We picked a glorious morning to spend an hour with Mike Hambrey who kindly gifted us Dam Mire Wood to do some hedge planting. Read more
Friends of the Lake District was proud to host a training visit from the Westmorland Dales apprentice team and their Lake District counterparts in our beautiful Resp Haw and Bull Coppice woods in the Rusland Valley. Read more
Haweswater Fell Care Day, Dark Skies festival begins, the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Ullock Moss and other car park proposals, Dam Mire Wood path works, Village stories of the Westmorland Dales. Read more
Electricity North West – the electricity company for NW region – has removed overhead power lines and electricity poles at Mungrisdale at a cost of £90,000. Read more
Presenter Debbie North promotes outdoor adventures for all in a new film Get Outside in the Westmorland Dales. Read more
After five hard weeks of work, our contractor Dan finished work on the new access to Dam Mire Wood at Threlkeld today. We are delighted with how the path is coping with all the wet so far. It has been brilliant to be working with DB Contracts and they have done a superb job for us on a difficult site. Read more
The success of Cumbria’s third Dark Skies Festival, shows that people want to get outside and experience nature and wildlife in the dark. Several hundred people attended activities and events spread all across the county, and in the Lake District National Park. Read more
A stunning day of autumn sunshine saw 50 volunteers, task leaders and Friends of the Lake District staff who took part in the Friends’ big volunteer event Haweswater Fell Care Day on Thursday 4th November. Read more
Local schools took part in an art project with artists Rob and Harriet Fraser. See their work and watch their video creations featuring the unique landscapes of the Westmorland Dales. Read more
Our Policy Officer Kate Willshaw and our Patron Amy Bray were part of a CPRE delegation that attended COP26 in Glasgow, the global United Nations summit about the climate emergency and how countries are planning to tackle it, to highlight rural issues. Read more
15th & 16th October 2021. Calling all farming families and workers who have lived in and around The Westmorland Dales; Tebay, Crosby Ravensworth, Ravenstonedale and other areas. We would love to hear your stories! Read more
Dam Mire Wood Update: Last week really tested our contractor Dan Boardley and colleague Andy due to the severe weather conditions Cumbria experienced. Read more