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Get That Weekend Feeling
2:40pm Friday 18th July 2008
THE latest packed edition of That Weekend Feeling, The Westmorland Gazette's popular online news programme, is now in our videos section.
Comments (0)Van fails to stop after collision near Ambleside
3:40pm Friday 18th July 2008
POLICE in Ambleside have launched an appeal for information after a vehicle involved in a collision with a pedal cycle failed to stop.
Affordable housing campaign takes shelter in Kendal
12:56pm Friday 18th July 2008
A CAMPAIGN calling upon the government to provide more affordable housing, protect vulnerable people and end the housing divide has been embraced across Cumbria.
Councillors claim thousands in expenses
12:20pm Friday 18th July 2008
DETAILS of councillors’ expenses have been released by Cumbria County Council today.
Herbicide ban called for
11:58am Friday 18th July 2008
A NATIONAL group which represents allotment-holders and organic growers is calling for an immediate ban on the use of a ‘killer’ herbicide which is thought to have ruined hundreds of plants across South Lakeland, reports Ellie Hargreaves.
Kendal hospital ‘victory’ applauded
9:50am Friday 18th July 2008
CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to continue fighting cuts at Kendal’s Westmorland General Hospital despite health bosses agreeing to keep the site open to heart attack and stroke patients.
Restoration work is underway
9:50am Friday 18th July 2008
WORK has begun to restore a landmark in Ulverston which is in need of some tender loving care.
Bay walks guide condemns route change idea
9:50am Friday 18th July 2008
A REPORT looking into the possibility of changing the finish point of the ever-popular Morecambe Bay walks has been condemned by the Queen’s Official Guide to the Sands.
Elected park authority members debated
9:10am Friday 18th July 2008
NATIONAL park authority members could be forced in future to stand for re-election.
Ospreys deliver a surprise
9:00am Friday 18th July 2008
RSPB officers are celebrating following the discovery of an unprecedented three osprey chicks in a nest overlooking Bassenthwaite.
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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