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Sadly, green squirrels, a scoop in our last edition, have proved elusive. Since the start of April there have been no firm sightings around Aira Force. We remain optimistic!

We turn over a new leaf in this edition with gardens near Temple Sowerby and contributions from Winderwath Gardens and Acorn Bank (P17). Still on a gardening theme, Granny Smith has some fruitful advice to get a quick return (P8).

Penrith is blessed with a great cross-section of schools – state, grammar and independent. We take a look at Beaconside, where ‘learning to live, learning to shine’ is not just a motto, it is a way of life . Penrith Town Council is gathering momentum, as it grows in size and takes on additional responsibilities, and Penrith BID is on a roll towards re-election.

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Bakewells Sound & Vision in Penrith’s Market Place has been selected to become one of the first in the country to stock the only washing machine to be manufactured in the UK.

Ebac has prioritised independent retailers within the NE and Cumbria, in order to spread the maximum economic benefit to the region through investing £7m in the development of its washing machines. Its new models, the first to be manufactured in Britain for more than 10 years, have a revolutionary hot and cold water dual fill, as an alternative to traditional cold fill machines. This is said to offer the benefit of shorter wash times and lower energy bills. Ebac is also offering 10 year parts and labour warranties on selected machines.

The Green shoots of local politicsPenrith and Eden Green Party will contest six of the nine seats in the forthcoming County Council elections on 4 May 2017, in the Penrith and Eden area. The party, which only formed as a branch in Penrith and Eden in September last year, has been increasingly active in the area over the last six months.

On 20 March three more councillors were co-opted to Penrith Town Council (PTC), bringing its strength to 17.

Membership now comprises Chairman Cllr Whipp (North), Deputy Chairman Cllr Jackson (North), Cllr Ayres (West), Cllr Barker (Pategill), Cllr Burgin (South), Cllr Clark (South), Cllr Connelly (North), Cllr Graham (West), Cllr Johnson (North), Cllr Kenyon (North), Cllr Lawson (Carleton), Cllr Lynch (East), Cllr Monk (West), Cller Quinn (South), Cllr Shorrock (Carleton), Cllr Thompson (West) and Cllr Tompkins (Pategill).

Having increased the Council membership by six in two months, PTC is far better placed to spread the load and take on additional responsibilities. Two projects in particular are being taken forward: Penrith’s Neighbourhood Plan and the transfer of assets from Eden District Council (EDC) to PTC.

A consultation process to prepare the Neighbourhood Plan has been launched and drop-in sessions held to enable residents, visitors and people who work in the town to comment on topics as diverse as parking, pedestrianisation, green spaces and public facilities. An online video, which can be found on the Council’s website, provides an attractive introduction.

The meeting also confirmed, in addition to the statutory transfer of Penrith’s allotments, the first discretionary transfer of assets into the ownership and management of the Town Council. Subject to satisfactory structural

surveys, these include the Musgrave Monument in the town centre, bus shelters, the war memorial and two plaques in St Andrews Churchyard, the Cornmarket bandstand, and benches and public seats (excluding those on EDC land)

District Councillors have also given approval for preliminary discussions to start with PTC on a second tranche of assets comprising play areas at Bowscar, Gilwilly Recreation Field, High Carleton, Milton Street, Pategill Road, Pennine Way and Wetheriggs Lane; Coronation Gardens; and public toilets at Little Dockray and Sandgate.

Discussions are also under way with Cumbria County Council to transfer land at the rear of Penrith Hospital. Cllr Whipp has emphasised that, with the approval of councillors, assets will only be accepted that are in an acceptable condition and transfer with appropriate financial support.

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War breaks out near PenrithThe scene of the action is Brougham Hall, which hosts its popular 1940s wartime weekend.

Manned by re-enactors in period dress, a bren gun carrier, armoured car, jeeps and trucks will form the temporary HQ of the South Cumbria and North Lancashire Military Vehicle Trust. Despite the camouflage, this is a colourful occasion, with plenty to eat and drink - after all, an army fights on its stomach! Weekend of 5, 6 and 7 May.

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Soulands studio near Dacre, 5 miles from Penrith is a small, intimate space, flooded with natural light amidst Lakeland fells.

A glass wall opens onto a gravelled seating area with views across the Eden Valley to the Pennines. The roof is a sea of green grasses and sedums.

Christine Armstrong, founder of the studio, said: "We created the studio to be welcoming, intimate and conducive to relaxation. A place where the teacher, whatever the course, is able to deliver their subject in an inspiring environmental space. As well as offering classical Hatha yoga classes (the outer limbs of yoga) for health in the body we offer Pranayama and Raja yoga (the inner limbs of yoga) workshops which gives us the tools to create peace in the mind, joy in the heart and the realisation of our real self."

Yoga classes are under the guidance of well-known local Yoga Charini Sonia Allen-Wall who is an inspirational yoga therapist with over 30 years

experience. Alison Marsden, who teaches the Alexander Technique, has just introduced a monthly class ‘Look after Your Back’, to help develop the body’s natural flexibility and good posture.

The studio is also available for hire. It has its own parking, toilet shower and kitchen and lunch can be organised if the studio is booked for a full day. If you are interested in attending a class or booking the studio contact Alison: 017684 86285 (day) / 07714 846372 (evening)www.soulandsstudio.com

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Penrith Building Society has reported record assets in its annual results for 2016. The organisation - with one branch in King Street - has also reported its second-highest ever figure for mortgage advances and a “stable” profit.

Total assets recorded were £106.06m and the Society lent £21.89m as mortgage advances, an increase from the 2015 figure of £18.12m. In addition, mortgage assets increased by 6.23% to a new record level of £79.27m. Overall profit before tax was £202,312, which dropped to £166,546 after taxation, a small increase on 2015's figure of £165,404. Reserves increased to £10.83m, or 11.39% of its shares and amounts owed to other customers.

Penrith Building Society’s chief executive Amyn Fazal said: "These results illustrate perfectly the value that we, as an independent Building Society, bring to our members. In addition, the awards that we have won are further evidence that what we have to offer our members, both existing and prospective, really resonates with the current mood.”

During 2016 the company gave more than £7,000 to charities and local organisations, including Eden Valley Hospice, Penrith Rugby Club, Penrith & District Red Squirrel Group and Jigsaw, Cumbria’s children’s hospice.

Penrith Building Society’s AGM will be held at The Rheged Centre at 6.00pm on 26 April.

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If it’s broke, fix it!

Clothing manufacturer, Patagonia, has announced its second Worn Wear Tour, to encourage customers to make their clothes last a lifetime (regardless of brand).

At each stop, they will offer free repairs of broken zips, rips, tears, buttons, pulls and more – in addition to teaching people how to fix their own gear. Extending the life of garments is important to help reduce our impact on the planet, avoiding CO2 emissions, waste and the water required to manufacture clothes. Here are some of Patagonia's local tour dates.

• 17 & 18 May 9:30-17:30 University of Cumbria, Ambleside

• 20 & 21 May 9:30-17:30 George Fisher & Needle Sports, Keswick

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Are you interested in exploring some lesser-known parts of north Cumbria and becoming fitter in the process?

If so, why not consider orienteering? This combines off-road running with careful navigation and is the perfect test of brain and brawn. With its ideal terrain, the area is well-served by the Border Liners Club with its catchment of Carlisle and the Eden Valley.

Beware – the sport can be addictive! Orienteering is as competitive or relaxed as you want it to be and no two events are the same. Just building a collection of the beautifully detailed orienteering maps of the area is a challenge in itself! Hallin Fell, Swindale, Eycott Hill, Penrith Beacon and Binsey are

among local areas mapped intricately for orienteering and used annually by Border Liners.

There’s no fixed season for orienteering. Events take place throughout the year with some clubs even offering the challenge of winter night fixtures for the hardy. From February through to September the biggest national events attract competitors

from across the world. Next yearf Border Liners will help promote the internationally acclaimed Lakes Five Day competition. There is plenty of time to take up the sport and be ready for Askham Fell on 2 August 2018! More information about orienteering and the local fixture list can be found online:www.bl-orieteering.org.uk

A fitter way to discover Cumbria

Project KrakenPerhaps you own a boat that you are getting ready for the season, or you work on or visit the coast.

Project Kraken exists to help counter criminal and potential terrorist activity through the vigilance of the public. This could be the unusual presence of a vessel, cargo or people within ports or marinas, or activity on remote stretches of coastline.

The range of potential criminal activity is very wide, from the theft of equipment, including outboard engines, to people-trafficking, smuggling, and damage to maritime installations, such as wind farms.There is nothing glamorous about modern-day

smuggling, which is ruthless and exploits people’s lives.

Ireland’s rugged west and south coast, in particular, is difficult to police and has become a route of choice to smuggle drugs into the UK and western Europe. Having reached Ireland by sea the next step is the UK mainland, via vehicles and boats. With a shortage of suitable patrol vessels and surveillance, Britain’s long coastline is largely open to anyone wishing to conduct illicit trade.

Just one example. In September 2014 when the yacht Makayabella was boarded 200 miles SW of Ireland, it was carrying cocaine with a street value of more than £100M. A 7.6m motorboat, Sea

Breeze, seized at a marina in North Wales was intended to meet up with the yacht.

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Efforts to purchase new bells for Bampton Church are paying off. All six bells have now been funded! Four have been sponsored by local families and two, Bomby and Lowther, have tales that will resound down the centuries.

Clair Crowther, wife of Jim Crowther, principal benefactor to the Appeal, said: “I spent many happy holidays with my parents and sister at the Crown & Mitre in Bampton in the early 1980s. We came across from Sunderland and soon learned it was a lovely base for exploring the area. Our bedroom was always at the front of the pub and being a light sleeper I was awoken every quarter of an hour by the 'unusual' chimes. The 'musicality' of them was something I always looked forward to hearing on my

next visit! Decades later I returned to Bampton, with my husband and children. Not a lot had changed, the chimes still struck on the quarter and Wendy was at the pub – much to my delight!”

“It was because of my happy memories that I thought it a fitting tribute to offer to fund one of the new bells in memory of my Dad, Trevor Howell, who died, much too young, aged 49. The knowledge that my Dad’s name will be on one of the new bells for generations to come makes Bampton an even more special place for our family.”

The Lowther bell has been sponsored by the Bampton Bell Ringers, the Cumbria Bell Ringers and other donors attracted by this inscription on the bell: “A bell for those who have their roots, have lived and walked in

Westmorland”, adapted from Alfred Wainwright.

Grant funding includes £1,000 from Cumbria County Council and £5,000 from the Cumbria Waste Management Environment Trust The bells will be cast on 27 September, in time for a pre-Christmas installation and “Ding Dong Merrily On High” during the festive season.

Whilst the actual cost of the bells has been covered, there is still a need to fund the fittings shown in the attached sketch. This final 'appeal' could be considered the 'last lap'!

News of a sound appeal in Bampton

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We were green … without realising it!I sighed as I took the bottles of milk from the shelf in the supermarket. They weighed heavily in a wire basket.

At the counter I was offered a plastic bag, which I declined, having my own shopping trolley, bought some years ago on the spur of the moment, but indispensable now for heavy shopping. As I trailed it behind me, along the rising road, I reflected how easy, in some respects, life was some years ago.

Once we put out empty washed bottles on the doorstep and fresh bottles of milk appeared the next day in their place. As a young child milk came by horse and cart in churns, to be dispensed into a clean jug at the roadside. It was fresh from the local farm. No recycling of plastic bottles then. Even lemonade bottles could earn a few pence for pocket money if returned to the shop.

Before plastic carrier bags were readily available, albeit now at a small cost, housewives used lightweight wicker baskets that were carried easily over arm so shopping was kept high and did not drag. Much shopping, however, was delivered by boys on bicycles as in 'Open All Hours'. Starfruits provide the same service, which is much appreciated. Cheap imports and plastic carriers put basket makers out of business, which at one time supported families, as was the case for the Horseley family who worked in Friargate for generations.

Shopping was wrapped in paper bags, with blue ones for sugar. Cranstons use paper to this day.

Books at the grammar school were wrapped in brown paper and, before free schooling, were sold on at increasingly cheaper rates to the next year’s pupils. During the war, some covers were decorated with drawings of Spitfires and Hurricanes.

“Don't forget there is a war on” was an admonition often heard when, as children, we left food on a plate. At Christmas, presents were wrapped in the previous year’s recycled pretty paper or brown paper. I wonder why newspaper was not used? Perhaps it was in places. Anyway, wrapping and string too were removed carefully, and labels were made from the previous year’s Christmas cards. Luckily, Sellotape did not exist then. This was not only helping the war effort, but was good economy in most households.

Before and after the war a familiar cry was that of the rag and bone man. I can just recall the balloon I got from him in exchange for odds and ends from my mother. Many years later in Harrow, he would stop for my little sons to pat his horse and take away “any old iron". He was the image of young Steptoe.

The people who have benefitted most from plastic bags are our former dustmen. To carry those heavy, sometimes smelly bins was a thankless task.

Life moves forward for better or worse, and charity shops do a champion job of recycling almost everything. One night I heard the wind howling. Next morning I drew the blinds in time to see a green bag escaping along the road, strewing its plastic contents into my neighbours’ gardens! Luckily it was dry and so still in dressing gown and slippers I grabbed my stick and a carrier and dashed out to retrieve the empty plastic tubs, shampoo bottles and milk bottles. If any one saw me they discreetly kept out of slight. Beware on windy nights!

