A TV documentary on the Lake District looks set to boost business in the area this summer. Prime-time ITV show The Lakes will return for another 12 episodes after the success of the first series, which drew in more than four million viewers each week. Leeds-based company Shiver Productions returned to Cumbria this week to [...]
FILM makers have started work on a documentary to celebrate the life of storyteller laureate Taffy Thomas. The 60-year-old face of fiction accepted the honorary position of UK laureate last year and is now to become the subject of a ten-minute film and mini animation shot in Kirkby Lonsdale and Grasmere. Directors Charly Conquest, 25, [...]
COMMUNITY leaders are seeking an urgent meeting with the Youth Hostel Association after it announced the shock closure of two South Lakeland youth hostels. Holidaymakers, community groups and local politicians expressed outrage at the plans to close the Kendal and Grasmere Thorney How hostels in the autumn. The move is part of a decision to [...]
What a lovely day it was. The weather was dry and bright although the wins was cool and the sun came out in the afternoon – just in time for the photos! Marco was there in plenty of time and didn’t seem at all nervous. Many of the guests arrived at the Church on [...]
Well, its almost here! What? Marco and Becky’s wedding of course! Anyone who has visited us over the last couple of years will have been aware of Marco’s forthcoming wedding. He has been counting down the months, week, days, minutes since it was booked and unbelievably – its almost here. Today is his last day [...]
FUTURISTIC plans for a school and community building in a honeypot Lake District village have been rejected by national park planning chiefs. Grasmere Church of England School wanted to replace its Victorian building with a single storey structure, which used ‘free-form’ pods as part of the design. Lake District National Park Authority planning officers recommended [...]
Mitchells of Cockermouth had originally hoped to top a quarter of a million with its two-day Fine Art Sale last week, but with unprecedented levels of advance commission bids and requests for telephone bidding, it soon became clear it was going to make much more. As the hammer fell on the final lot last Friday [...]
A HUGE lorry blocked a narrow Lakeland road for more than five hours yesterday (Tuesday) when the driver followed satellite navigation directions. Police were called to assist the driver of a Co-op lorry when the vehicle became stuck at the top of Red Bank Road, in Grasmere, at 10.30am. Officers cleared the road at around [...]
RED squirrels are fighting back across South Lakeland with a reported increase in numbers over the past six months. A national survey carried out by the Red Squirrel Survival Trust (RSST), which measured public perceptions, has shown that the population of the endangered species in north Cumbria has remained stable but the south of the [...]
ALFRED Wainwright fans are being given a chance to follow the great man’s spoken words as well as his footsteps with a new collection of audio guides. The actor Nik Wood-Jones, who recreated AW’s craggy voice for the BBC’s popular Wainwright’s Walks series, has narrated directions for eight walks which people can take with them [...]
