blush on the eyes.They all had a bit of “black stuff,” which is what they are all used to wearing.

At Donna’s wedding, this year, I was also a guest which made it a slightly unusual booking. I was also there for both hair and make up and prepared in my Hair and Make up Room in my flat in town; so for me, it was very handy. I had done Donna’s hair and make up for her 30th and I knew what she wanted.

Donna opted for my favourite lashes, Shu Uemura Farvellina (£23.50).

wanted to try so I went ahead – a beautiful, contoured high-shine on cheeks and skin and a perfectly lined eye on the upper lid.

She absolutely loved the skin and the contouring, but never wears black or even brown liner around her eyes and as much as she would like to try it for a night out or another occasion, it wasn’t for her on her wedding day plus Bryan, now her husband, isn’t keen on “black stuff around the eyes”.

So, instead we went for fresh, dewy and bright. Keeping the eye clean I applied Urban Decay’s Sin Potion Primer (£16) as the main colour over the lid and a MAC Nylon Shadow to highlight areas(£10 refill) from my Mac palette. I lightly contoured her eye and buffed in Urban Decay’s Matt Brown Shadow in Buck (£14) in the socked line.

Triple layers of black and brown. Hand-made and create a beautiful, defined eye without much eye shadow. I cut and modelled them to fit Donna’s eye. I used Nars Sheer Glow Foundation £31, on Donna’s skin, which looked flawless on her and needed to stay put on such a beautiful sunny day.

Lipstick was a bobbi brown hibiscus (£19), a perfect shade of pink I have used on a few brides. Her bridesmaids were in a sunflower yellow, so I applied Urban Decay’s Streak lipstick. I applied my new favourite blusher from Top Shop in “Let her Go” at (£7) I also lined the girls’ eyes with Top Shop’s liquid pen liner (£7) before going over the line and building it with cake liner from my kit. I love Top Shop’s range, such strong pigments and affordable prices. All designed by MAC.

I applied black mascara and individual false lashes sparingly. I opened her eye by rimming the inside with a white pencil and tweezered the lashes underneath together to create a bit of definition.The eye was completed with a light dust of Barry M Silver Dazel Dust Sparkles Pot (£4.99).

Naomi loves a bright blush and a nude lip. Mac Fluer Blush (£18) is a staple colour in most make up artist kits, as it suits all skin tones.

I contoured Naomi’s skin using a mix of my foundations within my kit but I always recommend a good concealer to everyone.

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es. st styl a p f o tion fascina g in w gro to the in I wanted to know more about what draws people to s k o o l IN vintage items so I spoke to vintage enthusiast Sarah Fabre, K IP ALI H from Warwick Tower, in Carlisle. Sarah said: “Vintage has

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Long gone are the days of shunning hand-me-downs and charity shops; vintage lovers spend hours browsing through rail after rail of amazing one-off finds.

My love of vintage comes from a fascination with the past; how different things were and how the clothes reflect that; how every decade can be identified by just a few pieces of clothing. Sarah’s passion for vintage came from her background in fashion and her parents’ love of antiques.

ET me in a vintage shop and you’ve lost me for the day. I’ll happily spend the day flicking through rails and trying on dropped-waist dresses from the 1920s, mini-skirts from the 1960s or even floral jumpsuits from the 1970s.

Vintage clothing shops and textile fairs along with car boot sales, flea markets, antiques markets and auctions are hailed as caves full of vintage treasures awaiting discovery. Giving something old a new lease of life, with a new owner is satisfying but why the seemingly sudden surge it its popularity?

While Cumbria may not be as rich in vintage shops as say Liverpool or Camden Market… if you know where to look you can still find your own vintage treasures.

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Sarah said: “For me it’s the memories of something; the story behind an item of clothing, who it belonged to, where it came from, why they bought it and talking to people to find why they’re buying something and where they’ll be wearing it - vintage is a story.”

Officially speaking clothing from the 1920s to 20 years before the present day is considered vintage - which technically means that those popper pants you had in 1997 are almost vintage… but the less said about those the better.

Buying vintage is generally cheaper than buying on the high street and ensures that you’ve got something that no one else has.

“We’ve been in a recession for the last seven years so people have that “make do and mend” attitude, you can get books from the 30s and 40s on how to transform something. If you’re creative you can turn an item into something completely different. We try to make people see what something can become …and I get a real kick when somebody gets it.”

Vintage clothes are generally small but don’t let this put you off any good vintage shop will be able to see if alterations are possible and know a good seamstress.

So why shop vintage?

Well if you keep an open mind it’s much more exciting than shopping on the high street, yes, it takes a bit longer but it’s cheaper, more original and has more variety, where else can you find a 1970s maxi dress next to a 1940s tea dress?

Tips for vintage virgins Keep an open mind – you can’t go into a vintage shop with the same attitude you have when you shop on the high street in a department store.

Look through carefully and take your time – who know what you might miss is you flick through rails willy-nilly. Don’t be afraid to ask for help – the people who work in vintage shops know, love and understand vintage Think about your underwear – I’m not saying buy vintage knickers, but don’t wear a padded bra when you’re trying on vintage; the women of the 60s and 70s weren’t quite as voluminous as we are.

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Apply webbing to the hair; a gentle texture, not backcombing, to leave each section web like

4 Once texture is achieved throughout the whole head, stitch the hair with elasticated thread and a blunt needle, to make a giant ponytail, securing the hair off the face.

Browns have a new online booking platform for 24/7 appointments at www.brownsthestylists.com - first of its kind with hair in this area.

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Ashleigh Panther investigates the case for the Kimono

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IMONOS have become standard in the wardrobes of fashionistas across the country.

It’s because of their versatility, gorgeous patterns and ability to make the wearer feel effortlessly elegant.

They have developed from a traditional Japanese garment which translates as “A thing to wear.” With its increasing popularity in western fashion, more and more stores have created their own lines.

Kimonos can be worn with anything to create that effortless look. They can accompany a simple black dress, shorts and a t-shirt for warmer days, or jeans and a plain vest top, as a casual accessory but, if browse your favorite store’s selection, not really knowing what’s best for your wardrobe, here are a few tips to help you find the perfect one.

from two different stores, so you can see what can also work with different outfits. Boohoo.com has a gorgeous range of affordable ones in a large choice of styles and colours. Their “Anna bright floral” has beautiful flowing arms and a floral pattern like a tropical ocean, perfect for days at the beach, holidays or a stylish wrap for chiller nights.

Topshop has a smaller range, slightly more expensive, but with exquisite, intricate designs to make any outfit stand out. Topshop has more of the longer kimonos, including their ‘Lily Duster’ with a more traditional floral pattern. Paired with a dark dress, this would pull together your formal outfit beautifully, making you feel glamorous and gorgeous.

When styling a kimono it’s important to make it your own. If you like it, wear it! Style it with a belt around the waist to bring it in, but still get freedom from flowy arms, or clash colours for that ‘jumpedout-of-bed-and-grabbed-whatever-I-could-find’ look.

Shorter ones still have that flowing feature on the arms and waist, but without the feel of a maxi or cocktail dress, so can be a nice addition to a casual outfit, for festivals or to protect shoulders from sunburn. Longer Kimonos are slightly more elegant and formal, so pair a fitting design with your night-time outfit and you have a lightweight coat that fits as an accessory.

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urrounded by the fells, the lakes and beautiful coastal beaches Cumbria has spawned many poets, writers and artists but we’re not noted for turning out textile designers.

