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Volunteers are needed in Ambleside to spend some time with lonely people in the area. Ambleside Parish Centre development manager Helen Minton said visits could typically last 45 minutes. “We want to find people willing to share a cuppa with residents who rarely see people from one week to the next. “It’s not just old people; it could be people with M.E. who can’t get out or those with a disability.” Some training will be necessary, and volunteers would have to be checked

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Windermere Town Council's continued support and organisation of the much loved Windermere in Bloom competition has blossomed. Lots of entry forms were received.

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A second, but hitherto uncosted phase, is intended to create an easier path over rough terrain to the summit for wheelchair users and those who are less agile.

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In the absence of figures for Phase 2 funds Cllr Legge proposed that the Town Council consider allocating £2k to £3k from the Elleray Woods annual budget towards this work. He pointed out that this would this would “open up, for the first time ever, the stunning and world-renowned views to users of wheelchairs”.

Gifts for him, for her and for them! From jewellery to hats, a spa voucher to a bike or even a night away with someone special, why not tell the readers of Windermere Now to shop local this Christmas.

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At the mid-July meeting of Windermere Town Council Cllr Adrian Legge advised that the LDNPA would fund Phase 1 (up to the metal swing gate) of improvements to the Carriage Drive route to Orrest Head in Windermere.

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Judging has been taking place in August and winners will be announced at a presentation evening. Presentation Evening Hydro Hotel at 7.30pm 24 September. Gold, Silver and Bronze Certificates will be presented in the following categories: • Domestic Gardens • Hotels, Guest Houses, Pubs & Inns • Shops, Restaurants, Cafes and other Commercial Properties There will be other awards to individuals and organisations for their contribution to the community.

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for Phase 2, there was no guarantee that the grant would be of any use in achieving the objective of getting all the work done in the autumn. It was agreed, therefore, that the LDNPA be asked to provide a more complete assessment. An update at the subsequent meeting on 29 July brought the bad news that the LDNPA had already found Phase 1 to be more expensive than costed and that the evaluation of Phase 2 had not yet been undertaken. Indeed, there are insufficient funds available to cost Phase 2 work until after next April. Phase 1 will, however, go ahead on it’s own this autumn.

Ben Berry drives forward with free parking A South Lakeland district councillor is attempting to drum up support for his petition which advocates a review of car parking and asks that charges be dropped. On the back of thieves disabling all parking meters in Cardigan, Wales, and the resultant free parking coinciding with an upturn in trade for local businesses, Ben Berry hopes to achieve similar results in his ward, albeit NOT by criminal means!

Windermere, Bowness and Ambleside escaped the introduction of further pay parking - beyond the well established SLDC administered car parks last year, amid bitter wrangling in the SLDC chamber and campaigning from various action groups. Councillor Berry now hopes to continue the debate and go one step further by reducing on street parking charges which he claims are “astronomical… higher than all neighbouring areas”. Digging into this claim bears some fruit; SLDC car parks commonly charge £3.00 for a two hour stay in tourist hotspots, compared with £2.20 in Kendal. Craven District Council administers Ingleton parking (a nearby favourite for visitors) and charges £1.70 for two hours, while Lancaster City Council typically ask £2.40 for a two hour stay. Perhaps the real questions are whether the lure of the Lake District is enough to overcome these higher charges for visitors and whether local residents are sufficiently deterred to avoid these towns and travel further afield. If you wish to sign Mr Berry’s petition it can be found on his personal website.

Earlier this month Bill Smith welcomed a good turnout to celebrate the community service ‘Windermeals’ and a new and innovative link with Windermere School. Local volunteers joined 102 year old Eileen Bostock and catering staff from Windermere School at a “tea party” to hear about the service, which is coordinated by Bowness and Windermere Community Care Trust.

The original service was set up in response to demand from residents in Bowness and Windermere, with hot lunchtime meals being produced and delivered to local homes by a team of volunteers. In a new community partnership, Windermere School is now providing the meals for the scheme.

Nick Kirkpatrick, the General Services Manager at Windermere School said: “We produce over 1,000 meals a day at the school, provide a high quality balanced and varied menu, and cater for any food intolerances. I am delighted to say that we now feed all ages from 4 to 102, from reception aged children at the school to local residents through ‘Windermeals’!”

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A major planning application that the owners of the Low Wood Hotel on the shore of Windermere hope will transform it into the Lake District’s “first world-class luxury resort” has been submitted.

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The plans include a new entrance to the site to the north of the current entrance (Ambleside direction), 46 more bedrooms, new leisure facilities and a general upgrading.

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Simone Backhouse, Phoenix Centre Manager, told Windermere Now that meals can be sampled on a try before you buy basis. One free trial per local resident can be claimed by getting in touch with Simone. Why not get in touch and give ‘Windermeals’ a go? Also, if you can spare time to help, please call Simone Backhouse on 015394 48415.

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A new prescription for an old pharmacy in Ambleside

A chemist that has been running in Ambleside since the days of William Wordsworth wasn’t going to let a major refurbishment get in the way of business.

Thomas Bell on Lake Road remained open throughout a four-week renovation that saw its whole interior gutted – even though it meant customers were served at a temporary counter in the doorway and a tiny back room was used by owner Ravi Voruganti to prepare prescriptions. “It’s been amazing, but not surprising,” he said. “People have been so receptive and supportive since we took over in 2012.”

This Ambleside “institution” was founded in 1839, just two years into the reign of Queen Victoria, by chemist Thomas Bell and his photographer nephew Herbert. It is located less than a minute’s stroll from the building in Church Street where poet William Wordsworth worked in his role as Distributor of Stamps for Westmorland.

Thomas Bell owner Ravi Voruganti and assistant Emma Monk, who lives in Troutbeck, serve customers at a temporary counter.

The history of the business is very important to Ravi, so much so that the refurbishment includes a corner of the store where equipment used by pharmacies in Victorian Ambleside can be viewed, such as an old coffee grinder, a pill-rolling machine, old labels and other apothecary artefacts. “We wanted to modernise the premises but at the same time keep that old-fashioned feel,” said Ravi. “I think it works well.”

Ravi was working for a chain of chemists based in Merseyside when he heard that Thomas Bell was for sale. After completing the purchase he and his wife Halima, also a pharmacist, son Ammar and daughter Amani moved to Cumbria. They now live in Kendal. “It’s been a wonderful few years,” said Ravi. “I don’t think we were quite prepared for the beauty of the Lake District or the friendliness of the people. I would like to thank all our customers for supporting us during this period.”

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Not that age held Conrad back. He completed the 5km course in 36 min 27 secs, accompanied at the finish by his two sons, who also took part. New runners and volunteer assistants are always very welcome. èè www.parkrun.org.uk/fellfoot

Emergency response training Cumbria’s Emergency Planning team is organising two full-day training events to exercise multi agency responses to flooding.

The first is at Allerdale House, Workington on Wednesday 21 October and the second at Junction 36 Auction Centre, near Kendal, on Wednesday 4 November. These training opportunities are for Category 1 and 2 responders, elected members, voluntary agencies and community groups who respond at tactical and operational level to acute phases of flooding in Cumbria.

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Retired Windermere astrophysicist Conrad Slater, who worked alongside Sir Bernard Lovell at Jodrell Bank, celebrated his 80th birthday by completing his 23rd Parkrun - the weekly event at Fell Foot for all ages and abilities.

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Residents who require face-toface customer service assistance can now receive this at Windermere Library on Tuesdays and Thursdays 9.00 -12.15pm, and at Ambleside Library on Wednesdays, from 10.00am -1.00pm.

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Wanted - a team vicar in Ambleside

A timetable has been announced in the search for a new team rector at St Mary’s Church, Ambleside, with the closing date for applications at the end of October. Interviews will be held on 16 November, with the successful applicant expected to start by March next year.

The Bay Cycleway Morecambe and beyond

The National Cycle Network has added a grand sweep of Cumbria’s finest riding to its routes. The 81 mile Bay Cycleway traces the spectacular coastline of Morecambe Bay from Walney to Lancaster’s Glasson Dock.

Cycling on quiet roads, greenway cycle paths, promenades and the odd canal towpath the Way can be split into several easy rides or tackled in one go by the saddlehardened. Riding north from Morecambe gives an idea of what to expect, as the eye follows The Bay round to the point of Walney Island before reeling back to take in the Southern Lakeland fells. There are few serious hills to impede progress en route through Carnforth until things get a little more ‘lumpy’ at Arnside and Silverdale, an area of outstanding natural beauty, by turns woody and marshy. Following the estuary of the River Kent, Levens brings the turning point onto Low Furness. Once past Grange-over-Sands, however, the terrain feels

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anything but low. Cyclists with the lowest gears will be the ones suffering least on the climb up to Field Broughton and Burn Barrow Wood. A pub or cafe stop at Cartmel immediately before this test is strongly recommended.

The up-and-over into Ulverston is nearly as precipitous, so that by the time you have passed Hoad Monument and arrived in town the odd cobbled street shouldn’t present much of a challenge. Onward along the coastal flats and then back inland for the final climb passing Bardsea’s Ship Inn (not the first on the route) and the hill on which sits the Bronze Age Birkrigg Stone Circle. The final stretch into Barrow hugs the pan-flat coast and affords a good look at the intriguing Furness islands, with Piel Castle standing proud and protecting its king.

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Age UK appeals for volunteers

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Age UK shops in Ambleside, Bowness and Windermere are in urgent need of more volunteers to help run and support their work.

Age UK South Lakeland is a charity that could not exist without volunteers. It relies on over 300 volunteers to provide services and support for older people throughout the South Lakeland area, but still needs more people to join the friendly, helpful team.

Every penny raised in South Lakeland is spent on supporting older people in the area. Volunteers of all ages are welcome, and volunteering can be a great way to stay active, learn new skills and to be involved in the community. There are opportunities to make new friends and to improve one's social life. If you would like to belong to a local charity, have some free time and can work as part of a team, contact Roy Dangerfield, Volunteer Support Officer at Age UK: 01539 728118 or rdangerfield@ageuksouthlakeland.org. uk

Boxes of Hope Yes, it’s that time of year already, when people throughout Cumbria start filling shoe boxes for Boxes of Hope to provide a bit of happiness for children in Romania who would otherwise have nothing or very little at Christmas.

The Walk of Britain is the latest endeavour to demonstrate the extraordinary courage and determination of our wounded, showing that despite injury they are able to achieve great things. It is also an opportunity to engage with the public and to maintain awareness of the support our wounded need. Although Britain has withdrawn from Afghanistan, injured servicemen and women have to live with their injuries. Not just physical but, for many, mental trauma - invisible wounds which impact individuals and their families in different ways. The team is honoured to have

Prince Harry as its Royal Patron. On 22 August a team of six wounded, four British and two American, departed in Scotland on their 1,000 mile journey through the UK which finishes at Buckingham Palace on 1 November, taking in each of Britain’s three highest national peaks en route. On 14 September the team will climb Scafell Pike with mountaineering legend Sir Chris Bonington. The following morning it will depart from Ambleside and walk through Windermere, before heading south along the Lake. It would be wonderful if local people support the

team, either in Ambleside as they start day 25 of their 72 day journey, or in Windermere at approximately noon. Every bit of encouragement will help them on their way. When asked what he would wish to say to other wounded watching this endeavour, Andrew Bement, US Marine Corps, said: “Wherever you are along your journey of healing, no matter how hard it is to see it, focus on the progress you’ve made, big and small. While we may have setbacks, the goal is to keep pushing, keep striving, and most importantly, keep moving forward”

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This is our third year as a Registered Charity. As a humanitarian aid organisation, we have been greatly encouraged by tremendous support from local people – not only filling shoeboxes, but also raising money for Tinca School. The benefits of being a “local” charity are that a team from Cumbria takes the shoeboxes and brings pictures and stories back of the children who receive them. As a small charity we have no staff to pay, so any surplus funding goes towards longer term educational support for these children. Please pick up a leaflet from Windermere Now, next to Barclays Bank, and this will give you further information about the children we help and, more importantly, how to go about filling a shoebox. It includes a boy/girl label for you to stick on your box. Information is also on our website: www.boxesofhopecumbria.co.uk

Carol Walthew, a postwoman who works from Windermere sorting office, Troutbeck Bridge, has completed three gruelling physical challenges, raising over £2,000 for the Stroke Association. Her first was a 10,000ft skydive in April, before she completed the Great North Swim (10,560ft) in June. This was followed by the toughest challenge of the three, a mountain climb in the French Pyrenees (10,141ft) in June. Carol, who lives in Kendal, decided to raise funds after the Stroke Association was chosen as Royal Mail’s Charity of the Year. Carol said: “I'm so pleased that I planned this multievent fundraising challenge as I've experienced three new adrenaline rushes and inspired many people to support the Stroke Association. Both of my grandmothers died as a result

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of strokes, so the cause is very personal to me. I’ve taken on charity challenges before, but never anything this intense! It’s at times like this that it’s a good idea to remind yourself why you are doing what you are doing; fundraising and living life to the full.” Initially, her aim was to raise £1,000. Carol smashed this target and her fundraising total of £2,235 will be matched penny for penny by Royal Mail, thanks to their matched giving scheme. Louise Lawless, Community and Events Fundraising Manager from the Stroke Association added, “Every year there are approximately 152,000 strokes in the UK. That's one stroke every three and a half minutes. It can have a huge effect on you and your family, but thanks to people like Carol, we can help give stroke survivors their best possible chance of recovery.”

