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Local heart heroes needed urgently
As we are now well into Spring let’s hope the sun is shining as you read this Easter edition. As we go to print the daffodils are just coming through, and there is a regular stream of boats on trailers heading down the hill past the Windermere Now office, as the hire fleet prepares for the season ahead. Now there’s an interesting idea for a feature - the rowing boats of Windermere. Who made them, how old are they, who looks after them now?
The British Heart Foundation is desperate for volunteers to help in its shop in Bowness.
Elizabeth Dyet, Volunteer Adviser, said; “three wonderful people have begun volunteering with us since Christmas, but we still need urgently more local heart heroes to join our team”.
Our feature in this month’s issue about the North West Air Ambulance was inspired by a recent incident they attended in Bowness. Take a look at the centre spread to read all about ‘Katie’. Following the extra copies delivered to Staveley last month, this edition we are also covering Crosthwaite, so total delivery is now well over 10,000 addresses. Not wanting to be left out, our sister paper Grange Now is also expanding this month, and is now going out to Arnside. Just a word of caution. There may be an article in this issue that’s exploiting the time honoured tradition of publications appearing on or around April the 1st. Apologies for this. To remove all doubt, the story in question features a new form of daily transport from London. We wish you all a very Happy Easter.
“Our volunteers are at the heart of the charity and we simply wouldn’t be able to continue our lifesaving work without them. We would appreciate every minute people can spare and, as well as helping us, volunteering is a great way to learn new skills and make friends. Coronary heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer. For over 50 years the BHF has pioneered research that’s transformed the lives of people living with heart and circulatory conditions, but so many people still need our help.”
Karen (Shop Manager) and Deborah (Assistant Shop Manager) struggling to sort out all the bags of lovely donations that we receive].
If anyone is interested in finding out more, they can visit the British Heart Foundation’s shop at Crag House, Bowness for a chat or 01539 444026 and ask for Karen or Deborah.
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South Lakes Citizens Advice is expanding its telephone service for residents in the area. This is an exciting development that will enable more local people to have access to free, confidential and impartial advice.
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Volunteers are sought to help deliver this service. If you can spare one day a week and would like to help local people, why not volunteer? Citizens Advice provides free training that will enhance your skills, and help you to gain confidence and improve your employment opportunities. Travel expenses are paid. For an application form please call Rachel on 015394 46464 or email support@southlakes.
cabnet.org.uk. We look forward to hearing from you! Free, confidential advice and help is available from South Lakes Citizens Advice Bureau on any aspect of debt, consumer problems, benefits, housing, employment and any other problems. We have various outlets across South Lakeland and can also give advice over the phone – telephone 015394 46464 for an appointment and help.
Give unwelcome callers the cold shoulder Cumbria Trading Standards are warning businesses and householders to be on guard against cold callers after recent instances in Windermere. Two men using a white Toyota Hilux pick-up truck have been trying to sell pressure washers and similar items to Windermere residents. A spokesperson for Trading Standards said: "These products may seem like a good purchase but they could be counterfeit and may be unsafe. We would always recommend buying from reputable sources.
Anybody who has been approached or received a flyer recently, or has information on the matter is urged to contact Trading Standards via the Citizens Advice Consumer Helpline on 03454 04 05 06 or contact Cumbria Police on 101. Additional advice is available at www.adviceguide.org.uk
Windermere Town Council
Don't miss the Annual Parish Meeting. Tuesday 14th April, starting at 6.00pm, in the Marchesi Centre. All electors in Windermere and Bowness are invited to attend and raise any concerns with their Town Councillors. We look forward to seeing you there. This year there are Parliamentary, SLDC and Windermere Town Council elections. The Town Council will be standing down and all 20 seats are up for election - five for each ward: Applethwaite, Windermere Town, Bowness North and Bowness South. Nominations open on 20th March and close at 4.00pm on Thursday 9th April. Polling day is Thursday 7th May from 7am to 10pm. Nomination forms for both District and Town Council elections from Electoral Services on 015397 33333. For those interested in the Town Council, the Town Clerk (Julie Wright on 07951 402372) also holds nomination forms and will be able to help with any enquiries. Windermere Town Council meets twice monthly, on Wednesday evenings. Being a town councillor is a public role and there are set procedures, but it is also very rewarding and gives an opportunity for community-minded people to influence events in their area. This opportunity will not come again until 2019.
Flower Power …. your help needed
Calling on local businesses - please consider sponsoring a hanging basket to support Windermere and Bowness in Bloom. A contribution of £50 buys one fully planted hanging basket, its installation and watering for the whole season and a plaque advertising your business. If you are interested in sponsoring a hanging basket, please contact the Town Clerk, Julie Wright on 07951 402372.
Make sure you can vote on 7th May
A timely reminder from Citizens Advice points that people have to be on the electoral register by 20 April to be able to vote in the General Election on 7th May. The registration system changed on 10 June 2014. Previously, one person in every household was responsible for registering everyone else who lived at that address. Under the new ‘Individual Electoral Registration’ each person is now required to register to vote individually, rather than by household. SLDC sent a letter to residential properties at the end of January. This showed who is currently registered to vote. If you were not included on the letter, but you live at the address, you need to register. If you pay Council Tax this does not mean that you are registered to vote. You can register at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote or telephone the Electoral Services Office on 01539 733333, they can register you online or send you a paper form. You will need your National Insurance Number and date of birth.
New panel tells story of Grasmere pinfold Grasmere Primary School pupils and members of Grasmere Village Society joined staff and volunteers from Friends of the Lake District for the installation of a new interpretation panel at the site of the old Grasmere village pinfold.
The site next to the River Rothay was cleared by volunteers during Friends of the Lake District’s mass volunteer event ‘Grasmere Fell Care Day’ last November. Funding from a Cumbria County Council Community Grant enabled production of the panel. Ruth Kirk from Friends of the Lake District said, “We wanted to include a task during the Fell Care Day that the community wanted to see completed. Access to the riverside bench at the old pinfold site was blocked by overgrowth.
Now the area has been cleared to reveal the riverside bench once again and the lovely new interpretation panel installed, visitors and locals can access this peaceful part of the village and learn about the history of
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how the village pinfold was used in days gone by.”
The pinfold was used to hold stray livestock. A manorial officer, the keeper or “Pinder” (still a local surname) looked after the animals, feeding and watering them at the expense of the owner, who might also have to pay a fine to the lord of
the manor. Its position next to the river helped with watering. Animals were kept for up to three weeks. If not collected by the owner they would be sold at market. At one time, nearly every village in England had a pinfold or pound. They are mentioned in the “Domesday Book”, but not Grasmere as it was then in Scotland!
Dogs and Sheep a worrying problem
When people are attacked by dogs it often, quite rightly, hits the news headlines. When livestock in fields are attacked or alarmed by dogs the problem often goes unnoticed by the public, but the consequences can be devastating for animals and farmers. Spring brings with it the delight of seeing lambs gambling in Lakeland fields. Sadly, each year it also brings a number of irresponsible dog owners who do not supervise their pets. Apart from this minority giving a bad name to owners in general, dogs chasing and disturbing sheep can cause pregnant ewes to abort, sheep to maimed and stressed, and lambs killed. Although much of this problem is caused by public ignorance, rather than being deliberate, the statistics are disturbing and the number of attacks is increasing. In Cumbria in 2013, there were 113 incidents, including 69 attacks and 44 cases of livestock being killed. Surveys by the National Sheep Association show that: • The majority of attacks occur in private, enclosed fields with no footpath. • Most attacks are committed by just one dog. • 35% of attacks led to the death of at least one sheep and 96% of attacks led to at least one sheep being stressed/injured. Although the Countryside and Right of Way Act permits access to open land for recreation, without having to use paths, it states that the public can only do so if they keep dogs on a fixed lead of 2 metres or less when near livestock. Steve Dodwell of Oakhill Veterinary Group in Windermere gives the vet’s view: “Every year, we find ourselves at the sharp end of sheep worrying incidents. Without going into detail, many of the injuries we have to attend to are truly horrific. Some of these injuries prove
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fatal. Others are so extensive that euthanasia is the only humane option. This, on occasion, can be the case on a large scale, with many animals being put to sleep”.
“Under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act, an owner can be found guilty of an offence if their dog worries livestock. Not only is he or she then liable to a hefty fine, but under the Animals Act 1971, an owner may also be sued for compensation by the farmer. Furthermore, the incidents often result with offending dogs being put to sleep”. So what is the answer? Quite simply, dogs must be kept on a lead when in the vicinity of livestock. info@windermerenow.co.uk
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Residents for whom memories of the controversial planning meeting in 2012 have been lost in the mist of time, may now be puzzled by rows of red buoys appearing out of mists on the lake. However, we are now on the brink of the first commercial seaplane flight to operate from Windermere for many years. Wings over Windermere, which will use a watery runway demarcated by the buoys, will operate its revolutionary daily seaplane service between the Thames, below Tower Bridge, to Windermere. “With a journey time of less than two hours each way, this makes the journey completely feasible for day trippers from London”, said Flight Captain Y Hadde of Wings over Windermere. “We expect most of our passengers will be overseas tourists from the luxury end of the market. They can view the Tower of London in the morning, enjoy an in-flight lunch, and land on Windermere after a trouble-free flight. We are very excited”.
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ABOVE: The flying boat "Loof Lirpa" taxis on Windermere during flight trials
Yuvbinn, whose Polish grandfather flew in the RAF during the Battle of Britain, has been planning the service for many years. “It is like a dream come true”, he continued. “By launching our company’s schedule on the first day of April, we are not only able to benefit
from Easter holiday visitors, we are celebrating a pioneer seaplane service that started its operation here on the same date in 1936. Only our planes are much safer and quieter, as we’ll be using the Loof Lirpa, which is really a flying boat and not a float plane”.
Don’t forget, after trials in late March, the runway to the north of Belle Isle will be closed to all boats, between 2-3pm for the landing and again from 7-8pm for Wings over Windermere’s daily service - through to 30 September.
Commercial Property Solicitor joins expanding legal firm
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Free legal advice appointments Divorce - Separation - Finances - Children The breakdown of a marriage or other family relationships can be a stressful and traumatic time, especially if children are involved. Add to this the confusing legal and financial issues which need to be resolved and it makes sense to consult a family law solicitor. Our specialist team are on hand to help you understand the process and your rights. Importantly, we will support you through the minefield of procedures and provide a quick and efficient service to assist you in making the choices that are right for you. Our advice ranges from the most straightforward divorce to distressing situations involving children or complex financial affairs. We promote negotiation and early settlement where possible and will guide you through the Court process if necessary.
If you need advice on any of the issues above call Lisa Martin or Janett Walker on 015394 42255 to arrange a free 30 minute no obligation appointment.
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Progression Solicitors are delighted to announce the arrival of Malcolm Glynn to its commercial property department. With his corporate background, Malcolm has wider expertise than most, and can assist on all commercial propertyrelated issues. He will be based in Windermere, but available at the firm’s other offices. Malcolm will support Progression’s existing clients and seek to grow the business. He explains that he is “excited to join such a progressive firm” and says that “they combine modern methods with traditional values, preserving a highly personal approach - so important to clients in this area.” Anthony Smith, Managing Director of Progression, welcomes Malcolm’s appointment and says “he is a fantastic asset to the commercial team. The department has grown rapidly in recent years and Malcolm’s appointment will help significantly in maintaining a lead position in such a competitive market, at the same time keeping our clients completely satisfied with the high quality service that we offer”. You can see Anthony Smith and Pamela Horobin, Directors of Progression Solicitors, on Tuesday 10 March 2015 when they present a talk at the Family Business Network Event “Running a Family Business like a family - Including the rows!” at the Lakeside Hotel - 10:30am. Book your place for this event by phoning 015396 30108 or email info@ coulsonassociates.com
The overseas faces of Ambleside
by settlers, some purely for speculation, and where there were no bids, many remained Crown Land. The allotment, which eventually became Ambleside Park, was first taken up by Edmund and Janet Wicks in 1878. Janet looks rather severe in photos, and had good reason to; after Edmund died in 1880, she ran the property single-handed for eight years. The present ‘homestead’ was built in about 1899 and eventually passed to Oliver and Mabel David, who were from an English background. They named the property ‘Ambleside Park' after the Lake District town, and owned it until 1970 when residential development encroached on the area. It is now owned by Knox Historical Society to which we are indebted for this information.
MAIN: Ambleside Park ABOVE: Ambleside Edmonton
Near Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, it all started in 1957 with a Golf and Country Club called Windermere. Perhaps, at that time, there were links back to Windermere in Cumbria - particularly as the area around Edmonton, in its earliest days, was dominated by people from Britain and the Hudson Bay Company, which established Fort Edmonton. Thirty years later Windermere
became part of Edmonton, and in 2005 the Lake District really stamped its presence on Edmonton’s expanding suburbs. A place-name committee decided to follow the Windermere theme and, after much research and an obvious appreciation of the different cultural centres in the Lake District, the neighbourhoods were called Ambleside, Glenridding, Keswick and
Windermere. So there we have it, there is a small piece of the Lake District in Canada that includes a residential area that has been modelled, in thought if not appearance, on Ambleside! Two Amblesides pop up in Australia. The area that is now the City of Knox, near Melbourne, was first sub-divided into Crown Allotments in 1858, ranging in size from 20 to 300+ acres. Some were taken up
Another, Ambleside, a railway station, was located 43km from Adelaide. It opened in 1883 just north of Ambleside Road in the town of Hahndorf. During World War 1 the town was renamed Ambleside, to disguise its Germanic origin, but reverted to its original name in 1935. Ambleside Station fell out of use during the 1960s and was later demolished, but the name Ambleside still persists in Hahndorf.
