Get out there...lots to see and do in the Lakes

8:36am Friday 6th May 2005

Here is your Get Out guide...

MISCELLANEOUS...

STEP back in time to the age when the Romans ruled Britain, at the Heron Corn Mill, Beetham, tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) and Sunday (May 8). Roman soldiers and their families, as seen on C4's Time Team, will be taking the museum back to 400 AD with stories, displays and demonstrations of armour, weapons, food and medicine. There will also be presentations throughout the weekend on subjects such as hunting and weaponry.

THE famous Windermere Model Boat Rally takes place at Windermere Steamboats and Museum, Rayrigg Road, Windermere, tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) and Sunday (May 8). Amateur model boat builders, young and old, will be entering their vessels into a variety of classes including warships, steamboats and sailing boats. There will also be displays and stalls selling model accessories. For details, call 015394-45565.

SPEND a spring day visiting the gardens at Summerdale House at Nook, near Lupton, on Sunday (May 8) from 11am-5pm. The garden is full of interesting herbaceous perennials and is open to the public as part of the National Gardens Scheme charity. There will also be home-made refreshments.

Explore the countryside around Barbondale and the picturesque village of Dent on a Kendal and District Cycle Scene 40-mile cycle ride on Sunday (May 8). Meet at Kendal Leisure Centre at 10am. For details, call 01539-725168.

ENJOY a spring fair in the beautiful surroundings of RSPB Leighton Moss Nature Reserve tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) and Sunday (May 8). The fair features stalls selling a variety of country wares and exhibitions and demonstrations of crafts such as hedge-laying and cookery. There will also be children's activities, including pond-dipping and treasure trails. For details, call 01524-701601.

PICK up the perfect addition to your garden at the Lakeland Horticultural Society plant sale at the Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge, tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) at 1.30pm.

SOUTERGATE and Mill Dam Spring Fair takes place tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) at 1.30pm with stalls, tombola and refreshments.

KIRKBIE Kendal School Association is holding a car boot sale on Sunday (May 8) from 7am to 2pm.

WINDERMERE Lake Cruises is holding a special Pensioners day today, Friday (May 6). Pensioners living in Cumbria or the City of Lancaster can travel anywhere at any time at dramatically reduced rates. For details, call 015395-31188.

AMBLESIDE and District U3A is holding a meeting at the Marchesi Centre, Holly Road, Windermere, on Monday (May 9) at 2.30pm. The meeting includes an illustrated talk entitled Lakeland Valleys by Sheila Richardson.

BUDDING artists should head for The Big Print at Ulverston's Lanternhouse on Sunday (May 8). The Big Print is a lively and colourful community event to produce a large printed banner which will be displayed at the Coronation Hall for Printfest 2005. Shelley Burgoyne will be holding three sessions throughout the day. For details, call 01229-581127.

KENDAL residents are being invited to a two-day event looking at the architecture of the town, today, Friday (May 6) and Saturday (May 7) from 10am-6pm. Visitors to Kendal Town Hall can take part in a mapping exercise to allow people to vote for their favourite or least favourite buildings, borrow cameras to photograph the town and view historic maps to see how the town has developed. There will also be activities for children.

GET fit and meet people on two Walking the Way to Health walks. On Tuesday (May 10) meet at Kendal Leisure Centre at 11am for a walk around the River Kent and, next Thursday (May 12), meet at Berners Car Park at 11am for a walk along the promenade at Grange-over-Sands. For details, call 01539-729511.

ANYONE with wartime experiences or stories is being invited to a special event at Kendal Library next Thursday (May 12) where they can post their stories on the BBC People's War website. Staff will be on hand to help with the computer. For details, call 01539-773520.

ARNSIDE Sailing Club is holding a charity fashion show tomorrow, Saturday (May 7). For details, call 015395-52441.

TAKE a bird-watching walk with a Lake District National Park Authority ranger entitled Migrants and Locals: Birds of the Borrowdale Valley on Tuesday (May 10). Meet at Seatoller National Trust car park at 10am. For details, call 015394-46601.