Gary Grange, Community Investment Manager at Royal Mail, said: “It’s fantastic to see fundraisers like Carol supporting our Charity of the Year and doing everything they can to help us to raise vital funds in aid of Life after Stroke Grants. In the next two years, we want to raise at least £2 million for the Stroke Association.” For more information about strokes please contact 0303 3033 100 or go to www.stroke.org.uk.

Rydal - Beyond Infinity! Remember life before the internet? It seemed much calmer and less frantic. The internet is a bit like Tesco Express - I didn’t like it at first, but now that it’s here, it can be useful sometimes. Then I saw a notice on the Telecoms cabinet in Ambleside announcing ‘Superfast Fibre Broadband is here!’ I enquired if this included Rydal where I live. The answer was YES! I wanted it, now, or at least at the speed of light whichever was sooner. The service from BT is called Infinity and I wanted everything that BT Infinity promised, from on demand HD TV and films, to BT Sport and something I knew other people in other parts of the country had experienced, but of which I had only dreamed: access to The Cloud! Wow, I was so excited! I placed the order, boxes arrived, I plugged them in and waited patiently…and waited…and after several days when the orange blinking light on the magic box would not turn blue, my patience ran out. After several increasingly heated conversations with BT in Newcastle (at least the people sounded to be in Newcastle), a man from BT Openreach arrived with his bag of tricks.

It all got a bit technical at this point, so instead of megabytes per second, I asked him to talk about elephants. Stick with me on this! He said there were about 40 elephants in the cabinet in Ambleside, but they had to travel by copper wire to Rydal. Unfortunately, elephants don’t like copper wire and by the time the

herd got here there was only one left! The BT Openreach man was nice (he was from Kendal) and he told me that if he tried really hard he might be able to get four elephants down the copper wire to Rydal, but that’s all. 40 elephants = Infinity. You can fit 4 elephants in a Mini, as I recall. A man in Newcastle apologised profusely and confirmed that Rydal is indeed ‘Beyond Infinity’, and so he would refund my money. The bottom line is that until BT get around to extending the fibre network to Rydal, I will have to continue to go to the pub to watch football. No bad thing. Even the elusive Cloud may have a silver lining. Thank you BT!

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WINDERMERE "VILLAGE" 50 years ago

casual observer might think that Windermere has hardly changed since 1965. The road layout is unaltered (except for major widening of Church Street) and the street scene is largely Victorian / Edwardian. Look deeper and the differences become clear and a little surprising.

Article by: Barry Tullett First, governance has changed dramatically. Windermere Urban District had offices in Ashleigh (Nice Pond) and a yard in Oak Street (housing). The county was Westmorland, with offices at County Hall, Kendal. The National Park was quite new, and The Lake District Planning Board had offices nowhere in particular. Windermere always lacked a ‘hub’. This is because no town existed before the railway terminated in a field one mile from the much older village of Bowness.

In 1965 the focal point for visitors arriving by train was ‘The Fountain’ (now at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal). Trains were the preserve of British Railways and were steam-hauled into the large train shed (Booths supermarket). The station was gas lit. Entry to the station was via the Porte Cochere, now an undercover waiting area for bus passengers. Very few buses waited at the station and taxies were almost unknown. Close to the station was a large goods yard (Lakeland Ltd) whilst on the south side were sidings, an engine shed, turntable and the stationmaster’s house (Booths’ car park).

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Leaving the station towards Ambleside, on the right is the route to Orrest Head past Elleray Rooms (now private housing). This was the venue in 1965 for a packed public meeting to hear plans for a new route between Windermere and Bowness. The problem of cars coming into the town and seeking a place to park was compounded by drivers having to use alternate sides of Crescent Road every day to shop!

Church Street (A591) had petrol pumps and service shops. Further downhill on Ambleside Road was Old College Road (Pheonix Way) and The Vicarage (St Mary’s Surgery). St Mary’s infants school (holiday lets) was behind the church. Next to the new estate of St Mary’s Park was St Mary’s Guest House (Cedar Manor Hotel).

Back to the ‘Fountain’ and moving downhill into the town, on the left is the remnant of Victoria Park. This once pleasant area is today largely built over by Booths’ delivery area, access road, and Information Centre. Close by is the original lane to Reeds blacksmiths (Windermere Autos). On the opposite side of Main Road was a motor garage (recently Hesfords).

In the centre of the town is Beech Street. The triangle formed by this street, Crescent Road and Main Road, contains one of the largest and most innovative buildings in the town. Originally the centre of the building comprised a large hall, formerly a cinema, which was popular for Saturday night dances - the Embassy Ballroom, but it was unlicenced! It was used also for jumble sales and exhibitions. The shops under the building are original, but the hall entrance in Beech Street is now a shop entrance. The hall no longer exists, having been divided into apartments. Where the two roads re-join was a large car dealership and servicing bay (most of this building is now used by M Local). There were always petrol pumps.

Moving into Ellerthwaite Square, every summer two full-size motor coaches could been seen with placards leaning against them advertising ‘Eight Lakes Tours’, ‘Mystery Tours’ and other trips (now Zebra Dental). On the right of the coach park and after the Guest House was a hay and corn merchant (now rebuilt as part of McClures). The bulk of this site was another motor servicing and repair garage, with petrol pumps. At the end of the Square, on the left where New Road heads for Bowness, was the Edith Cavell nurses home (currently Ellerthwaite Lodge Hotel).

Although the general appearance of the town has changed little in the past 50 years, there are many changes of emphasis. Service outlets have given way to estate agents, building societies, cafes, restaurants, holiday letting agents and charity shops. Street lighting was poor or non-existent. One shop that has been an anchor in the town is Musgraves hardware. Even here there are changes. 50 years ago there was only one entrance from Main Road.

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Tim’s column After the excitement of the Liberal Democrat leadership election things are settling down, which is a relief for everyone, not least my long suffering family. I had a great time at Ambleside Sports. I even did creditably well in the Guides Race. By which I mean I didn’t finish last and that some people behind me looked in reasonably decent shape. I am working hard to keep Kendal Magistrates Court open. Since Windermere Court closed 15 years ago people have had to travel to Kendal in order to access the justice system. The proposal is that people will travel to Barrow or Carlisle, with only two courts left serving the county. If wish to support this campaign there a couple of things you can do. First, if you go to the change.org website and search on Kendal you will find a petition set up by local solicitors to keep the court open. Second, because plans are still at the proposal stage, the Government is consulting on them. If you have views I urge you to submit them to the Justice Department. You can find out how to do this by Googling “consultation on the closure of Kendal Magistrates Court”. I was sorry to hear that the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cumbria is to retire next year. Peter Strike has been a dedicated and passionate supporter of the University and our county, for which I thank him. He has worked successfully to secure significant investment across the university, in particular in Ambleside. I wish him a very happy retirement. Peter's successor will have a big gap to fill and I will try, as soon as possible, to ensure that he or she realises the importance of the Ambleside campus. Finally, one of the events that I enjoy most during the year is my summer tour of the constituency, when I try to cram in visits to as many of the villages and towns as I can. My objective is to meet as many people as possible. You don’t need to have a concern and to want my help. I just enjoy meeting people and hearing their views. This is one of the key ways I stay in touch with what you feel is important. I will be in the central Lakes on 25 August. My schedule is on my website - please come along for a chat. If we can’t meet during one of my visits please reach me by emailing tim@ timfarron.co.uk or by calling 015397 23 403. Thank you for your support.

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Forget ‘selfies’, the new trend set to take social networking by storm is ‘fellfies’ – with its official launch following closely in the wake of a successful Langdale Gala held at Walthwaite Meadow in Chapel Stile in July. Organisers are already planning for 2016 and, on the gala’s Facebook page (langdalegala), announced a new category for next year: selfportraits taken on the fells, which they have christened ‘fellfies’.

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Inn the meadow? Controversy hits Ambleside

‘It’s a fait accompli,” said Lakes parish councillor Anne Sowerbutts, the day before a two-day exhibition opened in Ambleside detailing controversial plans for an 88-bedroom Premier Inn in the town alongside 40 new homes.

An 88-bedroom Premier Inn hotel with 88 parking spaces, 24 affordable rented homes, 6 sharedownership homes, and 10 homes for sale with a restriction that they will be occupied by local people. Each home to have two parking spaces.

Premier Inn is the UK’s largest hotel chain, with 700 hotels and 50,000 homes nationwide.

“It will be a disaster when it floods like this,” said Loughrigg Park resident Jill Moakes, showing a photograph of the site flooded in 2009. With her husband Chris, she spent two days outside the centre encouraging objectors to sign a petition calling for the plan to be scrapped.

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“Absolutely,” said Nick Johnson from Premier Inn. “We want input, we welcome local feedback.”

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But the fact remains, as Anne Sowerbutts pointed out, people in Ambleside have no direct say-so in the application; it will be decided by the membership of the Lake District National Park Authority, none of whom are elected: five are appointed by Cumbria County Council, five by the district councils with areas in the National Park (including South Lakes), and ten appointed by the government. Its nearest members to Ambleside live in Coniston and Staveley.

Above: Site of the proposed hotel and housing project Below: Under scrutiny at Ambleside Library

business, money talks – because of its involvement, Premier Inn will be footing the £6 million bill for the planned development. “Our only hope is the Romans,” said Mrs Sowerbutts, referring to a point raised at a parish council meeting on 22 July when it was revealed that archaeological digs will be held prior to any building work to determine if there are any significant remains on the site. It is less than half a mile from the Galava Roman fort beside Windermere.

“That’s the problem with the National Park,” said Mrs Sowerbutts, “well, one of the problems. There is no local control over local planning issues.”

Like most, if not all, of her colleagues on the parish council, Mrs Sowerbutts favours all of the site being used for social housing, of which there is a great need in Ambleside, and no hotel. However, in the land and housing

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“It looks like an L-shaped Colditz,” said Borrans Park resident Pat Green, describing the hotel after she emerged from the exhibition at the Kelsick Centre.

Inside, representatives of Premier Inn, the developers, the housing group that would manage the new homes, and the architect that has designed the plans for the site – Cumbrian man Ben Cunliffe whose business is based in Crook – all patiently answered questions and listened to opinions as part of a consultation process. There were forms on which to write suggestions and a big white box in which to put them, but will it really make a difference? Will anyone listen to local opinion?

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“Perhaps we should bury lots of old broken pots in the ground!” she said.

