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Hawkshead Grammar School guide unveiled
5:38pm Tuesday 15th July 2008
A HISTORICAL guide to one of the South Lakes most popular and community focused attractions looks set to revitalise visitor experience and raise much-needed funds.
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4:05pm Friday 4th July 2008
A BOUNCY castle, tombola and raffle will feature at the Hawkshead Pre-School fundraiser on Saturday, July 12.
423 years in the making
1:41pm Friday 4th July 2008
HAWKSHEAD Grammar School Museum has published the first ever guidebook about its rich history.
May minutes of Hawkshead Parish Council
1:28pm Tuesday 27th May 2008
Minutes of a meeting held in the Lower Market House, Hawkshead on Tuesday 20 May 2008, immediately following the Annual Meeting of the Parish Council.
Prize Promises
4:16pm Wednesday 7th May 2008
HAWKSHEAD Primary School Parent Teacher Association will hold an Auction of Promises this Saturday.
April meeting of Hawkshead Parish Council
10:53am Saturday 3rd May 2008
Minutes of a meeting held in the Lower Market House, Hawkshead on Tuesday 15 April 2008 commencing at 7.30 pm.
Thousand pound donation to St Peter's
4:17pm Wednesday 9th April 2008
A CHARITABLE local woman has bequeathed portions of her three quarters of a million pound will to national charities and a South Lakes church.
Hawkshead Parish Council March meeting minutes
10:24am Friday 28th March 2008
Minutes of a meeting held in the Lower Market House, Hawkshead on Tuesday 18 March 2008 commencing at 7.30 pm.
Stalemate for Hawkshead car parking row
12:37pm Saturday 15th March 2008
PARKING fines across Cumbria are set to change at the end of the month, with penalties rising for some offences, and reducing for others.
Hawkshead parking problems raised at meeting
11:54am Tuesday 26th February 2008
HOLIDAY cottage owners were using the lay-by to the south of Outgate to park their vehicles members of Hawkshead Parish Council heard during the public participation section of their February meeting.
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Macca peace plea to Quebec critics
Updated 3:27pm Friday 18th July 2008
Paul McCartney told Quebec nationalists "to smoke the pipes of peace" over their opposition to his free concert celebrating the city's 400th anniversary.
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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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