Clothes and gifts for mini people in Eden

An exciting new shop in Kirkby Stephen has opened its doors to an enthusiastic stream of customers - from mums-to-be to grandparents, locals and visitors.

The ethos behind Mini Eden is to provide affordable, high quality, preloved and end of line designer brands for children aged 0 -13 years, run as a co-operative between three friends. There is a strong emphasis on being good to the planet – recycling beautiful clothing and not a plastic bag in sight!

Mother of two Linnhe Harrison, whose children Zak and Joni have helped by modelling some of the clothes, set up Mini Eden after spotting a small empty shop in Kirkby Stephen and thinking “I can do something with that!”. The initial seed of an idea, preloved children’s clothing that was ‘not just a shop’, was planted, and Mini Eden was born!

The shop is run with help of two friends, Frances Kidd and Suzanne Samson. The stock is mostly sourced and bought in bulk from designer end-of-line and clearance, carefully hand sorted to remove any marked or damaged items, and then washed and ironed before being displayed in the shop. This aspect of the business is time consuming and hard work, but Linnhe believes this is what makes Mini Eden unique. “We are proud of our ‘green’ ethos’, the clothes really are absolutely gorgeous, and as we buy in bulk we can sell our stock at extremely reasonable prices.”

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BUSINESSAdding value to our community

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Business families’ biggest worriesBrexit will have the greatest impact on business in the next 12 months say hundreds of family business owners, according to the UK’s biggest survey of family businesses. More than 400 family businesses from across 32 UK counties, took part in a survey by Armstrong Watson. In Cumbria 33% cited Brexit as their biggest concern and 75% of those expect it to have a negative impact. The next biggest concern was the National Living Wage. Of the 10% of Cumbrian businesses that highlighted it, all expect it to have a negative effect.

Using unwanted food is not a waste of energyPlans are progressing locally to convert commercial food waste into commercial energy. Sustainable Keswick (SusKes) and Derwent 7 (the seven Derwent parishes) are developing a scheme to use micro anaerobic digesters that are small enough to sit next to community facilities, which then use the energy they generate. Find out more at: www.cafs.org.uk

Simply beautifulAccording to research by VisitEngland, the word most commonly associated with the Lake District is ‘beautiful’. A total of 84% of those surveyed chose this description, in contrast to 57% for other British destinations. The report shows that the satisfaction level of 62% for visitors to the Lake District was significantly above the average of 48% for tourist locations across Britain, including those in the countryside.

Carrier bag levy to support wildlifeCumbria Wildlife Trust was delighted to receive a donation of £4,397.44 from Center Parcs recently, raised by the carrier bag levy. The charity is one of five Wildlife Trusts around the country that have received donations from Center Parcs, which raised it from guests paying 5p for single-use plastic bags.

250 of Cumbria’s movers and shakers attended an event hosted by Cumbrian Hairy Biker Dave Myers, to recognise the contribution family businesses make to Cumbria.

They represent over 80% of businesses in the county, and nationally family businesses contribute 25% of the UK’s GDP and employ nearly 12.2 million people. The judges said that Bells of Lazonby “are breaking new ground with bucket loads of innovation. They are loyal to Cumbria and take pride in their place, but are not limited

by it. They think on a big scale whilst remaining true to their family values and heritage. They would be the pride of any county.” Bells of Lazonby also won the hotly contested Food and Drink Producer category.

There was an excellent response to the first Cumbria Family Business Awards and the event trended third in the country on Twitter, higher than Gogglebox and Katie Hopkins!

Bells of Lazonby crowned as winning family business

Penrith BID had much to ‘shout about’ at its AGM on 22 March. Since starting in 2013, it has gathered momentum and much of what you see happening in and around Penrith town centre is linked in some way to the BID.

Christmas Sparkle (the lights have got better each year); Christmas market; an inaugural Chilli Fiesta; Penrith Pound (gift vouchers to use in local shops); free WiFi; and an online presence with Discover Penrith. Add to this business-to-business training and a recycling initiative that really does save money … as much as £1,150 per year!

Visitors and townsfolk alike cannot have failed to see and appreciate the results of Greening Penrith. The displays were bloomin’ marvellous and resulted in 2016 in Penrith winning Cumbria in Bloom’s ‘Best

BID in Cumbria’ and ‘Most improved town in Cumbria’. The town is now a finalist in Britain in Bloom 2017.

The BID has also been able to help fund and promote various events, including Penrith Goes Orange, Penrith on a Plate, The Winter Droving and The Winter Festival.

Although Penrith BID has done a lot, what it is not good at doing is shouting about its own success. Town centre businesses, of which there are now

406 in the area covered by the BID, each pay an additional 1% levy on their rateable value. In 2017-18 this will generate £100K for Penrith BID to invest in the town centre. The return to the town is vastly more than this and even if some businesses do not appear to benefit directly - such as professional services - their client businesses do. The BID adds value to the town.

It is disappointing, therefore, that only six business representatives attended the AGM. Towards the end of this year town centre businesses will be invited to vote to see Penrith BID continue for another five years. Success builds on success. Now that the BID is having an increasingly positive impact - making Penrith an attractive town and destination of choice - it would be a sad loss to the town if the BID is not supported and momentum is lost.

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HISTORY & LANDSCAPEPassages through time

Seven engraved wood blocks are among early items acquired by the museum, probably for their local connections. They are of boxwood worked across the end of the block. Here the grain, being closer, allows the surface to be cut with precision with a steel burin, a tool with a v-shaped cutting point.

They are thought to be the work of Isaac Nicholson of Melmerby (1789-1848), an apprentice and later assistant of the renowned wood engraver Thomas Bewick. Nicholson worked for Bewick at Newcastle 1804-13 and then established his own printing shop in Newcastle where he appears to have had work subcontracted to him from Bewick’s studio. He was berated once for copying the work of his former master, although it was probably executed in a spirit of emulation. In fact in his ‘Memoir’ Bewick generously

recalled that Nicholson was ‘a good apprentice and a good artist, his engravings on wood are clearly or honestly cut, as well as being accurately done from his patterns’.

Three of these blocks were probably cut in 1813 for an edition of William Markham’s ‘Introduction to Spelling and Reading English’ published by Michael and Richard Branthwaite in Kendal, no copy of which has survived.

We know, however, from other editions that Aesop’s fables were part of the text of the book, typical illustrations of which are present in this collection. Books at the higher end of the market would be illustrated with copper or aquatint engravings, while wood engravings and wood cuts were used for more affordable books including ‘chapbooks’ that were a means of broadcasting popular culture, folklore and superstitions.

Penrith was a notable centre of chapbook production in Cumbria, printers Anthony Soulby and Ann Bell producing many examples. The blocks are currently displayed in the Museum’s ‘Tree Tales’ exhibition, which runs until the end of this month.

Melmerby’s fabled wood engraver Isaac Nicholson

Remembering the First World WarPenrith Remembers has been mapping out its activities and events for the next two years. The group, hopes to include schools, churches and arts and education groups in events, especially for 2018 to commemorate the end of World War One.

Work is already being undertaken on war memorials and it was hoped that the Castle Park project will include consideration of this. Research is being carried out on all those listed in the Castle Park memorial, with the intention of creating a database of information on all of them.

Ann Risman, Chairman of Penrith Remembers, said: “As we approach 2018 we intend to make plans for a year that will be as good as our launch in 2014. We have a lot of people on board and 2018 promises to be a year to remember.”

Activities undertaken by the group recall those who volunteered for the Armed Forces, many of whom gave their lives in the conflict. The group has also researched and described what happened at home and how families and individuals kept up the routine of daily living while supporting the troops. On farms they continued to produce food in conditions of increasing difficulty as young family members and labourers enlisted and were conscripted as the War progressed. BY: DR SYDNEY CHAPMAN

CURATOR, PENRITH MUSEUM

Does anyone recognise the location of this photograph, said to have been taken in Penrith in 1929, showing Greens of Silsden in Yorkshire hauling wood through the town?

The company operated country-wide and in its heyday had a fleet of 28 lorries, including subcontractors, 150 wood-fellers, and 30 wood-leaders, with tractors pulling out and loading. They moved over one million cubic feet of timber each year and their well-known advertisement ran: “Buyers of standing timber in any part of the country for cash”.

They used teams of horses, often with one white horse in each team, up until 1944, and bought their first

lorry, a Leyland Badger, in 1934. Their practice was to send the horses and wagons by rail to distant jobs, and to then haul timber to the station. The company never used steam or road tractors and carriages, but moved direct from horses

to articulated lorries. My father could recall horse drawn timber wagons stopping overnight at Penny Hill Farm and the Grey Bull pub in Townhead in the 1920s. I wonder if some of these belonged to Greens of Silsden?

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The conservation area in Appleby-in-Westmorland has been chosen as one of the country’s first Heritage Action Zones (HAZ) – the only one in North West.

Historic England is the driving force behind this nationwide initiative, intended to breathe new life into areas that are rich in uncelebrated heritage.

Since the devastating floods in December 2015, Appleby has been designated a Conservation Area at Risk and several buildings now feature on the Heritage at Risk Register. Tourism is one of the town’s major industries, but Appleby has suffered from a decline in visitor numbers in recent years.

This five year project is based on a partnership between Historic England, Eden District Council and Appleby-in-Westmorland Town Council, who are working together with the local community to use the power of Appleby’s heritage to boost the local economy. The overall investment is estimated to be £1,650,000, with Historic England contributing around £760,000. The Heritage Action Zone scheme should

increase Appleby’s tourism economy and engage the local community through heritage open days and projects with local schools to help restore the town’s conservation area and public locations for future generations to enjoy.

Aims include improving shop fronts, repairing and restoring a number of listed buildings, developing a flood resilience plan, assisting with a Neighbourhood Plan for Appleby, increasing visitor numbers, bringing vacant shops back into use, exploring opportunities with Appleby Castle, enhancing tourist information resources, and creating a management plan for Appleby Conservation Area.

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ARTS & MUSICImagination, inspiration and expression

IN BRIEF

‘My my my Delilah’Welsh music legend Tom Jones is to be the headline act at Cartmel Racecourse's live music weekend this summer, on Friday 30 June. Tickets available via www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Fabric of VisionDalemain is home to a solo exhibition of drawings and paintings by Beatrice Hasell-McCosh, 24 April - 6 May. Australian light, Scottish heat, Cumbrian weather and social friendships have inspired the artist, who is based between south London and the Lake District. Her landscapes are physically expressive and her portraits reflect a conversational informal style. Beatrice grew up at Dalemain where her work can be seen in The Great Barn.

Young C-Art opportunities now openCurate exhibitions, exhibit your work, win money. Young C-Art is a programme set up by Eden Arts for young people age 15-24yrs living, studying or working in Cumbria. Deadline 28 April 2017. Applicants must be available to interview on 19 May.www.c-art.org.uk

The GraduateThe 1960s cult book and classic film makes a fascinating piece of theatre, a bittersweet comedy with a bit of steaminess. This is a coming-of-age tale as the academically brilliant Ben is seduced by family friend Mrs Robinson and then complicates things further by falling for her daughter Elaine. A black comedy of sexual relations, and an ‘impure theatrical delight’. Here’s to you, Mrs Robinson! Penrith Players. 7.30pm 19-22 April.

‘Posting Letters to the Moon’, staged last month in Glenridding, was a great success.

Listening to the interaction between husband and wife actors Simon Williams and Lucy Fleming was a privilege, but equally entertaining was the impromptu role played by their dog, a ‘cockapoo’, named Gussie. Perhaps he had been trained to break the ice - if not, he is a natural!

As the performance started, so did Gussie. First, he wandered the small stage, and then chewed thoughtfully on some of the decorative bunting, before gulping down

Simon’s glass of water. By then, the audience was putty in his paws!

Soon, however, the magic of the moment took over, as the performers interacted, reading poignant, amusing and sometimes irreverent letters

between the actress Celia Johnson (Lucy’s mother) and her husband, Peter Fleming (brother of Ian Fleming of 007 fame), who was serving in the Army in the Far East. The event was also a coincidence of marriages. Not only were married couple Simon and Lucy playing a married couple, in another role, in BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Archers’, they play Justin and Miranda Elliot. Thus, their voices, if not their faces, were already familiar.

Hats off to the organisers for this sell-out performance, which raised about £700 to support of Glenridding’s much improved Village Hall.

Gussie brings the house down

Fun on the FellsA new exhibition, Fun on the Fells, has opened at the Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry in Kendal and traces the story of walking and climbing, with a focus on the Lake District.

From early aristocratic climbers and working-class ramblers to the designation of the National Park. The show features collections from the museum and objects and artefacts on loan from the Fell and Rock Climbing Club.

Fun on the Fells runs until Saturday 28 October. For more information visit www.lakelandmuseum.org.uk

The Wordsworth Trust is working with partners at the University of Leeds on a project that focusses on extreme weather events of 1815–16 and culminates in a summer exhibition at the museum, bringing together creative responses to the weather project from all around the county.