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Following a public display of the scheme at Ambleside Library in August a detailed planning application is likely to be submitted to LDNPA, probably by the end of October.

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Nearly 120 years of luxury transport

Philip Carver’s family has been managing to do just that over three generations, for almost 120 years. His grandfather started offering wedding hire with his cab business in Windermere in 1897, using a horse and carriage, and was one of the first to get a new-fangled motor car to use for hire in 1902. He carried on offering the horse and cab into the 1940s. All cars were expensive at that time. Daimler was the chosen manufacturer and experience with a 1910 model led to an expansion in 1920 when Philip’s grandfather bought a fleet of six new Daimlers. This was a popular wedding car, and in 1936 four of them went to London to be used in the Coronation of George VI. The fleet was mainly based near St Helens, in Lancashire,

The Glebe is alive with the sound of music In her report to Windermere Town Council the Clerk informed councillors that enquiries from bands who would like to perform in the bandstand on the Glebe were at an all-time high. Performers, ranging from brass bands to ukulele ensembles, have shown interest in entertaining the promenaders during the summer months. This news was welcomed and, later in the meeting, it was agreed that two levels of grant - £50 and £100 - would be considered according to the size and needs of the groups performing. The Clerk will refer each application to the council for approval.

as well as in Windermere. This allowed wealthy families in the Manchester area to book a Daimler to bring them up to the Lakes for a weekend stay at a hotel. With careful planning the cars could be used as wedding limousines over the weekend, before carrying the family back to the smog of Manchester on Sunday. Sadly, none of these Daimlers still exist. In that period wedding cars were traditionally black, which meant they could as easily be used for funerals or general hire. It wasn’t until the 1960s that white and coloured cars became popular for weddings, when Philip’s father made the move away from the traditional black. Philip still provides wedding cars for hire. He has now scaled back the business, but the two cars he currently offers

are absolutely immaculate (a third car, a Rolls Royce, is awaiting restoration). The oldest is a 1950s Bentley R type which has just been completely restored in a lovely traditional black over silver colour scheme. The other is a Royale which is a later, Jaguar-based, open tourer in a more adventurous maroon over cream colour scheme. Unsurprisingly, Philip is a keen member of the Lakeland Historic Car Club. He views wedding car hire as an enjoyable way to allow him to keep these wonderful cars up to scratch. What a lovely way to arrive at your wedding. Knowing that the company has been faithfully doing the same for couples for more than a century lends a particular constancy to a big day.

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Flowers of Auschwitz Pupils from St Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School planting flowers at Windermere Library. South Lakeland District Council has planted a commemorative garden to mark the arrival of the 300 Jewish children who came to Calgarth at Troutbeck Bridge from concentration camps 70 years ago. The garden is part of the Lake District Holocaust Project’s exhibition ‘Flowers of Auschwitz’ which is on display in at Windermere library.

SLDC designed the flower bed to represent the different symbols people were forced to wear in the concentration camps. Pupils from St Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School and Goodly Dale Community Primary School were invited to help with the planting of the flower bed, which is situated to the left of the main entrance to the Windermere Library.

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The sky’s the limit

When I walked into the training HQ of 1264 (Windermere) Squadron of the Air Training Corps my senses were bombarded from several directions, including the taste of “NATO standard” tea, kindly provided by a cadet. First, there was sense of history. On the wall, a wooden board inscribed with the names of Squadron Commanders since 1941, and pictures of aircraft, and a wartime Sunderland aircraft on the Squadron badge. Then, more important, were the cadets themselves: smart (although, as one instructor pointed out, a pair of trousers needed ironing!), enthusiastic, polite and fully engaged in what they were doing. Finally, I was nearly hit by a “jet-powered rocket” - more of that in a minute! Cadet numbers were lower than the usual 18 that evening, as several overseas students from as far afield as Russia, Poland and Germany (who attend Windermere School) were already at home on holiday. This did not, however, detract from their activities - launching air powered

A missile homes in on the photographer

aircraft as part of a programme of learning about the theory of flight. In the park across the road, rocketshaped projectiles had been modified with wings to provide lift and nose cones to reduce drag and were testfired to see which design would travel the furthest. I met two civilian instructors, Emma Clarke and Edgar Holme, and the “boss” Warrant Officer Gaynor Collins, who has run the unit since 2013. Emma explained how students can undertake Level 2 BTec qualifications

in Aviation, Music and Leadership in the Community, Youth First Aid, and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. In addition, on other evenings cadets might learn survival techniques, receive lectures on flight, work on computers, or travel to Kendal to practice on a rifle range I spoke to three cadets, all of whom have managed to enjoy flying experiences with the RAF. Corporal Dan Turner, whose dream job would be a Red Bull Air Racer, has been in the cadets two years and flown several

times, and Cadets Jordan Rodway and Shane Lovett had both flown in their first year. Learning about the theory of flight ties in well with experiencing the “real thing” at RAF stations. As well as learning leadership skills and gaining qualifications, they were keen to point out that they enjoy the social scene and all of them love opportunities to fly! The unit HQ in is next door to a busy Adventurous Training Centre, one of two in the country run by the Air Cadets. This gives useful access to facilities and opportunities, with this summer a Windermere cadet undertaking his Gold DofE expedition by canoe in Scotland. Cadets can join when they are in Year 8 (age 12) and stay until 18 or older as Instructor Cadets. They pay a subscription of £10 per month, for which they get uniform and great opportunities, sport, and have a great time. Although the unit is attached to the RAF, it is not a recruiting machine. High standards are matched by lots of enthusiasm and willingness to have a go. With cadets moving on there is space to join. Go to Facebook to find out more or call in at the Squadron HQ in Park Road at 7.00pm on a Tuesday or Thursday. Oh yes … rule No 1, if taking pictures of air-powered rockets, filled with water, they move faster than the photographer!

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Seasoned male fell runners donned pink tutus and got some funny looks from Herdwick sheep as they raced up Wansfell Pike and Wansfell from the Low Wood Hotel – all for a good cause. The Big Pink Wansfell Family Fun Run and Fell Race, held on Sunday 26 July, was organised by Windermere woman Jo Wood to raise money for two hospitals that treated her breast cancer. Jo, 42, is a personal trainer at Low Wood Bay Leisure Club and was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, and had chemotherapy, a mastectomy and breast reconstruction followed by radiotherapy, but managed to keep exercising throughout. Jo then came up with her ‘Big Pink‘ plan: “Me giving something back for six months”. A series of fundraising events started in June with a children’s swim and run at St. Martin and St. Mary CE Primary School in Windermere. Event number two was the Wansfell run followed by a Sky Bike Ride from Ferry Nab to Wray Castle on 8 August. Coming up is a sportsman’s dinner at the Brown Horse, Winster, on 9 September, at which former England and Manchester United footballer Lee Sharpe is expected to be the guest speaker. The

Jo Wood with sons Luca 11 & Harris 2

final event is the Big Pink Grand Finale Ball at the Low Wood Hotel on 7 November, where the special guest will be Coronation Street actress Sally Dynevor, who has played Sally Webster on the TV soap opera since 1986. She too is a beast cancer survivor. The money raised from these events will go to Manchester’s renowned Christie Hospital and the Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre in Wythenshawe.

Sue Bloy joins WTC Windermere Town Council has a new councillor from 29th July. Sue Bloy represents Applethwaite Ward. She has lived in Windermere for over four years and has run her business here (Lakes Accountancy) on Church Street, Windermere since 2008. 14

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10% off The birthplace of British marine aviation It was a particular privilege to be in the same audience as Peter Naylor (91), a wartime Sunderland pilot whose flying experience included landing these giant flying boats on Windermere when aircraft were being built and upgraded at White Cross Bay.

Peter Naylor - Sunderland pilot

Also present were Joan Ledger, daughter of Bowness-based photographer Frank Herbert, who photographed Waterbird, an Avro Vulcan pilot, and the niece and great niece of Captain Edward Wakefield, the former being the only person still alive who actually knew Edward Wakefield who was at the forefront of Waterbird’s development. Ian Gee’s talk in July about pioneering aviation on Windermere had all the the makings of an excellent evening.

"Rather Naughty After Sunset" We were not disappointed! Ian Gee, a qualified commercial pilot, talked to an audience of 100 at Fell Foot about events that had taken place only a short distance away at Hill of Oaks, the most important of which will be replicated in September. On 25 November 1911 Waterbird’ became the first ‘hydro-aeroplane’ to take off and land successfully on water in Britain - hot on the heels of the earliest such flights in France and the USA - and did so on Windermere. In September a replica aircraft will recreate this momentous occasion that heralded the development of seaplanes and the Royal Naval Air Service. Waterbird lacked a fuselage, being constructed from a series of outriggers tensioned with wires, had a pusher propellor mounted on an engine behind the pilot (at least he was not splattered with oil), and supported on a single large float, with stabilizing floats (known as “Wakefield Sausages”) beneath the wings. The float was revolutionary, with a stepped profile beneath the water. As the plane accelerated across the surface the steps created a cushion of bubbles, thus breaking suction between the water and float,

and allowing the plane to become airborne at about 30MPH. This inaugural flight was followed by rapid developments in aviation. Three years later Britain was at war and on Christmas Day 1914 seaplanes attacked German Zeppelin sheds near Cuxhaven, in what was to be the first strategic bombing raid and also the first naval engagement between aircraft. The Zeppelin base was out of range of UK based aircraft and so they operated from three seaplane tenders, supported by ships and submarines. In 1915 a Royal Naval Air Station was established at Hill of Oaks - RNAS Windermere - to develop seaplane technology and train pilots, and gave rise to the expression amongst local women, “Rather Naughty After Sunset”. Back to Waterbird. The original float was built by Arthur Borwick, a boat builder at Cockshott Point; and the replica float is being constructed by locally based father and son Richard and James Pierce, who normally build tank models for performance yachts, such as those used in the America’s Cup. The replica plane, being built at a WWII bomber airfield in Lincolnshire is an almost exact replica of the original aircraft, albeit it will have a more powerful variable speed engine and, hidden from sight, some basic instruments. Whilst the pilot , Gerry Cooper, will wear a lifejacket and be strapped in, there will be few other concessions to modernity.

Ian Gee - Waterbird Project

The National Park has granted permission for Waterbird to break the speed limit on four specific days in September. The scene is set. We need fine, calm weather, a smooth surface on the lake and, of course, crowds of spectators to make this recreation of a historic flight a worthy occasion. Keep an ear to the news and an eye on the project’s website, as timings may change along with the weather, and pencil 6.45pm on Thursday 17 September into your diary. More information about dates and vantage points can be found at www.waterbird.org.uk

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Sports days have been held in Ambleside since the 17th century when bare knuckle fighting and rowing races where the main events. This year there was a huge variety for all ages and abilities throughout the day, from track and fell running, to cycling and wrestling. This was a heart-warming spectacle full of real competition. The sight of 85 children lined up like coiled springs in the sunshine in Rydal Park waiting for the gun to start the under 12s fell race was inspiring. Race winners and back markers were cheered to the line in equal measure by a record turnout of spectators.

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Windermere Boat Parade Bowness Boat Parade was held in almost lovely sunshine. Just as the Warden led the boats through the bay the clouds partly covered the sun, but didn’t spoil the holiday atmosphere for the entrants. The Boat Parade is an annual fun event on Windermere - with a difference. This year is the Lake District Boat Club’s golden anniversary and so organiser Gail Twiss was keen to to see a really good turnout of club boats on the lake. Members thought of themes for their decorated boats or dressed their boats with bunting and balloons for the parade. The other sailing clubs on the lake made every effort with a number of entries this year and joined the LDBC for the prize giving party afterwards at the Club House on the Glebe. There were prizes for class winners and all donations collected go to local charities.

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SOCIETY ROUNDUP

Lord Lofty on the Fred Whitton Challenge

Solicitor sounds Baby Boomer alarm

On 14 July Ambleside Kirkstone Rotary members enjoyed a light-hearted and amusing talk by Paul Loftus (aka Lord Lofty) who has organised the Fred Whitton Challenge since its inception in 1999.