Employees ‘see double’ at Oxley’s of Ambleside! Ambleside health and beauty spa, ‘Oxley’s’, has reported a mysterious ‘twin’ connection amongst their employees.
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but Sally-Anne has reported ‘feeling great’ and expecting identical girls, has been ‘twinundated’ with good wishes from Oxley’s customers. “We are at a loss to explain the presence of so many twins working at Oxley’s. There must be something in the water!” she laughed. Sally-Anne is due to give birth at the beginning of July, just in time for ‘World Twin Day’ which is celebrated each year on 3rd July and will no doubt be enjoying a number of Oxley’s Decléor mother-to-be treatments, ahead of the big day.
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St Catherine’s tower a signpost to local history How many who travel between Kendal and Windermere notice a lonely square tower that overlooks the B5284 Crook road? The tower, built about 1620, is all that remains of the old manorial church which served Crook from 1516 until 1887.
brother, Robert rode his horse, sword in hand, into Kendal Parish Church in pursuit of Briggs. An enraged congregation chased him. His abandoned helmet is displayed in the church today! The Sun Inn at Crook has reopened under new management. It started life as a row of cottages and dates from 1711; and looks across fields to a row of mill cottages where young impoverished children from Lancashire towns lived in the attics. The mill was fed from a small reservoir, visible to drivers on the Crook road. Hollin Hall is a double-towered private house, with a 14th century pele tower as defence against marauding Scots. It has 16th and 17th century extensions, and an additional 18th century tower. Richard de Gylpn is said to
This area is rich in history. 13th century Crook Hall is beyond St Catherine’s tower, below the brow of the hill. It survives as a farmhouse on the site of a medieval farm (Thwatterden Hall), and was home once to the Phillipson family. Robert Phillipson was a Royalist officer during the Civil War, whose reputation earned him the name “Robin the Devil”. After being besieged on Belle Isle by Roundheads led by Colonel Briggs, and being rescued by his
Need help managing your Hotel’s broadband? If you were at the recent Lakes Hospitality Show you may have seen Kencomp launch their new Hotspot designed to manage Wi-Fi for Caravan Parks & hotels. The Hotspot is being used by a number of hospitality customers in the Windermere area to help them make sure their guests have a good internet experience. It does this by
ensuring all guests get an equal share of the broadband, no one person can monopolise it and slow it down for everyone else. If you run a hotel or holiday park and would like help managing your broadband and Wi-Fi contact Kencomp: 01539 898145, www.kencomp.net.
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have killed a ferocious wild boar during the reign of King John (1199-1216), making life safer for pilgrims travelling between the ruins of the Holy Cross at Plumgarth and a chapel at St Mary’s Isle on Windermere.
This incident gave its name to the River Gilpin and much later to the Gilpin Hotel and to the Wild Boar Inn (from which there is a heritage trail).
Can you help make a difference to people’s lives?
Cumbria County Volunteer Support (CVS) is recruiting volunteers for Oaklea Trust, British Red Cross and Community Meals to assist the delivery of the Neighbourhood Care Independence (NCI) Programme in South Lakeland. OAKLEA TRUST is looking for ‘home from hospital’ volunteers to support people when they are discharged from hospital to help them re-adapt to being at home and in the community. Volunteers are needed to offer help such as Shopping, Prescription collection and Companionship. Oaklea Good Neighbours also needs volunteers to help with gardening, shopping or driving beneficiaries to local GPs or the dentist. COMMUNITY MEALS SERVICE provides hot meals for customers, who due to individual circumstances are unable to cook for themselves. Community Meals Volunteers are currently looking for Volunteer Drivers and Volunteer Helpers in Windermere to assist just two hours a week.
Volunteers sought for Brockhole
Lake District lovers are being urged to come forward and share their passion for the National Park with visitors at Brockhole as it expands its pool of dedicated ‘ambassadors’. Brockhole is the starting point for over 200,000 visitors and locals every year. The role of ambassador
BRITISH RED CROSS is looking for volunteers for their Care in the Home Service. They offer valuable time-limited support for individuals vulnerable to crisis, whether they are recovering from an operation, need a wheelchair or just help to cope around the house. The British Red Cross transport service also needs volunteer drivers and escorts. For anyone interested in volunteering, please contact: Judith Holmshaw at Cumbria CVS on 01768 800350 or e-mail: judithh@cumbriacvs.org.uk
is to meet and greet visitors on arrival, offer information to help them make the most out of their visit and to help improve their visitor experience. The National Park is seeking people who are positive, outgoing, reliable and self-motivated, who are willing to support staff in a range of different tasks. To find out more contact Lorraine Brierley on 01539 792605 or email Lorraine.brierley@ lakedistrict.gov.uk
Once in a Blue Moon
The moon affects people in different ways. Tides are critical to safe navigation, they influence times when fish feed (and our chances of catching them) and the light from a harvest moon assists farmers to work late into the night. This year the full harvest moon is on 27 September.
With the annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race approaching, have you ever wondered why it is held on different weekends in late March or early April, and at different times?
The reason is that the race is rowed upstream, and is timed to start on the incoming tide so that crews row with the fastest current. Tides are linked to the phases of the moon, and the moon is not in the same place on the same date each year. The men’s race this year will start at 5.50pm on Saturday 11 April.
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On the other hand, Easter Sunday and related Christian festivals are “moveable feasts”. The reason is that Easter Sunday is calculated to fall on the date of the full moon that occurs on or soonest after 21 March - which is the date used by
the church as the spring equinox (when night and day are of equal length). The date of Easter therefore varies from 22 March to 25 April. This year Easter Sunday falls on 5 April.
What about a blue moon? This is usually regarded as a full moon that rises twice in one month. This happens because the number of days in the cycle of the moon is 29.5, and so a full moon can occur very near the first and last days of the same month. This happens about once every three years and never in February. The next blue moon will occur on 31 August. Finally, as to werewolves …..
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Optimising Connectivity Behind the title “Optimising Connectivity” is an initiative to develop highway improvements at key visitor locations in the South and Central Lake District. It is supported by the Cumbria Local Economic Partnership, which has allocated up to £2 million for several schemes. These are intended to provide high quality transport links at key visitor arrival points, including improving connections for those travelling by local bus and boat services, walking and cycling, and also making safety-related changes.
The four visitor destinations are: • A591 Brockhole, Lake District Visitor Centre • A591 Low Wood Bay • A591 Grasmere • Glebe Road, Bowness-on-Windermere Two phases of improvements are planned. The first is intended to develop the three A591 locations and the second will focus on Glebe Road, where there are far more pedestrians. Consultation on outline designs for the A591 schemes has been taking place this month, with a view to completing all highway improvements by early 2017. Any construction works on the highway will be carried out during autumn and winter, the quieter periods of the year, to avoid impacting on local tourism and business activities.
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Wooden walls to ironclads In 2004 Britain’s oldest resident died age approximately 160!
Timothy the Tortoise was only about 10 years old when he may have met Royal Navy officer Alexander Little. Their paths probably crossed when Commander Little was serving in HMS Queen and Timothy, who had been found in a Portuguese privateer, joined as ship’s mascot. Timothy was in HMS Queen at the siege of Sevastopol and moved between several ships and travelled the world, before retiring in 1892 to the Duke of Devon’s home at Powderham Castle near Exeter. He was said to be able distinguish between people’s voices and, as it turned out, proved to be female (this was discovered in 1926 after an unsuccessful attempt to mate Timothy
with another tortoise!). Timothy outlived Alexander Little by 128 years. Captain Little, Royal Navy (1812-76) is buried behind St Mary’s Church in Windermere - his unmistakable naval headstone is adorned with a fouled anchor. We know from Richard Ramsay Armstrong’s memoirs that when Alexander Little was the Commander of HMS Queen, his wessel was regarded as the “crack
ship” in the Mediterranean Fleet for exercising and manoeuvering, and he had a voice that could be heard throughout the Squadron! HMS Queen, a “first-rate” with 110 guns, was launched in 1839 as the last sailing battleship to be completed before the advent of steam power. The ship took part in the Crimean War and bombarded Sevastopol, and in 1859 was converted to steam power
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A dazzling problem Mist, fog and rain are, of course, common during winter months. With them comes the need to use lights when driving.
Having used fog lights in poor visibility, it is important that they are turned off when no longer needed, otherwise they can dazzle drivers and obscure brake lights. It does no harm for all of us to flick through the Highway Code from time to time. Rule 226 states that headlights MUST be used “when visibility is seriously reduced, generally when you
cannot see for more than 100 metres (328 feet). You may also use front or rear fog lights but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves”. Rule 236 reminds us that “You MUST NOT use front or rear fog lights unless
visibility is seriously reduced as they dazzle other road users and can obscure your brake lights. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves”. Wishing everyone happy and safe driving in 2015.
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MAIN: Captain Little’s headstone INSET: Timothy the tortoise ABOVE: Two of Captain Little’s ships HMS Queen and HMS Royal Albert
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(and reduced to 86 guns). In 1879, as the last wooden warship to be broken up at Rotherhithe, she was also the last to be dismantled so far up the River Thames. Captain Little’s experience spanned one of the most revolutionary periods in the Royal Navy. He joined when wood, wind and cannon balls were on the cusp of being replaced with iron, steam and shells. He would have rubbed shoulders with veterans of Trafalgar and left a Navy where the “ironclad” was the future. With the exception of the Crimean War, Britain did not engage in any major naval conflicts during Captain Little’s period of service. As a Lieutenant he served in the West Indies and the North American seaboard in “third-rate” HMS Malaba, and in 1847 he joined as HMS Queen as 2i/c. He appears to have left that ship in 1854 in order to command the newly built wooden steam-powered three-decker HMS Royal Albert as it was commissioned, and then became 2i/c of that ship. Captain Little’s career would have involved anti-slavery operations, suppressing piracy, extended patrols across the globe and “showing the flag”. Making a chance “discovery” can open up surprising avenues of research. Does anyone know more about Captain Alexander Little, Royal Navy and his association with Windermere?
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All in a good cause in the Love District Tempting as it was to put Jonathan Kaye on page 3 of Windermere Now, this might have distracted from a very worthwhile cause being supported by Alison Tordoff’s new “Love the Lake District” designs . Owner of Fidget Design, Alison Tordoff, is celebrating the history, culture and landscape of the Cumbrian fells and lakes with items that include a distinctive “Lakeland bookends” wallpaper, matching aprons and tea towels, along with cushions and other home décor fabrics.
The wallpaper was made originally as a prototype for Windermere’s Cedar Manor Hotel. Based in Windermere, Fidget Design has won national and international awards including best hotel interior in the International Hotel Awards. Items from the Love District range can be bought from the website: www.thelovedistrict. com. The range will eventually include design-led gifts and home accessories including fine china mugs.
Jonathan Kaye and the Love District apron - a pose in a good cause
The range was launched with the help of Cedar Manor hotel owner Jonathan Kaye, seen on Queen Adelaide Hill modelling the apron from Alison’s range. A percentage of initial sales will go to the charity Lupus UK, which is researching causes and possible cures of this
complex auto-immune disease. Jonathan’s wife,Caroline, is running the London Marathon in April to raise funds and awareness of the condition, from which their daughter Natalie suffers.
Food for thought
In the two years since a food bank was opened in Windermere is has been used by more than 300 people, including 175 during the present financial year. Windermere Foodbank is part of a national charity The Trussell Trust, and operates from the basement of The Methodist Church, in Main Street, Windermere, 1.00-3.00pm on Wednesdays and Fridays. Whilst the food bank relies on doctors, health care and social workers, and welfare officers to identify those in need and issue vouchers to be converted into food parcels, there is increasing evidence that needy individuals and families may be missing out. Those who are not in contact with any agencies can also drop in to the centre to receive the help they need. There is also a satellite foodbank at the Parish Centre in Ambleside, which is open from 10.00am 1.00pm on Thursdays, alongside a CAB drop-in service, and an emergency provisions centre run by Grasmere Churches Together.