But Victoria Green, who grew up in St Bees, has changed that. She has this year released her first solo collection of beauty bags under the Victoria Green brand exclusively in Debenhams. The line combines her love of pattern, colour and practicality, as well as a passionate belief that all women deserve good design and great quality.

Trevor Green, Victoria’s father, widely known as cartoonist for the local newspaper had a huge influence on Victoria.

She said: “Selling artwork is what I’ve always known. Seeing my dad selling his art and being able to make a living from it was more influential than his work itself because, it made me realise that you can do what you love and make a living doing it. Textiles have a feeling of life, things that we use every day whether it’s a dress or cosmetics bag, like mine; they’re things that are an everyday part of our lives, we make connections with them without even realising it.”

Launching her own collection was a long time coming for Victoria who has worked for some well renowned names including The White Company, John Lewis, Andrew Martin, Betty Jackson, Julien Macdonald, Marks and Spencer, Debenhams and Laura Ashley, where she was the senior designer in the Home Section.

For budding designers Victoria said: “Choose a really good school and course, I did a foundation course at Carlisle College and it was absolutely fantastic. You need to get to know your industry and your products and be prepared to experience a lot of setbacks but don’t take them personally.

When I started I had no contacts at all so I rang round and I was persistent.

Victoria has already started work on her spring/summer collection for 2015 and is about to launch her autumn/ winter range for this year.

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Feature | Alan Spedding

Pooling your resources

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LAN SPEDDING heads for the beach… not with his bucket and spade, or to sun himself, but simply to rise to the challenge of creating a straightforward healthy plate of food. Here’s how he got

on.

I suppose I tend to take things rather for granted, living in a quiet little coastal town.

One step out of my front door and I have the most amazing, secret little places to disappear to for some peace and quiet. If I decide to head north then, within a minute, I`m at the marina. If I head 10 minutes eastward then I`m at Ennerdale, with its jawdropping picture-postcard scenery.

Today I have chosen to go south and within five minutes I’m arriving at St Bees, a coastal escape with beautiful unspoiled beach and lots of little rock pools, holding a free feast for the wild food forager. My challenge today was from a friend, Kev Tickle, head chef and forager of Rogan & Co, in Cartmel.

As an amateur foodie he set me the task of sourcing some wild bits and pieces from in and around all the rock pools and then to create a simple, healthy plate of food, at home.

Now I’m nowhere near being in Kevin’s league as you can see from the photos here. I also wouldn`t pick and eat some of the things that he brings back to the restaurant every day. It`s all about identification and being absolutely positive that what you pick is edible and not immediately liable to send you to meet your maker.

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So I stuck to the basics and bagged up the food that I immediately recognised as being edible. Some young sea beet leaves, a few sweet little mussels and colloquial cuvvins (Periwinkles). Those beautiful ingredients would go perfectly with a piece of snow white Cod that I’d been given from a local fisherman.

Once home and I’m on to cooking a healthy meal from my few coastal `bits n pieces`. I trimmed the codfish up neatly and decided to simply steam it over a scented stock, made from Celery, Parsley stalks, and a splash of white wine and water .That was going to take about six minutes.

Halfway through the cooking time I added the mussels and cuvvins to the stock and the sea beet to the steamer. Three minutes was enough to wilt the leaves and keep a little bite as well as retaining the lovely green colour to the sea veg.

As for a sauce, and it had to be a quick one, I sliced up a couple of small, cooked new potatoes from the fridge and added them to some extra virgin olive oil, in a small saucepan. I added skinned tomato flesh and some semidried tomatoes; sliced preserved lemon skin; black olives and chopped parsley.

The whole lot was then gently warmed for a couple of minutes over a medium heat for all the flavours to infuse.

It’s pretty important not to start cooking the sauce but just to let all the ingredients warm only. The finished dish of the day looked and tasted superb. Simple, healthy and wonderful Mediterranean meets Cumbrian flavours.

Meanwhile down in Cartmel, Kev had been over to the estuary, selected his ingredients and come up with the dishes that you see here Gently pickled cockles accompanied by a seaweed gel, caper sand and freshly picked sea herbs (orache, sea purselane, and goose tongue and sea aster) Wild brill slowly poached in brown butter with salt-baked kohlrabi, oyster and dittander cream emulsion, crispy spring onions, grilled blood-red Holland onions and sea blight ...a bit mind blowing really!

I was amazed at the creativity and his knowledge of what`s actually available on our doorstep and with the magical transformation that can be conjured up in a professional kitchen – a delight to eat.

Hats off to Kev Tickle and the chefs under Simon Rogan’s wing down in Cartmel they’re a true credit to Cumbrian food.

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LEEK AND CHEESE MUFFINS

Makes 10

Ingredients: 225g self-raising flour 1 leek, finely sliced Freshly ground black pepper 100g half fat cheddar, grated 175ml semi-skimmed milk 1 egg 50ml olive oil 10 cherry tomatoes

Method:

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.

In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, leek, freshly ground black pepper and cheddar and mix well.

In a separate bowl, mix together the milk, egg and olive oil.

Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well.

Grease ten muffin moulds and half-fill each with the mix.

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Food & Drink | Crab Apple Jam

Crab Apple Jam

by JOHN FELL chef at The Sella Park Hotel, near Calderbridge.

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O tie in with the Crab Fair this autumn I’ve come up with an Autumn Crab Apple Jam recipe, to use with Slow Roast Pork.

This works fantastically well with Pork, Goose or Duck, the tartness off the Crab Apple Jam cutting through the fattiness of the meat.

INGREDIENTS

Serves 4-6, preparation time 10 mins, cooking time 15 mins Ingredients 30g/1oz unsalted butter sliced thinly 100g/3oz caster sugar 350g/12oz peeled, quartered, cored and diced Crab Apples (total weight after peeling) Squeeze of lemon juice 1 vanilla pod/ 4 drops vanilla essence

METHOD

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Lay the slices of butter in the bottom of a nonstick pan, sprinkle over the sugar evenly, heat gently until the sugar and butter has melted

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Turn up the heat and bring the mixture to the boil, DO NOT STIR THE MIXTURE, boil till it turns a good amber colour, this should take around 6-8 mins,

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Remove the pan from the heat and immediately add the crab apple pieces, take care as the caramel mixture will be extremely hot, add the lemon juice, return to the heat and boil for 2 mins.

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Remove from the heat and add the vanilla seeds from the pod, or the vanilla essence, stir, and allow it to cool. The jam will thicken as it cools down.

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The jam will keep for a good month in the fridge, before use, warm slightly and serve with your chosen meat.

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Carve the pork and serve with your Crab Apple Jam, Mashed potatoes and buttery carrots.

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ames and Dagmara Cooper welcome you to The Pack Horse Inn, their family-friendly pub which is one of Keswick’s best kept secrets… hidden away in a quiet corner of the Pack Horse Court.

With its warm and cosy atmosphere, old wooden beams and stone floors this traditional pub, beckons you away from the hustle and bustle of Keswick’s busy streets; the perfect place to spend a couple of hours on a chilly autumn day.

The Pack Horse offers traditional pub food with a contemporary twist, from fine dining to handmade burgers; all of which include the very best of locally-sourced ingredients.

The Pack Horse also offers a selection of traditional cask ales including Cumbrian ales from Hawkshead.

Furthermore this lovely little local is also dog-friendly, has disabled access and free WiFi, so whether you’re looking for a new regular or you’re just passing by there will always be a warm welcome and the best service awaiting you at The Pack Horse Inn.