A “bubble” of as many as 22 million people in the UK is expected to increase the death rate from around 550,000 per annum currently to 670,000 per annum by 2035.

The event was established following the death of Fred Whitton. The initial race attracted 75 cyclists, since when it has become probably the premier bike challenge in Britain.

This year 2,400 cyclists participated in the 112 mile event, with the same amount applying but failing to gain a place through the ballot. Some cyclists are so determined to participate that they offer services to take part. One offered 20 trays of flapjacks! The ride has raised £1million, with Macmillan Cancer, Great North Ambulance and North West Ambulance being large beneficiaries. Beside these charities many funds have been directed to develop cycling programmes for the young through a school initiative.

Paul Loftus 2014 recipient of Cumbria Tourism’s Bernard Gooch Tourism Personality of the Year Award.

The Challenge takes a great deal of organising: 200 marshals, 2,000 litres of water to be distributed (doubled in hot weather) and many cars to be parked. We were thanked for our efficient help, having successfully parked 800 cars this year alone. We were pleased to learn that Paul has recently been recognised for his work by being named a 'Point of Light' by Prime Minister David Cameron. Well done Paul!

Nick Davenport of Davenport and Scott Solicitors in Ambleside said: “If you do not make a will, you probably do not realise that your partner or spouse may only get part of your estate. There is a risk of the remainder being tied up, partly in trust and partly going to other relatives, therefore

not going to those you would like to receive it. This could make matters very difficult financially and emotionally for the survivor and there is a major risk that more tax can be paid to the revenue than expected”.

The message is clear. People who do not have a will should speak to a solicitor and make a will sooner rather than later. Most solicitors make a very reasonable charge for preparing wills. Putting it off only runs the risk of unnecessary problems after your day.

The Bowness Women’s Luncheon Club

An opportunity for women to lunch together, listen to an interesting speaker and meet socially in a non-political, nonsectarian and non-profit making group. The Club meets six times between October and April at The Langdale Chase. This is an ideal way for you to lunch with a friend or make new friends. For membership enquiries please telephone 015394 47124.

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University of the Third Age (U3A)

We are a group who maintain the meeting hut at Rothay Holme, used for Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers. We need to raise over £2,500 every year for the upkeep of this hut and are holding a coffee morning at the Kelsick Centre, Ambleside on Saturday 3rd Oct from 10.00am-Noon. Stall, tombola, cakes, raffle, etc. Kath Travis Secretary Ambleside Friends of Guiding

Money raised by Ambleside Evergreen Club for the over 50s at its charity event in March will be used by Ambleside Health Centre to help buy a hydraulic examination table. Also, the Kabalega Project in Uganda will benefit, with money helping pay for a physiotherapist to treat children with physical difficulties. The club meets at the Wesley Room in Ambleside Parish Centre on Wednesdays, 2-4pm; there is a summer break, with meetings resuming on September 9.

People born in the 10 years or so after World War II, during the first of the so called Baby Boomer periods, are being urged to ensure they have made a will.

U3A is a unique and exciting organisation that provides courses for as many as 350,000 pensioners, but doesn’t look anything like the model of a modern university. It costs almost nothing to attend and does nothing for your prospects of future employment. The U3A is designed for people who – unlike graduates – have no need to earn money later in their lives. It neither gives nor recognises any qualifications. Whilst some of the teachers may be weighed down with doctorates, there is no demand for any qualifications. Students come for the delight of learning alongside other people driven by the same need. There is no campus. Each local group is independent and administrators are not paid. Retired and semi-retired people learn together, not for qualifications but for its own reward: the sheer joy of discovery! Members share their skills and life experiences: the learners teach and the teachers learn. There is no distinction between them.

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meet and make friends in the community. Meetings are extremely informal and convivial, lunch is excellent and new members are more than welcome. For more information please contact club secretary, Peter McNamara, on 015394 43705.

We are very keen to introduce new members to U3A which provides so much interest and enjoyment to the community. We meet, locally, in the Main Hall of the Marchesi Centre, Windermere on the third Monday of each month (except Christmas and Summer breaks). Our new season begins on 21 September when Emma Wright Rudkin, NT Custodian of Townend, will talk to us about Elizabeth Birkett Brown’s 18th century recipes which have been preserved in the Townend Archive. The recipes are not just for food, but for medicines and various remedies. On 19 October Janet Smith will give an illustrated talk on The Ladies of Holker. Janet has been a long-time guide at Holker and is very knowledgeable on the history of the Hall and the family. If you find this appealing, we’d love to see you there.

BUSINESS

Top award for sustainable practice

Luxury Windermere hotel, the Cedar Manor, has been named best small international hotel at the Considerate Hotels award ceremony in London. Owner, Jonathan Kaye, picked up the carved elm trophy after being shortlisted along with hotels from as far apart as Northumberland and the Seychelles. The Considerate Hoteliers organisation encourages adoption of economically, socially and environmentally sustainable policies and practices among hoteliers in ways that enhance the viability of their businesses, the environment and the quality of the experience on offer to their guests, staff and visitors. Member hotels are expected to protect and improve the environment locally – and thereby nationally and globally – by taking action in a number of different ways.

Just the place to start up

Once again South Lakeland has been recognised as the top place in Cumbria for businesses to start. Figures released by the Cumbria Statistical Observatory show that there were 657 business start-ups in Cumbria in the quarter Feb-Apr 15. This is 68 more than in the previous quarter (Nov 14-Jan 15). The highest number of start-ups, 179 was in South Lakeland (27% of all start-ups) followed by Allerdale with 118 (18%) and Carlisle with 117 (18%). For updates on Cumbria’s economy search “Cumbria Intelligence Observatory” online.

Is your front holding you back? If your shop or business frontage in Windermere or Bowness looks tired and in need an upgrade, then Windermere Town Council may be able to help. In their desire to keep the town looking neat and tidy it is offering grants of up to £500 to shops and businesses to improve signage, lighting, renovation and redecoration. Premises must front onto a main shopping street and owners must contribute at least 50% of the eligible costs (net of VAT). Grants are available only for exterior improvement - running costs or temporary works will not be eligible. If you are interested, contact Town Clerk, Julie Wright, on 07951 402372 or email clerk@ windermere-tc.gov.uk for an application form.

Daisy Chain Studio

Windermere Now apologises for misnaming Daisy Chain Studio in the previous edition. In the article entitled “Four Sides of The Triangle” the name should not have appeared as Daisy Roots. Daisy Chain Studio is well worth a visit for attractive toys, jewellery, cards and quality gifts.

Success is just a call away Alertacall, a local Windermere business, has been shortlisted for the “Market Gravity” Innovation Award in the 2015 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards

Going up against other finalists Alertacall will compete for the prestigious award, with the winner being revealed at the Lloyds Bank National Business Awards gala dinner held on 10 November at Park Lane’s Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Finalists were chosen from hundreds of businesses that entered or were nominated from

companies turning over less than a million pounds to over £25 million. Alertacall is a fast growing company that creates technology to communicate with people at risk. It has developed services to greatly improve daily contact for people living

Healthier Menus Award

Dining out doesn’t mean you have to eat unhealthily. South Lakeland District Council runs the Healthier Menus Award scheme to encourage food businesses and staff canteens to provide wholesome, healthy food choices on their menu so that customers are able to select healthy options when eating away from home. This includes choices such as more fruit and vegetables, wholegrain cereals and starchy foods, less fatty foods, less salt, more fish (particularly oil) and less sugar.

To qualify for the award, food businesses must: maintain high standards of hygiene, provide healthier food choices on the menu every day, and show that healthier techniques and

ingredients are used. By making small changes to cooking methods and ingredients caterers can use their creativity and knowledge to produce high quality dishes. Further information is available from the Food and Safety Team, Public Protection Group, Neighbourhood Services Directorate, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal LA9 4UD.

A group of Lake District businesses have formed the Lake District China Forum and has commissioned two Lancaster University students to research Chinese attitudes to overseas travel and tourism.

alone and also to help housing providers around the UK to manage their properties effectively and communicate with residents. Tom Broughton, Programme Director of National Business Awards said: “The quality and range of this year’s entries exceed even those of last year, which is no mean feat”. James Batchelor (pictured), the Founder and Chief Executive of Alertacall said: “It’s fantastic news that Alertacall has been shortlisted for an innovation award. This really means a lot”.

The scheme recognises these establishments in our area have already achieved the award by offering customers healthier options.

Ambleside:

Brathay Hall, Riverside B&B and Zeffirelli's Restaurant.

Staveley: Wilf's Cafe

Windermere:

All Seasons Guest House, Boatman's Cafe, Ghyll Head Outdoor Centre, Invergarry Guest House, Langdale Chase, Nine Oaks residential home, St John’s Lodge B&B, The Willowsmere B&B, and Windermere School.

Understanding China

Lake District tourism businesses are looking to replicate the region’s success in attracting thousands of Japanese tourists every year.

Colin Fox, the Group Marketing Manager at English Lakes Hotels Resorts and Venues and of the newly formed Lake District China Forum, says: “There is growing recognition of the importance of the Chinese market for the Lake District. We are seeing increasing numbers of Chinese visitors coming to the area and it is essential that we make sure the Lake District is high on the list of places for Chinese people to visit in Britain.”

Chinese travellers are now the largest group of tourists in the world, and Britain is the fifth most popular destination for Chinese travelling abroad for tourism or business. Chinese visitors already outnumber Japanese tourists visiting the county, traditionally one of the region’s most important overseas markets. Lancaster University Management School

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Rusland Horizons

Archaeology volunteers carrying out woodland surveys A once much-managed landscape known to Arthur Ransome, when peopled with charcoal burners and coppiced for fuel and bobbins, lies between Windermere and Coniston Water. If all goes to plan, the ecology of this area is to be revitalised under a scheme known as Rusland Horizons. In 2010, the local community, Cumbria Woodlands, Natural England, Forestry Commission and Lake District NPA formed the Rusland Valley and Fells Landscape Partnership to restore and enhance this unique landscape. Chairman, Colin Barr, said: “The scheme is particularly important because it has come from the community and shows how much local people care about the heritage and environment of this very special place”.

The starting point is the area’s landscape heritage, characterised by some of the most extensive woodlands and plantations in England, patchworks of open fell and pasture, scattered settlements and a network of twisting roads. It is a living landscape, shaped by the interaction of people with their environment. The woodlands once supported hundreds of jobs and fuelled a large part of the local economy, and coppices are havens for many species.

Much of this is now under threat. Woodlands are under-managed, important habitats are being fragmented, traditional skills forgotten, and historic landscape features lost. The Landscape Partnership will address these concerns by delivering fifteen projects that involve local communities in recording, restoring, managing and celebrating Rusland’s valley and fells. This is one of the first community-led Landscape Partnership Schemes to be funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. In September 2015 permission will be sought to start a three year delivery programme 2016-19. Local resident Danielle Metcalfe said: “Rusland Horizons is Important to us as a young family as its providing a future for the valley, and creating fun learning opportunities for our children”.

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Lakeland ospreys off to Africa The two osprey chicks at Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve near Witherslack took to the wing just a month ago (23 July) and have been practising hard since for their long solo flights to Africain September.