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Cruella Deville is alive and well… on the Internet Cumbria Trading Standards has issued advice to anyone buying a puppy to be wary of unscrupulous dealers. Puppies are often transported through a network of dealers and sold on the Internet by people who have no knowledge of their history and, in many cases, breed. They can be passed off by accomplices in family homes as “home grown” litters, and are paid on commission. Sadly, these puppies are usually raised in terrible conditions on “puppy
farms” and often don’t live to be more than a few weeks or months old due to infections. Those that make it to adulthood can end up costing vast amounts in vets’ bills. Dealers often use persuasive or aggressive tactics to get people to agree to buy animals, making promises about breeding, veterinary treatment, kennel club registration and refunds if customers are unhappy. Many assurances fail to materialise and much of the paperwork provided with animals can be false. Cumbria Trading Standards’
advice is simple: DON’T buy pets off the internet. It is far better to deal with reputable traders operating out of fixed premises who you know and trust. Like many other purchases, consumers have legislative rights, including the Sale of Goods Act. If you or someone you know has purchased a puppy in this way and would like advice on your rights, please contact the Citizens Advice Consumer Helpline on 03454 04 05 06 or visit www.adviceguide.org.uk
Kayaking the River Kent
The River Kent, from its source in Kentmere, is one of the longest rivers in the Lake District. It can be kayaked from Kentmere all the way to where it crossed by the A591 and requires rain to have fallen for it to provide good quality paddling. It is not, therefore, as reliable as lake-fed rivers. The most popular and challenging section lies south of Kendal, starting at Scroggs Weir and finishing at the A591. This is a scenic route with with a series of short gorges that create harder and bigger rapids to tackle, culminating at Force Falls: a Grade 4 three meter drop that provides a fantastic finale to the trip. William Tranter, Freelance Outdoor Instructor (based in the Lake District): willtranter@gmail.com
Hedges and Walls
Friends of the Lake District’s thirtyseventh annual hedge laying competition took place at Sunny Bank Farm, Grayrigg on Saturday 24th January. Nineteen competitors laid 129 metres of hedge in the local Lancashire and Westmorland style.
Ruth Kirk from Friends of the Lake District said: “We were lucky to have a beautiful, sunny day for the competition. What was so inspiring was seeing youngsters in the junior class working hard and learning from the championship experts, to become the next generation of skilled hedge layers. The continuation of this rural skill is vital as a healthy, well-managed
hedgerow helps manage livestock on the farm, provides valuable habitat for lots of wildlife and is an essential feature in our Cumbrian landscape.’ Not to be outdone, drystone wallers are invited to demonstrate their skills on Saturday 9 May at the Annual Dry Stone Walling Competition at Moss Side, near Staveley. Entry is free!
Traditional Easter recipe
Cumbrian 'PACE' eggs This Easter try some ‘cultural cuisine’ and have a go at doing what Cumbrian families have done for hundreds of years…. and it’s fun! You will need eggs, onion skins (start saving these) grass and small leaves, newspaper (Windermere Now is too good for this purpose!), string, and a saucepan. Wrap each egg in two or three layers of onion skins, sandwiching against each egg some small leaves or bits of grass to help pattern the surface. Then, parcel each egg in half a sheet of newspaper, to hold it all together, and secure with string. Job done! Place the wrapped eggs in a saucepan, all covered in water, and bring to the boil so that they are hard-boiled. When they have cooled, remove the wrapping and you should have eggs that are dyed in shades of red, orange and yellow, with leaf prints too. In some Cumbrian villages it is still traditional to roll decorated pace (or pasche) eggs down grassy slopes, with egg-rolling taking place over the Easter weekend. Try Elterwater, Hawkshead, Near Sawrey to see egg-rolling - or start your own tradition. They are usually eaten after an “egg-jarping” (or tapping) competition. Grandma would be proud of you! MAIN PHOTO: Rusland Valley Pace Eggs by Jeanie Wilkinson
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Woolly Thinker
During a “piping hot” “square meal” in Ambleside Woolly Thinker pondered how even in the heart of the Lake District our language is permeated with nautical expressions.
To keep things “above board”, so my boss did not think I was “swinging the lead”, I dashed at a “rate of knots” back to the office. There, it was a case of “all hands on deck” and barely enough room to “swing a cat”. On the basis that the next Woolly Thinker article might be thought a load of “bilge” it seemed prudent go “the whole nine yards”, “toe the line” and keep working to the “bitter end”. By virtue of being an island nation it is not surprising that our language has strong affinities with the sea. Cumbria is no exception and, despite a tricky coastline, treacherous shallows, and often confused wave patterns (which can have uncomfortable results), maritime links penetrate deep into the geography and economy of the area. Stone Age nomadic people probably moved first up the west Cumbrian coast. Traces of their presence at Walney Island and Drigg are consistent with hunting and fishing, using flint and bone
implements, and occupying the margin between the sea and forest. There is evidence of 5,000 year old axe “factories” high above Langdale. They have been found on the Isle of Man and in Ireland, transported by boat. A Roman port at Ravenglass helped resupply Hardknott Fort and Roman vessels sailed on Windermere between Newby Bridge and Galava, the fort at Waterhead. Centuries later, Norse invaders and settlers arrived by sea, penetrating inland from coastal inlets such
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as Greenodd (for a good read try W G Collingwood’s Norse saga “Thorstein of the Mere”). The Lake District is permeated with names of Scandinavian origin“meres”, “thwaites”, “dales”, and “forces”. Less well documented are tales of smugglers who, particularly in the 18th century, brought contraband across the Solway and used salt marshes and illusive routes through the Lake District to outwit excise men (one of whom, on the Scottish side, was poet Robert Burns). Quarryman Moses Rigg,
a possibly apocryphal trader-cumsmuggler based at Honister, used a high path, now “Moses Trod”, to reach Wasdale to sell wad (graphite) and his own brand of illicit whisky. Whitehaven became England’s third busiest port in the 18th century, linked to the slave trade and rum, with quays such as Sugar Tongue and Lime Tongue giving clues to commodities transported by vessels that once packed the harbour. This legacy lives on in Cumberland Rum Butter. Whitehaven is also the place where John Paul Jones, a Scotsman from across the Solway, who founded the US Navy, showed his “true colours” and “spiked the guns” of the town’s defences in 1778. Windermere has been the home of world water speed records and of flying boats, from their earliest inception. In a recent announcement the west Cumbrian coast is being considered as one of six locations for “lagoon”based tidal power: collectively to provide 8% of the UK’s electricity requirements. “By and large”, what you really wanted to know: it was brandy and not rum in which the body of Nelson was pickled after the Battle of Trafalgar. As they said in the days of the “tot”, “sandy bottoms”!
The Windermere Lake User Forum The Windermere Lake User Forum was established to provide a voice for the people who enjoy the lake. Eleven voluntary representatives provide the views of the lake users they represent to the Lake District National Park and South Lakeland District Council on topics of consultation such as proposed developments and scales of charges for the use of the facilities provided by the two organisations. United utilities and the Environment agency also engage with the Forum regarding flood, drought and waste water management. Representatives cover, sailing, powerboating, paddled craft, swimmers, anglers, commercial transport providers, outdoor activity operators, businesses and a general users. There are currently three vacancies on the Forum, two general user and a sailing representative. If you are interested in becoming a representative or would like to get involved with helping to develop a web site to improve communications, please contact the chairman, Carole Shaw on carole. shaw2@btinternet.com. The next meeting, including presentations on plans for the lake and the Glebe, will be held at Tower Wood Outdoor Activity Centre on Monday 23rd March at 6pm and is open to anyone.
The results of a survey carried out by the LDNPA and SLDC reflected some of the priorities promoted by the forum over the last 7 years. We will continue to progress these topics. 1. The need for more public jetties for boat users. 2. Concern over quality of facilities and services at Ferry Nab and elsewhere. 3. Lack of information on services around the lake. 4. Lack of access to areas of interest and visitor attractions for boat users. 5. Evidence that people remain confused about the roles and responsibilities of those who manage the lake Desire for a review of the way the lake is managed in relation to the use of the speed limits and the management of wash to meet the needs of diverse users.
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effect when we tell them our HQ is in Windermere because people of all ages have happy memories of the Lake District – and are often thrilled that they’re talking to people within a mile or so of lakes and mountains”.
Alertacall, which is now in its 10th year is a company that significantly increases daily contact for thousands of people all over the country. It’s also a company that’s growing quickly and looking for people to join its Customer Services team in Windermere with lots of part-time and full-time roles, many of which could lead to other careers within the company. Alertacall was created by James Batchelor who lives in Windermere and originally invented the “I am okay” button to allow people who live on their own to confirm they are up safely each day and control levels of daily contact from a friendly team. The inspiration for the service was James’ own grandmother called Eveline, who even though she was 86 at the time - refused for years to wear a traditional panic button around her neck because she didn’t feel she was old enough. Nowadays the company provides friendly daily contact to several thousand people all over the country and has developed a whole range of other clever
Out of the ordinary - Everything about Alertacall is designed in a way to inspire their staff to think creatively, such as the Narnia meeting room (above)
services to help organisations like Housing Associations get news and information out to their own customers and keep them safe. Although Windermere has a great track record in producing companies with superb Customer Services, we asked James what brought him to Windermere in the first place.
James responded: “Windermere is a truly amazing location to base a growing company, with lots of smart people living locally and a beautiful environment which is just perfect for providing staff with fun activity days and great training opportunities. Also, although our customers are based all over the country there is a real magical
The Alertacall offices are bright and vibrant, with rooms named after famous films and books - there’s even a meeting room called Narnia, where you quite literally have push through fur coats to get to it and there’s a beautiful Narnian mural on the wall. This investment in creating a great place to work is something the company takes really seriously, it regularly pays for fun team activity days around the Lakes and provides ongoing skills coaching and leadership training to all members of the team so that people can further their careers. “We’re creating a company that we hope will be around in 100 years and because of that it’s really important we find great people and invest in them. Whatever age you are, if you’ve got something about you, if care about what you do and want a career with a company that does good things – you should apply to Alertacall”.
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Clubs and coffee a helpful combination
£1,500 raised at a charity coffee morning at Windermere Golf Club is being used to support Windermere Area First Responders and to fund a defibrillator to be based in the club house.
Windermere Area First Responders have been in operation for six years and comprise 10 volunteers. Mark Jones, Team Leader, spoke at the coffee morning. “The defibrillator project”, he said, “has been started to enable rural communities to have access to a defibrillator 24 hours a day. The defibrillator, which is now at Windermere Golf Club, will serve those within a quarter of a mile radius. In all, there are 12 defibrillators within the Windermere area. Early access is paramount if someone suffers a cardiac arrest, with treatment in the first four minutes offering a significantly higher chance of a positive outcome.” The event was organised by the ladies section, led by Pam Tigg, who said: “I am delighted by the level of response to this fundraising event and would like to thank everyone who contributed in making the day such a success. Most importantly, we now have a defibrillator housed at the club, which provides reassurance for our members, visitors and the wider community.”
Marathon effort needed to support local charity Check your diary. Are you free on Sunday 17th May? If so, an Ambleside-based charity is looking for local people to take part in the annual Brathay Windermere Marathon - one of the most spectacular runs in the country. The award-winning Brathay Trust works with thousands of children, young people and their families each year. They hope the 2015 event, their ninth and including a family fun day and 10 marathons in 10 days challenge, will attract 1,200 runners and raise over £100,000. Although overseas interest in the event continues to grow each year, with runners from Japan, the USA, Australia and the Netherlands, make it a local event too! Known as the ‘The Beautiful Marathon’, over half the course is run on partially traffic-free roads or roads with a dedicated running lane. The anti-clockwise lap around Lake Windermere takes in Hawkshead, Newby Bridge,
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Bowness and Ambleside. As Jon Owen, Brathay race director, explained: “We've had incredible support since we launched this event in 2007. It's become the single most important fundraiser for our work.”
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Entry includes timing chip, electrolyte sports energy drinks and bottled water at seven refreshment stations and the finish line, marathon finisher’s medal, trophies and prizes for winners in all age categories, and a goody bag.
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“Every person who enters will be helping a young person like 15 year old David. He was not attending school, wearing clean clothes or eating well. His mother was battling with alcoholism and their relationship was dysfunctional. Some nights David would sleep in the coal shed when he was not allowed in the house. We supported David in learning to wash and feed himself and in finding independent accommodation when he was 16. We also supported his mum in getting help with her addiction. Six months on, David is in college, his mum has not had a drink for over three months and they are rebuilding their relationship”.
Millerground update
improve the footpath from Rayrigg Meadow car park to the lakeshore, to make it userfriendly for wheelchairs, pushchairs and anyone who has difficulty with steps or with steep, slippery or uneven ground. The Group is very grateful to Colin Jones, local CCC Councillor, for arranging a contribution of over £6,900 from the local member revenue scheme, available for local projects. This should make a wheelchair path at least to the top of the bank, so that the newly restored viewpoint, paid for by an SLDC grant, can be admired by everyone.
Working parties of volunteers have been in action again after a winter break.
