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D���� D���� ��� M����1 Tue Lorton WI Darts Federation tournament2 Wed Lent lunch: Wheelwright Cottage, High Lorton, 12 pm2 Wed Lorton Parish Council, YTH, 7.30 pm3 Thu Lent Study group: Muncaster House,10.30am3 Thu Loweswater Parish Council, Loweswater VH, 8 pm4 Fri Simon & Garfunkel Cover, Loweswater VH,8 Tue Lorton WI Meal at Hundith Manor9 Wed Lent lunch: Palace How,Loweswater, 12 pm9 Wed Table Tennis at YTH 7 - 9 pm9 Wed Loweswater Ladies, Loweswater VH, 7.15 pm10 Thu Lent Study group: Muncaster House,10.30am10 Thu History Society, YTH, 7.30 pm10 Thu Loweswater IT Group, YTH, 10 – 12 pm11 Fri Lady in the Van, Ullock VH, 7.30pm12 Sat Lorton School 10k Run13 Sun Mockerkin Mob A walk. Cinderdale Common, 10 am14 Mon Lorton School lunch 1.15pm15 Tue Exploring spirituality group: Muncaster House 10 am15 Tue 77 Club Loweswater VH, 7.30 pm16 Wed Lent Lunch, Loweswater Village Hall, 12 pm16 Wed Lorton Gard. Club, YTH, 7.30 pm17 Thu Lent Study group: Muncaster House,10.30am19 Sat Coffee Morning, United Reform, Rooms, Cockermouth 10 am19 Sat Melbreak Communities Coffee Morning, YTH. 10.30 am20 Sun Mockerkin B Walk, Rosthwaite 10 am23 Wed Table Tennis at YTH 7 - 9 pm24 Thu Loweswater IT Group, YTH, 10 – 12 pm25 Fri Good Friday - see back for services27 Sun Clocks go Forward at 2 am, Easter Sunday30 Wed Table Tennis at YTH 7 - 9 pm

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compressions (but only if you know how) …▪ Have clothes and any medicines ready in case the person needs to

go to hospital.Advice supplied by Lorton First Responders

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At time of going to press we onlyhave 3 tickets left for A Celebrationof Simon and Garfunkel on Friday4th March.If you have booked tickets, you willbe able to collect these on thedoor. Donations of raffle prizes arewelcome and light refreshmentsand Wellington Farm Jersey Ice-cream will be available in theinterval.A future event at the hall is theSponsored Walk and Cream Teas onSunday 29th May. Details to follownearer the time.

Here is this year´s price list for thehall:Supper Room (< 3 hrs): £15Supper Room (>3 hrs): £30Whole hall all day: £100Whole hall evenings: £50Hourly rate ( 8am to 4pm): £15.Polling day/ Public Enquiries: £175Weddings (3-day package; 1 prep,celebration and clean-up ) £500Marquee on hall (must beprofessional company with owninsurance): £150P. Leck

Loweswater Village Hall News

100 Club Winners Mar 15 – Feb 16Mar 1 5 Sandra Meier Sep 1 95 Christine Walmsley 2 3 Sheila Hughes 2 99 Christine Edmunds 3 107 Ted Donohoe 3 108 Ted DonohoeApr 1 44 Anne Flower Oct 1 6 Loes van Cappellin 2 4 Martin Hughes 2 121 Carol Priestley 3 60 Edna Vickers 3 50 Joan MilburnMay 1 87 Tricia Pepper Nov 1 113 Erin Thompson 2 118 Marion Burton 2 106 Hanneke van Schelven 3 26 Claire Wright 3 8 Meleri McEwanJun 1 74 Judy Hudson Dec 1 44 Anne Flower 2 56 Christine England 2 59 John Vickers 3 4 Martin Hughes 3 68 Susan ToddJul 1 121 Carol Priestley Jan 1 8 Meleri McEwan 2 50 Joan Milburn 2 65 Rev Bob Watkins 3 55 Christine England 3 75 Alex HarperAug 1 116 Audrey Burridge Feb 1 74 John Hudson 2 64 Barbara Robinson 2 18 Janet Coles 3 74 John Hudson 3 48 Brig Joe Milburn

As we go to print, Spring is just aroundthe corner with spring bulbs preparingto bloom, and there are beautiful littlelambs appearing, some with jackets toprotect them from the harsh wind andcold. As Christians we are still in theseason of Lent and looking forward tothe climax of our Christian year andthe celebration of the Passion atEaster in our services. It is the timethat we affirm our faith and re-dedicate our lives in Christianfellowship to follow Jesus. We lookforward to welcoming you to ourservice in Holy Week on Tuesday 22ⁿ�March at 7.00 and to our Easter Dayearly Communion service at 8.00am.Those of you who are away visitingfamily, we wish you all a WonderfulEaster.

