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Traffic officers on school run
12:43pm Friday 13th June 2008
Highways Agency Traffic Officers in Cumbria will be departing from their usual motorway duties this month - instead taking their high visibility four wheel drive vehicle on the school run!
Comments (0)Easter extravaganza planned for Burton
3:12pm Thursday 21st February 2008
BURTON-in-Kendal is to host an Easter extravaganza to raise money for local Brownies, Guides and Rainbows.
Holme business hooks up with wildlife charitiy
12:03pm Wednesday 16th January 2008
A SOUTH Lakeland business has teamed up with The Wildlife Trusts to encourage people to embrace nature in Cumbria.
Speed limit extended
4:26pm Wednesday 5th December 2007
COUNCILLORS have approved the extension of a 30mph speed limit through a South Lakeland village.
Forest and fell farm visit for school's competition winners
5:14pm Friday 30th November 2007
TWENTY five Year 6 pupils from Burton Morewood School enjoyed a free night's accommodation with YHA in the Lake District. The children stayed at YHA Borrowdale, in the Borrowdale valley near Keswick.
Forum to dicuss controversial school plans
12:47pm Tuesday 27th November 2007
CONTROVERSIAL plans for new sports facilities at a South Lakeland school, hospital changes and rural transport are all on the agenda at the next meeting of the Kent Estuary Neighbourhood Forum.
Further speed check demanded by residents
3:04pm Friday 12th October 2007
HOLME residents who attended the latest meeting of the Kent Estuary Neighbourhood Forum demanded a fresh speed check to be carried out on North Road.
Memorial Hall hosts charity coffee morning
10:55am Monday 8th October 2007
THE issues affecting people who have experienced the death of a baby are being highlighted at a special event in Burton-in-Kendal this week.
Flower club members "Fascinated by Design."
11:08am Wednesday 3rd October 2007
Holme & District Flower Club held its October meeting on Monday (October 1)at Preston Patrick Hall when Joan Robinson demonstrated her title of "Fascinated by Design".
'Anything Goes' went over well...
12:52pm Tuesday 4th September 2007
Holme & District Flower Club held a meeting at Preston Patrick Hall on Monday 3rd September when Liz Broad from Formby gave a colourful flower arranging demonstration with the title "Anything Goes", she did arrangements to depict various musical shows.
UK Entertainment News
Walters makes assisted suicide film
Updated 7:18pm Friday 18th July 2008
Julie Walters is to take on the factually-inspired story of a woman who plans an assisted suicide.
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Prehistoric walk
The interesting brochure you can obtain from the car park at Foulshaw Moss says that more than several thousand years ago the Witherslack Mosses were part of an extensive wetland in what is now the Lyth Valley and on the flat ground west of the Kent Estuary. The Mosses - Meathop, Foulshaw and Nicols - are raised peat bogs brought about by sphagnum moss that draws up, acidifies, and holds water like a giant sponge, creating waterlogged conditions as it grows. Sphagnum grows from the tip, leaving the lower part to die. Waterlogging halts decay of these dead bits that build up and up over thousands of years, to form deep domed mounds of peat that are raised many feet above the surrounding ground. The Witherslack Mosses have dried out partly as a result of forestry and the invasion of scrub. Over time, drainage and peat cutting led to the loss of more wetland and now only significant fragments remain. Specialised peatbog flora and fauna have been unable to thrive because of the area being too shaded and too dry. Recently conifers have been removed and also masses of rhododendrons have been cleared. Hundreds of peat and plastic dams have been installed to bring about the ‘sponge’ effect of the peat. At Foulshaw, the remains of a 15ft to 16ft wide prehistoric trackway has been uncovered. This is believed to have been constructed in the mid-Bronze Age to allow people to cross the once huge wetland. Trunks of ash and birch were laid side by side and supported on logs. Foulshaw Moss is open to the public. Nichols Moss, a really squelchy one, is only suitable for a hundred yards or so before you encounter pathless very wet moss. It is a delight to stand and look ahead but as there is no walkway do not continue. Pause just on its edge from where you might spot red deer. Meathop is a lovely walk but only for those with a permit from Cumbria Wildlife Trust or if you are a member. The parking is difficult. After the first short grassy track, follow a wider track, left, that winds round right by a pasture and into fine conifer woodland. Beyond this a wide walkway takes you out some distance into the moss, from where you will spot all sorts of interesting lowly plants. To visit Foulshaw Moss, on the A590, it is best to approach the entrance from the direction of Kendal. If coming from the opposite direction continue on past the entrance and make use of the Levens underpass to make a U-turn and approach from the north. This avoids trying to make a right turn across a narrow section of the busy A-road. The entrance is not signposted until you have turned off the road. The entrance turn, a cart track, lies just before a large layby on a narrow section of the A-road. Just beyond the turn, stands a huge sign saying ‘Dual carriageway a mile ahead’. To approach the entrance, drive the dual carriageway at Levens until it ends. Continue a short distance along the two-way road and begin to signal your left turn. Watch out for the large sign ahead. If you reach the layby you have gone too far.
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