The first task of the year was to improve the footpath up Queen Adelaide Hill from Rayrigg Meadow car park. This steep path gets very muddy and slippery, making it easy to lose one’s footing. Community volunteers and students from Windermere School worked under the guidance of National Trust Rangers to improve the path. They scraped off the top layer of mud and encroaching grass to reveal the natural gravel ‘bedrock’ beneath – there since the ice age. Wooden supports were fastened in place to build earth steps on the steepest sections. Most of the work was done in just a couple of hours, with many hands making a strenuous task good fun. The path will continue to improve as it weathers over the next few weeks. The Millerground Enhancement Group has applied for funding and grants also to
Thank you to Nurture Lakeland for a grant of £1,000 for much needed battery powered saws to assist woodland maintenance. These will help considerably to reduce undergrowth and self-seeded trees, especially beech and holly. Any spare funds will purchase habitat boxes and wildflowers for the area. If you’d like to get involved in the project please contact John Saunders on 015394 43164 or email millerground@ windermerebownesscivicsociety.org.uk
Windermere Fit Club World Challenge As Windermere Now went to press, a fitness club based at the Phoenix Centre was preparing to take on the world. James Pendleton of J P Personal Training explained that “along with thousands of other fitness centres around the globe, we will be taking part in a world record attempt for the most people exercising at one time worldwide. On 7 March, as the clock reaches 9.00 am in every timezone, Herbalife coaches will take people through specified workouts. The event will finish in Los Angeles, where it will be televised in the city centre with thousands of people exercising”. James went on to say that “Windermere Fit CLub has been running for over 2 years. We aim to get the
community active and healthy: in the summer we run free outdoor exercises sessions and during the winter we are indoors at the Phoenix Centre, where there is a small charge. The World Challenge is in aid of our Herbalife Family Foundation Charity, which helps feed
121,000 children daily throughout the world”.
Windermere Fit Club is held every Monday evening at 6.00pm in the Phoenix Centre. For £3 participants get a pre-workout tea, a post-workout recovery shake and, of course, the workout itself.
Tim’s Column
I keep banging on about affordable housing because it concerns so many people. It is difficult for those of us lucky enough to have a home to realise how hard people find it is to even start their lives without the security of knowing they have somewhere to live. Without a home people cannot commit to jobs and careers, or even to relationships or starting a family. I hear so many stories at my surgeries of families squeezing in with grandparents or of partners living in separate homes simply because they cannot find anywhere where they can afford to live. Without families living here we will lose schools and other facilities that cater for young people, and there will be no one to work in shops and provide the services we all need. Our local council has worked hard to help by enabling many more affordable homes to be built and I know that they have plans to expand this further. To a degree they are filling a leaking bucket because of the “right to buy” scheme that was introduced by previous governments. Of course, it is good that people who have been renting for a long time should be allowed to buy so they can enjoy proper ownership of where they live. However, because local authorities now find it very hard to build homes themselves and land to build on is in very short supply, when a home is sold to its tenant it stops being a home that can be lived in by a young family in the future and becomes yet another expensive house that people starting out in life cannot afford. Balancing these competing concerns is difficult and I believe that relevant decisions can only be made locally by people who know the problems. That is why last month I introduced a bill asking the government to look into allowing local councils to be able to suspend the right to buy if they believe this would be a good for the area. This has already been done successfully in Scotland and we need to catch up. On a separate matter, I was really pleased to see, in the announcement of the new rail franchise plans for our local trains, that bidders are being asked to introduce a new fleet of trains, to provide two direct services a day from Windermere to Manchester Airport, and that trains will have free wifi. I have my concerns about the franchise bidding process and I will work with the Lakes Line User Group to ensure we get what we want - but this is a great first step. As ever, if I can help with these or any other issues then please email me at tim@timfarron.co.uk or call on 01539 723 403. Thank you for your support Tim
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Katie
to the rescue A day in the life of North West Air Ambulance pilot Neil Airey
When Neil landed the helicopter called “Katie” in Bowness a few weeks ago, on a rescue mission, it was good to hear that all three crew members live in Cumbria. Neil Airey is Senior Pilot at the Blackpool-based NW Air Ambulance Charity. He has been flying for thirty-eight years, the past 14 with the charity, and is employed by Bond Air Services, which have been proving helicopters for the charity since 1999. He was born in Kendal, grew up in Ulverston, and now lives with his wife Heather in a village just outside the town. He flies regularly with two paramedics who are also from Cumbria: Sarah Graham from Kendal and Phil Harrison from Keswick. Neil comments: “From a young age I decided I was going to be a pilot, and I learnt words like elevator and rudder before I knew my alphabet. It’s all thanks to my dad, Bill, who lives at Greenodd, as he was the British national radio control team member back in the early 1960s”. “I enrolled in the air cadets when I was 13 and stayed with them until I joined the RAF. I received my glider pilot’s wings at 16, which meant I could fly a glider on my own before I could drive a car. Shortly after I got my pilot’s licence and spent 20 years in the RAF, flying combat helicopters around the world.”
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“After I left the RAF, I worked as an outdoor pursuits instructor and with the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, which gave me my flying fix for three months a year. When Foot and Mouth disease started, my role as an outdoor instructor stopped and, by chance, I saw a pilot vacancy for NW Air Ambulancel. When I started in June 2001, Blackpool was on mission 1,489 and now they are on mission 13,172!” (correct at 23 Feb15). “I’d like to thank the local community for their support for the charity as we wouldn’t be here without them.”
All in a day’s work “I work a 10 hour day, which starts at 7.00am. The first half hour we check the helicopters and get them out of the hangar, complete paperwork and brief staff. Then the phone starts ringing, with incidents to attend. On average, we carry out five missions a day. Depending on weather and fuel, we also do missions back-to-back.” “Once the siren goes, it galvanises the team. Coordinates of the location to which we need to fly are taken and written on flight suits, medication is prepared, and the right crew assembled – some jobs will need a doctor as well
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as a pilot and paramedic. Then, it’s helmets on, final safety checks for the aircraft, and off to the scene. From when the phone rings to when the job is confirmed, the crew can be airborne within four minutes.”
“I’d like to thank the local comunity for their support for the charity as we wouldn’t be here without them.” “When flying, I have responsibility for navigating. On the way to the incident, I have a paramedic to my left who has been trained on an aircrew course and can help me navigate. Once we get to the incident, the paramedic becomes patient-orientated so it is then a singlepilot operation.”
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“Our Blackpool crew cover an area from Carlisle to Crewe, and we are often called to incidents that land ambulances can’t reach. In Cumbria I have landed at Rydal Water, Helvellyn, Langdale and the waterfront at Windermere.” “Once we get to the scene, paramedics assess the condition of the patient and decide on the best hospital: Carlisle, Whitehaven, Barrow, Lancaster or Preston. Patients are taken to Preston if it’s a major trauma and Blackpool or Carlisle if they need a cardiac centre.” “We fly to the hospital at an altitude of 1,200 – 1,500 feet above the ground and are flat out at 130 knots (145 mph). If we are within the Carlisle to Crewe area we can be on a hospital helipad within ten minutes of leaving an incident. Once the patient is at the hospital, we replenish equipment and call ambulance control. At the end of the day, the helicopter is put to bed, its rotors tied down for the night, and the team can head home for rest and recovery before another busy day.”
NW Air Ambulance helicopters fly 365 days a year, with doctors and paramedics on board, providing rapid treatment and hospital transfers to patients across an area covering 5,500 square miles and 8 million people.
How can the people of Cumbria help? NW Air Ambulance is a charity that relies totally on the support of community fundraising and partners - the aircraft and pilots receive no government funding. Cumbria is a key area covered by the charity, and in 2014 380 incidents in the county made up 15% of total missions. The most common call-outs were medical, traffic collisions and sports/leisure. The public help in a variety of ways to keep the helicopters flying. 71,880 people are signed up to the charity’s lottery, hundreds of people hold fundraising events, thousands of people donate each year, and many stock donations are received for its retail stores. Volunteers provide much needed support by being a presence on the ground: raising the charity’s profile, supporting its office and retail teams, developing new initiatives and fundraising events, and by providing valuable skills and experience.
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In the 19th century and earlier Scafell was Scawfell and Windermere, the lake, was Windermere Water or even Winandermere Water, the winding lake. Apart from the unnecessary use in the same name of “mere” and “water”, this shows also how names evolve, even in relatively recent times. Go back further in time and it is possible to see how names originated in the Lake District. The map is a history “book” and, in the case of the Lake District, it says much about the people who inhabited the landscape. The inner heart of the Lake District was very thinly populated during the 3,000 years that separated Neolithic man, with axe factories in Langdale, from the Romans. Celtic names from this period are extremely sparse. The name Leven, for the river that exits Windermere, may be pre-Roman. Later, 7th century Anglo-Saxon colonisation lapped the edges of the same area and penetrated some valleys, resulting in Old English names like Grasmere; and the English element ley, meaning a clearing (eg Staveley – the clearing where poles are obtained), and tun or ton is used for a farmstead or settlement (eg Colton). Scandanavian settlement in the 9th and 10th centuries accounts for the vast majority of names: from individual farmsteads, to knolls, valleys and whole mountains. The pollen record in lake sediments confirms how much clearance of trees and occupation of the landscape dates from this period. Look for names containing dalr (dale for valley), hagr (howe for mound), hyggr (rig or ridge), holmr (island or flanked by water), pveit (as in thwaite meaning a clearing), fjall (for hill or mountain, as in fell) and bekkr (beck for stream). Explore Troutbeck, climb Wansfell, look down on Langdale, visit Finsthwaite and paddle in Rydal Beck – and you are following in the footsteps of the Vikings!
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New grants to help “Discover Cumbria” The Friends of the Lake District and Natural England have announced their new ‘Discover Cumbria’ grant scheme. This will enable organisations, schools or groups to encourage people to enjoy something new about the natural environment.
Cloud Nine
During colder months it is not unusual to see a “sea” of cloud, low over the lake. Great to look down on, but almost fog-like at lake level. Temperature normally decreases with height. For example, as you climb a mountain it usually gets colder. However, an inversion in temperature can occur when cold dense air sinks into the valley bottom and forms a layer above the lake’s surface. The water in the lake is relatively warm, and it is the contrast between warm moist air immediately above the water and the layer
of cold air, that causes moisture to condense and form a shallow cloud. After sunrise the atmosphere in the Windermere valley begins to warm and the cloud rises, usually causing a brief period of reduced visibility in places like Bowness, Windermere and Ambleside, after which it soon disperses. In urban areas a similar effect can trap pollutants, where the temperature inversion acts like a lid, causing a haze and even red sunsets as low sunlight is diffracted through particles in the atmosphere.
Photograph: Richard Burt, of a temperature inversion over Windermere
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Events must be free to attend and can run anytime from April to December this year. A total fund of £10,000 of grant money is available, with individual grants of up to £500 for one event, or £800 for more than one event. Jan Darrall FLD said: “We are particularly interested in new events and those focusing on landscape, flora and fauna, land management, or which celebrate local events or our fantastic cultural heritage. Cumbria is so rich in natural and cultural heritage and we want to encourage
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Encouraging signs in the fight for red squirrels Who would argue that red squirrels aren’t as important to the Lake District as lakes, fells and Herdwicks? Yet, sometimes the dice seem loaded against their survival. Fortunately a year-long review of England’s grey squirrel policy by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Forestry Commission has recognised the need for action: “Efforts to control grey squirrels in England’s woodlands need to be more effective, making greater use of best practice; better coordinated and sustained in order to protect and enhance our vulnerable red squirrel population and to reduce impacts on woodlands so that they can thrive for biodiversity and economic interests”. Their action plan promises “advice and incentives for land managers, promoting and supporting better collaboration and partnership, funding research and taking appropriate action on its land holding.” One incentive could be the new Countryside Stewardship
programme’s woodland improvement grants. Offering £100 a hectare for delivering agreed management plans. Let’s hope red squirrels feature prominently. If you see a red, let us know, to help map their whereabouts. Bob Cartwright,Secretary Westmorland Red Squirrels
If our red squirrels are too important to lose, why not join us? We’re on Facebook or go to www.westmorlandredsquirrels.org.uk
MP takes Stickle Tarn fight to Parliament
Local MP Tim Farron has tabled a parliamentary motion to call on the Lake District National Park Authority to not just think again about plans to sell Stickle Tarn, but to drop the idea altogether. At the end of February Langdale Valley Association submitted forms to begin the process of registering Stickle Tarn as a community asset. If successful this will give campaigners six months to prepare a bid to buy the tarn before it can be sold on the open market. As we go to press the sale will be by tender with a closing date of 12 March and a guideline price of £20,000-£30,000.. Tim said: “There is still time for the National Park to drop this plan to sell Stickle Tarn. No matter the assurances they secure or offer
– for me it’s the principle of the matter. When I voted against the government on the selloff of our forests, it was because I believed that we should not sell the family silver. The same principle applies to Stickle Tarn."
“I will keep making the case that it should not be sold off, but I am also working with local community groups and campaigners to try and put together an 11th hour bid to keep the tarn where it belongs, in the people’s hands.”
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Deer resistant gardening People with nicely fenced urban gardens need not read this! For many of us in South Lakeland, however, it is quite common to see roe deer nibbling their way contentedly along our garden borders particularly in winter when food supplies are short.