In the Valley we are coming to thecompletion of Lent Lunches, and hopethose of you who can make it, willcome to Palace How, with Jan & GwynEvans on Wednesday 9th March andat Loweswater Village Hall on the 16��March, both from 12 – 2.00pm. Therewill be an opportunity to purchaselocally-made preserves, marmalade

and jams in aid of Church funds at theVillage Hall.

CTiC - The February issue of CTiC afour page document is placed at theback of Church for everyone to view, ifyou would like to receive an emailcopy please let me know.

The Annual Vestry & Parochial ChurchMeeting will be held after the serviceof 3�� April at approximately 11.45.

The Flower Rota is now available atthe back of the church, please help usfill in the gaps, Thank you.

Finally, we are praying for Sheila andMartin and wish her a completerecovery.

Jan Collins-Webb

NOTES FROM ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S

March : 10.3.16 & 24.3.16 at 10.00 –12.00amIf you would like to come along and get helpwith IT or are unsure and would like moreinformation please contact me. We meet at

Loweswater Village Hall, with refreshmentsof coffee/tea and cake at £3 a session.Please ring me to confirm attendance JanCollins-Webb - 01900 85609.

Loweswater IT Group

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The next meeting will take place onTuesday 15th March at 7.30pm inLoweswater Village Hall. We shall hear apresentation from John Butcher onThirlmere.

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

It has been decided to hold a Tea Partyin celebration of the Queen's 90thBirthday on Thursday 21st April at3.00pm at The Grange. A list will bemade available on 15th March for thosemembers wishing to come along,otherwise you can contact MarilynLaverack on 01900 85030.

LORTON NOTES

March sees the climax of the Church'syear as Easter Day lies on the fourthSunday of the month. When Easter isearly it seems a little odd to me that weare commemorating the death andresurrection of Jesus when Christmas isbut a recent memory, but to recall aphrase from one of my favourite films,Babe, the way things are are the waythings are. Before that, we have the Lentstudy group on Thursdays at 10.30am andtwo Lent lunches on Wednesdays. Thelunches are deservingly proving verypopular with church-goers and nonchurch- goers alike and if you have yet togive them a try, I urge you to come alongand enjoy delicious soups, cheese andscintillating company.

If you usually come to a service on EasterDay, I also urge you to attend at least oneservice during Holy Week, the weekpreceding Easter. The solemnity andpoignancy of these services are in deepcontrast to the joyful triumph of Easterand enable us better to enjoy Easter

itself. My own favourite is the MaundyThursday service, which commemoratesthe Last Supper and the first HolyCommunion. I find it a most movingservice.

The church has to be decorated for Easterand we shall be doing this on EasterSaturday at 10.00am. It really is a fun timeand any helpers will be welcome, whetheror not you can bring flowers or greenery.To complete the enjoyment, coffee andbiscuits will be served at about 11.00.TheYouth Cafe will be meeting as usual at theYew Tree Hall for table tennis, but therewill be no meeting in church on the lastFriday as this is Good Friday, the mostsolemn day in the Church's year. We hopethat Y-Club will be held on the secondSunday.

From St. Cuthbert's Church registers:

Wedding: 13 February: Aidan Robinsonand Sally Holden.

Roger Peck.

LORTON WOMEN’S INSTITUTEFebruary 2016 Meeting

Seventeen members and eleven visitorsgathered at the Yew Tree Hall on 9thFebruary.

Many of us were already great admirersof Alfred Wainwright, the writer andillustrator who had introduced us to theLakeland Fells.

However, partly due to his legendaryreluctance for publicity - until EricRobson’s television series - few of us hadknowledge of Wainwright the man. Thespeaker, Paul Heslop, revealed a few lessadmirable aspects of his personality aswell as providing an enthralling accountof his life, illustrated by many pictures,anecdotes and quotations.