Their mother ‘Splash’ laid the eggs in May, and since then she and the less poetically named father, ‘White YW’ have been feeding them up with fish plucked from Morecambe Bay and local lakes to get them ready for their long and challenging journey south for the Winter. The young birds have had to learn how to fish in this short time because both parents will migrate south first, leaving the chicks to navigate to their winter home alone. This instinct that enables the chicks to fly alone all the way to a spot in Africa that they have never been to before is miraculous. I wish my SatNav was that good! Simon Thomas, Reserve Officer for Cumbria Wildlife Trust said: “It’s been an exciting and tense

Osprey chick takes flight for the first time few months watching the chicks go from eggs to fledging birds. We’ve had high winds making the nest wobble alarmingly and we’ve had other ospreys appear causing some very protective behaviour from the parents. It feels great to be reaching another milestone in their development.” This could be your last chance to see the osprey chicks before they fly south so you had better

On the wild side near Hawkshead?

hurry. The Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve is open to visitors and free to enter, and can be found off the A590 near Witherslack. A short walk from the car park along a boardwalk which runs over the restored peat bog takes you to a viewing platform where a beautiful panorama of the nature reserve can be enjoyed. On busy days a telescope is available for visitors to see the osprey nest first hand. After research Duncan said he was convinced it was a caracal, a native to Africa, Central Asia, Southwest Asia and India.

“I have been coming up here for 25 years and never seen anything like that. I am being genuine, this is not a hoax. It really frightened me. You hear stories about people keeping animals as pets years ago and releasing them into the wild because of new laws.”

A visitor claims to have spotted a wild cat while walking with his wife and son. 60-year-old Duncan Elliot was walking from Hawkshead to Coniston with wife Jan and son Mike, 24, when the ‘two foot tall, orange cat’ was seen in dense woodland.

A Carcaral wild cat

Duncan, from Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, is reported as having said: “Mike was out in front of us…...it was almost as if it was stalking him and ran away when he saw us. It frightened me

so much, I only saw it for a short amount of time then it ran away into the undergrowth. I wouldn’t like to meet it again!”

The Carcaral, also known as the Desert Lynx is classified as of “least concern” on the list of endangered species. It is a predatory wild cat and whilst it mainly hunts small mammals will catch antelope or ostrich. It is very agile and can leap to catch birds in flight.

September at Holehird

In September, late summer colours of Holehird plants mingle with those of early autumn. It is a good time to visit the gardens, although colours seen at any particular time, vary from year to year, depending on weather conditions. In most years the plants in Hydrangea Walk, on the left of the main drive leading up to the garden, look their best, but this year they may not be as spectacular as normal, due to late frosts earlier in the year, which affected the flower buds. Rain in late July may have helped them recover so they could still look very good despite the bad start. In the triangle, where the main drive divides into two, one section going to the Cheshire Home, the other to Holehird Gardens, the leaves of the Katsura tree,

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Rock Garden in Autumn Cercidiphyllum japonicum start changing from green to yellow and orange. As they change they have a distinctive smell of burnt sugar. Just beyond here the leaves of Acers in the Woodland Walk begin their change from green to red or yellow. This too is affected by weather. The best colours occur when there has been enough rain during the growing season, followed by cool, dry sunny autumn days and frostless nights.

The beds in the walled garden are always full of colour with dahlias of red and orange, lilac coloured late flowering asters, the purple headed Verbena bonariensis plus the silvery heads of grasses. In the upper parts of the garden, the winter heather beds are spectacular, while yet more Acers can be seen at the top of the rock garden. Bulbs of colchicums produce pale lilac flowers close to the ground, while Cyclamen hederofolium is also in flower in many different beds.

Rydal - Waterfall Walk reopens

Little time to reflect as Mirror Wall is conquered

There are lovely waterfalls behind Rydal Hall which, sadly, have been inaccessible during the construction of the Rydal Beck Hydropower scheme. Good news - the pipeline is in, major construction work is complete, and the ‘permissive’ path from the footbridge is open again. This leads to a new weir at the head of the scheme and provides access for walkers who would like to visit the waterfalls. At the weir, a proportion of the water in Rydal Beck is diverted and filtered through a fine screen before dropping 100 metres (325 feet) down the new pipeline to the turbine house below, where enough electricity to power up to 340 homes is generated. The fellside is scarred badly by the work, but the management plan for the restoration at Rydal Hall promises the reinstatement of woodland with native broadleaf species. Walk through the woods behind Rydal Hall Teashop, keeping the beck on your right, past the Game Larder to the wooden footbridge. Cross the bridge and follow the footpath signs. The walk is quite short and not too challenging, and the waterfalls provide more than ample reward for effort. They are most spectacular following a spell of persistent Lakeland rain, but are worth a visit in any weather.

A vertical granite wall some 1,200m (3,937ft) high sits deep in the world’s largest fjord, Scoresby Sund in Greenland. Undaunted by the scale of the cliff and remoteness of this part of the world, Staveley-based climber Leo Houlding and his team have scaled the Mirror Wall. Becoming the first to achieve such a feat was no easy task, with food being gobbled by hungry polar bears at base camp, assailed by Arctic weather being just two of the challenges. The climb was approached ‘big-wall style’, whereby the climbers take a portable shelf that is attached to the rock. Here they eat, sleep and wait out the weather at various staging posts on the rock face that is, once they have hauled up 400kg of supplies! Making slow progress on the loose and extremely technical climb Houlding’s team ‘topped out’ on 27 July and retreated hastily to base camp on the glacier below for their scheduled helicopter ride back.

Leo & team on the summit of Mirror Wall © Berghaus / Matt Pycroft / Coldhouse Collective

Getting ready for the unexpected in Ambleside As a resident or business owner in Ambleside, you may remember flooding, the problem with the gas supply that happened a few years ago, as well as occasional cuts in electricity.

Some local people are looking to produce a community emergency plan for Ambleside in order to help respond to these sort of situations. If you or your group is interested in helping to produce a plan, you are welcome to attend a meeting at the Langdale and

Made you look!

Helen Goodwin from ‘Made You Look!”, will be leading visual display workshops aimed at local South Lakeland retailers. She has a wealth of experience in interior displays and creative merchandise styling. British Airways, Wedgwood, Toyota, Which Magazine, East, HeinGericke and Sea Cat Ferries are just a few of her clients. The Economic Development team at SLDC will be running four

workshops across two days, continuing their partnership with retail experts to help independent traders on our high streets.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on window display training to increase footfall and sales. Workshops will be held on:

There are only 40 places (20 per day) available. To book, email econ. dev@southlakeland.gov.uk or call the Economic Development team on 01539 793280. The deadline for applications is Friday 4 September.

Tuesday 15 Sept at The Beehive (University Campus) in Ambleside Wednesday 16 Sept at The Coronation Hall in Ulverston Morning session: 9.00am registration, 09.30am - 12.30pm

Afternoon session: 1.00pm registration, 1.30pm - 4.30pm

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ART & MUSIC

t just 20 years old, Evie is an extremely talented young lady with an incredible voice, but don’t take my word for it. Having appeared on Radio Cumbria and BBC introducing, Evie has performed gigs across South Lakeland. I asked where her love of music had come from and she told me: “I think my parents and music teachers have been great sources of inspiration but I would say one teacher in particular really helped me, and that is Richard Gray. I was about 13 and my passion for progressing through my piano grades was fast-fading. Richard offered a different type of music to me - jazz piano, involving improvisation, singing, playing keyboard in jazz bands and chord based. I think if it wasn't for Richard I might have given up piano and music entirely, which would have been a horrible shame and something I would no doubt be regretting now.” I asked if she had taken formal music lessons? and she told me: “I was taught formally for 7 years on piano and for 5 years in singing, both classically, so that was very much about grades and 'reading the notes'. It wasn't the most fun I've had with music but this training certainly gave me a very good grounding for the music I play now which is improvisation, playing by ear and reading basic chords.” Take heart all of you when practicing your scales! I was keen to find out where songwriting inspiration comes from. “My best ideas usually come after I have had a music drought where I have not had access to a piano for a long time or when I have lots of lyrics stored up

Featured Artist

Singer/Songwriter Evie Plumb talks to Sharon Shepherd about her music, inspiration and her future.

Former Windermere School student Evie Plumb and Band at Bootleggers Kendal

but with no music to accompany them! I also find that during exam time or when I have other things I really should be doing I suddenly get lots of new ideas for me to be distracted by! A lot of my music inspired by the likes of Katie Melua, Eva Cassidy and Norah Jones, but there's also a bit of the Beatles, Coldplay, even the Hoosiers in there: bands that you wouldn't typically relate to a young female singer-songwriter. I think every musician likes to think they are bringing something completely new to the mix but I would describe my own music as quite lyrical, a bit of jazz and blues in there perhaps but probably, ultimately, more of a soft-rock and pop sound” Evie is about to start her final year at Lancaster University where she is studying Politics and

International Relations. She said: “I'm really getting stuck into that now as I enter my final year in the degree.” And where does she see herself in 10 years time? “On a world music tour, or doing diplomatic work abroad, or being a climbing instructor in the Lake District... but whatever happens I can be fairly certain that music will play a prominent part in my life!”

Evie is going to be busy this summer working on a new album that she plans to record in September. You can download Evie’s music and see where she is playing next by going to www.evieplumb.com If you want to contact Evie about providing wedding, party or venue entertainment then call her on 07554 849 385.

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Young singer-songwriter from the Lake District with a wide and varied repertoire. Everything from Jazz to Rock, and Blues to Pop, Evie has got it all covered...

For tickets, call 015394 44680 or just turn up on the night. The concert starts at 7.30pm.

Sing without inhibition in Bowness

There are many people who love the idea of singing, but have completely lost the habit. Often they have no confidence in their ability, believe they’re tone deaf, or are afraid they’re not good enough - and sing only in the bath, shower or car! Clare Elleray Mee’s conviction is that “if you can talk you can sing” and she runs singing groups that are wholly for the love of singing. We don’t perform, no one is auditioned, we don’t even read music as everything we sing is taught by listening and repeating - and we sing in three, four and sometimes even more parts of harmony.

Drop in on any Wednesday evening from 7.00pm at The Lakes Christian Centre, Lake Road, Bowness and give it a go. Contact Clare with any questions about the new group: larejmee@gmail.com or 07984 146 452.

Available for summer parties, weddings, festivals, bar & restaurant entertainment, solo or with accompanying band.

Ambleside and Kirkstone Rotary Club look forward to welcoming Cardiff Male Voice Choir to St Mary’s Church, Ambleside on Thursday 10 September. Not only will the audience be treated to traditional rousing Welsh hymns from the Valleys, but also a sparkling array of opera choruses, show and ballard numbers, and jazz and gospel classics. With a £5 ticket price and all proceeds going to the charity MacMillan Cancer Support this concert is not to be missed.

Clare is starting a new group in Bowness on Wednesday 16 September with a great variety of types of song. Anyone is welcome can come along to see if it’s their kind of thing - there’s no need to commit to coming regularly.

“With her opening lines, she silenced the entire room...”

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ROUNDABOUT IN TUNE WITH CUMBRIA: Tim Chu and Ian Bailey

Home, where the music’s playing, will be in Cumbria when Tim Chu and Ian Bailey, aka the Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel, perform at four venues on consecutive nights over the August Bank Holiday weekend. The two north-west musicians play and sing songs made famous by the classic American duo, and will be appearing at Ambleside, Ulverston, Windermere and Staveley. If you’re feelin’ groovy the dates for your diary are: nn Friday 28 August: Ambleside, Parish Centre nn Saturday 29 August: Ulverston, Bardsea Malt Kiln nn Sunday 30 August: Windermere, Winster Village Hall nn Monday 31 August: Staveley, Village Hall Tickets are on sale locally or can be booked by calling 01257 450 363. For more more information go to www.classicsingersongwriters.co.uk

Get high with your camera KMF 2015 Photo Competition is now open!

30 SEPTEMBER - 3 OCTOBER Experience theatre as you’ve never experienced it before The “national theatre of new writing” Paines Plough will be setting up their Roundabout theatre, a self-contained 168 seat auditorium on The Old Bowling Green at Abbot Hall for a special four-day series of performances: Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan Wed 30 Sep | 9.00pm | £12 “Heart-wrenching, hilarious... possibly one of the The Guardian funniest plays you’ll ever see.” Our Teacher’s a Troll by Dennis Kelly Thu 1 Oct: 10.30am & 1.30pm | Fri 2 Oct: 1.30pm Sat 3 Oct: 11.00am | £10 / £9 “Comic perfection.”