I have learned to live with the problem (deer sometimes peer through our windows!) by adopting a Darwinian attitude - the fittest plants survive. Minimalism, however, does not necessarily result in the prettiest or most colourful garden and fencing is not always practical or desirable. Another solution might be to own a pet wolf, but a more sensible option is to visit a good garden centre to select attractive plants that are more resistant to deer than my roses proved to be.
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In my garden native fox gloves (Digitalis purpurea) thrive unscathed and look beautiful, flowering every second year even
Holehird in March
in the shade. Native daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), of Wordsworth fame, also survive well, look good and if they escape into the wild are merely returning to their native habitat (“brasher” domesticated varieties are best kept at “home” and not allowed to spread). Primroses and cowslips have also learned to fend off deer. All hellebores create good displays of foliage and late winter/ early spring flowers, and there are many from which to choose; and daphnes produce fragrant flowers, an attractive option being the Nepalese paper plant”, Daphne bholua (Jacqueline Postill). There is a whole range of attractive hydrangea, not just of the big mop-head variety, which look good and survive full-on assaults.
Deer hate euphorbias! Euphorbia ‘Ascot Rainbow’ with olive green, old gold and copper striped foliage looks good; and plants of the onion family, alium, seem “to get away with it”, presumably due to their flavour. Other reliable deer resistant plants include clematis, delphinium, forsythia, jasmin, lavender, sometimes nibbled), mahonia, philadelphus (mock orange, may be nibbled), phormium (evergreen with spikelike leaves), potentilla, ribes (flowering currants), evergreen rhododendrons, weigela and yucca. Beware - deer may still experiment and trample, as they browse through your borders. Unless you want to be heartbroken, do not grow cornus (dogwoods), blue geraniums, gunnera, hemerocallis, pansies, tulips, roses, and many others not listed here!
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After 88 years a traditional specialty chocolate shop is expanding. Ye Olde Friars has traded from the same spot in Keswick since 1927 and is still owned by the same family. Now, entrepreneurial brothers Michael and Richard Webster have decided to take their winning formula to the south lakes.
Ye Olde Friars open new shop in Ambleside
Lord Digby Jones will be in Carlisle on 14 April to talk about the forthcoming General Election and possible knockon effects for Cumbrian businesses.
Their second shop will open in Market Place, Ambleside, in late April or early May, creating seven permanent jobs. The brothers have invested £100,000 in the former HSBC building. One challenge was removing the old vaults in the basement - it took three men three weeks to break down two walls! Michael said “We’ll be celebrating the opening with free tastings of our luxury chocolate drops which come in seven different flavours - milk, white, cappuccino, honey, strawberry, lime and orange. We’re probably best known for our range of handmade chocolate truffles and interesting chocolate gifts - like games controllers or guitars - but we are also
Lord Digby Jones speaks to Cumbria’s businesses
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Olde Friar Richard Webster “egg-cited” next to Windermere.
the only place between Manchester and Newcastle that sells all 50 flavours of Jelly Belly beans.” Richard explained the family history: “Ye Olde Friars was opened by William Long, our grandmother’s brother in the 1920s. It has grown
Lord Jones was director general of the CBI from 2000 to 2006 and is now chairman of Triumph Motorcycles. He also advises a range of companies including Babcock International, BP, Harvey Nash, and JCB, and is a corporate ambassador for Jaguar Cars.
and changed over the past 88 years, we have special seasonal ranges that are always changing and we also sell an increasing amount of chutneys, preserves, biscuits and other exclusive gifts both in the shop and on the internet.”
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Waterhead Hotel in the top 25 nationally
Empty shops are unwelcoming
The experience of visiting a high street is devalued by the presence of empty shops. They are the missing teeth in an otherwise welcoming smile. All shops are owned by someone, even if empty. It would be encouraging to see them used for displays - perhaps artwork, information about places to visit, items of cultural interest - so that they look used and more attractive. Last summer The Lakes School staged an interesting art display in an empty premises, which was a great example of what can be done. This and other properties still stand empty, but could look so much better. Although the national average for shop vacancy rates currently stands at 13.3% the overall average for South Lakeland is well below this at 8.12 %, there are anomalies. Empty shops in prominent positions can be found in Bowness, Windermere, Ambleside and Hawkshead. It would be good to see initiatives to help solve this problem including a reduction in costs incurred by high street businesses so that premises are viable. Initiatives elsewhere with “pop up” shops show what can be done. Leases can be made more flexible to encourage new start-ups. Surely, low rent is better than no rent?
Top pub is “quackers”
The aptly named Drunken Duck pub, near Hawkshead, has been voted overall winner in a poll to discover the best place for beer in Cumbria. Whilst pubs and beer are topics on which many people hold strong views, I am not one to argue with a vote held during Cumbria Live’s first Beer Week. Runners up include
For the second year running the Waterhead Hotel, at the head of the lake, has received the Traveller’s Choice Award from Tripadvisor - the only hotel in Cumbria to be included alongside 24 others across the UK. The number of outstanding reviews on Tripadvisor triggered the 2015 award and reinforces the message that the Waterhead Hotel is a great place to stay!
the Trout Hotel in Cockermouth, Moo Bar in Carlisle and Penrith, the Kirkstile Inn near Loweswater, and the Ship Inn near Ulverston. It was also a close run thing when it came to beer, with strong contention between several Cumbrian breweries, including Hardknott, Hawkshead and Greenodd. The overall favourite was Loweswater Gold from Old Hall Brewery near Esthwaite Water. What are you waiting for? Check out the options listed above to draw your own conclusions!
On the right tracks to Manchester Airport
Rail links to Windermere and Furness will benefit from franchise plans announced by the Government in February. The new 'Northern Regional' service means that by December 2017 Windermere should have two trains per day to Manchester Airport, Monday - Friday. Also, the Furness line is expected to have
eight trains a day to Manchester and Manchester Airport, plus additional trains along the Cumbrian Coast, timed better serve workers' shift patterns.
Boat pump dries up
Boat users will need to make their own arrangements in the future.
Bowness Bay Marina has confirmed that it will decommission its fuel tank and pump. With it, goes the only fuel pump used to supply domestic leisure craft on the lake. At a cost of £50,000 the Marina does not regard it as cost-effective to replace the aging tank and pumps.
Whilst jerry cans are fine for vessels with small capacity tanks and outboards, this change will be challenging for owners of large motor cruisers. It is to be hoped that incidents of fuel pollution do not increase as owners man-handle supplies.
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ART & MUSIC
Aladdin works over-time
In January and February two very different productions of “Aladdin” were performed in Windermere, only a short carpet-ride apart.
Rubbing the lamp at Lakes School, the Lakes Players celebrated 20 years in front of of record audiences. Complete with 7’ tall elephant, flying carpet and a song and dance spectacle, the show was professional, memorable and a fitting tribute as the Society’s anniversary production. Director Stewart Hart said, “We are certainly privileged to be able to entertain our local community in this way and we are very grateful for the opportunity our supporters provide in order for us to do this. We hope to be performing for many years into the future”. The Society wishes to thank every member of the community who supported them in this production.
MAIN: Lakes Players 20th Anniversary production INSET: Windermere Preparatory School entertaining cast
Windermere Preparatory School provided a very different, but equally enthusiastic and highly entertaining version of “Aladdin Trouble”. Widow Twanky’s larger than life presence, progressing from tub to high tech machine in the laundry, were matched by
an evil “Azabanana” and highly accomplished dance routines by Eleanor Snape. Cecilia Flint, Head of Music and Drama, said, “each year we produce something very different, and the pupils have a string of
Chapatti in the Park Saturday 4th April – 11.00am 1.00am. Live music event and charity fundraiser at Brathay Hall, Ambleside LA22 0HP
16 bands across two stages. Loads of kids activities, plus Easter egg hunt and bouncy castle. Curry, real ale bar, BBQ, ice cream, local traders, fire show, open mic, storytellers,
successes to their name. Last year we were the first school in Britain to stage the “Swallows and Amazons” musical, which followed on the heels of “Peter Pan”, “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Sound of Music”. “It gets better every year!” concluded Cecilia.
speakers corner….. Entry free (recommended donation of £5 for adults and £3 for under 16s). All profits from the event, food and onsite bar will be donated to Brathay Trust and Cumbria and Lancashire Earth First Group. Please do not bring alcohol on to site (it will be confiscated) as all profits from on site bar are donated to charity.
Artist of Peace
From 24 April - 13 September an exhibition will celebrate artist Evelyn De Morgan (18551919). Her remarkable paintings bare the influence of early Italian Renaissance art as well as that of her Pre-Raphaelite contemporaries, and yet have a distinctive personal style. During a period of commemoration of the First World War, this significant show will focus on De Morgan’s pacifism and reaction both to this conflict and the Boer War of 1899-1902, with many of the works having been included in her exhibition held in 1916 in aid of the Red Cross. On show at Blackwell, The Arts and Crafts House near Windermere, the exhibition will be launched with two events on 24 April. 22
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Dr Richenda Roberts will lead a walking tour to explore De Morgan’s use of symbolism within the contexts of British home front life during the First World War. This begins at 2.00pm and is free with admission: £8.50 (without donation £7.70), free entry for students and children. In the evening, Claire Longworth will give a lecture on De Morgan’s life and works. Tickets available online at blackwell.org.uk or by telephone 015394 46139, £10/7. Blackwell will be open from 5.30pm, lecture starts 6.30pm.
Mozart’s Requiem in Words and Music Saturday 28th March, 7.30pm, St Martin’s Church, Bowness Staveley Choral Society has built a reputation for innovative and dramatic performances of choral music and its latest production promises to be no exception.
Philip Burton, Conductor and Musical Director, said: “The performance of the Messiah was an extraordinary evening in April last year and we’re going to do it again. Like the Messiah, I have always felt that Mozart’s Requiem is crying out to be staged against
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27–29 March 2015 are David Migden & The Twisted Roots, an exciting electric five-piece, performing original material in a crossover of rock, blues and American roots; The Laurence Jones Band, fronted by a brilliant young guitarist who has been likened to Robin Trower and Eric Clapton; and Northsyde, a unique band, who combine blues, rock and funk with amazing vocals from the very talented Lorna Fothergill.
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SCHOOL REPORT
One of the greatest pleasures as a teacher is to see the delight on children’s faces as they learn and experience new things. Recently, we were very pleased to welcome Mr Leo Houlding to spend a whole afternoon working with Year 4. First, a whole class photograph in the snow, followed by a wonderful display of the children’s ‘Leo Houlding Profiles’ presented to the man himself. Year 4 then presented their Mighty Mountains topic, including an explanation of fold, volcanic and blockfault mountains; a display of models showing the different layers beneath their feet, and a description of when they became Orrest Head Mountain Guides.
The rest of the afternoon involved: Watching Leo’s presentation on some of the Mighty Mountains he has visited. Studying and holding rocks from the summit of Everest and Ulvetanna. Working together to put up one of Leo’s very expensive expedition tents and finding out about
From Everest to Orrest Head
Be safe as well as cool Socialising safely online The NSPCC has created a new online guide to help inform parents about the risks of different social networking sites used by children: www.nspcc.org.uk/ shareaware
Leo Holding meets the 'Orrest Head Mountain Guides'
equipment needed to go on an expedition. The afternoon finished with a fantastic Q&A session. Leo commented on how impressed he was by the good manners, questioning and presentation skills he saw during the afternoon. He also enjoyed looking at the profiles so much that he signed them all. Mrs Cooke, Year 4’s Form Teacher, said “I have been amazed by the enthusiasm the children have shown for our Mighty Mountains topic. After
Leo’s visit we now have another list of things we want to learn more about in our Adventure! and Humanities lessons.
Year 4’s work on Mighty Mountains will be on display at the school’s Open Day on Saturday 9th May, along with many other amazing projects from other Year groups, which you are welcome to come and see. You can follow other projects at the school by looking at the Windermere School Facebook page.
This comes after an NSPCC survey revealed that three quarters of parents surveyed found sexual, violent, or other inappropriate content. Anyone looking for advice about keeping children safe online, or are concerned about the safety and welfare of a child, can contact the NSPCC’s 24-hour helpline on 0808 800 5000 or email help@nspcc.org.uk Children worried about online safety or any other problem can call the free, 24-hour helpline on 0800 1111 or get help online at www.childline.org.uk
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A busy Spring Term for children, staff and governors, during which we began work on our new development plan, following a very successful Ofsted Inspection in October. 12 staff and 79 children, including seven from our school, took part in a weeklong trip Cumbria Primary School Ski course in Les Menuires in France. The children had daily ski lessons and arrived back safe and sound, if not a little tired.
In January we had a special week celebrating friendship. We reflected on what makes a good friend, how we can all make the right choices and how good friendship can make us feel. Each class did some lovely activities, including making friendship bracelets. Star moments of the week were playing nicely, making new friends, handprints and new friendship stops in the playgrounds.
We have three special school friends: an elephant and two giraffes! Everyone in school put their hand print on them. These handprints are a sign that we will have kind hands and reach out to our friends. Trunkie, the elephant, already had his name, but we needed names for the new giraffes. After a whole school competition, their names are Mary and Martin....just like our school. Year 6 children participated in the transition project to secondary school. This is known as the ‘tenner challenge’, where children work in groups to use a £10 investment to start their own business. The event itself took place at the Lakes School. Mrs Gore (Headteacher) said “This has been a fantastic opportunity for our Year 6 children to work cooperatively and collaboratively to raise money for charity as well as planning a business”.
