A BID for £250,000 is being made to keep rare documents used by famous fellwalker Alfred Wainwright in Cumbria.
A collection of memoirs, correspondance, notes, photographs, sketches, maps and papers used by Wainwright – affectionately known as AW by his legions of devotees – to write his pictoral guides is being offered for sale by his [...]
A QUIET Lunesdale pub was the scene of some dodgy dealing when it was used by a local film crew as one of the locations to shoot a low-budget crime thriller.
Former Eastenders actor Leslie Grantham chatted and joked with the cast and crew of Prelude while filming a cameo at The Sun Inn, in Kirkby [...]
A LAKE District village plans to build a weir across the River Kent and harness electricity to sell on to the national grid – with any profits fed back into the community.
The concept of a community-owned hydro scheme in Kentmere, near Kendal, was born out of a parish meeting almost two years ago and, if [...]
COMMUNITY spirit has been in full force as people rallied around to help the victims of the floods.
Concerned residents have set up appeal funds and furniture appeals and offered up their homes and time to help those in flood-stricken parts of the county.
The Wainwright Society has set up an appeal and Eric Robson, chair of [...]
THOUSANDS of outdoor enthusiasts braved the stormy conditions to converge on Kendal for its annual mountain festival.
Despite the weather, legions of festival-goers descended on the Brewery Arts Centre for the four-day gathering. Event organisers were delighted with the response: “We opened on Thursday night, which of course was when the storm hit,” said Clive Allen, [...]
THIRSTY adventurers who down a pint at Kendal Mountain Festival will help swell the coffers of the local rescue team.
Festival organisers have commissioned a special ale from the Hesket Newmarket Brewery entitled Kendal MRT Special, and for every pint of the top tipple sold Kendal Mountain Rescue Team will benefit by 20pence.
“We wanted to find [...]
MOTORBOATS sped their way across Coniston Water during the annual Records Week time trials this week.
The five-day event featured racers travelling at speeds of more than 150mph to set new world records in different eng-ine classes.
The 39th year of the time trials saw choppy conditions early in the week, while heavy downpours had submerged the [...]
THE nation’s favourite postman will swap the winding roads of Cumbria for the glitz and glam of Hollywood when he stars in a 3-D animated film.
For almost 30 years, the adventures of Postman Pat have had children glued to their television sets and now the much-loved postie is set to make his big screen debut. [...]
AN ESTIMATED 6,000 chilli-heads hot-footed it to Levens Hall at the weekend for its second annual two-day celebration of the fiery little fruit. “We are just so delighted to have found a formula that people enjoy,” said Hal Bagot, owner of the historic hall. “The staff here have been absolutely wonderful and worked their socks [...]
A KENDAL man plans to make a splash for a cancer charity when he swims 21 miles across the English channel next month.
Dan Meyrick – a former Queen Katherine School pupil – hopes to raise £10,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support during his gruelling solo swim in September. The London fire fighter has trained for 18 [...]