What did emerge from Paul’s talk wasthat A.W., as he was always known, wasan outstandingly intelligent andaccomplished man from a poor home,adored by his mother, with an alcoholicfather. He excelled at school but had toleave at 13. Through sheer hard work, hebecame an accountant for the councils inBlackburn and Kendal.

An early, ill-judged marriage ensuredmany unhappy years for both parties andappeared to sour his views on women.“Women have no imagination. They lackthe vital spark”. It is not surprising thathe came across as a curmudgeonly manwho did not relate easily to his fellowman, or woman. However, in later life hemet and married his soul-mate Betty.

An avid walker since boyhood, A.W.spent a week’s walking holiday in theLake District when he was 23, and wassmitten. He returned, nearly every week,throughout his life, walking,photographing and documenting hiswalks, all of which he travelled to by bus,until he met Betty – she had a car.

We are all familiar with his painstakinglyprecise handwritten and beautifullyillustrated guides to the Lakeland Fells aswell as other parts of the country.Finally Paul gave us a beautiful slide showof many of Wainwright’s favourite fells.President Kris thanked Paul for a reallyinteresting and enjoyable talk. Therefollowed tea, a wonderful spread ofsavouries and cake and more craic. Thetalk had followed the business meetingchaired by Kris, who led us inremembering the late Dorothy Robinson,a long standing and valued member formany years.

There were reminders of the FederationDarts Tournament, which we are hostingon 1st March, and the Lorton School 10KRun on 12th March, at which we willserve refreshments. Members wereshown a new publicity leaflet which willbe printed for members to give to friendsand new people in the village. Memberswere asked to sign up choices for thenext Meeting, our Birthday Meal atHundith Hill on 8th March. Members notpresent at the meeting should contactJudith Foster if they wish to come.

After a few welcome weeks of beingable to open and close my door withouthaving to either shoulder it from theoutside or kick it from inside, I am backto doing both. This is not helped by thefact that a while ago the sneck gave upand disintegrated. I am currentlyopening my door with a tea spoon! Asyou do. I’m not knocking it as it worksand is significantly easier than trying tofind an equivalent handle and sneck fora door of that age and thickness.Many of you will have been aware thatthere have been patches of roadworksaround. Fangs was closed for a week,though they only worked for 3 days.Thanks to the neighbours who agreed tolet me park intheir yard, anarrangement Ididn’t need inthe end. Whenthe closure signsfirst went up Idecided thatthere wasprobably a wayround the wholething, withouthaving to goaround. Namely,get out beforethey turn up andget back when they’ve gone. It worked.On the Monday morning I madeenquiries with the guy putting out thediversion (he was there at 7am) whosaid I wouldn’t be able to get throughand the diversion was ‘only a shortdetour’! I looked at the map he had, aswhen he said this I thought they weregoing to try to send people over Mosser-it wouldn’t have surprised me. On seeingthe route my brain said; ‘that’s a 15 miledetour pal’. I am reliably informed by

the postman it was only 12, but it wasn’ta bad guess.There were a couple of days wherehaving a car with clearance helped dueto the huge gouges out of the road. Whythey didn’t do the whole section all theway across and all the way down isbeyond me. And they haven’t doneanything with the holes at the top soyou’ll still get traction if it’s icy.I recently attended a course atNorthlakes Hotel, Penrith which forsome reason has been painted beachhut blue. As with all these courses thereis water on the tables and sometimesboiled sweets. I had never seenindividually wrapped polos before. How

much do they cost? Surely it wouldbe cheaper to use those little snacksize packets for each person thanindividually wrap each one. Thewrappers had print on andeverything. Mental.I discovered something interestingrecently. Olympic cyclist VictoriaPendleton is now a jockey! Ratherthan give up sport, become a pundit,or go on The Jump and break bones,she has reinvented herself. She is notthe only sports person to do this.Transitions have been made fromcycling to rowing (that one may bethe other way round) and cycling to

motor sport. Yes, Sir Chris Hoy isembarking on a career in Touring Cars. Iwonder what it is about world classcyclists that makes them determined tocarry on in sport? I wonder if the trendwill pass on to all those cyclists we see inour valleys? The mind boggles as towhat they will do. I haven’t seen manyspeed or Nordic walkers recently. Theymust be up for a revival. Keep your eyespeeled. Penny. 7

Well, here we are coming up to ourfinal talk of the winter season!

