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Postcard from the Lakes 24th June 2022

Welcome to our latest Postcard. This week we've been very concerned about plans for Elterwater quarry, and we know many of you are too, as more than 30,000 people have signed a petition against it.
Wednesday 14th September: Mazonwath, Drystone Walling Booking Confirmation
Tuesday 16th August: High Borrowdale General Maintenance
Wednesday 10th August: Mazonwath, Drystone Walling Booking Confirmation

Lake District photo competition to reflect the beauty of the landscape

Our annual photo competition is here and we’d love to see your favourite photos of the Lake District, in all seasons, to star in our calendars and Christmas cards.
Charges change for second homes

The Queen's Speech introduced the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, which proposes changes to planning policy, including provision for council tax charges to be increased by up to 100% on dwellings occupied only periodically, such as second homes.
Annual General Meeting 2021 report

Almost 40 Members attended our 87th (and second via Zoom) AGM on 2 July. Attendance was up on the previous year with the remote format allowing some Members at distance to attend for the first time.
Collective Community Cumbria Clean Up sees 800 volunteers take part

Almost 800 volunteer litter pickers took part in this year’s Great Cumbrian Litter Pick, with 75 groups across Cumbria covering 311 km gathering over 500 bags of rubbish.
Lord Judd

We were very sad to hear of the death of Lord Frank Judd.
Free landscape training for outdoor leaders

Our series of free landscape training events for outdoor leaders will start again in May following an enforced break in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Virtual Dark Skies Festival to Light Up Your Screens

The Cumbria Dark Skies Festival promises to light up our February evenings with a spectacular array of online events celebrating the wonders of the night sky.
It is in the toughest of times that we find out who our true friends are

Thank you for your kindness in this extraordinary year. With all our best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
National Tree Week

It's National Tree Week - the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, and the start of the winter tree planting season. To celebrate we want to see your favourite trees - in Cumbria and further afield - and tell us why.
Prime Minister calls for increase in UK’s protected land

We welcome Prime Minister Boris Johnson's pledge to protect an extra 400,000 hectares of English countryside by 2030, as part of the United Nations' Leaders’ Pledge for Nature.