SCHOOL REPORT
Goodly Dale in the County Finals! 1-2, 3-4 and 5-6. This is the qualification event for the National Gymnastics Association Keys Steps Gymnastics County Finals.
Year 1-2 winning gymnastics group
On 30th January Goodly Dale Community Primary School children were proud participants in the South Lakes Area Key Steps Gymnastics Small Schools Competition at Cartmel Priory School. They again took part in three competitions: Years
Goodly Dale won the Key Steps 1 category for Years 1-2! The children showed their consistency for performing at the highest level, receiving medals and goody bags. The team now move on to the Cumbria County Finals of the Key Steps Gymnastics Competition at Penrith. It would be a fantastic achievement for the local community if Goodly Dale could bring the county title back to Windermere. Follow their progress in the next issue of Windermere Now!
School Angel adds value to fundraising 5 year old Kamil of Kendal who suffers with complex needs and for whom School Angel provided a special touch screen computer to help with his communication at school and home.
Schools can benefit from a new locally-based charity that helps them to fundraise more effectively by tapping into the increasing appetite we all seem to have for online shopping.
School Angel was set up just over a year ago when Chris Cottam, the founder, realised that commercial companies were profiting excessively from providing fund-raising services in the UK. Chris said ‘I had the knowledge needed to set up a simple but very effective shopping platform for schools, enabling them to raise funds every time their supporters shop on-line’. The system is free and shoppers get the same deal on their purchases, but the school also benefits because the retailer splits their normal profit, donating a portion to the charity. Chris goes on to say: “On average the charity raises
Is there enough food?
2-3 times more money for schools than they can achieve by using commercial fund-raising companies like easyfundraising.”
Learning about the Foodbank
This term children and families at St. Cuthberts Catholic Primary School made a big commitment - to support local families in need who use the Windermere & District Foodbank. Peter Harrison, Headteacher, makes the point that many people are not aware of the social need that exists in our area as they often see only a veneer of wealth that exists in our community. The children were first introduced to the work of the Food Bank when Magda, a volunteer of the foodbank, was invited to school to help children answer a big question: “Is there enough food in the world?” But, as the Head comments, “It is all too easy to pay lip service to a social cause and children need more than an assembly to really be part of helping those less fortunate than themselves.”
food to the foodbank each week for a whole year. The box was full in the first week and it was a real joy to have the Bishop of Lancaster experience the children giving in this way. He said a blessing for the children and school as we embarked on the venture.”
Mr Harrison points out that there are additional curricular benefits to this initiative: how many items will be collected in a year? How much will it all way using a weekly average and from where do we source our food?
“From this, a community commitment was made: for each family to contribute one item of
The school is excited about the difference that can be made to the lives of other families as the children are aware now that anybody at any time in their lives may encounter some mis-fortune and one day need the services of a foodbank. In his letter to parents the Head wrote, “There are times when I believe we should put politics aside, instead simply show acts of kindness.”
Thirteen, lucky for some, is the number of schools in South Lakeland that have been given a defibrillator and basic life support training.
defibrillator on its premises. Primary schools in this area include Ambleside, Coniston, Goodly Dale, Langdale, St Cuthbert's and Staveley.
Several local schools already use the system, which is free to join, including Lakes School and Windermere school. Chris added ‘the real beauty of this system is that it merely complements the more usual methods of school fund-raising such as PTA events, working silently in the background 24/7’
Any school interested in learning more about the charity or joining should visit the School Angel website at www.schoolangel.org.uk. If anyone would like to support their local school then they can do their on-line shopping by simply visiting the School Angel website. There is no need to create an account, log in or even provide an email address.
“Hand on Heart”, a national charity with a base in Kendal, has received £5,000 from the Big Lottery Fund as part of a scheme to ensure that every school in the UK has a potentially life-saving
A group of Kendal businesswomen have taken up the cause with the aim of raising £45,000 to make all 40 schools in the Kendal and surrounding areas “Heart Safe”.
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SOCIETY ROUNDUP
Ambleside Kirkstone Rotary Club
We are staging our fourth tribute band concert, this time featuring “Voulez Vous” who, after performing to audiences as far afield as South Africa and Malaysia, deserve the accolade of the ULTIMATE ABBA Tribute band. The concert will be held at the Lakes School on 10th April at 7.30pm, with all profits going to support two local charities: The Great North Air Ambulance and St Johns Hospice, both very worthy causes (see advert on page 22 for details of ticket arrangements) A preview of Voulez Vous performing live on stage is available on You Tube. Ambleside Kirkstone Rotary Club are grateful to local community who, over the last 11 years, have helped to raise many thousands of pounds to help local, national and international charities, with ALL the money raised going directly to the charities. Ticket sales are going well and this should be a good opportunity for everyone to come and singalong to the ever popular ABBA songs or, if the they feel the urge, to get on their feet and dance. Colin Thomson
Fairtrade cocoa farmer visits Cumbria
Theresa Wooll and Alvaro Pop
During Fairtrade Fortnight Alvaro Pop made a presentation at Brockhole’s Local and Fair event held on Sunday 1st March. Mr. Pop is the current chairman of the Toledo Cacao Growers AssocIation, which was the first cocoa producer to be Fairtrade certified in 1993. In 1994 they
1st Windermere ‘Amazons’ Cub Scout Pack Hello from 1st Windermere Cubs. We would like to tell you what we have been doing recently.
Last week we went to Pets at Home in Kendal and completed our Animal Carers Badge. It was a great evening and everyone, including the leaders, wanted to take a Hamster home. We all learned about looking after our pets, whatever we have. A few weeks ago we began our Disabled Badge. This is a new badge and a very different challenge to attempt. We played games which included disabilities, such relay games using one leg, one arm, with blindfolds. Doing this has given us idea of what it must be like without a limb or blind. We have lots more to do on this badge and we know we will learn so much more in doing so. We have also completed the Scientist Badge. One leader
began supplying Green and Black for their Maya Gold chocolate bar, which was the first Fairtrade bar to be sold in the U.K. Theresa Wooll, coordinator for the Windermere and Bowness Fairtrade Group, said: “Everyone found it really interesting to hear first hand from a farmer how Fairtrade’s minimum price and additional premium helps them ensure their families and local communities have money for basics such as school and doctor’s fees”. Contact details: Thereas Wooll on 07817 179075 and theresawooll@btinternet.com
Inner Wheel Club of Windermere
We were fascinated by an illustrated talk by President Sue Thomas on a journey to the Antarctic at our February meeting. An outing for lunch at Kendal College Restaurant was a delicious success, followed
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GOING WILD - Cub Scouts getting out and closer to Nature is determined she will master blowing a lid of a film canister with a Steradent tablet! This is just a fraction of what we do on a Wednesday evening with the pac. There are lots of exciting and interesting things to do, and once the weather gets better we will be outside and exploring, lighting fires, hiking, climbing, swimming and much more.
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We have spaces at the moment and so if your son/daughter is 8 years old and would like to come along and join us please get in touch with Bagheera 015394 42144 or email lindabowden@btinternet.com. If you want to know more about what Cub Scouts do visit Scouts.org.uk and check it out.
come to our open afternoon at Longlands Road on Saturday 11 April from 1.00pm and give it a try. Bowls and any help will be provided. You can also come any Wednesday from 1.30pm to our social bowling, starting from 1 April. If these dates are not convenient or you would like further information, please ring Bob Proctor on 015394 47797.
Take me there with care by very favourable comments such as “Why don’t we do this more often?” Our March meeting features a talk by Dave Thomas on “The Bevan Boys”, and in April Dr Sarah Watson will tell us about the work of the charity “Phase” in Nepal which helps to provide healthcare, education and clean water in remote valleys of the Himalayas. We have a “Pie and Quiz Night” on April 30th at the Marchesi Centre to raise funds for our local community and international charities. This fun evening is open to all and details are available from our Secretary on 01539 43137 or any Inner Wheel member. We look forward to helping our “Rotary” partners at the “Bowness Bay Blues” at the end of March. Perhaps we will meet you there! Club Correspondent: Christine McGraw mcgraw@etherway.net
Bowness Bowling Club We welcome new members, including beginners. Please
Do you or someone you know need support to get out and about independently? Hayley Banks is an experienced Windermere-based carer with an “accessible vehicle”, able to take wheelchairs. She can assist with short trips, shopping, days out, social events, visits and other activities - helping people to regain independence and confidence. Telephone: 07825 678 211 (mobile), 015394 43081 (home).
Windermere Bridge Club
The Club held a successful AGM and elected a new committee headed by Robin Rose as chairman. We are a friendly group playing on Wednesday and Fridays at the Marchesi Centre in Windermere, 6.45pm for a 7.0pm start, and are happy to welcome new members and visitors. For further details or to arrange a partner please contact either Ann on 01539442802 or Irene on 01539445224 or look online: www.bridgewebs.com/windermere
LETTERS
Letters to the Editor are published on the understanding that they may have to be shortened to fit available space. Publication of a letter in no way reflects the views of Windermere Now. All letters must be accompanied by a name and address even if the correspondent requests anonymity. In this case ‘name and address supplied’ will be added.
Dear Editor
I am a founding member of Future Ambleside, a looseknit but highly organised and totally committed group of Ambleside residents who are dedicated to protecting the best of the past and encouraging the best of the new for Ambleside and the Lake District. We came together initially to oppose the University of Cumbria's reprehensible and short-sighted asset stripping of its socalled surplus properties, with particular concern for its sale to Whitbread of the fine Georgian building known as Hill Top, and its proposed demolition to be replaced by an unneeded and unwanted Premier Inn. Thankfully our opposition forced Whitbread to pull out, and it was established that Hill Top cannot be demolished. However, we are still alert to the fact that the University, having dismissed calls for both Hill Top and another of its properties, Kelsick ,to be renovated for student accommodation, and being driven by a rush for profits, is still intent on selling off Hill Top and will put it back on the market any day now. We were also instrumental in forcing Cumbria County Council to withdraw its proposed introduction of illegal parking meters to towns throughout the Lake District, including Ambleside and Windermere. Currently, Future Ambleside is engaged in questioning the behaviour, actions and proposals of the unelected LDNPA, who seem intent on girdling the National Park with zip-wires and cable cars in its myopically self-interested plans to establish the Lakes as the Adventure Capital of the UK. We are also wholly against the LDNPA's current plans to offer some of the Lake District's most iconic sites to the vagaries of privatisation and we will do all we can to force them to reverse their unconscionable decision. These recent proposals strongly suggest that the LDNPA is reneging on its own remit and their planning laws and guidelines, in order to bring in money to stem their haemorrhaging finances wounds of their making. We are calling for the LDNPA's finances, policies, governance, aims, objectives and outcomes to be subjected to serious scrutiny with a view to it being radically reformed in the interests of the environment it is supposed to be protecting, preserving and enhancing. Russell MIlls, Ambleside
How long does the 40 minute cruise last? Staff at Windermere Lake Cruises have been taking a wry look back at some of the funniest remarks and questions they’ve been asked over the last 12 months. There are plenty of people visiting the lake for the first time, but sometimes the questions they ask do cause the odd raised eyebrow. Staff have put together a top ten list of their favourite queries from the last twelve months:
10 What do the boats do? 9 How long does the 40 minute cruise last? me, I can’t 8 Do the islands float? 7 Excuse make head nor tail of this Japanese leaflet Is that the boat there? 6 (points to boat) husband on 5 Isthismyboat? I go to the front of the queue, 4 Can because I’ve got ice creams? up to Ambleside. Is it still there? 3 Years ago I went For my sat nav, what is the for the mountains? 2 postcode 1 Can the boat come and pick me up from Blackpool?
COMMENT
Should the government invest more in national parks?
Thomas Noblett, Managing Director of Langdale Chase Hotel near Windermere, has given permission to reproduce comments he made recently as they relate to last month's Woolly Thinker article. “We are near Ambleside, Bowness and Windermere, three honeypot villages, and that’s why you have so many hotels in such a small vicinity: “We earn our living from the tourists that come here.” “When I first came here there was only one season, and after summer all the hotels shut down. But now it is definitely a four season destination, just as beautiful in winter as it is in summer. We get weddings right up until Christmas.”
“We are in a prime spot but you have to invest in the infrastructure of the Lake District. There needs to be investment in the transport system. Just
this week the A591 came to a standstill, and if there is a small accident it can be gridlock.” “You also need to invest in the aesthetic and in conservation.”
“The tourists are the difference between us keeping our heads above water. It is tough and you hear every day about a pub or a restaurant closing down. Everyone is trying to find their own niche.”
“But the more people that come, the more there is to go around.”
“You have to speculate to accumulate, and you need to put the investment in to get the return. We need to be the village that can invite a city.”
