Just when we thought that summer was over for this year, it’s fooled us all and returned! Which is great news for those of you who still haven’t had their holidays. Forget the threat of airport strikes, long delays and frustration – come and join us and enjoy a relaxing break in the beauty of [...]
A POPULAR South Lakeland show that has been blighted by weather problems in the past staged a successful event at the weekend. The 2008 renewal of the Lakeland Country Fair in Torver even had to be cancelled because of poor conditions underfoot, but organisers this year ran out of programmes as the glorious weather attracted [...]
SHEPHERDS’ whistles, barking dogs and monsoon-like rain all served to ensure a treasured Lake District event was a memorable one. The 107th Vale of Rydal Sheepdog Trials and Hound Show took over Rydal Park, Ambleside, thanks to Richard Le Fleming and tenant farmer Chris Hodgson, who gathered the sheep down from the fells for dozens [...]
The annual Ambleside Flower Show and Craft Fair took place last weekend – back in its old patch on the Rugby Field just across the road from the hotel for the first time in a few years. The entries poured in – so much so that the organisers struggled to find room for all of [...]
MORE entries than usual came flooding in to Ambleside’s Summer Flower Show and Craft Fair. It left the organisers in the big marquee hunting for extra tables for the bumper entry of home-grown flowers, fruit and vegetables, wines, eggs, cookery and crafts. Show president Peter Howarth predicted there could be even greater numbers of exhibitors [...]
AN all-action programme of events has been announced for the inaugural Ambleside Outdoor Festival. The event is to take place over four days in September at some of the Lake District’s most dramatic locations. Cyclists will be challenged to ride up The Struggle – the notorious one-in-four 1,489-feet climb to Kirkstone Pass – and there [...]
FIVE more brands which will take up residence in the £100 million K Village outlet have been revealed. With five weeks until opening, Lakeland Leather, Whittards of Chelsea, cookware specialists ProCook, women’s clothing store Alexon and restaurant Moe’s Grill have all signed up. The news means that 80 per cent of the Kendal complex is [...]
A MAJOR outdoor festival featuring a host of activities from bushcraft and mountain rescue demonstrations to open water swimming and fell racing will take place in Ambleside in September. Local firms have joined up to create an event ‘to celebrate the diverse history, culture and activities’ at the heart of the Lakes community. The Ambleside [...]
WALKERS and locals have grouped together to try to stop a popular forest path being sold to private buyers. Sawrey Ground Forest, between Hawkshead Hill and the well-known beauty spot Tarn Hows, is a quiet walk thousands of visitors each year. But the Forestry Commission, which leases the land, looks set to sell the 39 [...]
THE final whistle will blow on Ambleside’s popular Homes of Football museum this year as the exhibition moves to Manchester. Stuart Clarke has enjoyed 14 years taking 160,000 photographs of Britain’s most popular sport, a selection of which are on display at the museum on Lake Road. Burnley manager Brian Laws and ex-Carlisle United manager [...]