Our cheer up January party went well- by popular demand, we might haveto reinstate the famous drawinggame, although some of us missed itlike a hole in the head…..

As the Link goes to press, we arelooking forward to the February talkby Paul Nicol, on fungi in the garden.

The next event is on Wednesday16th March when Ben Sandersonfrom Cath´s Garden Plants will speakon Primroses. Hopefully, there willbe tempting plants on sale. Thesummer programme will be availableat this meeting, which is, as usual, at7.30 in the Yew Tree Hall. Visitorswelcome.

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Loweswater with Buttermere PCC100 Challenge Club

The prizewinners for the draw held for 1st February 2016No 74 1st prize of £25 John Hudson

No 18 2nd prize of £10 Janet Coles No 48 3rd prize of £5 Brig Joe Milburn

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all our supporters.

There’s still time to subscribe,we need your support!!

Lorton & Loweswater Lent LunchesWe look forward to welcoming you on the following dates.

2nd March Julian & Mark Elliott, Wheelwright Cottage, High Lorton

9th March Jan & Gwyn Evans at Palace How, Loweswater

16th March Loweswater Village Hall

Keith and Lorna Meadley would like to thank everyone whoAttended and helped to raise £455.00 for the Church at theirLent Lunch on Thursday 11th February at the Grange.

February´s Quiz Night at Yew Tree Hall

On a wet and windy winter's evening 55 people enjoyed a lively,light hearted quiz and relaxed with a glass of wine or beer and alight snack. The quiz was stimulating, combining general knowledgewith brain teasers and humour. Thanks to Steve Irlam formasterminding the questions, to members of the Hall Committeefor organising the event and providing the refreshments, and toeveryone who supported it so enthusiastically with generouspurchase of raffle tickets. We made a little over £340 which will gotowards maintenance of the Hall and some refurbishment followingDecember's floods.

Popular feedback was 'When will you do this again?' Look out forannouncements.

Buttermere Parish CouncilMeeting held on Tuesday 1st December2015.

The Chair welcomed everyone to themeeting including Allerdale BoroughCouncillor Tony Annison, Cumbria CountyCouncillor Alan Bowness, PCSOs KatherineSmith and Adel Lyall who were all inattendance.

The Police report for the area highlightedthree incidents that had occurred in theParish since the last meeting:

On 21�� September 2015 a vehicle wasbroken into. This was on the Buttermere sideof Honister Pass and occurred between07:45 am and 08:00am. During the incidentseveral items were stolen including acomputer tablet, a camera and kayakingequipment. Police investigations into thisincident are ongoing.

On the 27�� September the Police werecontacted after a sheep was hit by a vehiclenear to Buttermere. The owner of the sheepwas alerted and the injured sheep wasretrieved from the scene.

On the 26�� October a public order incidentoccurred in the area of Buttermere. This wasafter a motorist became verbally abusivetowards another motorist. Policeinvestigations into this incident are ongoing.

Cllr. Beard raised the issue of 'lamping' andstated that he felt there had been a recentincrease in the number of people visiting theParish with dogs and guns who were intenton badger baiting and other illegal activities.He had noticed a small white van with thenumber plates obscured in the area onseveral occasions over the past weeks.

Katherine explained that the Police had aWildlife Officer, Helen Branthwaite, whodealt with this type of crime. Sheencouraged all those present to report anysuspicious behaviour to the 101 numberwith the dates and times and thisinformation would be followed up by thePolice. She emphasised that any type ofsuspicious behaviour should always bereported.

A response received from the National Truststated that they had licensed five sportingevents on their land in Buttermere betweenMarch and September in 2015 and that theyhad a policy of allowing no more than oneevent per month in the area during springand summer. It was agreed that councillorsshould keep a list of all the events thatoccurred in the valley during the comingyear, in particular the cycling events that donot appear to require licensing but do causeproblems for local residents.

The expected expenditure for 2016/17 wasgiven as £1,365.00 and the Clerkrecommended that there should be nochange in the precept of £1,400.00. This wasagreed by councillors.

To view the full minutes from this meetingplease visit the Melbreak Communitieswebsite.The next meeting of Buttermere ParishCouncil will take place on Tuesday 31st May2016 at 8.00pm in The Old School,Buttermere. All are welcome.