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Daytime school’s performances available Lungs by Duncan Macmillan | Wed 30 Sep: 7.00pm Fri 2 & Sat 3 Oct: 7.30pm | £10 / £9 “The most beautiful, shattering play of the year.” Sunday Express The Human Ear by Alexandra Wood Thu 1 Oct: 7.30pm | Sat 3 Oct: 5.00pm | £10 / £9 An intriguing tale of sibling bonds, resentment and mistrust penned by a Fringe First Award winner.

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Jessy’s Journal is a winner

Lakeland Book of the Year Judges named ‘Jessy’s Journal’, by Brathay’s archivist and historian Maurice Dybeck, as winner of ‘The David Winkworth Prize for Illustration and Presentation’. The Lakeland Book of the Year Awards, now in their 31st year, are widely recognised as one of the most prestigious literary prizes outside of London. Awards founder and judge, Hunter Davies, said: "Not only is it a great book, of historic and literary importance,

have ever come across. Everything is explained, the social background and who all the people are. It is a little gem of its kind."

A fascinating account of Georgian life through the eyes of a couple who lived at Brathay Hall, Ambleside, in the first quarter of the 19th century. The 200 page book is an anthology of Mr and Mrs Hardy’s life, detailing a busy round of social visits (their circle included Wordsworth, Coleridge and Constable), sketching, having fun, managing their estate and looking after their five children.

it is funny and sharp and amusing, as Jessy has a caustic tongue and a good turn of phrase. It is also one of the best edited books I

Ignite the Lakes

Following on from the success of Lakes Culture’s first ‘Lakes Ignite’ arts event this spring, the team are now asking artists to come forward and submit unique and innovative ideas for ‘Lakes Ignite 2016’, which will be held in May. To be considered for inclusion in the ‘Lakes Ignite 2016’ programme works must celebrate the Lake District; its people, culture and landscape. The brief is open to works created by local, national and international artists, who work in any artistic form, including painting, illustration, sculpture, installation, digital, film, photography and performance. Commissioned works will sit alongside an existing programme of performances, festivals and exhibitions that will take place during the spring of 2016. If you are an arts or cultural organisation that would be interested in either submitting an application for funding new artistic work, or if you are already planning an event for May 2016 and would like to submit it for potential inclusion as part of the Lakes Ignite programme, please download the relevant briefing document which can be found at: www.lakesculture.co.uk

Abandon Normal Devices

18-20 September: Grizedale Forest will host the Abandon Normal Devices festival of cinema, digital culture and art.

At first glance the digital realm doesn’t sit readily with ideas about enjoying and exploring the natural world. By moving beyond traditional - typically urban - settings AND will address how we see and connect with the forest.

The submission deadline for outline proposals is 9.00am Monday 14 September 2015. All applications must be for new projects, but can be submitted by organisations who applied for Ignite 2015.Successful projects will be notified by 1 October 2015.

Amongst many other installations Spreadkom will use devices powered by air, water or sunlight that ‘talk’ to each other by mimicking the sounds of the forest. Cloud Face will use computers to search for likeness of people’s faces in the clouds above Cumbria. Seeing The Forest Through The Trees is the feature exhibition running until 4 December, illustrating the importance and ingenuity of plant life.

An exhibition at Brantwood of photographs by Alexander Curtis. 9 September – 19 October

Alexander Curtis is an artist-film maker who works regularly in mixed media, including photography.

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To capture elements of “deep time” and sense of place, he makes his own cameras that use prisms and filters to create archetypal images. The distortions and blurring free his motifs from irrelevant detail, enabling the spacial and poetic qualities of objects and spaces to come to the fore.

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Alexander not only has a long-standing connection to the Lake District, but also with the sea. Rocks, water, change and transformation are major themes in his work and his images are imbued not only with a sense of the transitory nature of things but also the eternal and the cyclically repeating. “I am attracted to strong sculptural shapes,

Arts Chief has no reservations New chief executive of Arts Council England, Darren Henley, has visited the area and expressed his delight at the projects in place in Cumbria and the South Lakes.

During a tour of his new national domain he stopped off in South Lakeland to call Lakeland Arts' venues - Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Blackwell Arts and Crafts House, and the new Windermere Jetty in Bowness; plus Dove Cottage in Grasmere, home of the Wordsworth Trust.

Hosted by Forestry Commission england’s Forest art Works and supported using public funding by arts Council england and BFi. additional support from south lakeland district Council and Creative europe programme of the european union.

A Lakeland Diary

Darren also visited Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre: "I was really impressed

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such as landscapes formed by glaciers as in the Lake District, or where mighty rivers have carved their way through rock as in the Wachau Valley of Austria.”

èè A Lakeland Diary is on display in

the Blue Gallery, daily 10.30am 5.00pm. Brantwood, Coniston, LA21 8AD 015394 41396. www.brantwood.org.uk

with the board and executive team there - it’s really important that arts organisations develop sustainable business models that help to ensure their long term future. And it was great to hear how much the team at the Brewery have achieved in this area." He said he was hugely impressed by the commitment of South Lakeland District Council to arts and culture.

He met Chris Hogg, the Mayor of Kendal, and Culture Portfolio Holder, and SLDC's chief executive, Lawrence Conway: "Both of them were very impressive in underlining to me their vision for arts and culture in the lives of everyone who lives in the area - as well as the thousands of tourists who visit every year," explained Darren.

SCHOOL REPORT

Home and away

experience what many readers took for granted!

For the Headteacher, Peter Harrison, this trip was as important as any one of the countless trips and residential events in which he has taken part. "Ask most adults about their fondest memories of school and I would predict that a challenge faced in the outdoors or a social experience in a residential centre will feature high."

For any school, the last term brings a calendar packed to the gunnels with additional trips, activities and enrichment. For the staff and children at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, the foot did not lift off the accelerator once and the outcome was a tired bunch of children (and staff) ready for a well-earned break.

Of the many highlights, this year's residential was a particular success - hiding away at Hinning House in the Duddon valley, with no mobile signal, internet or convenience shop. For many young people,

a first experience away from the 'modern world' is one to which they adapt quickly and benefit from the opportunity to step back in time to

Whilst academic achievement is a priority in schools, at St Cuthbert's the Head believes a child “grows” during a residential experience. He is grateful for the support given by the Brathay Trust and South Lakes Housing who helped us to ensure every child wishing to take part was not disadvantaged.

Duck!

Langdale School

School After a very close-run contest Hawkshead lifted the trophy.

The following week the whole school travelled to Leighton Moss, an RSPB Nature Reserve, for a “Wonderful Wetlands” day: learning how to use binoculars, classroom work, bird hides and exciting activities. the children the play in the preceding week and they had great fun learning and acting out the story. We entered two teams into the final of Quiz Kids run by Ambleside Rotary Club, held at Ambleside

Our term finished on a traditional note with the whole school camp on the back field. Over the summer holidays we are having building work done to create a new dining room/assembly hall. See our next report for how it’s coming along!

Home waters Members of Grasmere School sailing club successfully gained their RYA stage 1 sailing qualification after being put through their paces on Windermere.

Meanwhile, back on home waters, the school's annual

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Learn something new at Ambleside Library this autumn. Courses starting in September: Digital Photography. Tues 8 Sep, 6.00-8.30pm, 4 weeks. An introduction to using your digital camera, saving, organising, editing & printing your photos. Improve Your French. Thur 17 Sep, 2.00-4.00pm, 12 weeks. If you can speak a little French and would like to improve your knowledge and become a more fluent, this is the course for you.

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Autumn Watercolour Painting, Mindfulness, Indian Head Massage, Life Writing, and The Arts & Crafts Movement in the Lakes.

Dates for your diary: Lakes Parish Council Meetings Weds 2 and 23 Sep, 7.00pm. Latest planning applications to view from 6.30pm. Ambleside Songsters, for all who love to sing including those with dementia, followed by coffee. Fridays 11.30am -1.00pm. Starts 4 Sep. Ambleside Library Reading Group, Wed 9 September, from 7.15pm, discussing “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey. Friendly informal group, new members welcome. Knitting & Craft Group, meeting Tues 10:00 - 12:00. Get-together for knitting, chat, coffee (or tea) and cake. A friendly social group to share ideas & knowledge, beginners welcome. Games Group 1st & 3rd Tues each month 4.30-6.00pm. Informal games playing cards Scrabble, chess, etc. Everyone welcome.

open water swimming and water safety week enjoyed good weather, which allowed pupils to make the most of learning about self and other rescue techniques, as well as the simple pleasure of lake swimming.

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More courses starting in October:

In total over £600 was raised for the school.

The sailing club is open to anyone in the school and runs through the second part of summer term and for the first half of autumn term.

Ambleside Library

Using Your iPad, Mon 21 Sep, 6.008.00pm, 5 weeks. The basics of using an iPad for Internet, Email, downloading and using Apps and Digital Photos.

It was an exciting race and great fun was had by all. Parachute games and rounders on the field afterwards were organised by parent volunteers.

The next day all juniors went to Hutton-in-the Forest to see an open air production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’. Joe, the student teacher, had been teaching

Libraries are much more than books!

Beginners Spanish, Mon 21 Sep, 10.00-Noon, 12 weeks. An introduction to speaking Spanish, suitable for the complete beginner.

In July Ambleside School Friends (PTA) held a duck race with family games and a barbeque on the school’s field.

Years 3 and 4 visited Blackwell Arts and Crafts House to complete their Level 1 Arts Award. Shannon and Gwyneth taught the children how to print their own wallpaper and we now have some fantastic artwork on display in the classroom.

OFF THE SHELF

Wednesday drop-ins with advisers from Age UK,11.15am-1.00pm and South Lakeland District Council, 10.00-5.00pm.

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Lakes Surestart Children’s Centre Stay & Play and Ambleside Child & Baby Clinic, Thursday 3 and 17 Sep, 10:00Noon. Junior readers Summer Reading Challenge, "Record Breakers", ends 12 Sep. Free IT 1-to-1 sessions offering help using your laptop, iPad, tablet, smartphone etc. Book in the library. Public PCs available (50p per 15 mins) for internet, scanning and printing. Wifi is free, visitors welcome to join.

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

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THE OLD VICARAGE NEWSLETTER Allithwaite, Grange-over-Sands

Welcome to our latest newsletter, we’ve had plenty of fun over the last few months including our Strawberry Fete at the start of July. April

May

We started the month by creating St. George's day bunting and flags which were ready in time for our St. George's day meal and some abstract art, which is displayed at The Old Vicarage.

We began with an outing to Lakes Aquarium with several staff and residents seeing all the new fish and ending the visit with afternoon tea.

John Mario returned – he isn’t just a singer, he’s an all-round entertainer, with jokes, stories and lots of laughs. We also had vintage entertainer Freya Green come and sing – she knew some very popular old time songs. Whoopie Do, the beautiful St. Bernard returned to see the residents – we can never get over how big she is – our cats made themselves scarce! After much discussion the latest big art project was started – the residents decided to create a coat of arms for The Old Vicarage. The good weather meant we could sit in the garden and relax and play croquet as well as plant seeds and flowers and it allowed residents to sit outside and paint. It also meant our regular outings to the cafes of Grange were much more enjoyable.

Edna likes the fish – and they like her!

June The variable weather wasn't going to stop us - we took our residents to the cafes and Prom in Grange, had choir sessions in the garden and painted and planted outside as much as possible. As well as their continuing work on the coat of arms which was finally finished, PHEW!, the residents and staff spent time preparing for our Strawberry Fete at the start of July. From wrapping prizes to making bunting, they were busy, they still found time for a new project painting window flower boxes.

More entertainers came calling with the Nostalgia Singers making a welcome visit and Folksy Theatre dropping by for a bank holiday special concert. Our craft work didn’t stop as the residents got going on the coat of arms and they also made a spectacular 3D light up flower display.