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Master chef Rogan can’t wait for our Fest out West

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EADING Cumbria chef, Simon Rogan, loves West Cumbria and says he can’t wait to come back to Cockermouth and our annual food extravaganza, Taste Cumbria.

restaurant, L’Enclume, in Cartmel, South Cumbria, Simon said: “Last year 30,000 people attended the event over the course of the weekend with tickets for the pop-up restaurant selling out within a few days”.

It’s our area’s yearly homage to what is not only the best food that the county has to offer but some of the best food in Britain. Simon’s impatient to bring his special talents to town and he’s even forsaking his latest venture, at Claridges, in London, to make sure he attends this year’s event.

The local food festival opens on Friday September 26 with a beer festival and comedy night followed by a weekend full of delights for foodies. Taste Cumbria has over 100 stalls offering tastings, shopping and activities with many Cockermouth businesses joining in, even offering special offers samples and competitions.

“It’s been a mad few months in my businesses, but there was no way I was going to miss it. I love the challenge of cooking in that unique pop-up environment and bringing my style of dining to new and different audiences. We’re rightly proud of our produce and the talent within ourt hospitality businesses in Cumbria – Taste Cumbria is an event that no food lover should miss.”

Simon will once be brining fine dining to Cockermouth with his pop-up restaurant. Famed for his Michelin-starred

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As well as this there will be the Grub Club which specifically aims to encourage youngsters to appreciate Cumbria’s local delicacies, understand the importance of a healthy diet and encouraging them to start cooking.

Sticking to its tried and trusted format this year there will be the same masterclasses, demonstrations and produce stalls.

Perfect Roast Pork Loin

by JOHN FELL chef at The Sella Park Hotel, near Calderbridge.

I’m often asked: “How do I get crispy crackling on my pork?

Mine never works.” Well! Here you go; fool proof crispy crackling every time

Quick tips

1. Make sure your pork is scored properly, ask your butcher to do it for you 2. Make sure the skin is dry, moisture is the main problem

for good crackling

3. Oil the skin, and rub in a good amount of sea salt Ingredients

900g/2lb Boneless Loin of Pork, Rolled and tied with skin on 2 tsp Vegetable oil Coarse sea salt Serves 4-6, preparation time 10 mins, cooking time 1 hour 15 mins approx.

Method

1. Pre heat your oven to 240c / 475f gas 8, line your

roasting tin with tin foil, Dry the Pork skin with paper towel, rub in the oil and then rub in the sea salt, a good generous handful is required

2.

Sit the pork on a rack in the roasting tray if you have one, if not you can roughly chop some onion, carrot, and celery and use that, place in the oven and roast for 25 mins, after 25 mins turn the oven down to 180c / 350f gas 4, cook for a further 45/50 mins, this is just an approx. time

3.

Remove the pork from the oven, allow to rest for 10 mins, DON’T COVER THE PORK, this will soften the crackling!

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Slow Roast Leg of Mutton

by JOHN FELL chef at The Sella Park Hotel, near Calderbridge.

Serves 6-8 preparation time 30-40 mins cooking time 3- 4 hours

Ingredients

1 boned and rolled 3kg/6lb leg of Cumbrian mutton 1 tbsp. of dripping 2 peeled and roughly chopped carrots 2 sticks of roughly chopped celery 1 large onion peeled and roughly chopped 1 tbsp. thyme roughly chopped 1 tbsp. rosemary roughly chopped 1/2 tsp black pepper 400ml cider

Method

1. Pre heat the oven to 160c/325f Gas 3, rub the mutton with the dripping, black pepper, thyme and rosemary, place the chopped celery, carrot and onion in the bottom of a roasting tray, pour in the cider, place the mutton on top and cover tightly with tin foil 2. Roast the mutton very slowly, the slower the better, allow 20 mins per 500g/ 1lb of mutton, and baste at least twice during the cooking time, but re wrap tightly in tin foil to seal in those lovely flavours 3. After around 4 hours your mutton will be fantastic, so melt in the mouth you’ll hardly need to carve it!! Serve your mutton with good old swede mash, creamy leeks and the cider gravy the mutton was cooked in.

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Feature | Vintage Rally

DEFYING GRAVEL GREASE AND GRAVITY

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T’S not the most obvious way to show off a vintage car but for many the Honister section of the Vintage Sports Car Club’s annual Lakeland Trial, which takes place this year on Saturday November 9, has become an annual pilgrimage.

The event pits man and machine against grease, gravel grit and gravity on a number of sections in the area, one of which is Honister. The cars tackle varying conditions on sections in Whinlatter Forest, around Bassenthwaite and Buttermere, but Honister is particularly popular with spectators.

The unique sporting event is set against the backdrop of some of the lakes most dramatic scenery and sees an array of expensive vintage cars, mostly earlier than 1931, make their way up more than 2,126ft up one of England’s steepest roads, Honister Pass to the Honister slate mine and then tackle the rough mine road up to the fell top.

Exotica such as Bentleys, Rolls Royces, Aston Martina and Bugatti are among the 150 marques from a bygone era that will be trialled by their owners in a motorsport that’s as old as the cars themselves. The oldest car to ever participate was a 1908 Mercedes, which competed in 2012.

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At Honister drivers must wind their way up the rocky terrain around hairpin bends which at times see clouds of smoke and screeches emitted from these antique cars as they make their way up the rocky track – the kind of road that they were built for.

Many drivers also dress the part, donning goggles and scarves as a nod to the early era as they brave the elements in open-topped cars.

What’s so interesting is that these adventurous drivers prefer using their immaculate vintage wheels for the purpose for which they were built, rather than keeping them as cosseted museum pieces.

Sue’s Taxis | Feature

TAXI FIRM Goes down the electric avenue

A Cutaway look at the Nissan Leaf

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T could be the start of a quiet…and green revolution.

Workington taxi firm, Sue’s Taxis, has, since last July, operated what is Cumbria’s first fully electric taxi and so far owner Sue Mackenzie and her customers are delighted and impressed with the all-round performance of the batterypowered Nissan Leaf.

Although more expensive to buy initially Sue expects that in the long run the Nissan will prove cheaper to operate than a conventional taxi with lower fuel costs and fewer servicing requirements thanks to a lack of engine or gearbox.

county including one at Westlakes near Whitehaven.

New rapid chargers can achieve a 30 minute “refuel” and there are plans to install one at Allerdale House, the council’s Workington HQ, later this year. The batteries themselves are expected to last five years and new ones cost £5,000 but they are made up of cells which can be bought individually.

Now Sue is planning to assess the vehicle’s long distance capability with an airport test run, perhaps to Manchester, with fast charging points being available en route and at the destination itself.

The idea came from a magazine. “We saw an electric car and wanted to try one out, so we rented one and as a result decided to make one of ours electric.

So far the vehicle is covering about 100 miles between charges and can be seen most days on Workington’s town centre taxi ranks. “It surprises people how quiet it is,” said Sue; it’s easy to drive and everyone wants to know all about it.”

The battery life lasts the day shift before needing recharged for the evening period and takes four hours to replenish at the firm’s base, or all night on trickle charge at Sue’s home, There are also various charging points throughout the September /October 2014 | 47

Motoring | Fiat Panda

A small achievement for

Fiat in the 4x4 sector

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eing able to offer something unique in the increasingly competitive SUV segment but in the FIAT Panda Cross that’s exactly what you get – a car like no other!

In 2006 SUVs accounted for around seven per cent of the total car market in Europe whereas today they account for approximately 20 per cent, and yet despite the proliferation of models in the past decade the new FIAT Panda Cross remains a truly unique offering by combining the genuine capabilities of a proper off-road vehicle with the efficiency and practicality of a versatile city car.

