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 [...]

AN UNUSAL water disturbance and a possible sighting have given further credence to the legend of Windermere’s mysterious monster. Lakes TV’s joint director, John McKeown captured the strange ripples measuring around 20ft, while filming a documentary about “Bownessie.” “I had gone up to the view point just before the Beech Hill Hotel to get some [...]

EYEWITNESSES, experts and a well-known psychic are scouring the depths of Windermere today (Saturday) in search of a mysterious monster. The search follows years of reported sightings of a big creature in the lake, the most recent being in July when Lake District hotelier Thomas Noblett was hit by a three-foot wave while swimming. This [...]

A TEAM of investigators will scour Windermere in a hunt for a legendary monster that is claimed to lurk in its deep waters. The search follows years of reported sightings of a big creature in the lake, the most recent being in July when Lake District hotelier Thomas Noblett was hit by a three-foot wave as [...]