On 15 July a day of talks and activities at the Wordsworth Trust will explore connections between Romantic writing and painting, the forces that shaped the landscapes we inhabit and the current debate

around climate change. There will be opportunities to take part in a variety of artist-led workshops, creative writing, art, photography or be involved in recording personal experiences or stories. For further information contact Susan Allen at The Wordsworth Trust, [email protected]

To coincide with the opening of a new visitor reception area, planned for this month, there is an exhibition of Community Art & Craft – featuring work in different mediums by members of the community. Then, in May the Old

Courthouse will join forces with Shap Local History Society to hold an exhibition ‘The Road over Shap’. There will be many old photos and items on display at The Old Courthouse and the Heritage Centre in Shap.

On Sunday 21 May there will be a Car Treasure Hunt from The Old Courthouse to ‘Explore the Westmorland Dales’. See website for details. June will see a photography exhibition ‘Cumbrian Landscapes’ comprising a selection of images taken by photographers in the area.www.theoldcourthouse.org

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A year ago a flock of funky hire cars, cunningly disguised as sheep, gambolled along country roads into the north Lake District.

Now, along with Herdwick lambs, these two-seat electric cars, each with a distinctive sheepish personality, are out and about for a new season amongst the lakes and fells.

Ten head-turning Renault ‘Twizys’ are available to hire from tourism businesses in the Ullswater and Keswick areas. To make the two-seater vehicles at home in Cumbria, each is named in traditional dialect, with the same mix of Cumberland and Westmorland numbers

used by shepherds to count sheep Yan (1), Tyan (2), Tethera (3), Methera (4), all the way to Dec (10)! No.9, Dovera, lives at Hillcroft Park near Pooley Bridge.

With electric motors and high-tec lithium batteries, Twizy cars can be driven at the push of a button, with a top speed of 50mph and up to 40 miles on one charge, depending on driving conditions and styles. When they need topping up, they can be plugged into any domestic three pin socket, with an on board three metre cable. Silent and fun - what better way to explore the nooks and crannies of the Lake District in an eco-friendly way.

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FOOD & DRINKA taste of Cumbria

V istaVeg, the Eden valley’s co-operative veg box scheme,

recently celebrated National Community Supported Agriculture Day. They, like all farmers across the country, need your support now for a successful harvest this year.

Director Lynn Barnes said: “Spring is an important time of year for us to get new members signed up to our box scheme. We are making investments and decisions now that will result in a successful harvest later in the year.”

Earlier this year bad weather in southern Europe destroyed crops and created shortages of peppers, courgettes, broccoli and lettuces in UK supermarkets and demonstrated how heavily we rely on imported food. The news caused panic-buying and increased prices in the UK.

“To become more self-sufficient as a nation we all need to make more intelligent choices about what we eat and when. Why aren’t we choosing purple sprouting broccoli that is being grown and harvested now, instead of Spanish single head broccoli? Why do we drive past fields of local carrots and swedes on our way to buy them from supermarkets instead of direct from local growers?”

There’s no better time to challenge ourselves to eat seasonally and locally. The

reality is that everything isn’t, and shouldn’t be, available all the time.

“Eating purely what’s available isn’t an easy thing to do,” said Lynn. “We have box scheme members who have been with us for years who will have definitely mastered the art of eating seasonally. They cook hearty, warming stews and soups in the winter, when our bodies really need that type of sustenance, and prepare lighter salad-based dishes in the summer.”

The VistaVeg box scheme often attracts people who fall in love with the ‘concept’ of eating seasonally, but who then give up after a few weeks. Lynn continued: “You’ve really got to stick with it for at least 12 months, otherwise you never experience the full range of what

we produce. People sometimes join in the autumn and then leave the scheme just as we’re about to start with spring greens, salad bags and asparagus!”

You can also buy VistaVeg from Carleton Farm Shop in Penrith, which the co-operative took over last November. “We still have Carleton Farm’s infamous dirty carrots in the shop and, now the days are longer and temperatures higher, we’ve got spring greens, spinach, mixed salad leaves, purple sprouting broccoli and kale from our own polytunnels and fields.” This is the time to support local farms.

www.vistaveg.co.uk or call at Carleton Farm Shop (opposite Penrith Rugby Club) to pick up a bag full of local goodies.

Eat well, eat locally Cumbrian ‘pace’ eggs

Cider with RosieWaulkmill Cider - based in Westerkirk - has launched a new cider, made from apples from Cumbrian orchards.

Described as a Cumbrian cider, as Penrith Today went to print the new cider did not have a name. It is the second in a series of Borderlands inspired ciders, joining Muckletoon Rosie, produced from apples from the Langholm area. Waulkmill was named recently as Scotland’s artisan drink producer of the year at the Scottish Rural Awards.

This Easter try some ‘cultural cuisine’ and have a go at doing what Cumbrian families have done for hundreds of years…. and it’s fun!

You will need eggs, onion skins, grass and small leaves, newspaper (Penrith Today is too good for this purpose!), string and a saucepan. Wrap each egg in two or three layers of onion skins, sandwiching against each egg some small leaves or bits of grass to help pattern the surface. Then, parcel each egg in half a sheet of newspaper, to hold it all together, and secure with string. Job done!

Place the wrapped eggs in a saucepan, all covered in water, and bring to the boil so that they are hard-boiled. When they have cooled, remove the wrapping and you should have eggs that are dyed in shades of red, orange and yellow, with leaf prints too.

In some Cumbrian villages it is still traditional to roll decorated pace (or pasche) eggs down grassy slopes, with egg-rolling taking place over the Easter weekend. They are usually eaten after an “egg-jarping” (or tapping) competition. Grandma would be proud of you!

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HOME & GARDENRight on your doorstep

A garden for all seasonsWhether you are seeking quiet contemplation, inspiration for your own garden, colour and texture to photograph, a place to paint, cuttings to plant, or second hand garden tools, they can all be found at Winderwath Gardens.

In late-March we saw our first butterflies and bluebell of the season at Winderwath!

The name Winderwath is also a clue to the location of this ‘secret’ place. It means the ‘winding ford’ and is very close to the River Eden. The oldest part of Winderwath House, which is a Grade 2 listed building, is thought to be 16th century and in its earliest form, as a hall-house, was owned originally by the Clifford family.

The house was altered on several occasions and it was in the mid-late 19th century that the formal gardens started to take shape. More recently, these were planted and pruned to perfection by Barbara Pollock who, in 1947, bought Winderwath with her husband, David, who was a keen forester.

Their daughter, Jane, would hide amongst the yew trees when sent to weed the garden! Now, after travelling, particularly in Australia and New Zealand, and for many years running an antique shop in Castlegate in Penrith, the grounds are cared for by Jane and gardener Ron Davis - who share an interest in Alpine, New Zealand and Himalayan plants.

There is something for every season. Countless bulbs and Hellebores emerge in early spring before the growing season takes hold, and a huge collection of Salvias provide stunning late

colour. The gardens showcases a range of carefully considered habitats and microclimates in which certain plants flourish; and bogbeds, rockeries, dry beds and herbaceous borders have all been renovated. For fruit and vegetable lovers, the walled garden is an area of particular interest along with an apple orchard and soft fruit cages.

Although there isn’t a tea shop at Winderwath, it is only a few minutes drive to Mrs Miller's Tearoom at Hazel Dene Garden Centre at Culgaith, and to Acorn Bank, where the house, gardens and a tea shop are run by the National Trust.

If you are budding with ideas, full of the joys of spring, or just want a day out amidst fresh air and colour, there are plenty of reasons to discover Winderwath Gardens. Only five miles from Penrith, turn left on the by-pass for Temple

Sowerby and Culgaith, and then left at the T-junction. Winderwath is signposted and only a stone’s through from the old A66, down a secluded drive. The gardens are the surprise at the end!

Pinching myself every day

BY: HEATHER BIRKETT GARDENER AT ACORN BANK

I am very fortunate to be the person who looks after a beautiful Herb Garden in the heart of the Eden valley.

Acorn Bank boasts a garden to trap your soul, set amongst rich woodland, an industrial heritage landscape including a working watermill, and a beautiful house built on a 12th century Knights Templar site.

Within the walls nestles a fully enclosed Herb Garden. It was laid out in 1969, mainly with medicinal herbs, plus some for strewing, dyeing and cooking. It is now the largest herb collection in the National Trust and probably NW England, with 239 herbs (and growing!).

In addition to week-to-week maintenance, I look at how we can convey the myriad stories the plants hold, their cultural history and traditional uses. Having planted the kernel of a project, this grew and in February the RHS and the NT awarded me a bursary to enable me to visit a minimum of 22 Herb Gardens around the UK (no, it’s not a dream!). My primary purpose is to gather information about Herb Gardens by looking at location, species, varieties, climate and soil. Also, why each garden exists, whether the herbs are used, ‘atmosphere’ and, if open to the public, how the plants’ stories are interpreted for visitors and how the space is used by the community.

I would love to take you all with me on my travels, but I don’t think you’ll all fit in my car! The next best thing is to follow my Facebook page and see what I see at @NTacornbank and @HerbGardensUK.

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FARMINGLinks to the land

I have a full day booked. A mix of fertility visits (dairy and beef), as

well as some castrating. Plus whatever else may come in. Please bring clean welly boots, proper water-proofs that you don't mind getting covered in dirt and, more importantly, disinfectant!”

Whilst this is not the most glamorous invitation I have received, it is certainly one of the more intriguing. I just hoped Ben Dustan was talking about farm animals and not me, when it came to castration! I duly disinfected my wellies and turned up ready to wrestle cows. In the event, I was an interested by-stander, privileged to see how modern methods are applied to traditional problems.

At the first farm we visited, Ben examined cattle to see if they were pregnant, and used the same ultrasound technology with which expectant mothers are familiar. Only, in the case of cows the probe is pushed an arm’s length up the ‘backside’ and a headset is worn that turned Ben into something akin to ‘Robocop’. As he moved the probe he could see on screen the foetus developing in a pregnant cow and even see its heart beating. In this way he identified heifers and cows that had failed to become pregnant and those that were expecting

calves, including in one instance twins. 20 years ago this would have been done less accurately by feel.

Having also discussed problems associated with water from a borehole and a new system of treating and minimising mastitis in cows, whilst limiting the use of antibiotics, we moved on to a beef and sheep farm, where a cow was showing signs of blood in its urine. Ben became the equivalent of a GP and took the animal’s temperature, listened through a stethoscope to its heart and the sound of it ruminating, and prescribed treatment. Usually, GPs can ask how a patient feels and where it hurts, whereas vets do not enjoy this ‘luxury’.

After each visit we decontaminated ourselves and Ben monitored phone calls to respond to contacts from farmers - from wanting copies of documents and ordering medicines, to needing visits to inspect

animals. He does not charge for being called out, only for the time and materials used to provide treatment. In this way, clients are more likely to call him early, which can help to pre-empt problems.

A farmer took me to one side to compliment Ben for being thorough and knowledgeable and, most importantly, for being a good communicator. I found his ability to translate science into layman’s language a great asset and this, combined with his enthusiasm for his subject, clearly warmed farmers to the way in which he works.

Assisted by the proximity of Shap to the M6, Ben covers a wide area, from Plumpton in the north to Grayrigg in the south; and he has reached the point where an additional part-time qualified vet is needed. Had I been 30 years younger, and a vet, I would have volunteered. This is an exciting time to join Tarn Farm Vets as the practice expands, with the opportunity

to work alongside an RCVS Advanced Veterinary Practitioner in Cattle Health and Production.

Ben worked within the team that uncovered the first natural case of BSE in goats and is now Secretary of the Goat Veterinary Society, a specialist division of the British Veterinary Association. His knowledge of goats explains why he treated ‘Lance Corporal’ William (Billy), the goat mascot of the Royal Welsh Regiment whilst in a previous role. He has also cared for wallabies and red squirrels, and carried out a post mortem on an acarpi. Age 34, Ben Dustan already has a colourful CV!

As we were leaving a farm, Ben’s phone rang with the theme music from ‘All Creatures Great and Small’. “It’s sad,” remarked Ben, “that many of our veterinary students no longer recognise the tune.” This is, perhaps, indicative that another generation of vets is coming

Ben Dustan of Tarn Farm VetsA DAY IN THE LIFE OF

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through training. Although they are far removed from the days when James Herriot commented: “If you decide to become a veterinary surgeon you will never grow rich, but you will have a life of endless interest and variety,” his remark is as true now as it was in the middle of the last century.

Ben, who trained at Liverpool University, ‘took the bull by the horns’ nearly three years ago to set up his one-man practice. His first customer was a beef and sheep farmer who longed to be a dairy farmer. Just one month into his new practice, Ben helped as the first 24 cattle arrived. The herd has now expanded to 220 milkers and 500 cattle overall. “Running a small veterinary practice is not a backwards step,” said Ben. “I have experienced life in large corporate-like practices, where often it is less easy to establish a close relationship with clients. What matters is clear consistent communication and a knowledge of how each farm functions. These are key to providing a high quality personal and modern service, alongside traditional service values.”

Fortunately, Ben’s programme for the day changed and I was saved the prospect of castration! In occasional quiet moments, he dabbles in fly fishing and even takes the plunge to enjoy wild swimming. Penrith Today will also take up some of his time. From next month, Ben will contribute a regular column to the magazine.

