BILL Hodson tells me that he always had a longing to draw but was convinced at an early age that he should pursue a science career if he wanted to get a job. Twenty or so years on, while in his forties, his wife enrolled him for an evening class. Although
Damson lovers are in for a feast of delights later this year when the Westmorland Damson Association hosts a delicious evening of damson revelry at Crosthwaite Village Hall on September 29. The £25 a head tickets (which include a bottle of wine per couple
AN ICONIC mobile home with a difference is heading to these shores, thanks to the efforts of a trailblazing company. The firm, based at Tebay, has secured the distribution rights to sell the distinctive, American-made Airstream Travel Trailer to the
Bowland Bridge Stores: Bramble Thyme (Greenodd) 3-fruit marmalade with grapefruit, lemon & orange £2.39. Peter Hutchinson, Greenodd: Sacks of potatoes from Sandgate Farm, Flookburgh, £6.50; gammon steaks £2.60 per lb. Watson & Woollard, Kendal: Stuffed
MOTORISTS banned from driving in the UK and Northern Ireland will automatically be banned from driving in the Republic of Ireland from April 2008. Despite operating a very similar penalty points system, accumulating 12 points in the UK has not automatically
MOTORISTS banned from driving in the UK and Northern Ireland will automatically be banned from driving in the Republic of Ireland from April 2008. Despite operating a very similar penalty points system, accumulating 12 points in the UK has not automatically
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a replica Desert Eagle revolver was stolen from a house at Tower Wood, in Bowness. The incident happened yesterday (Thursday) between 1.45pm and 2.15pm when thieves forcibly entered the detached property and stole
TWO antique tables, estimated to be worth between £500 and £1,000 each, have been stolen from a property at Troutbeck, Windermere. The items were stolen yesterday (Thursday) at sometime between 7.30am and 11am when offenders entered a study area of the
ACTORS will be hoping for sunny weather when they perform their interpretation of a Shakespeare comedy today (Friday) in the open air. Ford Park in Ulverston is the venue for Much Ado About Nothing, which starts at 7.30pm and is performed by Chapterhouse
A MAJOR engineering project which is protecting hundreds of people from flooding is being celebrated in a new booklet. Thanks to the completion of the multi-million pound flood relief scheme, householders in the Lowther Park area are now able to sleep
COUNCIL tax payers have criticised South Lakeland District Council after it distributed high street store gift vouchers to smooth along a consultation process. Ten random members of the public were offered £10 Marks and Spencer gift vouchers to attend
SERIOUS concerns are mounting in the heart of the Lakes over claims that thousands of patients will be left without a dentist. Petitions have been launched urging health chiefs to rethink a decision not to replace Ambleside practitioner Mike Hyne when
While millions of England's smokers remain frustrated by the lighting-up ban in enclosed public places, for one South Lakeland man it is the official no smoking' sign that by law should be posted on all business premises which is causing most offence.
Two brothers battled gales, freezing temperatures and limb-deadening fatigue to complete an epic two day aquatic adventure for charity. Mark and Richard Walsh, from Kirkby Stephen, are celebrating after swimming the length of 11 Lakeland lakes in 48
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a windfarm on the hills above Old Hutton are being met with mounting opposition. The proposal for between five and eight turbines, less than two miles from the village, has prompted fears that irreparable damage would be
CUMBRIA is open' is the message from tourism chiefs in light of the latest foot-and-mouth emergency to hit Britain. Six years since the disease devastated the county's farm and tourism industry, Cumbria's tourist bosses are determined to keep the countryside
If these cloudy "summer" skies clear in time, stargazers and sky-watchers in the South Lakes - and all over the UK - will be able to enjoy a meteor shower in the night sky this weekend. A "meteor" is a fancy astronomical term for a "shooting star",
One of the many concepts in the world of gardening is keeping ideas simple, writes Tom Attwood, head gardener at Rydal Hall. This can be applied to leaf, flower and stem colour, form, contrasting foliage and layout. Whatever your approach is, time and