IF YOU have antiques but are unsure of their value then the Antiques Road Show for Cancer Research at the Market Hall, Hawes, on Sunday, May 22, between 10am and 4pm could be just the ticket for you. Experts, including some from Tennants of Leyburn, will be carrying out valuations for a fee. Call 01748-822185 for details.

CONCERTS...

THE Duncan Macfarlane Orchestra will be in concert at the Carver United Reformed Church, Lake Road, Windermere, tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) at 8pm. The band will be marking the 60th anniversary of VE Day with a performance of music from the 1940s and 50s, including some classics from Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey.

WINNER of the National Brass Band Championships 2004, The Black Dyke Band is giving a concert at the Coronation Hall, Ulverston, to raise funds for the Barrow and District Society for the Blind on Sunday (May 8) at 7.30pm. For details, call 01229-587140.

ARNSIDE Choral Society will be performing Handel's Judas Maccabeus at St James's Church, Arnside, on Sunday (May 8) at 3pm. The concert also features a variety of soloists including London-based tenor Jon English and bass John Lofthouse. For details, call 01524-761552.

RHEGED, near Penrith, is hosting an evening of fiery folk music on Sunday (May 8) at 7.30pm. Fiddles on Fire features some of the modern stars of folk music including Fiddlers 4 from the USA and Catriona Macdonald from the Shetland Isles. For details, call 01768-868000.

THE Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir will be performing at St Oswald's Church, in Grasmere, next Thursday (May 12). The event will raise money for Rotary Club of Ambleside charities. Tickets are available on the door or call 015394-37219.

THE David Bailey Band will be performing at a Let's Dance night of dancing at the Coronation Hall, Ulverston, tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) at 8pm. For details, call 01229-587140.

WINDERMERE Choral Society will be performing at St Herbert's Catholic Church, Windermere, tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) at 7.30pm. The programme includes pieces from Vaughn Williams and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Tickets are available on the door.

THE annual Keldwyth Award Society fund-raising concert takes place at The Percival Lecture Theatre, St Martin's College, Ambleside, tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) at 7.30pm. Entitled A Maytime Serenade, the programme includes performances from the Helm Wind Quintet and mezzo-soprano Wendy Sharrock. Tickets are available on the door or call 01539-722714.

STAVELEY Choral Society is giving a concert of songs, readings and instrumental solos at Staveley Village Hall tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) at 7.30pm. The concert is in aid of the Koloko Trust, which works with rural groups in Zambia. Tickets are available on the door.

SINGER-songwriter Alan Price, ex-keyboard player with 60s legends The Animals, will be performing at the Platform, Morecambe, tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) at 8pm. For details, call 01524-582803.

EXHIBITIONS...

IMPERIAL War Museum North, Salford Quays, marks the 60th anniversary of VE Day with a weekend of special events including 1940s style makeovers, themed tours and object handling sessions. On Sunday (May 8) there will be an outdoor programme of live entertainment including a wartime radio show, big band music and 1940s' games and activities. For details call 0161-836-4000.

JOIN the Shop Art Trail at Grange-over-Sands until May 31. More than 40 shops throughout the town are displaying works of art in their windows.

BRONTE Parsonage Museum, Haworth, is holding an exhibition of the illustrations of the Bronte novels. On display will be a range of visual interpretations of characters and scenes, including early wood engravings and contemporary photographs. For details, call 01535-642323.

ABBOT Hall Coffee Shop focuses on the work of Mike Walker, who is showing a selection from his series of linocut prints entitled Linden Sequences. The images on show include abstract works inspired by music. Linden Sequences runs until June 20.

AN EXHIBITION of intricate Japanese fabric design, entitled Kimono: A Japanese Experience by Jill Clay and Katie Chaplin is showing at Farfield Mill, Sedbergh. The exhibition runs until June 1 and includes a series of workshops on Japanese arts and a display of antique kimonos. For details, call 015396-21958.