The contact details of the Clerk David Smithare: Tel: 01697 323296 E-mail:davidsmith@tinyworld.co.uk

Note from Ed: This article was left out inJanuary because of a lack of space.

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Loweswater LadiesOur annual meal at the Kirkstile held onWednesday February 10�� was a lovelyevening, delicious food, friendly andprompt service and a great opportunityfor us all to get together and have agood natter. Chatting is something weexcel at, at every given opportunity!Yvette won the raffle, presented byChristine. Many thanks to the Kirkstilestaff for a wonderful evening.

We are back to our usual venue,Loweswater Village Hall at 7.15pm onWednesday 9�� March when Christine

Poate will be speaking to us on the topicof Mental Health.

Ann Hayton will be presenting the rafflefor the evening and our supperhostesses will be Marilyn, Marjorie, Janand Ann Kyle. Ann Hiley

films showing at Ullock Village HallFriday 11 March at 7.30 pm

The Lady in the Van (Cert 12A)Alan Bennett’s big-screen comedic adaptation of his own iconicmemoir and honoured stage play, starring Maggie Smith

********Friday 1 April at 7.30 pmThe Choir (Cert PG)

This is an inspirational story of a rebellious young boy with a remarkablesinging voice. Featuring a stunning soundtrack of choral music by Handel,Britten, Tallis and Mendelssohn, the Choir is an uplifting story of talent,adolescence and mentorship that proves what can be achieved when youdare to dream.

Tickets Adult £5, Child £4, Family of 4 £16.00 (B.Y.O.)

REPORTS FROM THE PARISH COUNCILSLorton Parish Council: Notes from themeeting held on Wednesday 6th January 2016 The Chair, Cllr. Chris Poate, welcomedeveryone to the meeting.A member of the public raised concerns aboutrecent flooding in the Low Lorton area. Sewagewater, together with excess water from thehighway drains, had been backing up andresulted in the flooding of a residence and thegarden area. Concerns were expressed withregard to the lack of separation of sewagewaste and drainage water, but it was explainedthat in Low Lorton, and many other areas,there was no separation. There followed somemore general concerns about the problemsthat the recent heavy rain had caused in theParish and it was confirmed that all theproblems had been reported to the relevantauthorities.Cllr. Deeks informed the meeting that he hadre-considered the draft Heads of Termsagreement as proposed by Cumbria CountyCouncil to cover the use of a part of the ParishField by Lorton School for the siting of a newadventure playground. He felt the documentrequired no further alterations andrecommended that it be agreed by the Council.This was agreed by the Councillors present.A written report from the Police identified sixincidents in the Parish reported to them sincethe last meeting. Perhaps the most serious ofthese incidents was a report regarding asuspicious vehicle seen in the Lorton area. Thedetails given regarding the vehicle was that itwas a dark coloured transit van and containedtwo males. The males were reported to beknocking on doors claiming to be from aninsurance company. The Police remindedcouncillors and members of the public to becautious regarding strangers and only to letpeople with legitimate identity enter theirhomes. If in doubt please contact the Police on101 or phone 999 if a crime is taking place.The next meeting of Lorton Parish Council ison Wednesday 2nd March 2016 7.30pm in TheYew Tree Hall. All are welcome.

Loweswater Parish Council: Notes from themeeting held on Thursday 7th January 2016

The Chair, Cllr. Kathryn Mitchell, welcomedeveryone to the meeting.Cllr. Mitchell informed the meeting that shewas increasingly concerned about the state ofMockerkin Hall, which now has a hole in theroof and several roof tiles have fallen to theground, where they could have injuredpassersby. The continued deterioration of theattached barn is also a real cause for concern.The Clerk is to report these concerns again toAllerdale Borough Council and Cllr. Annison,our representative on the Borough Council. Itwas noted that Mockerkin Hall has been acause for concern for a number of years nowand despite a number of legal notices beingissued by the Borough Council, the owners ofthe Hall have done little to repair and make thebuilding safe. Other issues in Mockerkin thatwere discussed included the repair of thebench on Mockerkin Green and the slowresponse of the Borough Council to variousstreet-lighting issues in the village.It was noted by Councillors that the Parish hadseemed to get off relatively lightly during therecent spells of heavy rain. However, therewere a number of highways concerns reportedby councillors, some of which had beenexacerbated by the poor weather. Theseincluded pot holes on Fangs Brow, the need fordrains to be cleaned out at the bottom ofFangs Brow, by Loweswater Hall and belowScales Bridge. All the concerns have beenreported to the Highways Hotline (0845 6096609) which can be used by any member ofthe public to report a highway related concern.The next meeting of Loweswater ParishCouncil is on Thursday 3�� March 2016 at8.00pm in Loweswater Village Hall. All arewelcome.Please Note: to view the papers from theabove meetings go towww.melbreakcommunities.org