Victory at Bunkers Hill More than 400 people attended the fourth Northern Farmer awards at Pavilions of Harrogate, the Great Yorkshire Showground. The event was hosted by former Look North presenter Wendy Gibson, a farmer’s daughter from County Durham.

John Aynsley, farm manager of the Skelton estate, near Guisborough was named 2017 Northern Farmer of the year. Much closer to home,

however, Mike Walsh from Bunkers Hill Dairy near Greystoke, won Dairy Farmer of the Year!

Mike said: “Bunkers Hill had been shortlisted in the top three for Dairy Farmer of the Year. I can't begin to tell you how overwhelmed I felt last night when they announced the winner. The room suddenly became hot as I made my way to the stage to be greeted by Wendy Gibson. It was awesome. An electric evening to come home with the trophy and certification!”

Well done to Mike and his family, whose farm between

Penrith and Greystoke, named after the Battle of Bunkers Hill, is a ‘follie’ that looks like an 18th century fort. There you will find 'Udderly Good' milk, Mike’s raw milk vending enterprise, where milk is sold direct from the farm to the public.

The Westmorland Family, which employs 1,000 people and welcomes 10 million visitors every year, has partnered with a Cumbrian family farm to find a single source of farm assured milk, available at Tebay Services Hotel, Junction 38 and the Rheged Centre.

86 dairy farms went out of business in Cumbria last year and many more small scale upland dairy farms are at risk of closure. Celebrated for working closely with local producers, the Westmorland Family began as farmers and now sell produce from over 130 local companies.

Head of Kitchen Offer, Mary Houston, said: “We’ve

long wanted to work directly with a single family farm to source our milk, as we’re aware of the impact which secure contracts have on a farm’s future. Working with a local farm and a local dairy is a great way to do our bit to maintain the sustainability of Cumbrian dairy farms. Farming is a challenge during the best of times and having a stable and reliable local market

for milk is crucial for farmers.” The farming family

producing the milk are the Harringtons, who have farmed at Mounsey Bank Farm near Plumpton for three generations. Their 130 pedigree Friesians graze outdoors and are milked only enough to extract a rich and creamy product, perfect for tea, coffee and baking and for sale in bottles.

Phil Harrington said: “Working with the Westmorland Family is all about the future for us. Dairy farmers across the UK face volatile dairy markets and this collaboration means real security for our farm. It will help us to invest in our farm our cows and our future.”

Mounsey Bank milk for the Westmorland Family

Lake District seeks to hire 'farming officers' to boost rural economy The Lake District National Park Authority and National Trust are seeking to recruit

'Farming Officers' to work with farmers and farming communities across the area.

Their mission is to help develop and deliver practical projects with farmers. To strengthen relationships with the farming community

so that the farming community has a voice in decision-making and to support and sustain historic hill farms. "Farming plays a special role in the Lake District, its identity and cultural heritage," said the National Trust. "A

rugged landscape from which to carve a living, a potential World Heritage Site in 2017 and the prospect of the UK leaving the EU in 2019. There are challenges and opportunities for farming to help shape the future of the Lake District."

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ENVIRONMENTWildlife and nature

Landscape charity Friends of the Lake District and Natural England have created a joint scheme enabling organisations, schools and groups to create new and innovative opportunities for people and communities to get outside, discover and enjoy something new about the landscape and the natural environment.

If you’re organising an event and activity for local people or visitors this year, it may qualify for a ‘Discover Cumbria’ grant of up to £500.

Grants will be awarded to activities or events that encourage access to the countryside or make a positive contribution to health and wellbeing. Activities can be for local people or visitors, but funders are particularly interested in those aimed at young people, older people, the less abled or others who may not normally go out

and enjoy the landscape and wildlife that Cumbria has to offer .

Jan Darrall, Policy Officer at Friends of the Lake District said: “We fund a diverse range of activities through the Discover Cumbria scheme. We’re looking for innovative ideas that provide support for people and communities to get outside, discover and enjoy something new about the natural environment. We’re really interested in events that focus on landscape, flora and

fauna and land management or those celebrating local events or Cumbria’s fantastic cultural heritage."

Events must be free to attend and can run anytime until December 2017. Grant money is available, but limited, so funding is being offered on a rolling basis. Events must be new or have a funding gap and won’t be funded retrospectively. Information and an application form are available on FLD’s website at friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk

Scheme funds access to the countryside for everyone

Lake District by Night exhibition at Moot Hall in Keswick supported with funding from the ‘Discover Cumbria’ grant scheme. Image of Derwentwater and Catbells.

Training to spot benchesNext time you travel by train to London, take a break outside Euston Station and enjoy a bit of Cumbria.

There, you will find four very solid seats - Time Benches - that represent different geological periods. They were made originally for the Gateshead Garden Festival in 1990 by sculptor Paul de Monchaux.

Two of the benches are ‘local’. One is carved from Cumbrian sandstone and another from green slate from Elterwater. In geological order, they are:• Portland limestone (‘roach’)

containing fossils (approx. 150 million years old)

• Cumbrian sandstone (approx. 250 million years old)

• Dartmoor granite from Merrivale (approx. 280 million years old)

• Green slate from Elterwater (approx. 450 million years old)


ENVIRONMENTWildlife and nature

BY: STEVE DOWSONNATIONAL TRUST RANGER

Roaming with the Ranger

"I never saw daffodils so beautiful" This year if you visit Aira Force you will find the Dorothy Gate on the grassy area in front of the café.

Over the last year Friends of the Ullswater Way has worked with local artists and craftspeople to create a series of installations along the Ullswater Way. Each celebrates an aspect of the valley’s heritage and each is in harmony with the natural surroundings.

The Dorothy Gate is how a traditional gate would have looked. It celebrates Dorothy Wordsworth’s journal entry from April 1802 in which she described the beautiful daffodils she saw in the woods just beyond Gowbarrow while traveling back to Grasmere from Pooley Bridge.

Dorothy’s words, “I never saw daffodils so beautiful”, are inscribed on one of the ash poles and are thought to have inspired William to write his famous poem about daffodils.

The gate was kindly funded by the Wordsworth Trust and Ullswater Steamers and the old gate stoops were given by the Lightburn family at Watermillock. If you want to find out more information about the Ullswater Way and the heritage trail visit their web site. www.ullswaterway.co.uk

?cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk or call 01539 816300.

BY: JODY FERGUSONCUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST

This is the perfect time to look for new arrivals and returning visitors, as life reawakens at the nature reserve.

The orange-tip butterfly is among the first to emerge from its chrysalis in April. The male’s bright orange wing tips make them easy to identify. The female, with her black wing tips, is trickier and can be confused with the small white butterfly. Look for a mottled green pattern on the underside of the wing to confirm its identity. Their food plant, lady’s-smock, is also known as the cuckoo flower, as the plant and the bird tend to arrive at the same time of year.

Cuckoos migrate from Africa. In flight they can be mistaken for a bird of prey, but there is no confusing their distinctive call that, for many people, marks the start of spring. They are infamous for laying their eggs in the nests of other birds, often those of meadow pipits, and leaving them to rear the chicks. Despite this they

are a serious conservation concern, as numbers have declined dramatically in the UK. If you see or hear a cuckoo at Eycott Hill Nature Reserve please let us know on Facebook or Twitter using #EycottHill.

Cuckoos are not the only summer visitor from Africa. A small bird, the wheatear, also makes the long journey, arriving in March to breed. They are among a number of birds, including meadow pipits and skylarks, that nest on the ground.

Luing cattle, which graze on Eycott Hill and create an excellent habitat

for ground nesting birds and other wildlife, are also expecting. Their calves are due to arrive in May and will spend the summer on with their mothers.

Ground nesting birds, grazing animals and other wildlife are vulnerable to disturbance and so please remember that dogs must be kept on a lead while visiting the nature reserve.

The life and times of Eycott Hill

CUCKOO - AMY LEWIS

Mardale mountain meadowA project to restore native alpine plants on fells around Haweswater, many of which are remnants of the flora that flourished after the last Ice Age, was launched last month.

Representatives from RSPB, United Utilities, the Alpine Garden Society and Natural England, along with a team of volunteers, planted 400 eared willow and juniper at Mardale Head, to mark the start of

a scheme to rejuvenate this upland site.

The land surrounding Haweswater, which is owned by United Utilities and partly managed by the RSPB, is home to oak woodland, ancient juniper scrub, bogs and upland hay meadows as well as rocky cliffs that host alpine plants. Birds such as ring ouzels and peregrines can be spotted at the site as well as red squirrels and rare mountain ringlet butterflies. However, native mountain plant communities have declined due to years of grazing by sheep and deer.

Now, thanks to funding

from the Alpine Garden Society, the project aims to bring these plants back from the brink. John Gorst, Catchment Partnership Officer from United Utilities said: “United Utilities has been working hard to restore our upland catchment land for well over a decade. This project stands to have a positive impact on the ‘raw’ water which flows off the land into our reservoir, as well as promoting biodiversity. We are looking forward to seeing a resurgence in native plants around Haweswater, which last flourished after the Ice Age. It’s an exciting prospect.”

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LITERATUREA write good read

“The golden eagle is one of the most iconic of British birds and has all the attributes likely to engender fascination, dedication and obsession in birdwatchers. It is large in size, rare in status, peerless in flight, occupies remote locations, and is controversial, secretive and seen to be a top predator.”

These opening words, in a new book by local author Dave Walker, sum up everything that is attractive and intriguing about a bird that has been seen by only a minority of the population, but stands head and shoulders above most birds in our imaginations. This, also, is a weakness. Perhaps too much about golden eagles is taken for granted and has not been questioned sufficiently. Certainly, this is Mr Walker’s premise, who says: “What is seen in the field does not necessarily match what is thought to be known about golden eagles, and that is thought to be known is not necessarily supported by robust or detailed evidence.”

The distinction between a field guide and fieldworker’s guide is important. This book does not lend itself to being popped in the pocket of a Barbour jacket as a handy reference. It does, however, merit a detailed read before undertaking field observations and covers just about every aspect of the life and ecology of the golden eagle: disturbance, habitats, territories, hierarchy, food, breeding, month-by-month activity and much more. I doubt if there a better insight into Aquila chrysaetos.

Although the book refers briefly to the presence of one surviving golden eagle in the Lake District, sadly this male bird, the last example in England, was reported ‘missing’ in spring 2016 and has not been seen since.

If you have have a particular interest in Britain’s top raptor, Dave Walker’s book is a must. It will also be of wider interest to ornithologists and people interested in Britain’s wild places. Clutching your copy, head for Dumfriesshire or Scotland’s rugged west coast. A couple of years ago, on a trip to Knoydart, I saw seven golden eagles, plus seals, otters and a pine marten. I thought I was in a naturalist's heaven. Arm yourself with binoculars or spotter scope, and get the best out of bird watching. There is much more than meets the eye when seeking to understand this magnificent, but vulnerable species.

A Fieldworker’s Guide to the Golden EagleBy Dave WalkerWhittle PublishingISBN: 978-1-84995-224-8

RRP £19.99

Woolly thinker

On holidays in the 1960s at my grandparents’ house in Townhead, Penrith, I would sit on the landing, overlooking the Grey Bull pub, to read a thick tome, ‘The Handy Boy’s Book’, that lived in a glass-fronted bookcase.

I could but wonder at the range of things boys of an earlier generation seemed capable of doing.

The book contained projects that were a far cry from my own interest in Airfix plastic kits and trying to circumnavigate the exterior of my grandparents’ house without touching the ground. Some chapters I quickly ignored, appalled at collecting birds’ eggs or that butterflies and moths should be killed and displayed. Other chapters were far more intriguing. Top of my list was ‘Chapter 34 - Submarines’, which described how to make a model working torpedo! “There will be a mild explosion and plenty of smoke”. Only the seemingly insurmountable problem of acquiring sulphuric acid and chlorate of potash

(I could manage the sugar) prevented me from giving this a go!

Other chapters describe how to make a simple electric telephone, mend toys, care for pets, develop photographs and make a high-speed condenser influencer machine. Looking back, nearly 100 years since the book was published, the underlying theme is that boys were probably more ‘hands on’ and less distracted by gadgets that had still to be invented. Now, children can access an almost infinite amount of data and communicate across the globe at the touch of a few buttons; have friendship circles without geographical boundaries; and take for granted affordable flights to far flung destinations.

Being better informed is one thing, being ‘handy’ with that knowledge is another. Given a choice between being a boy in the 1920s or in the 2010s, I am sure most would opt for the latter. Whilst both decades represent periods of considerable uncertainty they are, in many ways, light years apart. One followed the First World War as a decade dogged with strikes, economic contraction and hunger marches. Today’s youngsters face the uncertainty of Brexit, global warming and mass migration. Despite this we enjoy longer life expectancy, better education and greater social and economic prospects. If there is still such a person as a ‘handy boy’, I hope he is not wasting his time collecting lorry numbers in Scotland Road, as I once did!

Today’s word of the month: NUANCEDSuddenly, academics, reporters, politicians and anyone else with a media presence appears to be adopting a more ‘nuanced’ approach to anything and everything.