The technological upgrades of the FIAT Panda Cross make it the most capable vehicle in its class by some margin – more so even than the award-winning FIAT Panda 4X4* on which it is based - yet it is a car that could still be chosen purely for its low running costs, day-to-day practicality and general ease and pleasure of use.

FIAT has combined more than 30 years of experience in city car innovation with SUV capability. The Panda was the first to be offered with all-wheel drive in its segment, as well as the first to be powered by diesel, methane and LPG. More recently it pioneered City Brake Control in its segment, a safety feature that is ideally suited to city cars but until previously reserved for larger luxury vehicles.

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Terrain Control gives the car the possibility of adjusting the vehicle’s driving characteristics according to how it is being used: There are three modes: Auto, Off-Road and Hill Descent Control and it has bigger, 15-inch wheels.

An active safety system operates at speeds of up to 19mph and employs a LIDAR laser sensor to detect the presence of vehicles or obstacles in front of the car and, depending on the data it receives from the ESC system, can automatically use the vehicle’s Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), Brake Prefill and Brake Assist systems if the driver fails to intervene promptly.

By deploying these emergency braking systems, the car can avoid or mitigate the consequences of a collision.

•The FIAT Panda Cross goes on sale in the UK early in autumn priced from £15,945 for the TwinAir version and £16,945 for the diesel-powered model.

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Sport | Comets

COMETS FORCED INTO FRANTIC FINISH Words: John Walsh | photography: PAUL ROBINSON

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ORKINGTON Comets have been forced into a frantic end to the season, bidding to fit in all their fixtures by the cut-off date.

As a result club owner, Laura Morgan, has called for more thought to be given to next season’s fixtures after the Comets were forced to organise three successive double headers at home.

She said: “We can’t possibly do this again next season. Yes, we had those two very well documented freak abandonments, but with rain-offs for various clubs, the season has become a nightmare.

“We are certainly not on our own. Something needs to be done to alleviate the pressure on clubs. Granted we can’t do anything about the good old British weather but we can certainly look at alternative ways in which to organise the fixtures.”

The problem with double headers is that they prove very tough on rider, machine, management and officials, not forgetting the pockets of supporters.

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Ashley Morris racing in a short space of time the Comets had to do to get in their outstanding matches.

They were at Sheffield on the Thursday night before riding a double header at home on Saturday. Then it was off to Glasgow on the Sunday. That was followed by a meeting at Peterborough, on the Tuesday, as the second part of a double-header, then up to Berwick for the league fixture on Wednesday evening before heading down to Somerset on Friday.

It’s going to be pretty tight as to who actually makes the lower reaches of the top six and the Comets are in the mix with several other clubs. It would be a disaster if they suffered further rain-offs and weren’t able to include the matches in their racing record.

Injuries have been a concern to the Comets, so much so that they went from the end of April to the end of August without being able to put out their own one to seven and having to rely on guests for three months. It has meant a new signing with Joe Jacobs coming in to take the place of Ashley Morris after he was released by Peterborough.

Team manager Tony Jackson said: “Joe is a fine British prospect who, in addition for posting good scores in the

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National League with Mildenhall, has done well as a Fast Track Reserve at Wolverhampton, where ironically he began the season as reserve partner to Ashley.”

As far as Morris is concerned he had a CT scan and consultant’s appointment with results showing that the bleed has most probably stopped, but he was shown by the consultant where the bleeding had been and the rider was shocked at the extent of it and knows he has been very lucky.

Owner Morgan said, “I think we all knew that this was very likely on the cards and it’s clearly in Ashley’s interests to follow doctor’s orders, rest up and make sure he is 100% recovered before even considering getting back on a bike.

We all wish him well and are looking forward to him paying us a visit at Derwent Park in the near future. Ashley will have another CT scan in a couple of months to assess any changes.”

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Sport Sport||Reds’ Workington Last Chance Reds

Reds adhere to realistic aims Words: John Walsh | Photography: Steve Durham

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mid-table berth after six games has left Workington Reds boss, Gavin Skelton, satisfied with his side’s start to life in the Evo Stik Premier League.

Reds had been made second favourites to win the League and make an instant return to Conference North but Skelton, officials and supporters alike knew that this was wildly optimistic and not really based on facts and information.

Two wins, a draw and three defeats out of the first six games left Reds 13th in the table – and with a solid enough start to the campaign, just three points off a play-off berth.

Skelton said: “The League hasn’t really settled down yet and we are still adjusting to the new surroundings. But it’s been a steady enough opening. Obviously I’m disappointed to lose three games but all of them have been close and we’ve been beaten by the odd goal.

“I have belief in myself as a manager and belief in the group of players we have at Borough Park. I think we can build on our position over the coming weeks through making ourselves hard to beat and finding a way to improve our scoring ratio from chances created.”

Reds did suffer a blow in the opening game when defensive lynch-pin Kyle May (Pictured) suffered a badly dislocated shoulder. He had given his side the lead at Stamford but was forced out of the action before half-time.

May was initially told he could be out of action for up to four months but a Workington warrior for the last 10 years, he is likely to be back well before then.

If it’s been a solid enough start on the pitch, in other areas of the club, progress has been maintained. Among the new initiatives is the appointment of a commercial manager, the daughter in law of a former Reds stalwart.

She is Denise Rollo, daughter in law of former Glasgow Celtic full-back Alex Rollo who became enormously popular at the Borough Park

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club. Alex played 127 times for Reds between 1957 and 1960.

Alex and his wife settled in the town and their son Michael is the husband of the new commercial manager. Alex died ten years ago at the age of 78.

Denise, who hails from Leicester, had experience working in the commercial department of Leicester City and more recently has become well-known in Workington as a town councillor for the Moss Bay Kyle May ward.

A senior development officer with Allerdale Council she has the full support of her employers in her voluntary role with the Evo Stik Premier League club.

She says: “As councillors we were invited to Borough Park for the open day before the season started. I met the chairman Glen Heathcote and offered to help when he told me they were looking for someone to run the commercial side.

“I will be looking at all the ways we can generate support and income for the Reds, working closely with the local community. I think there’s enormous potential at the club and that’s what I hope to generate.”

Chairman Glen Heathcote said: “It’s another piece in the jigsaw. One I have been looking for since I got involved last December.

“We did particularly well with our share issue earlier this year to make us financially secure for a little while. But if we don’t do anything about finding new income streams the club will eventually be back to where it was at the end of last season.

“I met Denise at our very successful open day and she expressed an interest in helping us on the commercial side.

She’s now officially with us and we look forward to a long and successful involvement.”

Veivers Return Workington with Town | Sport

It’s Viva Veivers!

as Town retain Aussie coach

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HIL Veivers will be back at Derwent Park next season to step-up Workington Town’s Championship ambitions.

He’s been in charge this year with a mandate to keep the club out of the bottom five and relegation to Championship One. Although it was down to the wire in the battle to fight clear of the drop zone, with four clubs battling to avoid the last relegation place, Town were not going to let him down.

The way the team has improved as a unit, and most of the squad have upped their own levels of performance, have underlined what an excellent coach Town got when they hired the Australian.

Veivers has re-signed all the players he wants from the existing squad and is looking to add four new signings.

He said: “We are moving nice and quietly towards our targets. There’s no panic because there are only so many playing jobs around. “I know the areas I want to strengthen and one of the new recruits will be coming mainly for his experience because this is still a relatively young squad.

“There have been several games when we haven’t done as well as we should have done because we’ve gone away from our basic game plan. But generally I’ve been happy with the way the players have responded to my coaching and how they’ve bought in to what I’m trying to put across to them.”

