Online blogs on sport, business, law, farming, photography, from the Westmorland Gazette

Blog: Being quizzed by the fish police

5:06pm Thursday 16th May 2013

LET’S get a goldfish,” I announced out of nowhere. “They’re low-maintenance pets.”

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Letter: Design must fit in with surroundings

4:59pm Thursday 16th May 2013

Design must fit in with the surroundings In the ‘Within Living Memory’ (Gazette, December 13), Pat Hovey and Trevor Hughes recall the Kent riverbank north of Stramongate Bridge.

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Blog: Take tick bites seriously!

4:58pm Thursday 16th May 2013

IT WOULD appear that some family doctors in Britain may need a ticking off.

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Comment: Cultural partnership will boost the local economy

4:57pm Thursday 16th May 2013

The concept of ‘cultural tourism’ has blossomed in the Lake district in recent years.

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Comment: Cold calls can be a good thing

4:55pm Thursday 16th May 2013

IT’S part of the daily norm: there are ‘phone calls selling us dodgy carbon credit schemes; ‘phone calls telling us we qualify for an energy initiative or a recorded ‘information’ call about writing off debt.

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Blog: Trouble with the welding fairy

5:17pm Thursday 9th May 2013

AS PARENTS, you encourage your children to tell the truth. But it reminds you of the lies you told your Mum and Dad.

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Letter: Trust medical jobs should be protected

5:14pm Thursday 9th May 2013

As a previously elected Public Governor of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, it did not come as a surprise to read (Gazette, April 25, ‘230 jobs face axe in health savings’) that the trust may have to cut 230 jobs to reduce the 30 million financial deficit.

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Blog: Un'appi' with the concept

5:13pm Thursday 9th May 2013

SOONER or later it had to happen. I’m referring to new ‘appiness’ technology developed to monitor our daily sense of wellbeing. There are apps for everything else, it seems, so why not one for measuring a person’s happiness?

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Comment: South Lakeland must avoid the bovine TB 'nightmare scenario'

5:12pm Thursday 9th May 2013

BOVINE TB is a devastating illness in cattle and there is undestandably much concern over the news that the disease has been discovered in South Lakeland and north Lancashire.

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Comment: Red tape relaxation should encourage community events

5:10pm Thursday 9th May 2013

Recently I was delighted to read the Minister for Sport and Tourism Hugh Robertson MP’s written statement to the House of Commons.

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Blog: Avoiding the dangers on our Malaysian adventure

5:03pm Friday 3rd May 2013

Our Malaysian adventure began with a double dose of China town. In the historic fishing town of Malacca, at the southern tip of the country, we spent one night exploring the city's lantern-lighted canal and its miniature art-shops and cafés. This Chinese-decorated area served up ice cream with sweet corn, red kidney beans, dark treacle, coconut sorbet and strawberry sauce. It was quite an awakening for my English taste buds. The contrasting textures of the individual ingredients were not appealing to me, Sam on the other hand really enjoyed it- but if you happen to come across one on a menu somewhere I recommend trying it as it was an interesting experience.

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Blog: A relaxing break is hard work

5:19pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

IT’S not long until our holidays, which means it’s not long until we become good old English fault finders.

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Letter: Raise tax on second homes

5:17pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

Thank you for your detailed but deeply depressing articles on the lack of affordable housing in the Lake District and the increasing numbers of second homes and holiday lets (Gazette, April 18, ‘Villages without children’).

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Blog: Mirren, Mirren on the wall . . .

5:16pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

ARDENT fans of our esteemed monarch could be a tad nervous this week. For a start, they may well be concerned that Helen Mirren’s continuing popularity as a Queen impersonator is detracting from the public adulation traditionally enjoyed by the real-life royal.

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Comment: Evidence needed to back up cycling plans

5:15pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

APROPOSAL to make the Lake District National Park a world-class destination for cycling has to be generally welcomed.

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Comment: Too little freedom in a world wrapped in cotton wool

5:13pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

T here is no doubt that the southern Lake District, if not always the base for children’s author Arthur Ransome, was certainly his spiritual home.

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Blog: Can you help me here, Colin?

4:42pm Friday 26th April 2013

SO, there’s a rift in the coalition. We’re getting a new carpet when there’s nothing wrong with the old one.

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Letter: More morning trains needed to Oxenholme

4:38pm Friday 26th April 2013

More morning trains needed to Oxenholme I, too, spotted the report on the Virgin Trains’ website about ‘research’ into British Isles knowledge (Gazette, April 11, ‘Educate London on the Lakes call’).

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Blog: Entering holy matri-money?

4:28pm Friday 26th April 2013

POOR old Brucie! I’m referring, of course, to Sir Bruce Forsyth - the veteran entertainer and Strictly Come Dancing host.

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