This, of course, is laughable. Nothing has changed, except that by using ‘nuanced’ the speaker is demonstrating that

he or she is expressing a more subtle shade of meaning or expression - that they have a more intimate grasp of their subject. Sadly, in most cases, this is not the case. It is just another example of the rise and fall of words. Just like the inflexion that has crept into the end of sentences - like!


LITERATUREA write good read

"Nothing could have been lovelier... than the vision of Raineland Lodge presented to her by imagination and memory."

The ruins of an ancient priory, plus people and and church silver hidden during the English Civil War, are interwoven in Raineland's long story. Joy Fleetwood returns to her old family home in NW

England, near the Scottish border, hoping it can provide refuge and restore a way of life she knew before her days as a nurse and missionary. Perhaps she can rediscover her weakened faith and renew her love for Tim Wenlock whom she has known from childhood?

But family tragedy played its part during her absence. The deaths of her uncle in Africa and of her brother have affected her mother and grandfather who safeguard her little nephew at the old home. Secrets and personal feelings it seems, refuse to be left untouched as the story unfolds. Tim has married in her absence, but this does not deter Joy, despite her Christian faith, from pursuing him as if circumstances had not changed.

If you are a reader who enjoys a page-turner with pace and action, Raineland is probably not for you. At

576 pages, it is a long and thoroughly written book in which the characters’ speech and feelings are expressed at length. Despite this, the storyline draws the reader forward, to see if second chances really do work.

Raineland is Paul Westmoreland’s debut novel. He says: “I hope my readers will find the narrative and interplay between the characters to be dramatic and worth pursuing, I hope they will find something of interest in the way themes and ideas have been developed. I have tried to write a novel with the strengths to draw readers back again, which will still be admired in years to come.”

Paul, who was born and raised in Nottingham, taught in Buckinghamshire, Leeds and Carlisle before moving to Penrith, where he now lives.

Cicerone’s latest guide to 40 of the best trail, fell and skyrunning routes in the Lake District, was hot off the press last week - in time for longer, brighter days on the fells.

Although seasoned fell runners might prefer to create their own routes

and challenges, this well illustrated book, with excellent Ordnance Survey maps and advice, is a good source of information, particularly for those new to the area or to the sport of fell running. Kingsley was motivated to write the guide in response to seeing many visiting runners on the same low fells. He wanted to encourage them to explore more of the National Park, help them to be sensitive to the upland environment, promote use of public transport and support the local economy.

In the words of one local enthusiast: “This book looks good, is nicely formatted and contains the information needed by runners. Someone has thought out what works well, which is useful when you want inspiration.”

There is a wide choice of trails, each graded according to the severity of

the terrain. These include classic fell racing routes, such as the Borrowdale, Sailbeck, Langdale and Three Shires races; well-known peaks including the Helvellyn skyline and Scafell Pike direct; and a selection of lesser known circuits into areas barely frequented by tourists.

Each route has been carefully graded to indicate the style of running terrain, from wide trails, to single track, to suit experience and aspirations. In addition to the technical grade, distance, height gain/ loss, and timings are provided. 1:50,000-scale maps have been enlarged to 1:40,000 for and there are comprehensive introductions to the history of fell running, adapting running styles to the fells and safety. It’s worth running to your local bookshop for a copy!

Each month we give readers the opportunity to tackle our ‘Where in Cumbria’ quiz. The names of two lucky winners will be plucked from a hat, to receive a book of their choice from a vast range of outdoor titles offered by Cicerone Press, a Cumbrian publisher with a worldwide reach.Cicerone has a strong reputation as a leading publisher of pocket-size, well-illustrated guides to exploring the hills, mountains and countryside of Britain, Europe and the world. It has a range of almost 350 guidebooks - walking, trekking, cycling and mountain biking - and adds about 30 new guides and fully updated editions each year.

The first two correct entries drawn will win a Cicerone guide of their choice. To enter look for the competition entry form at: www.penrith-today.co.uk

Where in Cumbria is this?

n A famous writer claimed that an over-fond nurse kidnapped him and brought him here for three years in his infancy.

n Names like Sugar Tongue and Lime Tongue evoke its past.

n Strong links with Lowther.

For a list of Cicerone’s guides, visit www.cicerone.co.uk

Trail and Fell Running in the Lake DistrictBy Kingsley JonesPublisher: CiceroneISBN: 9781852848804

RRP £14.95

RainelandBy Paul WestmorelandAustin McCauley PublishersISBN: 978-1786122803

RRP £14.99

This competition is open to all UK residents, excluding Penrith Today employees and their agents, families or anyone connected professionally with the promotion. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older. Only one entry per person allowed. There are no alternative prizes or cash alternatives to the prizes stated. The winner may be requested to take part in publicity. All participants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by these terms and conditions.

Closing date: 25 May 2017

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COMMUNITYClub, Church and Society news

I visited Beaconside School on an ordinary day, perfect for the

weather, views of the Lakeland fells and an insight into a school with delightful pupils, highly dedicated staff and exceptional facilities.

As I arrived, playgrounds echoed with the sounds of exuberant play. By the time I toured the Tardis-like facilities, pupils were working purposefully across a wide range of activities. The Reception class were looking at books and constructing models, Year 5 strummed ukuleles and told me that a camel without humps is a horse (they had been listening to Mendelssohn until disturbed by me), and Year 6 were being instructed in hockey by specialist visiting teacher. I was soon lost in a maze of spacious rooms and intimate spaces where 442 children, including the ‘tots’ in Acorn Nursery, were a quiet contrast with playground fun. That is except for Year 4, who had been ‘evacuated’ to Hawes End next to Derwentwater, as part of a residential experience with a World War 2 theme.

Despite being a ‘new boy’, having started in September,

Headteacher Mr Nick Page displayed a confident knowledge of children’s names and backgrounds - I am convinced that teachers must have photographic memories! He is full of enthusiasm about his new role and the progress Beaconside School is making and I was pleased to see that, along with Nick, there are several other male role models - often in short supply in primary schools. Mr David Ivinson, apart from teaching Year 5 and being Sports Co-ordinator, is also an ‘old boy’ of the school and has three children of his own who attend. This commitment reinforced Nick’s view that Beaconside is a big school with a family feel.

Speaking of long associations with the school, the ‘lollypop lady’, Mrs Winnie Radcliffe, ‘took the biscuit’ - having been a dinner lady for 40 years. Winnie started in this role at the Boys’ National School in Benson Row and, when this closed, moved to Beaconside. The infant school opened in 1971, followed by the Junior school in 1979. The two combined eight years ago and Beaconside will soon be able to celebrate 40 years!

Nick Page was keen to point out that the potential of the school, which under his predecessor, Tim Glendinning, was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. “We now want to build on this and our strengths as a school to show parents and the local community the type of school we are. We want parents to choose our school because of the fantastic things we do and the care we provide. There is a great quality of choice in and around Penrith. I would urge parents to visit schools, including Beaconside, to see them at first hand and not to rely on hearsay. At Beaconside we are looking to the future and capitalising on our fantastic facilities, dedicated teachers and the range of opportunities which, as a large school, we are able to offer.”

I was privileged to meet the incoming and outgoing head boys and head girls, all four of whom were a credit to the school. Typically, two thirds of the 60 or so Year 6 pupils will go on to Ullswater Community College and one third to Queen Elizabeth Grammar School.

The facilities that I saw are certainly worth shouting about. How many primary schools, even independent schools, have a kiln and offer

pottery, a dedicated sports hall in addition to a multi-function dining room, a sensory room for special needs pupils and a music department with a specialist teacher? The school is supported by a dynamic Parent-Teacher Association, presently working hard to raise funds for a minibus.

Squeezing my visit into a few hundred words is not easy. I could have commented on Year 6 having a residential trip to Edinburgh, the role of the Church of England guiding rather than directing the ethos of the school, the quality of the meals (the team of eight, led by Mrs Maureen Kerr, were busy producing a good looking roast) and children opening doors for me. Beaconside is in good hands and its motto - ‘learning to live, learning to shine’ - is spot on!

A school that is a shining beacon


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Off the ShelfRory Stewart MP - a long-time supporter of Eden FM and of community radio stations - has visited Penrith-based community radio Eden FM at its premises at Mostyn Hall.

As Rory met and chatted with presenters at Eden FM he pledged to support their

application for a full-time licence and search for a suitable transmission site. Lee Quinn, Eden FM's founder, said: "It's always great to see Rory at Eden FM as he is so positive in his approach to better communication in the community and very appreciative of the team's

commitment at the station." Eden FM broadcasts on 107.5fm.

Eden FM supported by Rory Stewart MP

You are invited to join a Memorial Walk around Buttermere on Sunday 23 April to raise funds for the charity that provides bereavement support for people in Cumbria.

Cruse Bereavement Care is run entirely by volunteers and depends on fundraising to support over 500 people across the county each year. This costs around £30,000pa, spent primarily on providing volunteers with training and supervision, administration and travel expenses. The walk round

the lake is just over 4.5 miles and is suitable for anyone who is reasonably fit. The organisers hope that it will be supported by a large number of people of all ages who would like to spend a little time in the stunning surroundings of Buttermere thinking of loved ones who are no longer with us.

Registration for the walk is £10. There is no charge for young people and children under 16, but they must be accompanied by an adult. The names of loved ones will be read out in a simple ceremony at the beginning of the walk.

Anyone interested in taking part and/or supporting the Memorial Walk is encouraged to look at the Cruse Bereavement Care Cumbria website which provides full information about the walk and advice about how to fundraise: www.cruisecumbria.org.uk

Cruse Cumbria - Memorial Walk around Buttermere

Be part of the Freegle groupFreegle is a great way to get involved in a group that helps the local community and environment. We need volunteers to assist with the daily task of running the online group. This can be done by anyone, at home or on the move.

Most of the time everything happens automatically, but it's good if someone on the moderating team can check messages 3-4 times a day. All you need is a laptop, smartphone or tablet. There are a few

simple rules that everyone has to follow, such as keeping everything free. Every now and then, you'll have to step in and help people get started or remind people to be nice with each other. We operate as two teams of two volunteers, with each team on duty for a week – but we all chip in to help if need be.

There are other ways to help, such as giving out business cards or leaflets and helping to run Give and Take events. If you have some spare time to assist, please ring Chris on 01931 713240 or email [email protected].

Bath, book and bed campaignEvents linked to this national campaign.20 April Stretch and sing baby yoga 10.30-11.30am26 April Baby massage, two sessions 10.00-10.45am & 11.15am-Noon27 April Baby sensory 11.00-11.30amPlaces limited, please book.

Nappies! 25 and 27 April. Judith Bradshaw, Waste Prevention Officer, talks about the advantages of using real nappies.

May is local history monthA series of free short Tuesday talks, all starting at 2.00pm. Please book.2 May ‘Penrith’s Blackadder’:Gerard Lowther and the ‘Two Lions’9 May ‘From KT to NT’: Acorn Bank from the Knights Templar to the National Trust.16 May ‘Wicked Jimmy’: James Lowther 1st Earl of Lonsdale23 May ‘One of the greatest of chemists’ John Dalton of Cumberland

Richard Preston: First World War 10 May at 2.00pm What happened to injured soldiers in Cumbria? Tickets are £1.00 to include refreshments

Lost Penrith 24 May at 6.30pm

Cumbria Film Archive presents newly restored film to transport you back in time to Penrith decades ago. Tickets £3.50, includes refreshments. Book early, tickets limited.

Historical Newspapers Cumbria Libraries subscribe to the British Library newspaper archives to offer library members free access to over 300 years of newspapers and news pamphlets. This online resource offers full runs of national, regional and local 19th century British newspapers, www.cumbria.gov.uk

Dementia awareness week (from 15 May)17 May Penrith Library offers dementia friend training, suitable for all.

Cancer prevention monthThe Macmillan Cancer Information area has books to borrow and free booklets.

Sweet treat from the West EndPupils at Razzamataz Theatre School in Penrith were delighted to welcome Razz graduate Peter Reid for a very special masterclass, inspired by his time in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, the musical in London's West End.

Originally from Cumbria, Peter attended Razzamataz in Whitehaven and went on to graduate from Phil Winston's Theatreworks in Blackpool. Razzamataz creates ‘triple threat performers’ so that students become skilled in dance, drama and singing. To enquire about joining Razzamataz Penrith or to book a free taster session please contact Lauren Kirkbride on [email protected] or 078790 22521.

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ONGOINGOn-going (Saturdays) “Penrith Parkrun”. Free weekly 5km timed run. All ages and abilities. Frenchfield Sports Centre. 9.00am. Register online before first attending. www.parkrun.comOn-going (3rd Tuesday of month) Friends of Penrith Mountain Rescue Team meet at Dockray Hall in Great Dockray , Penrith. www.penrithmrt.org.ukOn-going (every Sunday) Keswick Film Club. You do not need to join to come to a film. 4.00pm (members) or 5.00pm (non-members). Alhambra Cinema, Keswick. www.keswickfilmclub.orgOn-going (1st Sat of month) Alston Community Market. Town Hall. 20 stalls with handmade gifts, decorated glass, jewellery, and cakes.On-Going (3rd Thurs of month, Apr-Oct). Needle-made lace demonstrations throughout the day in Ruskin’s Drawing Room at Brantwood, Coniston. On-going (3rd Friday of month). North Cumbria Rock Garden Group meets at 7.30pm, Evergreen Hall, Bluebell Lane, Penrith.On-going (Mons & Weds). New members welcome. Penrith Lawn Tennis Club, Winters Park, 07538 960781 www.penrithtennisclub.co.ukUntil 23rd April An exhibition that challenges perceptions of quilt making, revealing a strong and vibrant contemporary craft form. Open daily 10.00am-5.00pm. Rheged. £2 entry.