Town’s record against the better teams in the League has been particularly impressive – taking a bonus point from runaway champions Leigh both at home and away; beating Featherstone at Derwent Park and forcing a draw with Halifax.

Veivers was happy to commit himself to another season at

Mark Fryer and Phil Veivers Town and that was a big relief to the Workington directors when they got his name on paper for 2015. Town vicechairman, Mark Fryer, said: “By getting Phil committed early for 2015 we believe this will set the platform for next season.

“It means we will be able to put together an excellent pre-season programme and by signing up the present squad members the coach wants, plus the four new ones he wants, we should be able to prepare really well for what lies ahead in the 2015 season.

“The big thing from our point of view is that Phil really loves working at the club and with our players. He has ambitions for this team and it matches ours, of being a top four Championship side in the not-too-distant future. ”But we don’t believe in quick fixes. We want to build, step by step, and what we have seen this season confirms our belief that, under Phil, we are heading in the right direction.”

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Fun & Games | Colouring Time

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Colouring Picture by Jemma Tegg

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Children’s Puzzles | Fun & Games

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Puzzles | Take a break

Catch-Words

Test your knowledge and complete the catch-phrases

Please see p75 for puzzle solutions ALPHA SUDOKU Place a letter from A to F in each empty cell so everyrow, every column and every 2x3 box contains all the letters A to F.

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Across 1. ___ before you leap (4) 3. ___ speak louder than words (7) 8. Cutting ___ (7) 10. Water ___ the bridge (5) 11. ___ the knot (3) 12. United ___ (7) 14. ___ fracture (6) 15. Old ___ die hard (6) 19. ___ makes the heart grow fonder (7) 21. Apres- ___ (3) 22. Song and ___ (5) 24. The other man’s grass is always ___ (7) 25. Safety- ___ box (7) 26. Hide and ___ (4) Down 2. Finders ___ (7) 3. ___ without leave (6) 4. A breach of ___ (5) 5. As ___ as the hills (3) 6. It takes all ___ (5) 7. Behind the ___ (6) 9. Many happy ___ of the day (7) 13. A difference of ___ (7) 16. Questions and ___ (7) 17. Fair and ___ (6) 18. ___ - lifter (6) 19. ___ and abetted (5) 20. ___ must (5) 23. ___ it in the bud (3)

SUDOKU Place a number from 1 to 9 in each

empty cell so everyrow, every column and every 3x3 box contains all the numbers 1 to 9.

What’s On

Music / Theatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music / Theatre Fri Sep 19 Secret Affair The Brickyard, Carlisle -----------------------------------------------19th Sept State of Quo Vine Bar Workington -----------------------------------------------Fri Sep 19 Neon Disco The Roc Bar, Whitehaven ------------------------------------------------

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DRAGONFORCE The brickyard Carlisle

//music Fri Oct 17 Kids in Glass Houses The Brickyard, Carlisle -----------------------------------------------Fri Oct 17 The Drifters Sands Centre, Carlisle -----------------------------------------------Sat Oct 18 JW Music The Venue, Carlisle -----------------------------------------------Sat Oct 18 The New Rave Order The Brickyard, Carlisle -----------------------------------------------19 Sept Thy Demise Lounge 41 Workington -----------------------------------------------Fri Sep 19 Neon Disco The Roc Bar, Whitehaven ------------------------------------------------

Tues Sep 23 Dragonforce The Brickyard, Carlisle -----------------------------------------------26 Sept Green Days Vine Bar Workington -----------------------------------------------Sat Sep 27 Marcus Collins & His Band Sands Centre, Carlisle -----------------------------------------------Sat Sep 27 Die No More - Album Launch The Brickyard, Carlisle -----------------------------------------------3 Oct Seduction Vine Bar Workington -----------------------------------------------Sat Oct 4 Sensational 60’s Experience Sands Centre, Carlisle -----------------------------------------------Sat Oct 4 Decade The Brickyard, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------

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Missy MAlone’s Burlesque CArnegie, Workington Fri Sep 19 Secret Affair The Brickyard, Carlisle -----------------------------------------------Sat Sep 20 Dee-Licious Hallmark Hotel, Carlisle -----------------------------------------------Sat Sep 20 Kontiki Suite The Brickyard, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------

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What’s On

Music / Theatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music / Thea-----------------------------------------------Thurs Oct 30 Angel.

Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth -----------------------------------------------Sat Nov 1 Sketching Beast Interactive Performance, Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth -----------------------------------------------Sun Nov 30 Susan Calman: Lady Like Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth ------------------------------------------------

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Sept 22 Calvary; Sept 29 Half of a Yellow Sun; Oct 6 Cycling with Moliere.

Oct 13 Blue Run; Oct 20 Frank; Oct 27 The Two Faces of January.

Nov 10 The Golden Dream; Nov 17, Boyhood; Nov 24 Belle.

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Fri Sep 26 Stones in his Pockets The Sands Centre, Carlisle -------------------------------------------------

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Tues Oct 7 - Sun Oct 12 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat The Sands Centre, Carlisle -----------------------------------------------Mon Oct 13 - Sat Oct 18 Jesus Christ Superstar The Carnegie, Workington -----------------------------------------------Fri Oct 10 Haunting Julia; Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth -----------------------------------------------13-18 Oct Jesus Christ Superstar Carnegie Workington -----------------------------------------------Thurs Oct 23 – Sat Oct 25 Last Tango & Panto in Grimley, Cockermouth ADS; Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth 58 | The Guide Magazine

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MONDAY NIGHT FILMS at The Kirkgate Centre Cockermouth

Fri Sep 19 - Sat Sep 20

crab fair egremont

Big names

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N a bid to keep live music in Whitehaven Threads menswear shop in King Street, will be transformed from a retail shop in to a live music venue, one night a month, for Threads Sessions.

Threads Sessions is the brainchild of Danny Maudling from the Mighty Boof, he said: “It combines the two things that I do. “ With just a two hour window to turn the shop’s ground floor into a music venue Danny and his team have their work cut out.

Gigs are planned as far ahead as Christmas, with Nigel Clarke, from 90s Britpop band Dodgy, signed up for the September’s session and Mike Morriss from The Bluetones lined up for October.

The Boof have also previously promoted Mark when he played at the Acoustic Lounge in Whitehaven Civic Hall, in 2011. Danny said: “I am glad to be bringing him back after the astounding show he put on. Everyone my age remembers The Bluetones – a massive band. They split in 2011 and I can’t believe this guy is coming to play in my shop; I can’t wait to hear all if those classic Bluetones hits and Mark’s new material.”

All support slots are still up for grabs, so if you’re interested send a demo to Threads and you may secure a support slot.

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Feature | Carlisle Blues & Rock Festival

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arlisle Blues and Rock Festival marks its eighth year on November 7-9, at The Swallow Hilltop Hotel.

It is unique amongst Cumbrian festivals in that all the bands play at a single venue, giving the audience the opportunity to be completely immersed in the music and it’s all with a roof overhead so there’s no need to worry about wet Cumbrian weather.

Carlisle Blues & Rock Festival’s reputation is such that many of the world’s best blues and rock performers are very keen to be on the bill. They come from all over the UK and the US to grace the stage for an audience made up of dedicated music fans, and the extremely warm, friendly, atmosphere.

This year, Sparo & The Yahs, a Scottish rock/blues/funk act, will launch proceedings on Friday night, followed by an all American line up; Samantha Fish, from Kansas, who has been setting the international blues world alight.

