HUNDREDS of members of Royal Windermere Yacht Club will be flocking to the lake this weekend to celebrate its landmark birthday. A grand ball is one of a number events taking place throughout 2010 to mark the club’s 150th anniversary. A four-course meal at the Hydro Hotel on Saturday is expected to be attended by [...]
THE WINNERS of the prestigious Cumbria Tourism Awards have been named. Professionals from businesses across the county gathered to celebrate the best hotels, events and attractions. South Lakeland guest house Number 43 scooped the best accommodation gong — the top prize of the evening. Owner Lesley Hornsby said its location in Arnside and its friendly [...]
THOUSANDS of people are taking part in the Great Peter Rabbit Easter egg hunt. A total of 100 handmade ceramic eggs were hidden across the Lake District for the event. The race to locate one the numbered eggs and win a prize was launched at 10am on Wednesday, 31st March, at The World of Beatrix [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
