BUSINESSES in Bowness and Windermere are to be given permission to grab a slice of the action at one of the Lake District’s most lucrative events.
On a one-year trial basis only, traders will be allowed to set up stalls and outdoor seating on the Glebe during the two-day Windermere Airshow. Windermere town councillors voted to [...]

TV VETERAN Griff Rhys Jones has revealed how a long-standing theatrical friendship keeps drawing him back to the Lake District.
Although the actor, comedian and traveller has visited the area to make documentaries such as The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome and Mountain, it his friendship with the Bowness-based theatre owner Roger Glossop that has provided [...]

BUMPER crowds gathered in a South Lakeland town to witness a dazzling display of historical aircraft and aerobatics.
The ninth annual two-day Windermere Airshow took place at the Glebe, in Bowness, at the weekend. Large crowds gathered early and perched themselves on the grassy enbankments of the Glebe in anticipation of the aerobatic displays. Organisors believe [...]

What a fantastic sight the Vulcan bomber was flying over Windermere at the Airshow this afternoon. Mum and I took advantage of the glorious weather to sit on a bench in Borrans Park for a couple of hours and watch the Mustang, Hurricane, Spitfire and Dakota doing their stuff in the distance around the Bowness area. [...]