Until 30th April Daff Fest. A series of events around the Ullswater valley, delighting in daffodils. www.ullswater-daffodil.comUntil 1st September. Savage Arena: The Legend of Joe Tasker. The legacy of a pioneering mountaineer is celebrated at Keswick Museum & Art Gallery. Until 3rd Sep. The Word-Hoard: Love letters to our land. A celebration of the natural world and evocative language, curated by author Robert Macfarlane. Daily (except Fri), 11am-4pm. Wordsworth House and Garden, CockermouthUntil 28th October. Fun on the Fells. An exhibition that traces the story of walking and climbing with a focus on the Lake District. Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry www.lakelandmuseum.org.uk.

APRIL19th Guided walk at Eycott Hill. 19th: 1.30-3.30pm. Learn about wildlife, geology. Free. Sturdy wellingtons, uneven ground. Booking required. 01539 816300.19th-22nd The Graduate. Adapted for the stage by Terry Johnson. Penrith Players. Tickets from Penrith TIC 01768 86746620th Conservation work party at Eycott Hill Nature Reserve. Cumbria Wildlife Trust. 10.00am-3.30pm. Free. Book 01539 816300.20th Professor of Adventure. A one-man performance dedicated to Lake District legend Millican Dalton staged deep inside Honister Slate Mine, marks his 150th birthday. 6.00pm. £20.00. 017687 77230.20th Derwent Island House Open Day. Paddle a canoe to enjoy a guided tour of the National Trust’s Georgian house and gardens. 10.15am – 2.30pm. Adult £14.25, child £4, family £28.50 plus 5% booking fee. 0344 249 1895.21st 'Kazakhstan and the Tien Shan’. A talk by David Victor organised by North Cumbria Rock Garden Group. 7.30pm Evergreen Hall, Penrith.22nd Poetry concert (with live cello music and more!), with 'New Eden Poets'. Light finger buffet and bar. All donations to

'Practical Action', supporting small-scale self-help projects around the world. 7.00-10.00pm. The Old Fire Station, Penrith.

22nd Lifeboats coffee morning. Raffle, hamper and RNLI ‘goodies’. 10.00am-Noon. Evergreen Hall, Bluebell Lane, Penrith. Entry by donation.

22nd Sound Advice - Cumbria Coffee Morning. 10.00am-Noon. Entry £2 Includes refreshments. St Andrew’s Coffee Shop, Penrith Parish Centre, St Andrew’s Churchyard, Penrith.

22nd The Jar Family. Doors open: 7.15pm (over 18s only). The Globe Hall, Ireby CA7 1DX

23rd Memorial walk around Buttermere in support of Cruse Cumbria. Dedicated to past loved ones. A time to reflect, talk and walk with others who have experienced loss; and to support this bereavement charity. 4.7 miles. www.crusecumbria.org.uk/memorialwalk

23rd London Klezimer Quartet. Skirwith Village Hall, CA10 1RL. 7.30pm. 01768 88234. highlightsnorth.co.uk

24th Annual Town Meeting of Penrith. A public update on what is happening in Penrith and the work of Penrith Town Council. 6-7.30pm, Room 2, Parish Centre, St Andrew’s Place. 25th A passionate observer. Talk about Dorothy Wordsworth by Jeff Cowton MBE. 7.30pm. Refreshments. £5pp. Book 01900 824805. Wordsworth House and Garden, Cockermouth CA13 9RX26th Conservation work party at Eycott Hill Nature Reserve. Cumbria Wildlife Trust. 10.00am-3.30pm. Free. Book 01539 816300.26th-27th Eden Singers Spring Concert. 7.30pm. Penrith Methodist Church, Wordsworth Street. Tickets £5 from Style Line Hairdressers, Tourist Information and Lion Gallery or on the door. www.edensingers.org28th Images from a Warming Planet. Royal Geographical Society lecture by Ashley Cooper. An epic 12-year visual journey to document the impacts of climate change around the world. The Box, Kendal LA9 6EL. 7.00pm drinks for 7.30pm start. RGS members free, others £5 on entry. 017687 7960129th The Odyssey (Greek stuff). Bolton Memorial Hall, CA16 6AL. 7.30pm. 017683 62862. www.highlightsnorth.co.uk29th-30th Printfest. This renowned event returns after a year out, with a larger guest list and more awards for its artists. The UK’s foremost artist-led print festival. Coronation Hall, Ulverston. www.printfest.uk29th-11th June Exchanging Views: Art from China – Ingrid Christie & Fu Zi. After a residency in his Beijing studio, Ingrid Christie presents her own work alongside Fu Zi’s Chinese landscapes. Brantwood. 29th- 2nd July Being Human at Base Camp. Cumbrian artist Derek Eland was the first artist in residence at Everest Base Camp. 10.00am-5.00pm. Rheged nr Penrith. Free. 30th Keswick Half Marathon. Scenic route around Derwentwater. Registration/changing at Keswick Rugby Club from 09.00-11.00am. www.keswickhalfmarathon.co.uk30th Montreal Guitar Trio. Wreay Village Hall, 7.30pm. 01697475309. www.highlightsnorth.co.uk

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MAY5th-7th Wartime Weekend at Brougham Hall. Period military vehicle displays, refreshments, music. 5th-7th Lake District triathlon. Test your skills, stamina and mental strength, and raise money for charity. www.themix.org.uk6th Keswick to Barrow Walk6th Plant Sale, Cafe and Stalls in aid of St. Andrew's Church, Greystoke. Tomato and young vegetable plants, seedlings, potted perennials and home produce for sale. Refreshments and lunch-time home-made soup. 10.00am to 3.00pm, Greystoke Village Hall. [email protected] Force Crag Mine Open Day. By foot, bike or National Trust 4x4. Guided tour of above-ground processing mill and associated remains. Booking advisable. 10.30am - 3.00pm. Meet at Force Crag Mine at the head of Coledale (Grid Ref 198 216) or Noble Knott car park for lift via NT transport. 017687 746497th Fred Whitton Challenge, Grasmere. 112 mile gruelling cycling ‘sportive’. 01229 716582. www.fredwhittonchallenge.co.uk11th Montreal Guitar Trio. Lazonby Village Hall, CA10 1QA. 7.30pm. 01768 870824. www.highlightsnorth.co.uk11th Fatal Reckoning - Cumbrian author Ruth Sutton talks about her latest crime novel, based on Cumbria’s west coast. 7.00pm at The Old Court House (library), Shap. Free. Donations welcome.11th-14th Keswick Jazz and Blues Festival. www.keswickjazzandbluesfestival.co.uk 01729 825 493

11th Brooke’s Tails from the Field. Veterinary professional Ebony Escalona describes how an international animal welfare charity improves the lives of working horses, donkeys, mules and the people who depend on them. 7.00pm. Stoneybeck Inn. Raffle light refreshments. Free but reserve a space. 01768 899746. [email protected]

12th-14th Windermere Boat Show. 10.00am-5.00pm. www.windermereboatshow.com

12th Shadow Puppets of India - their past and future. Vivid practical demo of this art form by puppeteer Jane Paterson. Royal Geographical Society event. 7.00pm light Indian buffet. Lecture 7.30 - 9.00pm. Upfront Gallery and Puppet Theatre, Nr Hutton in the Forest. £10 incl buffet. Pay bar. 017684 84538 www.up-front.com

13th Low Wood No Wood Cardboard Boat Race, Windermere

13th Orton Farmers Market. 9.00am-2.00pm.

13th-14th Cumbria Photography Show, Rheged

14th Plant & Food Fair. 10.00am-4.00pm. Hutton-in-the-Forest CA11 9TH. 017684 84449.

16th Nuclear decommissioning, the story so far. Royal Geographical Society lecture by Stephen Henwood. 7.00pm for drinks, 7.30 start. Energus, Blackwood Road, Lillyhall, CA14 4JW. Free, open to all. 01900 605665

19th Ceilidh with The Hedgehog’s Skin. A public ceilidh dance with The Hedgehog’s Skin and caller Joey Oliver - open to all! Organised by The Alston Moor Federation. 7.30pm. Samuel King’s School, Alston CA9 3QU. 01434 381236

20th Gifted Eden Artisan Market. 9.00am-4.00pm. St Andrew’s Churchyard, Penrith.

20th Acorn Bank - Open Garden for NGS. Open for charity. Tranquil, walled gardens with more than 250 medicinal and culinary plants. Traditional apple orchards and mixed borders. Woodland walks with spring flowers. 10.00am-5.00pm. Admission £7, Children £3.50. 017683 61893.

20th From Coniston to the Kremlin. An exhibition at the Ruskin Museum in Coniston explores Arthur Ransome’s time in Russia as writer, reporter, war correspondent, political commentator, sailor and MI6 agent. Daily: 10am-5.30pm. 015394 41164

20th Westmorland Orchestra performs Pines of Rome by Respighi and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Rachmaninov. 7.30pm at Lakes Leisure Centre.21st Car Treasure Hunt. Starts from The Old Courthouse in Shap to ‘Explore the Westmorland Dales’. www.theoldcourthouse.org24th Everything Fitz. Upfront Puppet Theatre, CA11 9TG. 8.00pm. 017684 84538. www.highlightsnorth.co.uk24th Glenridding’s Jubilee Choir celebrates its 40th anniversary, in the Candleroom at the Inn on the Lake, Glenridding. Contact Denise Maxwell on 01768 892923. 26th-27th Ireby Festival. Brilliant artists and music to suit most tastes at Ireby’s 15th Music Festival. Small venues and a 650 seat main stage marquee. Tickets sell quickly. Ireby nr Wigton CA7 1EA. www.irebyfestival.co.uk27th Bach: St John Passion. Performed by Penrith Singers. 7.30pm in St Andrew’s Church, Penrith. Tickets from Penrith TIC, Lakeland Music and Beckside Books and on the door. www.penrithsingers.co.uk27th-29th Craft Fair. Craft, produce and plant stalls. Enjoy a cuppa, homemade cake and lunchtime homemade soup. (27th & 29th 10am-4pm, 28th 11am-4pm). St Andrew's Church, Greystoke. [email protected] June A trail to ponder! An opportunity for families to discover aquatic wildlife. (Closed Tue 30). 11.00am-4.00pm at Acorn Bank, Temple Sowerby, CA10 1SP27th-4th June Self-led FAmily Wildlife Trails. Get outdoors for ‘50 Things’ activities at your own pace in the Buttermere, Keswick and Whitehaven area. Visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/buttermere-valley to download your free trail maps. Free28th Plant and Produce Fair. A tantalising array of plants and home-made produce. Plus bring your own to sell (nothing shop-bought). In support of Hospice at Home. 10.00am - 3.00pm, Bampton Memorial Hall. 07771 65242728th Classic Cars in the Park. 10.00am-4.00pm. Hutton-in-the-Forest CA11 9TH. www.markwoodwardclassicevents.com31st Derwent Island House Open Day. Paddle a canoe to enjoy a guided tour of the National Trust’s Georgian house and gardens. 10.15am – 2.30pm. Adult £14.25, child £4, family £28.50 plus 5% booking fee. 0344 249 1895. CA12 5DJ

Mondays Beaconside School Penrith 6pmWednesdays Lazonby School Hall, 7pm. Thursdays The Venue Carlisle 6pm and 7.15pm Sundays Brampton Community Centre 4pm.

Clubbercise

Clubbercise With LauraFor info and to book

Penrith Singers to perform Bach’s St John PassionPenrith Singers, conducted by Edward Taylor, will perform Bach’s St John Passion on Saturday 27 May at 7.30 pm in St. Andrew’s Church, Penrith.

First performed in 1724, this is a very moving work whose haunting music depicts the final stages of Jesus’s life. The excellent line-up of soloists includes Stephen Anthony Brown as Evangelist, Paul im Thurn as Christ, Emma Peaurt will sing the soprano parts and the counter-tenor will be Joe Bolger. Expert musicians John Cooper-Green will play continuo and Susan Johnson will lead the orchestra.

Tickets available from Penrith TIC, Lakeland Music, Beckside Books and at the door. Prices range from £14 for adults and £12 for concessions to £5 for students. A £1 discount will be offered on tickets bought in advance.

Jubilee Singers to celebrate 40 yearsThe Jubilee Singers were formed in 1977 by Denise Maxwell who started the choir after marrying and moving to Glenridding. For several years they rehearsed in the living room of Denise’s house before graduating to Glenridding Village Hall.

The choir of 18 ladies, still under Denise’s direction and accompanied by Mike Town from Keswick, has performed at many venues in and around Penrith.

Denise said: “Reaching an anniversary of 40 years seems quite an achievement. We plan to celebrate this on Wednesday 24 May at the Candleroom at the Inn on the Lake, Glenridding. Over 100 of our current and past members and helpers have been invited and we are hoping this will be a very joyous occasion. If there is anyone out there who I have missed or would just like to join in our celebrations please contact me on 01768 892 923.”

