Feeling totally fed up with the weather, I decided this week to put my walking boots, anorak and trusty mountain bike to one side, exchanging fitness on the fells for a fabulous warm spa day at the newly-refurbished Old England Hotel spa, in Bowness.
With summer on its way, shops everywhere are opening their doors to the sun, exposing winter's damp corners, cobwebs and clutter, forcing many a store to take stock of the need for a refurb'.
Cartmel Racecourse is unique - from the general layout of the course, which allows people to get close to the action, to its position in an area of outstanding natural beauty with the Lakeland fells and parklands all around.
Hairdressers from 16 The Salon, in Kendal, are one step closer to realising a lifelong career dream, having made it through to the regional finals of the L'Oréal Professionnel Colour Trophy 2008.
It promised to be a Lake District fashion show to surpass all others. No drafty village hall or school assembly room full of stacked up chairs for this special event. The evening, in aid of the charity Breast Cancer Campaign, was to be held at the newly-refurbished Old England Hotel & Spa, in Bowness.
