THE much-awaited Kendal Mountain Festival starts today (Thursday), running until Sunday, November 20.

Celebrating all things outdoors, seven venues across Kendal will host the four day spree of events. Included among the scores of screenings, speakers and special guests and the Boardman Tasker literary prize, will be the world film premiere of The Long Hope, the story of Dave MacLeod and Andy Turner free-climbing The Longhope Route, on the Scottish island of Hoy, tomorrow night (6pm-7.20pm) at the Brewery Arts Centre.

Box office 01539-725133.