August

On top of the world

Jubilation greeted the news that the Lake District has finally been granted World Heritage Site status. The announcement in Krakow last month was the culmination
August

High spirit

The pioneering climber Gwen Moffat was Britain’s first female professional mountain guide and forged a second career as a writer of climbing books and detective
August

A bigger slice

Award-winning artisan cheesemaker Appleby Creamery is now part of Cows & Co – a premium Cumbrian food company with global ambitions
August

Georgian on my mind

After writing historical whodunnits, author Marian Veevers, who lives in Little Langdale, turned her attention to Jane Austen and Dorothy Wordsworth
August

Flying high

Mike Turner founded Treetop Trek, the high level adventure attraction at Windermere, five years ago and it now attracts 75,000 visitors a year. In the
August

Digging deep

Coniston and the Lake District played a vital role in the history of copper mining but the remains of its industrial past were in danger
August

‘Of the hands and heart’

A recreated master bedroom has opened to the public at Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House at Bowness-on-Windermere. The room reflects the radical ideas of
August

Humorous outlook

A giant’s arrow is among the eclectic collection of sculptures in the Arnside garden created by Judith and Stephen Slater over the past 30 years