The Owl Sanctuary from Walney came and they brought a range of owls from a baby Barn Owl to a majestic European Eage Owl. We invited a class from Allithwaite Primary School to join us.

Ellen displaying our coat of arms

Of course we had a visiting entertainer in the form of skilled accordionist Jean Marks.

Bon Marche, the clothing store came at the end of the month and we had lots of fun, trying and buying clothes from them

Croquet in the glorious sun

Audrey meets Oscar the eagle owl

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Special congratulations should go to Jessica, one of our senior care assistants, who went on maternity leave and had a beautiful girl.

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Sun shines on our Strawberry Fete

As well as ice cream and Pimms, We were extremely lucky to have Bongo Balloons come and make animals to give to the children. Andrew put up his banners and residents' family members put up balloons for us. We caught up with friends and family we hadn’t seen for a while.

We raised £600 - half of this will go to the Grange Lions to give to charity and the rest for The Old Vicarage Residents Fund.

Strawberries and cream in the sun

The weather before the fete was very mixed, - would it rain, thunder, snow?

We set up on Friday with the aid of the Grange & District Lions and crossed our fingers. And then it all came together, The weather was great, we were lulled into a blissful state by a combination of strawberries and cream, gorgeous weather and great music from John Mario. Our staff made lots of amazing cakes so we had a huge cake stall. We also had a raffle and tombola, childrens games and book & plants stalls.

Charlie the Little Owl The Penguins were popular

The Owl Sanctuary returned and lots of children and adults were captivated by their Owls. A big thank you to all the volunteers and staff who helped out and the many people who donated prizes.

Forthcoming Events

Whats coming up in September Visit by Brantano Shoe Shop Visit by Zoo Lab Judith Poole and Musicians Any volunteers who can help with outings please let us know

The Old Vicarage has a few vacancies, if you would like to come and look around or want some information please ring on 015395 33703. 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 want to let you know about Diesel-Lee McClure. He is nine years old and riding his bike 150 miles in Scotland to raise money for North West Air Ambulance: “Because they don’t get a lot of money”. Diesel-Lee set his target at £500.00, but he has touched many hearts and raised in excess of £1,000 already, through his “Just Giving” page: www.justgiving.com/Diesels/ These are Diesel-Lee’s own words: “I am 9 years old and going to cycle the entire outer Hebrides from Lewis and Harris across on a ferry to North Uist. Riding down the entire south Uist, crossing over to Barra Island and back up again over 5 days. I will be covering 150 miles with my mum and dad and stopping in B&Bs. My legs are going to be very tired, but it will be fine and fun. It is for a

very good cause as one day you never know you might need the air ambulance to rescue whoever is in trouble. So please help me get sum money. Thank you from Diesel-Lee”. Please can tell readers about Diesel-Lee and the amazing journey he is making – he is an inspiration! Sharyn Farrar, Windermere

Dear Editor

You may be interested to know, with reference to the article about Bren Gun Carriers in Windermere, that my husband, Sid Lewis, lived at 31 Limethwaite Road during the war. His mother regularly handed cups of tea and gingerbread over the fence to the troops who were training to drive Bren Gun Carriers on the recreation ground, where they lived in tents (the permanent staff lived in the nearby Drill Hall). Sid’s sister, Eileen, met one of the soldiers, Ernest McQuiggan, who came from New Cross in SE London. He was in the Royal Fusiliers and they corresponded as he fought his way through North Africa and then Italy. Having married in 1951, both died last year within 14 days of each other, after 63 years of very happy marriage. Yours sincerely, Mrs Patricia Lewis,Windermere

LETTERS

Dear Editor,

I find all of ‘Windermere Now’ a refreshing and informative read, but two articles in particular caught my eye in issue No. 10. ‘Power Mad?’ - the dilemma over the giant pylons to be built across Cumbria is easily solved. If we don’t build three nuclear power stations at Moorside then we don’t need the pylons. The solution is, make sure no nuclear stations are built at Moorside, as they are not needed. Last year, four nuclear stations shut down and Didcot went up in flames, but no-one noticed and it was business as usual. The second article was rather more puzzling. The Director of Friends of the Lake District says he can understand the National Park selling off its assets to cover the cuts in funding. He then says some revenue streams have also fallen during the same period. For example, property rents fell by £100,000 due to the sale of the Blencathra Field Study Centre. Perhaps selling off its assets is not a good idea. Your sincerely, Ron Stirzaker

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WHAT’S ON Please e-mail your events to info@windermerenow.co.uk by the first of the month - with contact details if you wish. Coffee mornings, club meetings, sports events etc. All welcome. Thursdays “Fresh scones on the menu at Brathay Church Hall”. Coffee mornings, held on Thursdays 10:00am-Noon. Now to 25 Aug “Family Fun”. Every Tuesday, 2.00pm at Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere. Two hours of family fun with sessions based around Wordsworth, War & Waterloo exhibition. All activities suitable for children age 3+.£3.00 per child with accompanying adults free. Now to 27 Aug “Rucksack of Rhymes”. Every Thursday 10:30am at Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere. An hour of singing, stories and playtime for children 0-5. £3.00 per child with accompanying adults free. Now to 31 Aug “Climatic Variations”. Exhibition of the artwork of Dan Cooper. Brantwood, Coniston. 015394 41396. Now to 2 Sep “Wild Walks on Wednesdays” at the Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere. 2.00-3.00pm (weather permitting). Learn about the wild landscape of the Lake District. £3 per child with accompanying adults free. Now to 2 Sep “Lake Artists Society Summer Exhibition”. Art of the highest quality. www.lakeartists.co.uk Now to 6 Sep “Heroes & Villains Summer Trail” at Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere. Find heroes and villains from the Napoleonic wars and win a prize! Trails free with admission to the Wordsworth Museum. Now to 7 Sep “A taste of Lakeland”. A display where you can feast your eyes and learn about food traditions. Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry, Abbot Hall, Kendal. Now to 7 Sep “Glen Fender Meadows”: photographs by John Ford. Brantwood, Coniston. 015394 41396. Now to 13 Sep “Sherlock’s Last Case”. The world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, entertains audiences at the Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness.08445 040604. www.oldlaundrytheatre.co.uk Now to 28 Sep “Peat, Place, Science and Art”. An unusual art-science collaboration between Cumbrian landscape artist Lionel Playford and climate change scientists. Brantwood, Coniston. Now to 31 Oct “Bring a Picnicguided walk”. Sizergh, nr Kendal. 11.30am every Sat in June, Sep, Oct. Meet on the veranda. www. nationaltrust.org.uk/sizergh Now to 1 Nov “Wordsworth, War and Waterloo”. The first-ever exhibition to present William Wordsworth and other writers of the Romantic period as ‘war poets’, Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere. Now to 4 Nov “The 39 Steps” A classic but hilarious thriller presented by 4 actors playing 139 roles. Theatre by the Lake, Keswick. www.theatrebythelake.com Now to 4 Nov “Suddenly Last Summer”. By Tennessee Williams. The steaming heat of New Orleans is the perfect pressure cooker for a battle of wills. Theatre by the Lake, Keswick. Visit www.theatrebythelake.com for the full summer season programme. www.theatrebythelake.com Now to 6 Nov “Abigail’s Party”. How polite drinks and nibbles can descend into anarchy! Theatre by the Lake, Keswick. www.theatrebythelake.com Now to 8 Nov “Wainwright: a love letter to the Lakeland fells”. Exhibition at Keswick Museum and Art Gallery. Now to 29 Nov “Taste of Townend”. The Brownes' family recipe book, from meaty mince pies to medicines dating back to the 17th century. The National Trust will be cooking all afternoon at Townend, Troutbeck to recreate some of them. Every Thursday 1.30-4.00pm. 28

AUGUST 25 Aug “Tim Farron MP meets constituents in the central Lakes”. Go to www.timfarron.co.uk for details of his itinerary. 26 and 30 Aug “Birdwatch at Brockhole”. Volunteers in the bird hide at Brockhole help identify a wide variety of birds and animals in the woodland surrounding the Lake District Visitor Centre, near Ambleside LA23 1LJ. 11.00am. Free. infodesk@ lakedistrict.gov.uk 015394 46601. 28-31 Aug “Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel”. Tim Chu and Ian Bailey perform at four venues on consecutive nights over the August Bank Holiday weekend. See the Arts and Music section in this edition of Windermere Now for more details. 29-30 Aug “Windermere Weekender”. In the grounds, be entertained by innovative sculptures, live music, craft activities, a chance to get hands on with a large scale creative weaving project and much more. Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House, Bownes. 10.30am-5.00pm. All activities free with admission to the House. 29-30 Aug “Record and CD Fair”. Pop & Rock vinyl records. For sale and purchased. Advice re value of record collections. Music CDs also for sale. Free admission and parking. 8:00am-6:00pm.Lady Holme Centre, Lakes Road, Windermere LA23 2JA. philwade01@btinternet.com 07824 511987. 29 Aug “Cartmel Cup Day”. Cartmel Races. entertainment from 10.00am. First race 2.05pm. Last Race 5.30pm. www.cartmel-racecourse.co.uk 30 Aug “Grasmere Sports and Show”. www.grasmeresports.com 30 Aug “Staveley Bike Ride” Wildlife & Wilderness 7 miler, starting at Wilf's Cafe, Staveley Mill Yard, Staveley LA8 9LR. Suitable for all types of bikes, through the fringes of Kentmere. www.goskyride.com 31 Aug “Cartmel Races” Bank Holiday racing. Entertainment from 10.00am. First race 2.15pm. Last race 5.45pm. www.cartmel-racecourse.co.uk 31 Aug “Caves, Falls and Fells”. Free Lake District National Park Authority guided walk. No booking required. Meet at Tilberthwaite Quarry car park near Coniston at10.30am. 6.2 miles, 5 hours. Boots and packed lunch essential. events@lake-district.gov.uk

SEPTEMBER 1 Sep “Staveley-Windermere Dales Way Walk”. Six mile (9.8km) 4.5 hours panoramic linear walk leaves at 10.30am from Wilf’s Cafe, Mill yard, Staveley. Finishes at Windermere railway station. Buses return to Staveley every hour. Walking boots, return bus fare, packed lunch, essential. No booking needed for this free walk. events@lake-district.gov.uk 0845 272 0004. 2 and 27 Sep “Birdwatch at Brockhole”. Volunteers in the bird hide at Brockhole help identify a wide variety of birds and animals in the woodland surrounding the Lake District Visitor Centre, near Ambleside LA23 1LJ. 11.00am. Free. infodesk@ lakedistrict.gov.uk 015394 46601. 4-6 Sep Spiritual Landscapes with Howard Hull”. A literary and artistic retreat. Carefully selected meditations in word and image with walks amid the beauties of the Brantwood estate frame this opportunity to refresh busy lives. Brantwood, Coniston LA21 8AD. 015394 41396. enquiries@brantwood. org.uk www.brantwood.org.uk 5 Sep Lakeland Historic Car Club visits Lakeland Motor Museum”. See the cars and chat to their owners in Cafe Ambio. 10.00am - Noon. Backbarrow, Ulverston LA12 8TA 015395 30400.

A date with your Town Council Ambleside

2 and 23 September 7.00pm, Library, Ambleside (23rd may be 6.30pm).

Windermere

16 and 30 September at 7.00pm, Langstone House, Broad Street. Items up for discussion will include:

• Updates from the Police • The future of Langstone House • Planning applications in Windermere & Bowness • Windermere in Bloom

We hope to have speakers to update us on key local projects eg Steamboat Museum. Our meetings are open to all the residents of Windermere & Bowness and members of the public are always welcome. There is a chance for local people to have a say early on in the meeting. Please exercise your democratic right to do so!

