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Forest rally great spectator sport
11:40am Friday 18th July 2008
THE Greystoke Stages provided a chance for spectators to watch most types of stage rally cars from an Opel Ascona to Fiesta ST's, pick their lines through the forest near Penrith.
Comments (0)Tennis club achieves top award
9:50am Friday 18th July 2008
HEVERSHAM with Milnthorpe Tennis Club has become the first club in the South Lakes to achieve the prestigious Tennis Clubmark Award.
League says 'play it again'
9:30am Friday 18th July 2008
THE Northern League committee have ordered Kendal and Morecambe second teams to play their Division Two League Cup quarter-final match.
Quadrathlon's Keith keeps title
9:30am Friday 18th July 2008
QUADRATHLON: Keith Longney retained the Male V40 title in the British Championships, at Brigg, North Lincolnshire last weekend. He faced stiff competition with wet and windy conditions making the distances of a 1.5k swim, 7km kayak, 40km cycle & 10k run challenging, but his fifth place overall was a good result given the young and talented field.
Motorsport stars back Cumbria-inspired kart program
8:50am Friday 18th July 2008
A CUMBRIAN quest to find future Lewis Hamiltons has been adopted nationally.
Huge cash boost for rugby club
8:50am Friday 18th July 2008
MORE than half-a-million pounds will be spent turning Kirkby Lonsdale Rugby Club into “one of the best rugby clubs in the North”.
Ben's Girl romps home in hound trailing fest
9:30am Friday 18th July 2008
THE festival is established as one of the highlights of the season. It used to be held at Cock How, near Ennerdale Bridge, but two years ago it moved further up the road to Cold Fell Gate.
Mountain bronze for Sarah
3:03pm Thursday 17th July 2008
KIRKBY Stephen physiotherapist Sarah Tunstall turned in the best performance of her mountain running career to date to win bronze in the European championships at Zell am Harmersbach in Germany over the weekend.
Motorcycling: Ellison looks to banish bad memories
11:56am Thursday 17th July 2008
KENDAL'S Dean Ellison has vowed to banish his Oulton Park demons this weekend when he returns to the track where he broke his ankle and foot earlier this season.
Road race victory for Matt Cronshaw
11:46am Thursday 17th July 2008
CARNFORTH'S Matt Cronshaw (Kinesis UK) scored his first road race victory of the season on Sunday with a telling sprint finish in the North West Road Race League event hosted by the Liverpool Mercury RC on the 'Pimbo Circuit' near Rainford, Merseyside.
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Hardy plays Heathcliff in TV drama
Updated 10:22pm Friday 18th July 2008
Tom Hardy, who won huge acclaim in Stuart: A Life Backwards, is to play Heathcliff in the new TV version of Wuthering Heights.
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Racing project gets national motorsport attention
A CUMBRIAN quest to find future Lewis Hamiltons has been adopted nationally.
Bay walks guide condemns route change idea
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.
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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