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ANIMAL CAREEden Animal Rescue01931 716 114RSPCA General enquiries07718 065 995RSPCA National Cruelty line0300 1234 999

VETS

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BUSINESS SUPPORTCumbria Business Growth Hub & Rural Growth Network0844 257 8450www.cumbriagrowthhub.co.ukCumbria Chamber of Commerce08452 260040www.cumbriachamber.co.ukEden Ladies Business [email protected](find on Facebook)Enterprise Answers01768 867118www.enterpriseanswers.co.ukFederation of Small Businesseswww.fsb.org.uk/lancs-and-cumbriaInvest in EdenEconomic Development, Eden District Council, 01768 817817www.investineden.co.ukLocal Enterprise Partnership(includes The Edge in Cumbria)www.cumbrialep.co.uk

Penrith Chamber of Trade and Commercewww.penrithchamberoftrade.org.ukThe Farmer Network01768 868 615www.thefarmernetwork.co.uk

CARE AND COMMUNITYCharities and organisations offering practical support.Action for Blind People01228 595121Adult learningFor assistance with adult literacy and numeracy.Alston: 01434382536Appleby: 017683 53350Penrith: 01768864120

Affordable Warmth AdvisorEden Housing Association01768 861463

Age UK Carlisle and EdenCarlisle: 01228 536 673Eden: 01768 863 618British Red CrossMissing! families separated as a result of WWII. 0191 273 7961Cruise Bereavement Care07071 780761.Debt Advice (free)Eden District CAP Debt Centre0800 326 0006 (to book)Alcoholics Anonymous. 24hr helpline: 0845 769 7555.Alzheimer’s Society01768 899633National Dementia Helpline: 0300 222 1122Bipolar Support Group Penrith08454 349880.Citizens AdviceAdvice Line: 03444 111 444 Admin Line: 0330 056 3037Cumbria Dyslexia Association01539 742 632.

Diabetes - advice0345 123 2399 www.diabetes.org.ukEast Cumbria Family SupportSupport for families with young children 01768 593102Eden CarersA confidential support and information service to carers.The Office, Mardale Road, Penrith CA11 9EH: 01768 890280Eden Independent LivingAlarms, emergency response, gardening, care handyman services01768 890 657Eden Mencap SocietyUllswater House, Duke Street, Penrith CA11 7LY 01768 892014Carlisle Eden Mind13 Angel Lane, Penrith 01768 840679Eden Voluntary Society for BlindAge UK Resource Centre, Sandgate, Penrith 01768 891 724Farming Community NetworkPractical and pastoral help for the farming community. Confidential helpline: 0845 367 9990www.fcn.org.ukGolden Years Lunch & Social ClubFriendship group for the elderly at Newbiggin Village Hall 07748 423 747HIV and AIDSCumbria Support Group: 01228 591 986 (confidential helpline).Hospice at Home 01228 603208 (nursing), 01768 210719 (fundraising)Let Go Domestic Violence01768 892179National Breastfeeding helpline:0300 100 0212Neighbourhood Care Independence Practical support for independent living.Cumbria County Council08449 671885

North Cumbria Community TransportMonday-Friday mornings. 01228 633642. Also answerphone.Parkinson’s UK Eden support groupMeetings and exercise for those living with Parkinson’s 01768 867 699Penrtih & District Local Branch of Diabetes UK07714 973074Penrith Breastfeeding GroupTuesdays 1.00-3.00pm at Penrith Leisure CentreRelateMarriage and relationship guidance: 01642 882822Resolve Mediation ServicesYoung people and parents, neighbour disputes, etc: 01900 603229Royal British LegionMusgrave House, Middlegate, Penrith, CA11 7PG.Penrith Library first Friday of the month 10.00am-1.00pm.

Rural WheelsA transport scheme for people in rural areas. 0845 602 3786Safeguarding Adults01228 606060 (Adult Social Care)080 8808 8141 (Action on Elder Abuse Response Line)Shelter UK0344 515 1945SSAFA Forces Help 01434 381113 / 01524 782 418Sound Advice CumbriaAge UK Resource Centre, Sandgate, Penrith 01768 895 553Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS)National helpline: 0844 5616855. Paul: 07869 703757. John: 07572 975 721. www.uk-sobs.org.ukTalking Newspapers01768 863546Veterans AssociationHelp and and advice for ex-Forces personnel: 07434 730620 Volunteer Centre Eden33 Sandgate, Penrith. 01768 866966YOGA for Healthy Lower backs01768 353350

SUPPORTING CHARITIESAir Ambulance 01325 487263 / 07887 414326 (Steve Hucker)Cumbria Council for Voluntary Service6 Hobson Court, Gillan Way, Penrith www.cumbriacvs.org.uk 01768 800 350Penrith Lions Club: 01768 865757 (Ian Edgar)

Penrith Mountain RescueMeet at Moo Bar, Penrith (3rd Tue of month) [email protected] Rotary International: 07785 316 142 (Robert Coon)Penrith Soroptimists International [email protected]

EDUCATION (ADULT)

Cumbria Adult Education01768 812 175www.caumbriaadulteducation.orgAppleby Heritage Centre017683 53350 www.applebyheritagecentre.org.ukPenrith Learning 01931 716447 www.shapcdc.org.uk

Penrith and North Lakes U3A Mike Head 01768 606627

EMERGENCIES, SECURITY, SAFETY

Fire, Police, Ambulance, Coastguard, Mountain/Cave

Where life is at risk 999 or 112

None urgent enquiries 101

Penrith Police StationHunter Lane, Penrith: 0845 330 0247Anti-Terrorist Hotline 0800 789 321Crimestoppers0800 555 111Samaritans116 123 (FREE)Homelessness - Out of hours 0345 717 1100Environment AgencyDamage or danger to the natural environment, pollution, poaching, wildlife/fish in distress, illegal dumping 0800 80 70 60Floodline (flood warning)0345 988 1188Gas Emergencies (if you smell gas) 0800 111 999 Power cuts and emergencies (Electricity North West) 105 No water or dirty water 0345 6723 723

ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMASLonsdale Alhambra Cinema47 Middlegate, Penrith CA11 7PT01768 862400 www.penrith-alhambra.co.ukZeffirelli’sCompston Road, Ambleside LA22 9AD. 015394 33845 www.zeffirellis.co.uk

THEATRESPenrith PlayersThe Playhouse, 1 Auction Mart Lane, Penrith CA11 7JG 07505 314420 www.penrithplayers.co.ukTheatre by the LakeLakeside, Keswick, CA12 5DJTel: 017687 74411 www.theatrebythelake.com


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HEALTH

DENTAL TREATMENT

For emergency treatment: 01228 603900. To register with an NHS dentist: 01539 797855.

DENTISTS

Strickland Dental PracticeStricklandgate, Penrith CA11 7NH 01768 865 744 www.stricklandgatedental.co.ukNicoll’s Dental Practice & Denture Lab, Rowcliffe Lane Penrith CA11 7BA, 01768 867399www.nicollsdentalpractice.co.uk

DOCTORSBirbeck Medical GroupPenrith Health Centre, Bridge LanePenrith CA11 8HW 01768 214620The Lakes MedicalPenrith Health Centre, Bridge LanePenrith CA11 8HW 01768 214345Temple Sowerby MedicalLinden Park, Temple SowerbyPenrith CA10 1RW 017683 61232Kirkoswald SurgeryRavenghyll, KirkoswaldPenrith CA10 1DQ 01768 898560Shap Medical Practice Shap Health Centre, Peggy Nut CroftShap, Penrith CA10 3LW 01931 716230Court Thorn SurgeryCourt Thorn, Low Hesket, Carlisle CA4 0HP 016974 73548Glenridding Health CentreGlenridding, Penrith CA11 0PD 017684 82297Appleby Medical PracticeThe Riverside Building, Chapel St, Appleby CA16 6QR017683 51584Caldbeck SurgeryFriar Row, Caldbeck, Wigton CA7 8DS 016974 78254Shap Medical PracticeOrton Branch Surgery, Market HallOrton, Penrith CA10 3RJ01931 716230

OPTICIANS

TIM ROEBUCK Opticians4 KING STREET, Penrith 01768 899944 [email protected]

BAGOT OPTICIANS19 Great Dockray, Penrith CA11 7DE 01768 864 641Advertise in Penrith Today and automatically get your business included in the directory, or we can include you here for £10. 01768 868 808

PHARMACISTSSainsbury’s Pharmacy Southend Road, Penrith CA11 7FG01768 245808Boots Unit 3 Angel Square, Penrith CA11 7BT01768 862735Joseph Cowper Limited 49-50 King Street, Penrith CA11 7AY01768 862063The Co-Operative Pharmacy 8 Middlegate, Penrith CA11 7PG01768 862695Morrisons Pharmacy Brunswick Road, Penrith CA11 7JU01768 862055Penrith HC Consortium Ltd Penrith Hospital, Bridge LanePenrith CA11 8HW 01768 864761Boots 11 Boroughgate, Appleby CA16 6XF01768 351410

HOSPITALSPenrith HospitalBridge Lane, Penrith, CA11 8HX01768 245 555Alston Ruth Lancaster James Hospital Alston CA9 3QX, 01434 381218Cumberland Infirmary Newtown Road, Carlisle CA2 7HY01228 523444Westmorland General HospitalBurton Rd, Kendal LA9 7RG01539 732288

LIBRARIES

Penrith LibrarySt Andrew’s Churchyard, Penrith, CA11 7YA. 01768 812100. Shap LibraryThe Old Courthouse, Main Street, Shap CA10 3NL 01931 716644Bolton Book DropBolton Memorial Hall, Bolton, Appleby 01768 812103Lazonby Library LinkHenderson Buildings, Lazonby, Penrith CA10 1BG 01228 227310For information about libraries at Alston, Appleby and Kirkby Stephen, and mobile library services, phone 01768 812100.

LOCAL AUTHORITIESPenrith and surrounding areas are governed by three or four tiers of Local Authority, depending whether you live within or outside the Lake District National Park:Lake District National ParkMurley Moss, Oxenholme Road, Kendal LA9 7RL: 01539 724555www.lakedistrict.gov.ukOld Station Yard, Threlkeld, Penrith, CA12 4TT 017687 79771Cumbria County CouncilCumbria House, 117 Botchergate, Carlisle CA1 1RD 01228 226666 www.cumbria.gov.ukEden District CouncilTown Hall, Penrith, CA11 7QF. 01768 817817: www.eden.gov.uk

LOCAL COUNCILS

Local (community, neighbourhood, parish, village and town) councils are the first tier of local government, serving electorates in small rural communities and some towns.

Cumbria Association of Local Councils01768 812663 www.calc.org.ukPenrith Town Council01768 899 773 www.penrithtowncouncil.co.uk.

PLACES OF WORSHIP & BELIEF

Matterdale Church All Saints’ Church, Penruddock017684 83293

All Saints’, WatermillockSt Michael, BartonSt Paul, Pooley BridgeSt Peter, Martindale017684 86220

Meditation and Modern BuddismPenrith Library Meeting Room 01228 319344Christ Church (CofE)Drovers Lane, Penrith, 01768 862 867Church in the BarnBridge End, Clifton, Penrith CA10 2EA 07701 011 004 [email protected]’s Church Eden The Play Station, Huntley Avenue, Penrith 01768 892360 Penrith Methodist ChurchWordsworth Street, Penrith 01768 862787 Penrith Spiritual ChurchEvergreen Hall, Penrith07511 294 256

Penrith United Reformed ChurchLowther Street, Penrith 01768 361439Salvation Army1 Hunters lane, Penrith01768 866 732Society of Friends (Quaker)Friends Meeting House, Penrith01768 892 513 St Andrew’s Church, Greystoke017684 83293 St Andrew’s Church (CofE)St Andrew’s Place, Penrith 01768 863 000 St Catherine’s Church (Catholic)Drovers Lane, Penrith, 01768 862 273 St Kentigern’s Church, Mungrisdale017684 83293 St Patrick’s Church, Patterdale017684 82209

POST OFFICES

GreystokeChurch Road, Greystoke, CA11 0TWPooley BridgePooley Bridge, CA10 2NPPenrithCrown Square, CA11 7AABurrowgate, Penrith36/40 Burrowgate, CA11 7TAHesket NewmarketHesket Newmarket, Wigton, CA7 8JGCaldbeckCaldbeck, Wigton, CA7 8EALangwathbyLangwathby, CA10 1LWKeswick4 Bank Street, Keswick, CA12 5JYLazonbyPenrith Co-op, Lazonby, CA10 1BG

SCHOOLS

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Beaconside CE PrimaryHutton Hill, Penrith CA11 8EN 01768 840868Brunswick Infant SchoolBrunswick Road, Penrith CA11 7LX 01768 213200Calthwaite CECalthwaite, Penrith CA11 9QT01768 85277

Clifton PrimaryClifton, Penrith CA10 2EG 01768 242152

TIM ROEBUCKO P T I C I A N 4 King Street, Penrith, CA11 7AR

[email protected] 899944

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BAKERYMaggie’s Bakery Home baking at its best, cakes, bread, pastries, meat pies, we also sell marzipan and icing. Free delivery around Penrith. 31 Sandgate, Penrith 01786 891825.