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WHAT’S ON Use this column to advertise your events - free of charge. Please e-mail your events to info@windermerenow.co.uk by the first of the Month - with contact details if you wish. Coffee mornings, events, club meetings, sports events etc. all welcome.
MAR/APR On going “New and expanded Arthur Ransome room”. Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry, Kendal. Saturdays. “Lake and Landscape”. Take a guided stroll outdoors at Wray Castle with one of our team and share some of our stories and favourite views – bring your camera! Wellies and walking boots are not essential. Free tour, normal admission applies. 2–3pm. Now to 19 Apr “Herdwick: A Portrait of Lakeland”. Ian Lawson’s photographic record of this iconic Cumbrian sheep. Rheged, Penrith (see lecture 18 Apr). Now to 4 May “Arriving Where We Started”. Exhibition of still life and flowers studies by Tina Palmer at Brantwood, Coniston. Now to 17 May “The Grandest Views: Models of Lakeland from Victorian Times to the Present Day”. Exhibition at Keswick Museum and Art Gallery that featured recently on BBC’s Countryfile. Now to 18 May “One to One” by acclaimed artist Martin Greenland. The second in an annual series focusing on a single new work by a living artist. Brantwood, Coniston. Now to 29 Nov “Taste of Townend”. The Brownes' family recipe book is full of recipes, from meaty mince pies to medicines dating back to the 17th century. The National Trust will be cooking all afternoon at Townend, Troutbeck to recreate some of them. Every Thursday 1.30-4.00pm. 27-29 Mar “Bowness Bays Blues” festival. 'A flagship for the very best of British blues' and one of the best-value music festivals in the North-West. Tickets on sale from the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, at www.breweryarts. co.uk/ Tel: 01539 725133. 27 Mar “Wildlife of the Falklands”. Illustrated talk by Brian Anderson, RSPB. Joint Natural History Society/ South Lakeland RSPB meeting at Ambleside Parish Centre. All welcome. £3 for non-members, under 25s free. Further info: Gillean Bell on 015294 32730.
27 Mar National Trust Steam Yacht Gondola starts operating on Coniston Water for the season. 27 Mar “The Big House - revisited”. Presented by Ambleside Oral History Group, a fresh glimpse of life above and below stairs some of the area’s grandest houses. 7.30pm at the Kelsick Centre. Tickets £ 5, including refreshments, from Fred Holdsworth’s Bookshop. 28 Mar Mozart’s Requiem. Staveley Choral Society at St Martin’s Church, Bowness. 7.30 pm. Tickets £12 and £6 for children (includes a glass of wine or soft drink), from Helen’s Chocolates, Bowness; Staveley Chemist; Thomson, Hayton, Winkley Estate Agents in Windermere. 28-29 Mar Glass sculpture exhibition by Emma Mackintosh. Elder Ghyll, Hawkshead. 015394 36116. glass@ aflamewithdesire.co.uk. www. aflamewithdesire.co.uk 29 Mar “Jesters Circus Workshops”. At Brockhole, try out new circus skills in this fun, family workshop. Juggling, plate spinning, balancing acts, diabolo and more. Sessions 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm, 3.15pm. Suitable age 6+. Booking advised. Online at www.brockhole. co.uk/events or ring 0845 272 0004. Price: £3. 31 Mar & 2 Apr “Build a Bird Box”. At Wray Castle build a home for your feathered friends with the expert help of our rangers. For a small donation take your bird box home with you! Normal admission applies. 10am – 4pm. 31 Mar “Minibeast Magic with Silverband”. Brockhole. Sessions at 12 noon,1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Booking advised. Online at www.brockhole. co.uk/events or ring 0845 272 0004. Price: £4. 1 Apr “Great Peter Rabbit Egg Hunt” at The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction in Bowness. Our biggest event of the year. 50 eggs hidden around the Lake District with top prizes to win! 10.00am – approximately 4.00pm. 2 Apr “Calgarth Park open coffee morning”. Communal rooms, grounds and vacant flats available to view. 10.00am-Noon. 015394 43016 for more details. 3-6 Apr “Cadbury Easter Egg Trail”. Eggsplore Wray Castle with Cadbury and the National Trust! £2.00 per trail. Normal admission applies. 10am – 4pm.
Wray Castle raises its portcullis As days lengthen and the buds appear on trees, the team at Wray Castle have been getting ready to open up for 2015, after a chilly winter of conservation and planning. A specialist engineering firm has been repairing the castle’s original portcullis to make it easier to open. Once inside, many families will want to explore the Peter Rabbit Adventure so the tiniest visitors will be queuing up to try out the Secret Tree House, Old Brown’s nest and McGregor’s garden. The craft room and
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dressing up boxes have been replenished, ready for creative minds out there, both young and old. Rangers have been busy extending the adventure play trail: new rope swings and slack lines will test balance and skill, and result in muddy knees! The den building area is just waiting for some new natural constructions to be made using whatever materials you can find in the castle’s woodlands. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wraycastle/things-to-see-and-do/ events/
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4 Apr “Make an Easter Egg character” and see how many Easter egg pictures you can find hidden around the library in our Easter Egg Hunt. 10.30am at Windermere Library. 5 Apr “Mini Egg Hunt”. At The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction in Bowness. On Easter Sunday, all children’s entry tickets will include a mini treasure hunt to complete in the garden. A chocolate egg and sticker to be won for every child! 7 Apr “Craft Day”. At The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction in Bowness. Enjoy some fun and free crafts in the foyer and take home what you make or have your face painted as your favourite character (£2 charge). 7 & 9 Apr “Plant it, grow it, eat it”. Spring is the perfect time to watch things grow: plant some seeds with us at Wray Castle and see what happens! Normal admission applies. 10am – 4pm. 8 Apr “Have a go at Archery”. Could you be the next Robin Hood? Archery taster sessions, run by the Kendal Bowmen at Wray Castle. Small charge applies. 10am – 4pm. 9 Apr “Beatrix Potter storytelling session”. At The Beatrix Potter Gallery, Hawkshead. 11.00am-1.00pm. Normal admission applies. 9 Apr “David Livingstone’s African Achievements”. Talk by Eugene Rae at Brantwood, Coniston. In association with Royal Geographical Society. 7.00pm for 7.30pm. £5.00 includes glass of wine on arrival. RGS-IBG members free. Advance booking essential. 9 Apr Nominations close at 4.00pm for election to Windermere Town Council. 10 Apr “Bunnies & chicks in the Garden”. At the World of Beatrix Potter Attraction in Bowness. Cute fluffy bunnies, chicks and ducklings in our Peter Rabbit Garden between 11am and 4pm. 10 Apr “Voulez Vous”. ABBA tribute band performs memorable numbers in aid of charity at The Lakes School. 7.30pm. Tickets £15 from www. thelittleboxoffice.com/akrc and 07437 963 732. 14 Apr “The restoration of Barholm Castle”. A talk by Dr Janet Brennan on behalf of the South Lakeland Decorative & Fine Arts Society (SLDFAS). 1.30pm at Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. Entry Fee £9.00. Contact: Mrs Lalik Nasmyth, tel: 01229 468525.
14 Apr “Windermere Town Council - Annual Parish Meeting”. 6.00pm in the Marchesi Centre. All electors in Windermere & Bowness are invited to attend and raise any concerns with their Town Councillors. 16 Apr Bowl Carving. Hand carve your own bowl or kneading trough from local greenwood. The Footprint, St Catherine’s (National Trust), Windermere. 9.00am - 5.00pm. £55.00. Book.www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ ambleside-and-windermere/ 17 Apr “Graphite and Watercolour Art Workshop” with Patrick Corbett. A practical day at Brantwood exploring Ruskin’s ideas on drawing and painting. Suitable for all levels. All materials and refreshments provided. 10.30am – 4.30pm. £55.00 per person. 19 Apr "13th Great Grizedale Forest Trail Race". 10 mile race on traffic-free scenic trails. www.grizedale10.co.uk. info@grizedale10.co.uk 20 Apr “A Necessary Fiction”. Local author Jane Emerssen discusses her historical romantic novel. 3.00-4.00pp at Windermere Library. 24 Apr - 13 Sep “Artist of Peace”. An exhibition of the work of Evelyn de Morgan (1855-1919), at Blackwell, The Arts and Crafts House, Windermere. 25-26 Apr “Low canopy Camp”. A weekend woodland experience sleeping outdoors in a cosy hammock, campfire cooking, and projects using natural materials. At the St Catherine’s, Windermere. £70 incl evening meal and breakfast (£35 first child, £30 additional children). Booking essential. www. nationaltrust.org.uk/ambleside-andwindermere/things-to-see-and-do/events 30 Apr “Pie and Quiz Night”. Inner Wheel of Windermere at the Marchesi Centre, to raise funds for our local community and international charities. A fun evening open to all. Details at 01539 43137 or from any Inner Wheel member. 2 May “Simply Local Farmers’ Market”. At J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands. Local crafts and produce for sale from cakes, chutneys, knit ware and gifts. Alongside a Rare Breed auction and an opportunity at 1818 Auctioneers to have free advice on collectables and antiques. 12 May “Flora and Fauna in Pottery”. A talk by Jane Gardiner MA on behalf of the South Lakeland Decorative & Fine Arts Society (SLDFAS). 1.30pm at Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. Entry Fee £9.00. Contact: Mrs Lalik Nasmyth, tel: 01229 468525.
CHURCH NEWS
OFF THE SHELF Libraries are much more than books!
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“Spring Watercolours” 15 and 22 April. Tips and invaluable instruction from local award winning artist Mike Labrum, suitable for both beginners and improvers alike. 10:00am - 4.00pm. “Your Garden in Spring” 13 Apr and 11 May. Two workshops covering propagation, taking and growing cuttings, and plant nutrition. Venue: Low Sizergh Farm (south of Kendal). 9.30am - 12.30.pm. “IT one-to-one help” Wednesdays pm / Fridays am. Free assistance emailing and browsing websites, plus using a Laptop, Tablet or Smart Phone. Contact library to book a session. “Knitting Group”. Tuesdays Knitting Group. Get-together for knitting, chat, coffee (or tea) & cake. A friendly social group to share ideas and knowledge. Beginners welcome.10.00Noon. “Games Group” 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month. Informal games. Cards, Scrabble, Chess etc. Everyone welcome. 4.30-6.00pm. “Drop-in for advice” Wednesdays. Advisers from Age UK and South Lakeland District Council. 10.30am1.00pm. “Lakes Surestart Children’s Centre Stay & Play” Thursdays 10:00-Noon, term time. “Ambleside Child & Baby Clinic” 1st and 3rd Thursdays. 10.00-11.00am. Contact the library on 015394 32507 or email ambleside.cdc@cumbria.gov.uk for further information.
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“Make an Easter Egg character” on 4 April See how many Easter egg pictures you can find hidden around the library in our Easter Egg Hunt. 10.30am at Windermere Library. “A Necessary Fiction” 20 April. Local author Jane Emerssen discusses her historical romantic novel. 3.00-4.00pp at Windermere Library. Contact the library on 015394 88945 or email for further information. www.cumbria.gov.uk/libraries/events/ libraryEvents.asp
Easter at Lakes Christian Centre Easter is a special time when we celebrate the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. When he died on the cross, at that moment something was revealed to the attending centurion. He realised that "Truly this was the Son of God!" (Matthew 27:54). God the Father had revealed to him just what had happened and I believe his life was never the same again. It was his life
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The real meaning of Easter will be explored at Rydal Hall during Holy Week – the days leading up to Easter Sunday. A three night residential retreat titled ‘Transformed by the Presence of Jesus’ will be held at the Hall, the Diocese of Carlisle’s beautifully situated conference, retreat and holiday centre on the outskirts of Ambleside.
Carver Uniting Church, Windermere. Easter Events Saturday 28 March Easter Coffee Morning 10.00-Noon. Hot Cross Buns with Tea or Coffee. Stalls, raffle, activities for young children. Proceeds to charities. During Holy Week the church
changing moment, when he believed who Jesus was. As we celebrate Easter it’s the right time to ask the question: 'Who do you say He is?' Jesus was God who came and walked on this earth and died to save us from our sins; and yet three days later was risen again. If you would like to hear more, come along to our Easter Service on Sunday the 5th April. We will be having a time of singing from
10am with our family service starting at 11am, and we would love you to join us. Our children’s church and youth will be part of the service and there will be refreshments afterwards. You can find out more about Lakes Christian Centre at www. lakeschristiancentre.co.uk, which will have a fresh new look from April. Also, we will be launching our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ lakeschristiancentre.
It will be led by award-winning author and dynamic speaker Liz Babbs, who aims to take participants beyond traditional bible study using a meditative approach. The retreat is one of a number of themed events at Rydal, and follows a recent weekend exploration of Celtic spirituality led by the Rector of Grasmere, the Rev Cameron Butland - who is also Vicar of Rydal - based on the traditions of the Iona community.