5 Sep “Record and CD Fair”. Pop & Rock vinyl records. For sale and purchased. Advice re value of record collections. Music CDs also for sale. Free admission and parking. 8:00am-6:00pm.Lady Holme Centre, Lakes Road, Windermere LA23 2JA. philwade01@btinternet.com 07824 511987. 5 Sep-1 Nov “Brantwood Flowers and Plants”. An exhibition by Sally Bamber of watercolours of flowers and plants grown on the Brantwood estate. Brantwood, Coniston. The exhibition can also be seen in the C-Art Trail: www.c-art.org.uk 5-6 Sep 15 “Open Door Day at your local YHA”. Open Door Days will be found this weekend at YHA's rural locations as part of YHA Day 2015 celebrations. Explore your local YHA, fun activities, the kettle will be on, with a slice of something delicious on offer. Grasmere, Langdale, Windermere and other Lakeland YHAs. 11.00am4.00pm. Free. 9 Sep-19 Oct “A Lakeland Diary: photographs by Alexander Curtis”. The use of of prisms and filters to generate archetypal images. Distortions and blurring free motifs from details that might otherwise encumber them. Brantwood, Coniston. 10 Sep “Cardiff MAle Voice Choir”. Traditional rousing Welsh hymns from the Valleys, plus a sparkling array of opera choruses, show and ballard numbers, and jazz and gospel classics. 7.30pm St Mary’s Church, Ambleside. Tickets £5. 015394 44680 or at the door. 10 Sep “Table Top Sale”. Hawkshead Market Hall. From 10.00am. 01539436252. 10 Sep “Westmorland County Show”. www.westmorlandshow.co.uk 11 Sep “1-day graphite and watercolour art workshop with Patrick Corbett. Practical art workshops that explore Ruskin’s ideas on drawing and painting. Brantwood, Coniston LA21 8AD. 015394 41396. enquiries@ brantwood.org.uk www.brantwood. org.uk 11-12 Sep “Heritage Open Days: Treasures of the Wordsworth Trust”. , A talk by members of the Wordsworth Trust’s team. Discover more about the collection of over 65,000 manuscripts, books and works of art, and see treasures not normally on public display. 11am – Noon each day. Free.

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15 Sep “Royalty Wurlitzer Organ Concert”. 12:30pm at the Royalty Cinema, Bowness. Two hour lunchtime concert featuring Len Rawle on the 1927 Wurlitzer organ. Tickets £5, available at the door. 16-19 Sep “The Yeoman of the Guard”. Four performances by Staveley Amateur Operatic Society at Staveley Village Hall. 7.30pm. Tickets: adults £8, children £5, available in advance from Staveley Pharmacy. 18, 19 & 20 Sep “Inspired by Nature 2: Autumn alchemy craft workshop”. With Annie Creswick-Dawson and Lin Russell. Mixed media techniques using found, natural materials. All materials provided. Brantwood, Coniston LA21 8AD. 015394 41396. enquiries@brantwood.org.uk www. brantwood.org.uk 20 Sep “Music and Cake by the Lake”. Families and music lovers are invited to a fundraiser organised by the Ambleside based charity, Brathay Trust. 11am-3pm. Brathay Hall, near Ambleside. More information: www. brathay.org.uk or @brathay #music& cake 18-20 Sep “Abandon Normal Devices”. A festival of cinema, digital culture and art, hosted in Grizedale forest. 21 Sep “Elizabeth Birkett Brown’s 18th century recipes”. Emma Wright Rudkin, NT Custodian of Townend, talks about recipes (not just for food, but for medicines and remedies), preserved in the Townend Archive. U3A Local History Group. Marchesi Centre. 24-25 Sep “Boxes of Hope”. Nicu Gal, who leads a charity in Romania, is coming to the UK to show photos and talk about the children he helps, with support from Boxes of Hope. You are warmly invited to meet Nicu at Carver Church, Windermere, 24 September 2-4pm or at St Mark’s School, Natland, 7-9pm.

MARCHESI CENTRE

Regular group meetings Monday:

CAMEO Day Centre 10am Short Tennis 10am U3A Local History - 3rd Monday of the month 1.30pm U3A - 2nd Mon of the month 2pm Slimming World 5.30pm & 7.30pm Ellwood Bridge School 7pm Rummikub Club - 3rd Mon of month 7pm

Tuesday:

Enjoy your Leisure 9.45am (starts 22/09/15) Exercise class for older adults 1.30pm Alzheimers Society, Dementia Cafe - 2nd Tuesday of the month 1.30pm The Trefoil Guild - 2nd Tues of the month 2pm

Wednesday:

Windermere Scottish Dancers 10am (starts 09/09/15) U3A Reading Group - 1st Wednesday of the month 2pm Weightwatchers 5.30pm Windermere Bridge Club 6.50pm

Thursday:

Art Class 10am Windermere WI - 1st Thursday of the month 7.30pm Bowness WI - 2nd Thur of the month 12.30pm Filling Station - 3rd Thur of the month 7.30pm

Friday:

CAMEO Day Centre 10am U3A Bridge 2pm Windermere Bridge Club 6.50pm

Saturday:

Coffee Morning Saturday the 5th of September 10am, held by the U3A and Saturday the 3rd of October 10am, held by Enjoy your Leisure.

CHURCH NEWS

Ambleside Parish Centre Citizens Advice Bureau: Appointments only on Thursdays.

015394 46464. Foodbank: Food boxes distributed Thursdays, 10am-1pm. Collect vouchers during office opening hours. Cedar Counselling Cumbria: Free and confidential counselling available Mon-Fri. 075021-06582 or email help@cedarcounsellingcumbria.co.uk Age UK Gentle Exercise: Tuesdays, 2.15-3.15pm. Call Tony McMichael on 077678-47687. Bereavement Support Group: First Wednesday of each month, 2.30-4pm. Call Judith Shingler on 015394-34640. Migrant workers conversation group: Tuesdays, 3-5pm. Call the Parish Centre on 015394-34172.

Blessing our community with songs of love

A man in a shed

Once a month a small group from Lakes Christian Centre visits Applethwaite Elderly Care Home and Holehird Cheshire Home for disabled adults in Windermere. During our visit, we sing songs and hymns with the residents that tell of God’s love for us… He sent Jesus, God’s

The co-ordinator will work from Ambleside Parish Centre on a one-year project.

Carver Church

A man is required for a few hours a week to kick-start an Ambleside branch of Men In Sheds, the organisation that aims to give men somewhere to be . . . well, men.

Centre development manager Helen Minton said: “We are looking for a creative, friendly and enthusiastic man who can set up a small project from scratch, appealing to isolated, older men. DIY and IT skills would be an advantage.” èè If interested, call Helen on 015394 34172 or email admin@amblesidepc.org.uk

Music and Cake by the Lake

Sunday 20 September: 11am-3pm. Brathay Hall, near Ambleside.

wonderful rescue plan… Jesus, God’s amazing Grace. It is a humbling and faith-building privilege to witness the power of His Holy Spirit as many of the residents raise their hands as they sing in the presence of God. An overwhelming response to see. This is a team effort led by Danielle Gaskin,

Julie Ross and Irm Hollenbach, with Sandra Lilley our wonderful musician. Everyone is welcome and we usually have lunch beforehand together. This happens on the last two Sundays of each month around 2.00pm. For more information, please contact the church office on 015394 88298.

Events at Carver Church

We were privileged to have two excellent concerts at Carver in July. The first was given by students from Southampton University’s Strings Orchestra as part of their annual summer tour.

The second, ‘A Concert of Anthems and Songs’ was presented by The Woodstock Chamber Choir. A retiring collection from this concert was donated to the ‘Tools for Self Reliance’ (a small group meet once a week in the church premises to refurbish tools for the charity). On each occasion the audience was wonderfully entertained by the musicians.

§§ Coffee@Carver. Every Wednesday: 10.00 -11.30am. Drop in for coffee, tea and a chat. All welcome. §§ Sunday 30 Aug 9.00am: ‘Church with Croissants’. Join us for coffee, croissants, worship, music and discussion at this informal service. §§ Thursday 10 Sept 9.00-11.00am.: Carver Tots. Every Thursday in term-time. §§ Sunday 13 Sept: 10.45am: Harvest festival service with communion. 3.00pm : Messy Church in church hall. §§ Friday 18 Sept: 2.30pm: Bereavement Group Meeting. §§ Sunday 27 Sept: 9.00am: ‘Church with Croissants’. Join us for coffee, croissants, worship, music and discussion at this informal service.

THE KEY STAGES OF WEALTH MANAGEMENT Wealth management is a relatively new profession, so it’s not surprising that most people are vague about what wealth managers actually do

Families and music lovers are invited to a fundraiser organised by the Ambleside based charity, Brathay Trust. Highlights of this family day out, backed by local family businesses and raising money for Brathay’s work with young people, includes music to suit all tastes. The line-up of local talent includes performances by Furness Building Society Charity stars, Disney characters ‘Elsa’, ‘Rapunzal’ & ‘Captain Hook’ and Becki Fishwick with retro and modern songs. A baking competition for under 16s, judged by local WI cake expert Dorrie Galbraith, and contributions from Ambleside’s Apple Pie Shop, Lakeland and Carlisle based Pioneer Foods will keep cake and food fans happy. As well as a tots fancy dress sing-along there are traditional children’s games, fun interactive baking demonstrations and lots going on in this breath-taking location on the northern shores of Windermere. Thanks to sponsors Glaxosmithkline and Bluefin Insurance entrance to the event is FREE and some parking is available. For more information go to brathay.org.uk or @brathay #music&cake.

preliminary conclusions and initial ideas for ways forward.

Wealth management addresses a wide range of issues. A wealth manager, like myself can help you with such issues as: investing a lump sum, deciding how much you need to save in order to retire comfortably, estate planning and saving inheritance tax, dividing up pension entitlements on a divorce or separation, getting the right types and amounts of life and health insurance, planning to pay school or university fees, deciding how much to borrow and providing a general financial health check.

Once these needs and wants have been identified, , it’s time to do some specific product research into funds, tax wrappers – like ISAs and insurance products. There’s the planning part of the process, where the end result is a plan of action; and then there’s the implementation, where the outcome is a set of actions that carry out the plan.

These are crucial issues for most people and their families, and it’s very important for a wealth manager, or adviser, to have a thorough understanding of clients’ aims and challenges.

Emma Ralls

It’s generally best to look at the whole of an individual’s financial affairs across the board, not just the issue that is of most immediate concern. It can sometimes be hard to deal with one particular issue in isolation because most areas of financial planning are interconnected. There’s likely to be an enormous amount of information to be gathered together about a person’s financial circumstances: savings, investments, borrowings, property, mortgages and other loans, wills and other documents, pensions, life and health insurances, income and expenditure, tax and much more. But that’s only the start of this stage in the relationship. My job is to find out what the client wants to achieve with their money, both now and in the

future. Most people do not think about their future very much – at least not in a very organised way and not from a financial perspective. In investment terms, there will be specific questions about the level of risk the client is prepared and able to take on. And that will lead to discussion about how various asset classes have behaved in the past and what they might do in the future. The aim is to build a portfolio of investments that will provide the returns the investor wants and needs and with which they are comfortable. This can sometimes take a considerable amount of time. The next step in the planning process is to make sense of all this information and come up with a range of

Most clients want their adviser to keep an eye on their investments and other financial arrangements; you could, for example, receive periodic valuations, attend meetings or have phone calls on a regular basis, or as and when needed. The review process is intended to act as a catch up with what has changed – either in your own circumstances or in the financial world generally. Much of the groundwork has already been done earlier, and so the review is likely to be shorter and easier to carry out than the initial meeting and report. It is possible to carry out your own wealth management if you have the knowledge, time, patience and selfdiscipline. But there are good reasons why you probably won’t want to – even if you have all these characteristics. You may also find it hard to make these big decisions alone. Emma Ralls

To receive a complimentary guide covering Wealth Management, Retirement planning or Inheritance Tax planning, produced by St. James’s Place Wealth Management, contact Emma Ralls of St. James’s Place Wealth Management on 019466940802 or 07500906881, website www.emmarallswealthmanagement.co.uk or email emma.ralls@sjpp.co.uk.

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