The legendary Marcus Malone, originally from Detroit, Mike Zito and the Wheel will be headlining. Not his first time in Carlisle Mike appeared in 2013 with award-winning US ‘super group’ the Royal Southern Brotherhood and this year he is bringing his own and for those who want to party on into the night, The Little Devils will be playing a late session in the bar.

Saturday offers a Great British theme featuring some of the very best British acts from as far back as the 1970s right up to the current day. Included in the packed Saturday programme are the hotly-tipped Rosco Levee and the

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Southern Slide; the Mustangs; blues diva Connie Lush; husky-voiced Sean Webster, Climax Blues Band, South African Bushman Brothers; Blues Boy Dan Owen, legendary Scottish blues and boogie outfit Blues’n’Trouble, and Aynsley Lister.

The regular late-night jam session in the bar will attract some of the big names playing at the festival and should provide some memorable music and visuals for the late-nighters.

Sunday begins with fast-rising young blues band TC & The Moneymakers and continues with gifted singer/guitarist Dani Wilde with her superb band.

The Boom Boom Band, a high profile collective featuring some of Britain’s finest blues performers, including Marcus Bonfanti, Jon Amor, Matt Taylor, Paddy Milner, Mark Butcher (yes the former England Test cricket superstar) and Steve Rushton, drummer from the Imelda May Band will also play.

The event wouldn’t be complete without the UK’s premier blues artist, maestro and festival favourite Ian Siegal.

With such a dazzling line up this year's Rock and Blues festival promises to be the best one yet.

What’s On Music / Theatre / Film / Sat Sep 27 Marcus Collins The Sands Centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Sat Oct 25 Mark Watson: Flaws The Sands Centre, Carlisle ------------------------------------------------Sun Nov 2 Jim Davidson: No Further Action The Sands Centre, Carlisle -------------------------------------------------

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Fri Sep 19 - Sat Sep 20 Crab Fair Egremont -----------------------------------------------Sun Sep 21 Shepherds Meet and Show Borrowdale, Near Keswick -----------------------------------------------Tues Sept 16 to Sat Oct 11 “Hoot!” – a 100th centenary Brownies art exhibition.

Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth.

Sun Sep 21 Taste of Cumbria - Slow Food Kirklinton Hall, Kirklinton -----------------------------------------------Sun Sep 21 The Great British Beach Clean Flimby -----------------------------------------------Sun Sep 21 Family Fun Day Cleator Moor -----------------------------------------------Sat Sep 27 A Very Vintage Fair Carlisle Railway Station -----------------------------------------------Sun Sep 28 Colour Talks The Hut, Brampton -----------------------------------------------Sun Sep 28 An Evening of Popular Classics Thursby Parish Hall

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ockermouth Country Clothing will be hosting another of their fabulous fashion shows and charity auctions, at The Hundith Hill Hotel, at 7pm, on Sunday September 28.

Last year’s event was incredibly well supported and raised £2,710 for the Breast Cancer Campaign.This year’s event is in aid of another worthy cause,The British Heart Foundation, and there are hopes that this year’s event will be even better than the last.

Sarah Hewitson, of Cockermouth Country Clothing said:“We choice the British Heart Foundation because it’s very relevant to our business, as we like to support British manufactures and suppliers where possible. It’s also something that affects a lot of people, especially as heart disease is on the rise.”

There will be more models and outfits and this year’s show will see the launch of some new brands such as Tulchan, as well as launching the Autumn/Winter collections from their existing brands such as Joules and Ness.There will be a fashion show for men and women, as well as a children’s selection and the introduction of a shooting-themed section within the fashion show, to celebrate the launch of a fabulous new range of Le Chameau footwear and Clothing.

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What’s On

/ Film / Comedy / Other / Music / Theatre / Film / Comedy / Other / Music / -----------------------------------------------Sat Oct 4 Mountaineer Doug Scott: The Three Peaks; Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth.

-----------------------------------------------Fri Oct 10 Veterans of the Duke of Lancaster Association Workington British Legion Sat Oct 11, Cockfrock fashion event; Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth.

-----------------------------------------------Mon Oct 27 – Sat Nov 1 Family Dance Events; Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth.

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-----------------------------------------------Oct 13 7-8pm Cumbria Police & Crime Commisioner Meeting Banklands Hall, St Joseph’s School Workington -----------------------------------------------October 18, Wigton Motor Club Copeland Canter Classic Car touring event, Rowrah Kart Circuit -----------------------------------------------Sunday October 18, WMC Solway Historic Rally and Targa Rally Sunday, from Rowrah Kart Circuit 14 tests on a 70-mile route.

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Music, Theatre, Film, Comedy & More | What's On Dracula | Feature

THEATRE BY THE LAKE, KESWICK

a Druam can yo

sink yourto teeth in

We ‘re off to the theatre to see TBL’s latest production, based loosely on the classic Bram Stoker character; Dracula.

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ITH Theatre by the Lake’s summer season well under way at Keswick, Dracula, based on the famous Bram Stoker novel of 1897, is proving one of the more intriguing plays.

Liz Lochhead has certainly made room for her own interpretations and creations in this adaption of the classic gothic tale; changing the relationship, perhaps unnecessarily, between Mena and Lucy from friends to sisters. Lucy, unlike in the novel, is portrayed as mentally unstable from the beginning. Jennifer English’s portrayal of Lucy was possibly over-acted, perhaps due to the scripting.

Like the novel, Dracula’s scenes are few but Lochhead has introduced a subplot set in an asylum, in which Renfield a mad man awaits the arrival of Dracula, the irony is that through his perceived madness he reveals what is coming while the audience sees the shadow of the mysterious count.

The script makes clever yet subtle reference to all those characteristics that we have to come to associate with vampires… which raised a giggle from the playgoers.

The second half of any play is often difficult as audiences can sometimes start to feel weary and fidgety making

SEPTEMBER: Sun Sept 28 Joan Armatrading; Mon 29 Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors; and Harold Pinter play, Old Times; Tues 30 Rookery Nook and The Winterling.

OCTOBER: Wed 1 Rookery Nook and The Winterling; Thursday 2 Dracula and Seeing the Lights; Fri 3 Dracula and Seeing the Lights; Sat 5 Comedy of Errors and Old Times; Sun 6 Steele Eye Span (sold out). All plays then rotate until end of month.

Check dates online at: w ww.theatrebythelake. com/whats-on Sun 12 Live music – The Simon and Garfunkel Story Sun 19 Classical pianist Louis Swizgabel Sun Indian music trio, Tarang

actors work harder for their attentions; which is where this cast excelled but the dialogue seemed drawn out and one scene was confused.

Matthew Vaughan’s Dracula is a nicely judged combination of control and bloodlust while Liam Smith’s depiction of Enfield is excellently balanced, conveying enough sanity in his mad ramblings.

Stand out members of the female cast were Katie Norris as Florae, in a relatively insignificant role which injected humour in to an otherwise dark play and Katie Hayes who plays two seemingly separate characters that fuse into a single creature in one of the final scenes – a character as mad as the patients in the asylum that she holds the keys to.

The technical creative at TBL triumphed too with their simple, versatile set which allows Dracula to disappear before your eyes, and conjure up spectacular and atmospheric visuals.

Dan Steele’s compositions perfectly match the on stage action and the mood music played as the audience awaits the performance is particularly atmospheric and scene setting.

So, on the whole a thrilling, sexy and gripping production.

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Feature | Fibre Optic Broadband in Keswick

Internet speed goes climbing in Keswick

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HE arrival of high-speed fibre broadband is set to deliver a boost for tourism and business in Keswick.