PINFOLD Gallery, Lake Road, Bowness, is hosting a new exhibition by Heather Blanchard and Derek Eland. The exhibition runs until May 19. For details, call 015394-42929.

LANCASTER University's Peter Scott Gallery is hosting an exhibition of paintings, drawings and etchings by James H. Morton until June 3.

THE latest exhibition at Lancaster's Storey Gallery looks at different artists' approaches to buildings and architectural spaces. Building Capacity explores the responses of artists to the buildings we inhabit, pass through, and imagine and includes Gordon Cheung's paintings of imagined buildings and landscapes and a video by Lucy Gunning entitled Climbing Around My Room. Building Capacity runs until June 25.

A NEW exhibition by revolutionary designer of book covers Talwin Morris opens at Blackwell the Arts and Crafts House on Tuesday (Apr 26). A contemporary of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Talwin Morris and the Glasgow Style features a variety of the book cover designs he created for publishers Blackie and Son. The exhibition runs until July 11. For details, call 015394-46139.

AN EXHIBITION of textiles and multi-media artworks from local artists Pat Crellin and Angie Flynn is showing at Brantwood's Severn Studio at Coniston. Crellin uses frayed and distressed silks, burned and distorted synthetics and paper to produce works inspired by lichens and mosses while Flynn uses a variety of techniques such as appliqu, quilting, paint and papier-mache to create humorous scenes from everyday life. The exhibition runs until May 8. For details, call 015394-41396.

AN EXHIBITION by Sean Scully, one of the most important abstract artists working today, is on show at Abbot Hall, Kendal. On display will be a selection of large-scale oil paintings, watercolours, pastels and etchings. Some works will be seen for the first time at Abbot Hall. The exhibition runs until June 25. For details, call 01539-722464.

SPORT...

TOMORROW is Kendal Town's equivalent of a cup final as they travel to Bucks Head, the plush stadium of former Football League side AFC Telford for the UniBond League Division One play-off final. Many fans are expected to accompany Town as they seek to surmount the last hurdle to achieving Premier League status. To book a coach seat, costing £7, ring Stuart Brown (0788 795 8103) or Craig Campbell (07980 660 428).

NORTHERN Premier League cricket fixtures see third-placed Netherfield at home to Chorley, while ninth-placed Kendal face a tough away fixture at fourth-placed Darwen.

THEATRE...

THE Cotton Club Revue, celebrating the music and dance of the famous 1920s Harlem nightclub, is appearing at Preston's Charter Theatre tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) at 7.30pm. For details, call 01772-258858.

EXPERIENCE some top contemporary dance at a performance of the Union Dance Company, renowned for their fusion of hip-hop, martial arts and streetwise wit, at Forum 28, Barrow, on Saturday (May 7) at 7.30pm. The performance, entitled Sensing Change, explores the theme of identity through the language of movement. For details, call 01229-820000.

LANCASTER Grand Theatre is hosting a musical extravaganza featuring some of the best-loved hits from shows such as Chicago, Les Miserables and Grease. Mad About Musicals are appearing tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) at 7.30pm. For details, call 01524-64695.

PRESTON'S Charter Theatre is holding local heats for the Silver Stars Talent Contest and is inviting over 60s with a special talent such as singing, dancing or comedy to take the limelight, today, Friday (May 6). For details, call 01253-593944.

BLAIZE Theatre Company will be performing On Pendle Hill, a play about a writer's quest to find her lost family uncovering a disturbing connection with the Pendle Witches along the way, at Shap Memorial Hall tomorrow, Saturday (May 7) at 7.30pm. For details, call 01931-716273.

DUKES Theatre is hosting an adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's classic gothic adventure novel Jamaica Inn, by Salisbury Players, tonight, Friday (May 6), and tomorrow, Saturday (May 7), at 8pm. For details, call 01524-598500.

POSTMAN PAT and Jess the cat will be appearing at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool for a show packed full of humour, mystery and excitement tomorrow, Saturday (May 7), and Sunday (May 8). Postman Pat and the Greendale Dragon features songs and laughter in a show for all the family. For details, call 01253-290190.