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Pony to ferry passengers around nature reserve
5:10pm Thursday 17th July 2008
VISITORS to a Dales nature reserve are being urged to saddle up and take advantage of a new service called The Ingleborough Pony.
Comments (0)Ingleton turns clock back
1:45pm Friday 11th July 2008
THE clock was turned back in Ingleton at the weekend for Operation Homeguard – the village’s annual Second World War festival.
Museum buys memories of Bentham
3:52pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
A fascinating collection of books and archives about communities including Bentham has been bought by a local museum thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £49,400.
Bentham Town Council's June agenda
9:57am Tuesday 27th May 2008
There will be a Meeting of Bentham Town Council on Monday, June 2 from 7.30pm in the Lower Hall, Bentham Town Hall. The agenda is as follows: 1. To Receive Declarations of Interest from members present 2. To Receive Comment & Concerns 3. Public participation - to hear matters raised by members of the public or Cllrs with a prejudicial interest either on agenda items or for future consultation (NB for non agenda items Members of the Council are not permitted to respond, except to ask questions for the purposes of clarification) 4. To Confirm the minutes of the previous meeting 5. To Receive the Clerks Report (for information only) 6. To Receive the Police Report & allow members to ask questions for information - If any 7. To Receive Reports from CCllr & DCllrs (for information only) - If any 8. Planning 8.1 To Consider and Comment upon New Applications 8.2 08/2008/8395 Off road car parking space at Greygarth, 11 Robin Lane, Bentham 8.3 08/2008/8517 Replacement Pavilion, Springfield Bowling Club, Springfield, High Bentham.
Ingleton pupils 'exchange' with France
11:33am Wednesday 30th April 2008
NEARLY 30 pupils from a school in France are spending the week in Ingleton.
Bunk barn plans for Ingleton farm
11:41am Tuesday 22nd April 2008
A FARM building in Ingleton could be turned into a bunk barn if plans are approved by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.
March minutes from Bentham Town Council
9:44am Tuesday 8th April 2008
BENTHAM TOWN COUNCIL Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Monday 3 March 2008, at 7.30 pm in the Town Hall Present Cllrs Adams, Barrington, Burton, Faichney, Heigh, Marshall, Stannard, Taylor & Wills (Chairman) and DCllr Camacho. Also the Clerk, Mrs Burton, & 2 parishioners.
Grant for Bentham first aiders
9:43am Tuesday 8th April 2008
BENTHAM Town Council has agreed to give the town's First Responders a £50 grant.
Mobile speed matrix set for Burton-in-Lonsdale
4:51pm Wednesday 2nd April 2008
Burton-in-Lonsdale parish councillors heard at their latest meeting that the mobile speed matrix is ready for deployment sometime in the next few weeks.
Police seek help returning stolen items to places of religion
4:42pm Monday 17th March 2008
North Yorkshire Police are appealing for information to help return more than 70 items believed to have been stolen from churches and cemeteries over a number of years.
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Dark Knight fires up cash registers
Updated 2:58pm 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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