Nearly 1,400 homes and businesses in the tourist town are now able to connect to faster fibre broadband, thanks to Connecting Cumbria, the £51 million partnership between Cumbria County Council and BT. This figure will rise to nearly 3,000 as engineers complete the first stage later this summer and will bring the total figure across the county to almost 39,000, under the Connecting Cumbria programme.

Engineers from Openreach – BT’s local network business – have installed six new road-side fibre cabinets in Keswick in this first stage, four of which are already live. Three more are planned in the area later this year, plus a further three in 2015.

When an area has gone ‘live’ for fibre, people need to opt for an upgrade and because the network is ‘open’, they have a choice of fibre broadband providers, with more than 140 now operating in the UK. BT says research show that investment in fibre broadband in rural areas of the UK can boost business returns, business

start-ups through cloud computing and support for home workers and boost jobs.

Geoff Davies, hub co-ordinator for the Keswick area, told us: “It will significantly improve speed, offering a more reliable service free from the frustrations of buffering and slower speeds at peak times.

I encourage people to contact their internet service provider to ask about availability and shop around for the best options to make the most of the deals currently available.”

Local Cumbria county councillor, Andrew Lysser, added: “While Keswick competes extremely well on the world stage, high-speed broadband gives us the opportunity to maintain and improve our position in tourism, commerce and education.”

For business support in Cumbria go to www.bigcumbria. com for advice on free services such as training workshops, skills master classes and business development events. For further information on the Connecting Cumbria programme visit: www.connectingcumbria.org.uk •Connecting Cumbria aims to ensure that at least 93 per cent of Cumbrian homes and businesses can access highspeed fibre broadband by the end of 2015.

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C o lts’ n ew a lb u m ro c ks fu ll-o n

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OLT 45 are known locally as the band who saved Cock Rock in 2013; they’re making a name for themselves nationally after playing, what they hope will be the first of many, Download Festivals and they’re releasing their debut album The Tide is Turning, which drops at the end of July.

The Tide is Turning, is Colts’ third-time working with legendary music producer Romesh Dodangoda and it shows them doing what they do best; full-on rocking out for two minutes with raspy vocals from singer Neil Harper, with some more melodic stuff thrown in.

The album name comes from one of the tracks and represents a new direction for the band; they’ve admitted themselves that they’re not as p*ssed off as they used to be and this is something that definitely comes across in

the album, especially in places where there’s more melody than we’re used to. It’s also represents the way things have changed since they signed with Visible Noise.

Ever keen to stay true their Cumbrian roots 595, full of catchy riffs, pays tribute to their journeys along the A595, to Carlisle, for band practice two-three times a week.

The album is somewhat reminiscent of rock groups from the noughties and despite being signed to a record label there’s no complacency in this album as Colt continue to zealously create kick-ass tunes with their own brand of alt punk rock.

The Tide Is Turning drops on July 28 and if this album is anything to go by then the tide is truly turning for COLT 45.

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Feature | Womens Rugby

Get in touch with

women’s rugby

When the Guide talked with England Rugby coach, Stuart Lancaster, he said that women’s rugby was on the rise and that the crowd at a match was usually a 60/40 split of men and women. With this in mind and the fact that the Women’s Rugby World Cup took place this summer, Ali Hipkin rubbed on the wintergreen and took on a training session with Workington Zebra’s Women’s XV.

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HEN I agreed to take part in a training session with the Zebra’s – so called simply because the club jersey colours are black and white stripes I wondered what I was letting myself in for.

Workington Zebra’s right wing, Beth Gaskell, told me: “Rugby is unlike any other sport. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do or how good you are; you’re part of the team and you’ll always be included. You’re always guaranteed a good social life as a rugby player.”

From what I could gather it might be anything from a bit of a run about to something resulting in me losing my teeth.

Workington Zebras is just one of many women’s rugby union teams up and down the county. It’s no longer just a sport for burly men… nearly 14,000 women and girls, nationwide are lacing up their rugby-boots to play each week.

I wouldn’t class myself as a girly girl who is frightened of breaking a nail – although I did actually break one – but I was never a girl who was going to succeed in the world of sport.

I was extremely nervous meeting the rest of the team, considering I didn’t t really know the rules of rugby union but they were surprisingly tolerant of ignorance and helped me out whenever I ran the wrong way or dropped the ball and once I had overcome my initial fear, of being hit in the face by the ball, I actually enjoyed myself. It proved to be a great cardio- workout and there’s a great atmosphere between the team-mates.

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So from a mere two hours of practice I can offer just two pieces of advice; if you’ re considering taking up rugby… then do it, it’s a great sport, keeps you fit and allows you to socialise with a new crowd… oh, and don’t be afraid of the ball.

The Zebras’ women start pre-season training in August but will have regular training sessions from September on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and details can be found on their facebook or twitter pages.

To find out how you can get involved in rugby go to www.rfu.com/takingpart or on Twitter at @EnglandRugby

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Feature | Hadrian's Wall

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TOURIST’S life in Cumbria was very different four hundred years ago.

Travelling around was only done when necessary, due to the poor condition of the roads and the length of time it took to get anywhere. An added danger in the north of England was the prevalence of the Reiving culture around the border between England and Scotland, before the two countries were united during Queen Ann’s reign in the eighteenth century.

However, one man made it his business to travel throughout England and into Scotland during these dangerous times. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I William Camden spent his summer holidays from his job, as Headmaster of Westminster School, travelling.

He stayed with the local gentry and recorded what he saw and heard. The resulting book that he produced, Britannia, was the first county-by-county description of Britain and Ireland and was first published in 1586 and was the first comprehensive record of antiquities in Britain.

In 1599 he travelled into West Cumbria, visited the Curwens of Workington Hall and continued north to stay with John Senhouse of Alnburgh. There he encountered the 68 | The Guide Magazine

beginnings of the Netherhall collection and the Roman fort and civil settlement on the hill above the Senhouse family seat of Netherhall.

In Britannia Camden remembers the Roman fort: “It was situated on a pretty high hill ... but now corn grows where the Town stood. Yet there are still plain remains of it; the old vaults are opened, and several altars, stones with inscriptions and statues, are dug up. These, that worthy gentleman Mr J Sinhous keeps very religiously, and has placed them regularly in his house walls”.

This is probably the earliest record of the, now internationally significant, Roman collection that is housed in the Senhouse Roman Museum at Maryport. Camden himself could be described as the father of archaeology, who went to great lengths to bring the rich heritage we have here in Cumbria to national notice.

His Britannia was revised and expanded several times and a 1695 edition is on display at the Museum.This particular edition once belonged to the Senhouse family and can be seen open at the page that describes Camden’s visit to Netherhall.

Camden and his contribution to archaeology is celebrated as part of Wall Face which is a wall-wide display of portraits of the pioneers who protected, conserved or told the story of Hadrian’s Wall.

This exhibition at 11 Roman attractions features prints and photographs from the National Portrait Gallery. To find out more visit www.visithadrianswall.co.uk/wall-face www.senhousemuseum.co.uk

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Feature | The Iron Ore Years

Boom and bust: The iron ore years

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HEN particularly rich deposits of hematite iron ore were found in West Cumbria they only began to be worked on a really large scale at the start of the 1800s and for the first 50 years most was sent to ironworks in South Wales and Scotland.

It wasn’t until the end of the century that such shipments of ore from West Cumberland ports stopped. Victorian entrepreneurs then realised the possibilities of iron and steel-making here and began iron-smelting and steel-making on a massive scale.

So great was the scale that by the turn of the century they were already importing iron ore from countries which had neither the means nor the money to use it themselves.

At the same time West Cumbria experienced boom conditions of work and pay, never since so widely matched (not even by Sellafield) and if the area ever had a golden time, when work and money was plentiful, the iron ore boom was it.

