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Parish records online
2:06pm Friday 11th July 2008
PARISH records have been added to a family history website that allows users to discover more about their ancestry.
Comments (0)Air show set for take-off
8:29am Friday 11th July 2008
THE skies above Bowness will once again be the venue for the aeronautical acrobatics of some of the world’s most famous aeroplanes later this month, reports Paul Duncan.
Schools are twinned
9:42am Thursday 10th July 2008
THE LINK between Windermere and its Bavarian twin, Diessen, has been strengthened by the twinning of the towns’ schools.
Steamboat appeal
1:12pm Wednesday 9th July 2008
THE WINDERMERE Steamboat Museum is appealing to people to support it during the forthcoming application of the Local Development Framework (LDF).
Playground plans axed
9:54am Wednesday 9th July 2008
PLANS to build a £200,000 children’s playground on the Glebe have been scrapped following opposition from Windermere Town Council and the civic society.
Council says yes to electricity sub-station
8:40am Wednesday 9th July 2008
A PLAN to install an electricity sub-station on a patch of Queens Park Recreation Ground in Windermere has been recommended for approval by members of Windermere Town Council.
Land registry increase
4:37pm Friday 4th July 2008
AN AREA of Cumbria equivalent to 365,000 football pitches has been officially registered as ‘owned’ after a drive by the Land Registry.
Table top sale
3:54pm Friday 4th July 2008
GARDEN plants, books and cakes will be available to buy at the Marchesi Centre, Windermere, tomorrow (Saturday, July 5).
Top book prize nominees announced
3:07pm Friday 4th July 2008
THE Long List of contenders for this year’s Lakeland Book of the Year Prize has been announced, with the cream of Cumbria’s literary talent vying for the top honour.
World of Plants
10:33am Friday 4th July 2008
HAYES Garden World in Ambleside has submitted a major planning application.
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Dark Knight fires up cash registers
Updated 10:52am Sunday 20th July 2008
A Warner Bros executive says the Batman sequel The Dark Knight has set a single-day box office record by taking 66.4 million dollars (£33.2m) on its opening day.
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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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