2017

Amazing finds

Volunteers pitch in with experts at Carlisle digArchaeology isn’t normally like this,” said lead archaeologist Frank Giecco of what has been an exceptional dig at Carlisle cricket club on
2017

My Cumbria Life

Celia MacKenzie is chief executive of Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners, the organisation which oversees Whitehaven Harbour and The Rum Story visitor attraction
2017

James and the giant mountains

Record time for 446 English and Welsh peaks – Adventurer James Forrest has set a new record by tackling all 446 peaks topping 2,000ft in
2017

Putting out the word

Katie Hale, from near Shap, is a poet, lyricist and fiction writer who runs workshops in schools and hosts an open mic night in Penrith.
2017

Arctic exile

When Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, needed to quit the country amid scandal, he accepted a challenge to travel to the wilds of Arctic
2017

Top of her game

World Cup finalist Abbie Scott from Keswick is part of a new generation of rugby players who are changing the perceptions of the women’s game
2017

Guardians of the fells

A team of handlers and their dogs has been helping to find injured, lost and vulnerable people on Lake District fells for 25 years
2017

An awfully big adventure

A driving force behind Kendal Mountain Festival, Steve Scott oversees one of the biggest events of its kind that attracts more than 15,000 people to