BOOKSSummerfield Books Books on botany, forestry, arboriculture and natural history. 01768 210793 www.summerfieldbooks.com

BOWLINGPenrith Friars Bowling Club Friargate Penrith CA11 7XR

New members always welcome Flat Green and Short Mat Bowling

Contact Anne Hunter 017684 83214

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BRIDAL WEARFinesse Bridal Pre-loved and immaculate. Over 400 dresses. 40 Middlegate Penrith CA11 7PT [email protected] 01768 866799

BUILDERSJames Teasdale Building Services General building, paving and groundwork. Contact James: 07548 943281 / 01931 589047 fb:@jamesteasdalebuildingservicesADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS HERE This advert costs only £6.30+VAT with your www.website.co.uk and [email protected] call 01768 868 808

BUSINESS SUPPORTBusiness support, advice, development, planning, marketing. Kellie Bradburn-Sims, advising since 2010. KBS Business Consultancy. 07906 477 931 [email protected]

CAFEEden Gallery Tea Rooms A taste of traditional home cooking, with a wide vegetarian selection. Dog Friendly. 3 St Andrews Church Yard, Penrith 01768 428994 [email protected]

CARPETSFELLSIDE CARPETS

& FLOORINGSupply and fit an Extensive Range

of Quality Carpets, Vinyls and Rugs.Our own qualified dedicated fitters.

Call Christine or Michellefor a free quotation.

Sandgate House (Opp Penrith Bus Station) 01768 868674

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CHILDREN’S CLOTHING

CHIMNEY SWEEPEDEN CHIMNEYS Cleaning Chimneys throughout Cumbria Rob 07843 624 051 edenchimneys.co.uk

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Crosby Ravensworth CEPenrith CA10 3JJ 01913 715265Greystoke Primary SchoolGreystoke, Penrith CA11 0TP017684 83572Lowther Endowed SchoolHackthorpe, Penrith CA11 2HT01931 712344Orton CEOrton, Penrith CA10 3RG 015396 24268North Lakes SchoolHuntley Avenue, Penrith CA11 8NU01768 242150Patterdale CEPatterdale, Penrith CA11 0NL01768 482383Penruddock Primary SchoolPenruddock, Penrith CA11 0QU01768 483278Plumpton SchoolPlumpton, Penrith CA11 9PA01768 894 247Shap Endowed CEShap, Penrith CA10 3NL 01931 716274Skelton SchoolSkelton, Penrith CA11 9SE01768 484367Stainton CE PrimaryStainton, Penrith CA11 0ET 01768 840673St Catherine’s Catholic Primary Drover’s Lane, Penrith CA11 9EL 01768 242170Yanwath Primary SchoolYanwath, Penrith CA10 2LA01768 840 739

STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLSQueen Elizabeth Grammar Ullswater Road, Penrith, CA11 7EG 01768 864621 or 01768 890923Ullswater Community College Wetheriggs Lane, Penrith, CA11 8NG 01768 210206

INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

Hunter Hall (preparatory)Frenchfield, Penrith, CA11 8UA 01768 891291

SOCIETIES & GROUPS

Appleby Textile Group017683 51157 / 01768 899795

Bridge Youth Cafe01768 862787 www.pmcyouth.co.uk

Children’s Orchestra (7-14 year olds)North Lakes School, Penrith CA11 8NU 07766 057315Circle DancePenrith Parish Centre01768 866144 (Anne-Lise Kryger)

Cumbria Rural Choirs01697 343351 (Margaret) 01946 823167 (Paul)www.cumbriaruralchoirs.org.ukThe Eden Singerswww.edensingers.orgEden Valley Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyerswww.edenvalleyguild.btck.co.ukMungrisdale Writerswww.mungrisdalewriters.org.ukNorth Cumbria Rock Garden Group01768 864778Penrith Air Cadetswww.penrithaircadets.co.ukPenrith Army Cadets01768 866 859Penrith Art ClubProgramme Secretary: 01768 863366.Penrith Music Club01768 862870 penrithmusicclub.comPenrith Players07505 314420 penrithplayers.co.ukPenrith Probus ClubMembership Secretary01768 863 463Penrith Ramblers01768 863155 penrithramblers.org.ukPenrith Scottish Dance Club01768 428872 [email protected] Youth Club (ages 11-19)01768 861655 youngcumbria.org.uk“Singing for the Brain”Weekly, 1.30-3.30pm Wednesdays at Penrith Parish Centre.Swing Dance, Penrith07769 296529 swingdancecumbria.comTai ChiPenrith Parish Centre 01228 710898 townandvillagetaichi.weebly.comWatermillock Painting GroupMeets Wednesday afternoon, Village Hall 01768 840357 or 01768 862431Weight WatchersPenrith Cricket Club: 0345 677 7788 weightwatcherslocal.co.uk

SPORT, FITNESS, LEISURE

LEISURE & SPORTS CENTRES

Penrith Leisure CentreSouthend Road, Penrith, CA11 8JH863 450 northcountryleisure.org.ukAppleby Sports Centre017683 52957Appleby Swimming Pool017683 51212Lazonby Swimming Pool01768 898346AIKIDOPenrith Aikido ClubPenrith Leisure Centre (Thurs nights) 07796 894892

ANGLINGPenrith Anglers Association: 01768 88294 (Mr A Dixon)

BOWLINGPenrith Friars Bowling Club017684 83214

CANOEING & KAYAKINGPenrith Canoe Clubwww.penrithcanoeclub.org.uk

GOLFPenrith Golf ClubSalkeld Road, Penrith: 01768 891919www.penrithgolfclub.co.uk

Penrith Golf & Driving RangeRedhills, Penrith: 01768 892167www.penrithgolf.co.uk

GYMNASTICSNorth Lakes Gymnastics AcademyNorth Lakes Business Park, CA11 0JG 07471 902119

KEEP FITOver 60s Activities Life GroupPenrith Leisure Centre Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings. 01768 863450

RACKET SPORTSPenrith Squash Clubwww.penrithsquash.co.uk

Blencowe Badminton Club01768 870824 www.blencowebadmintonclub.co.uk

ROCK CLIMBINGCarlisle Mountaineering Club Thursday evenings throughout the year www.carlislemc.co.uk

RUNNINGPenrith ParkrunWeekly free 5km timed run 9.00am every Saturday Frenchfield Sports Centre www.parkrun.org.uk/penrithEden Runners, Penrithwww.edenrunners.co.uk

TEAM SPORTSPenrith AFCFrenchfield Park, Penrithwww.pitchero.com/clubs/penrithafcPenrith Hockey ClubPenrith Leisure Centre 01768 863 450Penrith RUFCWinters Park, Penrith: 01768 863151

Penrith Netball ClubQEGS Sports Hall, 01768 890532

WHEELCHAIR SPORTCumbria Wheelchair Sports ClubBased a Penrith Leisure Centre07827 447274 (Ray McBride) www.cwsc.webs.com


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CLOTHINGBeautiful, Original clothing and gifts. Natural and organic fibres. Friendly and thoughtful service. Victoria Castlegate Penrith. www.victoriaclothing.co.uk

COMPUTER REPAIRS

CURTAINS & BLINDSCurtains and Blinds Free quotes, free fitting. Richard Currie 07587 770236 or 01768 840312 [email protected]

DANCE SCHOOLSBishop Yards School of Dance. Ballet, modern, tap, drama & singing leading to exams & performances. 01768 894 388 [email protected]

DENTIST

DOMESTIC CLEANINGHeather's cleaning service. All household cleaning and ironing. CRB checked. Reasonable rates. Penrith area. Ring Heather 01768 89536/07803 521296

DOGS

ELECTRICALBAKEWELL SOUND & VISION Television, audio visual, domestic appliances sales & services. 9 Market Square Penrith CA11 7BY Tel: 01768 862319

ELECTRICIANArgus Electrics Fully qualified and insured. All domestic work undertaken. Contact: 01768 254130 mobile: 07976 838175 or [email protected]

ELECTRIC BIKES

FENCING

FLORISTSCoach House Flowers Flowers for all occasions. 48 Burrowgate, Penrith CA11 7TA 01768 890606 [email protected]

FOOT HEALTHEden Happy Feet - foot health care in your own home. Please contact Charlotte Tweddle MCFHP MAFHP on 07759 572 563HCPC REGISTERED PODIATRIST Home visits. For general enquiries and appointments contact Julie Downes BSc (hons) Tel: 07738014699 email: [email protected]

FOR SALEObjects and items upto the value of £200 are free to advertise in this section call 01768 868 808Windsor Alto Saxophone.Brass. Incl case. Virtually as new. £125Yamaha 211S Flute. Incl case / case cover.Excellent condition. £125

FOR SALE (CONT)

Buffet B12 B flat Clarinet. Incl case. Good condition. £95 Penrith 01768 863391Shindaiwa petrol hedge trimmer. SPP 230/CE Professional model. £100 ono. Contact 01768 890340 or 07554 890072Windsurfer + 2 sets of sails & harness etc..£100 ono. Contact 01768 890340 or 07554 890072

FRUIT & VEGStarfruits Family run, long established. Locally sourced fresh produce delivered daily. 9 Angel Square, Penrith 01768 890255 www.starfruits.co.uk

FUNERAL DIRECTORS Richardson’s Funeral Directors Victoria Road, Penrith, CA11 8HR Tel: 01768 891189 24hrs personalised service and free advice www.funeraldirectorspenrith.co.uk

GARDEN CENTREThe Pot Place Garden centre and farm shop. Station Yard, Plumpton, Penrith, CA11 9PA Tel: 01768 885500 www.thepotplace.co.uk

GARDENING

GARDEN DESIGN

GIFT SHOPThe Unicorn Unusual gifts, prints, wooden toys, games, soft toys, candles, home accessories. 9 Little Dockray, Penrith 01768 891193

GRAPHIC DESIGN

CREATIVE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Brochures, Adverts, Newsletters, Branding & Identity

CALL FOR A CHAT 07789 173374www.woofdog.co.uk

HANDYMAN

HAIRDRESSERS

HATS

INTERIOR DESIGNADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS HERE This advert costs only £6.30+VAT with your www.website.co.uk and [email protected] call 01768 868 808

JEWELLERYFinesse Jewellery Antique, Collectables. We buy-sell and part-exchange. 43 Middlegate, Penrith CA11 7PT 01768 895244 www.finessejewellery.co.uk

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JOINERYB GRISEDALE JOINERY All aspects of carpentry and joinery undertaken. Free quotations. 07787 562 871 [email protected]

LAUNDRY SERVICECoach House Launderette, Duvet specialist, service washing, service ironing. Friagate, Penrith, 01768 867 878.

LIVESTOCK

LOCKSMITH

MASSAGETrig Point Massage

‘Get on top of your pain’ Sort out your sore muscles,

niggling injuries, or manage chronic pain, (including - jaw - related

issues) Fascia Release,Trigger Point Therapy, Hot Stones, Manual

Lymphatic Drainage.Call Rachael on 07874 043956 trigpointmassage.weebly.com

MOBILITYCowper’s Mobility 34 King Street, Penrith CA11 7AY Scooters, Rise and Recliners, Stairlifts and Daily Living Aids. 01768 867555

MOTORCYCLES

OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT

PAINTING & DECORATING

PERSONAL TRAINING Fun, friendly and effective exercise classes plus personal training with Debbie Jackman. 07776 162 125 www.get-active.co.uk

PETSLarge or small we groom them all at K9 Grooming Salon, Gilwilly, Penrith 01768 862 734.

PICTURE FRAMINGRobin Sealby Picture Framing & Restoration Personal attention to detail. 17 Monnington Way, Penrith CA11 8QJ Tel: 01768 891 925

PLANNINGKate Bellwood Associates Planning Applications, Objections, Barn Conversions, Houses, Listed Buildings etc. I can help. 07702 172700 www.katebellwood.co.uk

PLASTERING/BUILDING

PLUMBINGG Oliver Plumbing & Heating for all your plumbing services throughout Cumbria. 07921 771757

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

PUBSThe Beehive Inn Eamont Bridge, Penrith CA10 2BX Tel 01768 864355 www.beehiveinnpenrith.co.uk Everyone welcome.

REMOVALS

RESTAURANTSMrs Miller's at Hazel Dene Garden Centre Culgaith, Penrith CA10 1QF Open seven days. Call 01768 882520 or visit www.mrsmillersculgaith.co.uk

SITUATIONS VACANT

TAXIS

Lakeland Taxis 1A Sandgate, Penrith, CA11 7TP 01768 865 722Let’s Go Taxi Services 07840 320559

TILING

TOOL REPAIRS

TO LET

TREE SURGERYMorland Tree Services Professional fully qualified tree surgery and woodland maintenance. www.morlandtreeservices.com 07909 923 825 (day), 01931 714064(evening)

TREES felled, stump grinding, your own wood cut up, etc.. Fully insured. Tel: 01768 864 401 or 07753 571144

VETS

WANTED

YOGA AND HEALTH

WEDDING & EVENTSJay-Dans Wedding & Event Services. Our art is your perfect day. Tel: 07988 872361 or 079164 42748 www.jay-dans weddingandeventservices.co.uk

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