Forthcoming events include a residential “icon painting” course in April, and a short retreat about the process of writing spiritual songs in May. For a full list of the events programme see www. rydalhall.org As well as hosting conference groups for residential and day events, the Hall also has holiday accommodation in the main building, a camp site, and eco-pods for hire in the grounds.
will be open for our Easter Labyrinth which follows Christ’s journey to the Cross. Monday 30 March: Prayers 10.30am, Labyrinth open 11.00am-1.00pm. Tuesday 31 March: 10.00amNoon, 2.00-.4.00 pm, 6.008.00pm. Wednesday 1 April: 10.00amNoon, 2.00 -4.00pm, 6.008.00pm. Thursday 2 April: 10.00amNoon. Labyrinth closes with prayer.
Thursday 2 April: 6.30pm, Service for Maundy Thursday. Easter Sunday 5 April: 10.45am, Service with Communion. Sunday 12 April: 3.30-5.30pm, Messy Church in Carver Church Hall. ‘Church with Croissants’ Sunday 26 April at 9.00am. This is a new, informal, morning service which will be held on the fourth Sunday of each month. Everyone welcome.
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CLASSIFIEDS
How to advertise in Classifieds in
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Classified lineage adverts are an inexpensive way to get your message across. We offer a great advertising deal to local businesses. The cost per word is just 28p+VAT or 38p+VAT with a yellow highlight.
ACCOMODATION ACCOUNTS ARCHITECTS BATHROOMS
Windermere Tiles & Bathrooms Ltd., 18 Lake Road, Bowness-on-Windermere Beautiful new showroom - supply and fit trade enquires welcomeTel: 015394 45552
BOOKS
CATERING CHIMNEY SWEEP
Rob Chambers All types of chimneys and flues. Member of the National Association of Chimney Sweeps HETAS Approved. Fully insured. Tel: 01229 588025 Mobile: 07881921529
Call the team to discuss more about your requirements
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FOR SALE
GARDEN SERVICES Tree Stumps Removed GET A QUOTE ONLINE or call Peter on 01539 720441 stumps1066@gmail.com www.Tree-Stumps-Removed.co.uk GRANGE GARDENERS For MAINTENANCE & DESIGN Extensive plant knowledge We maintain gardens all year round Call Michael Thornborough 015395 32118 www.gardendesigncumbria.com W R CHAPMAN Hedges, grass and gardens - A full maintenance service call 07979 760 980
GATE AUTOMATION
CHRIS BRAMMALL LTD Automated gate design, installation and servicing including annual certified force testing. CAMESAFE Accredited. Call 01229 588580 e-mail sian@ chrisbrammall.com. More information from www.chrisbrammall.com.
GROUNDWORKS HANDYMAN
CHIROPODIST
HEALTH
CLEANING SERVICES
HEARING SERVICES
OVEN CLEANING SERVICE south lakes.....est. 2003 the local, professional and safe solution for deep cleaning of your oven, stove, hob or cooker hood etc CALL 01539 739622 www.ovencleaningservicesouthlakes.co.uk CLEAN CHOICE high standard cleaning. Holiday let management, reputable and reliable. Please call Emma on 0779 544 1324 or e-mail cleanchoice@live.co.uk
CONSERVATORIES COUNSELLING
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Phobias (inc. school phobias), anxiety, depression, addictions, confidence and self esteem. Speak to a professional caring therapist. Experienced in working with adults and children. 0779 284 3807 www.fairweathertherapy.co.uk
DOGS
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ANDREW BACKHOUSE CHIMNEY SWEEP LTD Established 1992. Trading standards approved. All types of chimneys and flues swept. Camera surveys. Member of the Institute of Chimney Sweeps. Tel 015394 45117 or 0776 314 5594
Mrs BACKHOUSE For light household chores. Reasonable rates 015394 45117
Email or call by the 1st of the month The cost is just 28p per word + vat or 38p per word + vat on a highlighted background. Box adverts come with free design - call for details.
EXERCISE CLASS
Gentle exercise class at the Marchesi Centre EVERY Tuesday 1.30-2.30pm. £4.50 per session. Any queries phone Elaine at Fitness and Wellbeing on 07855 135714
FURNITURE
CHAMPION CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING Carpets, 3-piece suites & rugs cleaned to a high standard Great prices & free quotations For a professional, friendly & reliable service Call 015395 62390 or 07977 021002 www.championcarpetcleaning.co.uk
In particular the phone number(s)
ELECTRICIAN
CARPETS
CARPET CLEANERS
which category you want to appear in.
DRY CLEANING
BUILDERS Home Delivery Carpets Ltd Outlets in Grange, Kendal, Ambleside and Barrow. Tel: 07905687672www.homedeliverycarpets.com
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DOUBLE GLAZING
RECLAIMED OAK BEAMS We have hundreds of Fantastic Reclaimed Oak Beams & Timbers in Stock Original & Restored - From Small Shelves & Fireplaces to Huge Beams! Give us a call or Visit us near Ulverston Tel: 07920 117 047 or email: lakeswoodwork@gmail.com
Daisyroots Books, rare, collectable and contemporary second-hand books. Famous for fiction. Main Street, Grange-over-Sands. Open 9:30 – 4:30 Mon – Sat. 015395 38817
WRITE IT Write down what you want to say and
DOG WALKING
Do you need a dog walker or someone to visit your new puppy whist you are at work ? Covering the Windermere and Bowness areas, a new friendly and flexible service is here to help. For details visit www. dogwalkingwindermere.co.uk or call Rachel on 07989 410194
Professional dog groomer - fully qualified, friendly service, out of hours appointments, Lamberts Pet Supplies, Main Street, Grangeover-sands 015395 36544 Studio K9 Dog Grooming and Doggie Day Care. Experienced groomer presenting over 40 Champion show dogs. Personal attention,Easy Parking.Flexible Appointments. Studio K9 at Brantfell Place, Off Brackenfield, Bowness-On-Windermere, LA23 3FJ. Tel.015394 48387.
HOLIDAY SERVICES HOUSE CLEARANCES
WA HOUSE CLEARANCES & REMOVALS A professional home and garage service with: All rubbish removed - Phone 07528 049 516 or 015395 59469 House Clearances, Houses, Garages, Sheds cleared and all contents removed. For prompt reliable and confidential service contact Graham Walkden. Tel: 015395 32793
JOINERY
M.A. JOINERY (Est. 1971) Specialist in shop joinery, doors, sash windows, stairs, restorations, listed buildings, contracts. 015394 36475. Mobile 07788 761 102
LANDSCAPING LOCKSMITH
LOCKS EXPRESS LOCKSMITHS, All lock problems solved; locks opened, repaired & fitted. Cumbria Trading Standards Approved & Police (CRB) checked. Domestic & Commercial work. Safes fitted. Car keys cut & programmed. We cover Ambleside, Windermere & The Lakes. Tel: 01539 739218. Mobile: 07886 831336.
MASSAGE MOBILE HAIRDRESSER
OSTEOPATHY
WINDERMERE OSTEOPATHIC CLINIC For treatment of conditions including: • Back & neck pain • Arthritic pain & stiffness • Shoulder pain • Whiplash disorders • Sciatica • Headaches • Golfer’s & tennis elbow • Hip, knee & foot problems • Sacro-iliac pain • Muscular strains & spasms • Repetitive strain injury (RSI) Call Tim Webb 015394 44383 www.lakesosteopathy.com
PAINTING & DECORATING Trustworthy Lady Interior Decorators Deer Park Decorators Quality, Tidy Work at Reasonable Rates Call Michelle on 07876 645751 STEVEN T WELSBY EST. 1979 City & Guilds Advanced Full Technology Certificate Fully Insured SOUTH LAKES 015395 34499
PATHS & PATIO CLEANING PAVING PERSONAL TRAINER PHYSICAL THERAPY PLASTERING PLUMBING PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
Hard landscaping, fencing, walling, block paving, flagging, patios, driveways, building services, pressure washing, painting. Free estimates, all work guaranteed. Call Martin Eland 015395 59472, mobile 07821 260 730
REMOVALS Steele`s Removals ltd Local * National * International Secure self-storage containers available 24 hour access + Self-Drive Removal vans www.steelesremovals.co.uk info@steelesremovals.co.uk 01229 820777
ROOFING SAIL MAKER SECURITY SITUATIONS VACANT
CLEANING PERSONS WANTED TO WORK ON A SELF-EMPLOYED BASIS Saturdays & some Mondays & Fridays April to November Ideally suit semi-retired couple who works well as a team Transport essential, expected to work to 5*Standards and with minimal supervision Good Rates for PRACTICAL, WELL ORGANISED PERSONS CALL FOR MORE INFO Contact Christine on 015395 31385 or email chrissy.morris@btconnect.com Vacancy for Secretary/PA Our busy surveyors office in Kendal now requires a secretary/PA to work 20-25 hours per week. The successful applicant will have good audio typing skills for typing of a range of reports, reasonable IT skills and a pleasant telephone manner. The job includes good record keeping and general admin. Please send CVs by email to danny@djwillissurveyor.co.uk
To advertise in the Classifieds section call: 015394 22040 Prices start from as little as 28p per word +VAT
SPECIAL OFFERS
WANTED
Local to South Lakeland? Bring proof of your postcode or this advert and receive 10% off. Terms and Conditions apply. Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Cragg Brow, Bowness and Pitlochry in Lakeland, Glebe Road, Bowness
Wanted - TOOLS, gardening, joinery, engineering etc. garages cleared. Tel 015395 32793 Storage for Cancer Research UK - do you have a spare room or garage in Windermere or Bowness area. Please contact 015394 45540
STORAGE
WALKING EQUIPMENT
SURVEYOR
WATER TREATMENT
TAXIS TILING Windermere Tiles & Bathrooms Ltd., 18 Lake Road, Bowness-on-Windermere Beautiful new showroom - supply and fit trade enquires welcome Tel: 015394 45552
TIMBER GARDEN BUILDINGS
TIMBER GARDEN BUILDINGS: Creators of Amazing Garden Spaces! Bespoke Timber Garden Buildings - Traditional or Contemporary Designs. Hand Built High Quality Sheds, Summerhouses, Garden Offices, Workshops, Cabins, Boat Houses, Mini-Lodges & Camping Pods. Give us a call to discuss your ideas & we can make them come to life! Call Nathan on 07920 117 047 email: lakeswoodwork@gmail.com www.gardenbuildingscumbria.co.uk
To advertise in the Classifieds section call: 015394 22040
WINDOW CLEANING AUTOBODY REPAIR
TOURIST SERVICES TUITION
HOLIDAYS FOR DOGS In dog friendly homes throughout the South Lakes 015395 28858
www.topdogsitters.co.uk LOCKSMITHS
Prices start from as little as 28p per word +VAT
TRAVEL AGENT
John P Howarth ARMCM Teacher of Piano,Clarinet,Theory,Jazz Improvisation. ABRSM exam coaching.Tel.015394 42591
DOGS, CATS & PETS
ACCIDENT REPAIR SPECIALISTS Moor Lane, Flookburgh First left after Ducky’s Park Farm
015395 58329 mobile: 07766 913 572 www.evansautobody.co.uk
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Winderm Amblesi ere, South L de & akes
All Lock Problems Solved • Trading Standards Approved • Locks Opened, Fitted & Repaired • Domestic, Commercial & Auto • Car Keys Cut & Programmed • Police (CRB) Checked • 24 Hour, 7 Day Service • OAP Discount
01539 739218 Mobile 07886 831336
SITUATIONS VACANT
www.locks-express.com
Do you want a well-paid Customer Services career based in Windermere?
PLASTERING & BUILDING
PAUL WRIGHT
PLASTERING & BUILDING EST 1992
Extensions Refurbishments Alterations MOBILE : 07989 383 303 HOME : 015394 88807 GADGET66@BTINTERNET.COM
Your opportunity to work for a growing company that provides telephone based daily contact to interesting people all over the UK with its OkEachDay® service.
ROOFING
Earn £8.06+ per hour talking to people Full training given with several optional training courses to choose from if you wanted to develop your skills and career further. Part-time and full-time work available.
Over 25 years experience in domestic and industrial flat roofing
Fun days out and leadership coaching You will benefit from amazing days out in the Lake District with your team members and opportunities to develop your own decision making skills with regular leadership coaching.
You’ll need the following skills... You will need to be enthusiastic, friendly, super-reliable, talkative, have an eye for detail, care about people, able to write and speak good English and able to accurately type up notes from telephone calls.
To apply send an email through to jobs@alertacall.com. Tell us about yourself, why you want the job, why you will be great at it and if you have a CV send that too.
www.alertacall.com
Repairs, strip and recovers and overlays, Insulation specialists, Long term warranties, Thermographic surveys, Consultancy
01524 730666 07772 884690
www.westmorlandflatroofing.co.uk
ASPHALT ROOFING
Mastic asphalt, Flat roofs, Valley gutters, Balconies, Flooring & Paving
J.R.Ellwood Ltd. 015395 68306
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If you’re short on time, treatments start from just half an hour but we’d love you to stay longer and put your feet up Our Spa Days include luxurious treatments, full use of the facilities (pool, Jacuzzi, steam room and sauna, state of the art gym – outdoor hot tub at Ambleside) and light snack (half day) or lunch (full day).
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