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Egremont, that was left as a tourist attraction has also now ceased.

There’s still the the terraced houses, which rose to house the workers as fast as did the fortunes of the ironmasters and some towns had all the characteristics of the gold rush towns of the West of America. But there wasn’t so much rush for the red gold of Cumbria.

Prosperity was gradual, because mining ore was labour-intensive, which meant immigration, from rural Cumbria, Ireland and from Cornwall and as more vast bodies of ore were found associated industries grew.

Before the railways came the ore had to be carted and the roads leading from mines to ports or the nearest rail-head were stained red with the ore.

Hundreds, of men and horses and carts were involved at first but from about 1874 the railways serviced most mines. But the ore carts still spilled dust and red still dominated in the towns, villages and hamlets.

Roadsides became the housing sites because the rest of the landscape needed to be mined as mineral rights owners anticipated fortunes yet to be found.

(To be continued – Next time The Rise and Demise)

Progressing‌ bit by pit

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aig is now more than 6 months into the development of a new mining experience within the old colliery building. Spreading over two new floors previously not accessible to the public volunteers are working hard to create an imaginative, informative and fun museum for all ages. The emphasis for the museum story is focused on the Cumberland Coalfields and we are trying to pick stories that reflect the work and lives of this community when coal was King.

The lower floor of the exhibition will focus on life underground, the men, women, children and pit ponies and the first floor will look at life above ground, newhouses, days of the week, one of the most difficult things to do is to pick which story to tell as there are so many amazing things surrounding coal mining.

The exhibition designers are RFA from Halifax, with the fit out team from Workhaus who should be completing the work by the end of October.

From Haig there is a team of volunteers who are working on the stories, images and objects that the public will see in the exhibition so it will truely be an authentic community story.

Keep up with us on www.haigpit.wordpress.com Haig Colliery Mining Museum Whitehaven

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Wildlife of The Solway Firth The Common Dragonet

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LTHOUGH common is often a misleading adjective this is the most frequently found dragonet species and has been recorded all around British and Irish coasts.

Usually found in shallow water and on the sea-bed, it habitually buries most of its body in the sand, with just its protruding eyes visible, hidden from predators and prey alike.

The male grows larger than the female, up to 30 cm long, developing the most brilliant blue colouration when in breeding condition. His dorsal fin can be extended dramatically to further enhance his peacock like appearance…how can the ladies not be impressed?

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The female and immature males are drab by comparison, a blotchy brown colour with pale undersides. The courting pair then complete their ritual by gyrating up together off the sea-bed, a spectacle we have sometimes witnessed in the Aquarium at Maryport where they are generally on display.

By late Summer the young fish are a couple of centimetres long and are found inshore, in the Solway Firth, where there is an abundance of small shrimps and mysids to feed on.

At this stage they are just about distinguishable from the other small fish, gobies and blennies, which are also present in great numbers. It has a broad triangular-shaped head and a small downward pointing mouth, adapted for feeding on worms and crustaceans in the sediment surface.

There is no commercial market for these fish which are discarded as part of the bycatch.

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Feature | Robin Oliver

Looking at love, loss and war I

t’s not the most obvious place but the Border Regiment Chapel, in Carlisle Cathedral, is appropriate for artist Robin Oliver’s solo exhibition, “Remembrance,” a mix of his paintings, sketches, collages, artefacts and treasured items Robin thinks the chapel itself is an art work in itself and his work is part of C-Art, the annual Cumbria-wide Artists’ Open Studios event which encourages artists to display their work in extra-ordinary places.

that conflict continues across the world today.”

Robin’s Poppy in the Trenches (2014) which is aimed at illustrating a tender moment during the horrors of trench warfare, when a young soldier, far from his home, reached out his hand to grasp the fragile and fleeting beauty of a field poppy, growing from within the damaged terrain.

It’s an unfinished piece of work in which Robin is trying to emphasise the many unfinished and prematurely cut-short lives, as the result of death, during many conflicts…but especially, WW1.

“In terms of Art History it is significant that the government, during World War 1, in effect became sponsors of art, and the arts, initially because of the need to provide images to feed an ever-expanding propaganda machine, but it went on to chronicle much more. As an artist you are drawn to, and review, the work of other artists and their stories.”

Also on display will be a collection of artefacts which includes a Peace Mug from 1919, produced as a “souvenir of the Great European war”; a Princess Mary Gift Box, which was sent out to serving men during Christmas 1914; a miniature prayerbook carried in a soldier’s pocket, and much more besides.

Robin’s work is in direct response to his review of the wartime posters campaign and aims to facilitate reflection upon the feelings of those affected by loss through conflict, specifically from the perspective of a father, who has lost his son, during the most recent operational theatres in Afghanistan.

“It’s about remembrance,” said Robin, “I am interested in both history and art and it is impossible to consider one without the other. I believe that it is significant that we remember at least some of what took place 100 years ago; remember those who gave their lives and highlight the fact

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Some of these are part of an existing treasured collection belonging to Robin, or pieces which belong to his family. The aim is to feature something for everyone.

Alongside this war-inspired work will be an eclectic mix of the artist’s more domestic work inspired by his native Cumberland.

Robin’s images reproduced as Greetings Cards may be bought by donation which will raise funds for ‘Combat Stress’, and Carlisle Cathedral. The exhibition will be in the Cathedral from Saturday September 13 - Sunday 28.

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Attractions The Pencil Museum Mini Golf Theatre by the Lake Lonsdale Alhambra Cinema Peter Rabbit and Friends Keswick Brewing Company Keswick Museum and Art Gallery Keswick Ferry Landing

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Theatres & Cinema Carnegie Theatre & Arts Centre Kirkgate Theatre, Cockermouth Plaza Cinema, Workington Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven Theatre by the Lake, Keswick The Wave, Maryport

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OUT AND ABOUT THEY ’RE OFF. ..AGAIN !!!

IT seems barely feels like five minutes since the kids went back to school after the summer holidays but the October half term is just around the corner.

But don’t worry; this time you’ve only got a week off to worry about and now you’re armed with The Guide’s Out and About section.

Travel back to Roman Britain and uncover the local links with a visit to the Maryport Senhouse Museum or take a trip out to see one of Britain’s tallest surviving Roman structures at Ravenglass.

There’s an infinite variety of things to choose from actionpacked adventurous activities to music and arts events or simply rediscovering some of our first rate attractions.

Discover Whitehaven’s history from hunter gatherers to the present day including the all new Sellafield Story. Explore the Antigua rainforest in a quest to uncover the story of Jefferson’s Dark Spirit from life on board a slave ship to Whitehaven’s Georgian punch houses and smuggling history at The Rum Story.

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Rediscover the magnificent views we take for granted with a scenic trip on the La’al Ratty to the beautiful unspoilt valley of Eskdale, where there’s a waterfall to discover and pubs to relax in after a hearty walk, or soak up the views from the coast line with a walk from Whitehaven to St Bees and look down on the historic Whitehaven Harbour – just remember to wrap up warm on the autumn days.

If you’re an nature lover you’re in the right place; visit the Lake District Aquarium at Maryport and learn about life under our waves, visit Whinlatter Visitor Centre where your little monkeys can run free in the wood finding bird and red squirrels or hang from the trees at Go Ape! If you’re still struggling to find a way to keep the kids occupied there’s no shortage of indoor attractions many of which offer family tickets under £20. Start planning those days out.

Our handy telephone numbers guide, can help you make your preliminary enquiries, so don’t think about it. Just do it!

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