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Buttermere NotesOur thoughts and prayers are withRevd Sheila for a speedy recovery andreturn. Meanwhile our thanks to RevdBob and Revd Carole for theircontinued support in taking services.Martin has retired as PCC Secretary tospend more time with Sheila and ourthanks are due to him for hiscontribution and IT skills. We arelooking for a new Secretary and any ofthe Loweswater & ButtermereChurchwardens would be pleased tohear from anybody who is interestedin taking on this roleWith fewer visitors congregations aresmaller at this time of year but it isinteresting that a recent statisticalreturn to the Diocese showed that ouraverage congregation (excluding majorservices) was 12.51!There was an interesting phone callrecently from somebody who rejoicedin the name of Charlie Lightning. Hewanted to make a film of the areaincluding Buttermere church and waswilling to pay a fee of £50. We settledon £100 for which he could also havethe bells rung, the advantage beingthere would be someone present tomake sure the church was not used foranything inappropriate. In the eventthe weather was so bad the maincamera was stuck some way off andfilming was restricted to outside shotsand a very long (and tiring!) session ofbell ringing.We also heard from a company calledMono Consultants Ltd acting on behalfof the Home Office ‘looking to enhance

the emergency services networkthrough the installation of new radioinstallations’ (ie a radio mast) onButtermere church grounds. Knowingthese contracts can be lucrative wereplied expressing interest but have sofar not had a reply.Finally we were somewhat mystified tofind an order of service booklet inchurch entitled ‘Men’s WalkingWeekend’ with ‘We used your churchtoday thank you’ written on it togetherwith the name of a parish nearRochester. Ann Kyle went into churchto change the flowers and found agroup apparently holding a service.After an exchange of letters it appearsthat this group enjoys staying in thearea, walking, eating, drinking andholding outdoor services. As theweather was at its moistest they heldtheir service indoors. Mystery solvedand we look forward to meeting themon a future visit.We are not sure when Revd Sheila willbe back with us and what effect thiswill have on our services but anychanges will be posted on our noticeboard.Gwyn and Jan Evans,Churchwardens

From Peasant to Estatesman – theemergence of the Cumbrianyeoman farmer

Talk by Chris Craghill 10 March 2016.Upper Lorton, Yew Tree Hall7.30pm. Admission free tomembers. Guests £3 to includerefreshments.

The Talk covers the period 1540-

1750. During this time the role ofthe Cumbrian Yeoman developinginto a strong rural middle class isexamined in the context of a thrivingwool industry and the demise of themonastic institutions.

Chris Craghill is a regional historianwith a Post Graduate Diploma inlocal history from LancasterUniversity.

Linskeldfield Farm, Isel

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Supplying premium gradewood fuel, including force-dried wood chips to anyspecification. Premium qualityENPlus A1 pellets, in bags orlarger loads.Dried hardwood and softwoodlogs alsoavailable.Phone Jonathan:-07713088135

www.cumbriawoodchip.co.ukWe also supply bird seed and petsupplies.

League of Friends of

Cockermouth Hospital

Coffee Morning

19�� March 10am- 12pm

United Reformed Church Rooms,

South Street, Cockermouth

THE MOCKERKIN MOB(founded by Alan Gane MBE in 1989)

Walk 305 March

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The Melbreak Communities - an Action Plan for the four parishes ofButtermere, Loweswater, Blindbothel and Lorton

www.melbreakcommunities.org.uk

Real Coffee & Home Made CakeSat 19th March Yew Tree Hall, Lorton 10.30am – 12 noon

(Including book & DVD Exchange)

A Walk Sunday 13th March 2016

Intended for experienced walkersMeet: 10am Cinderdale Common,South CPGR: 162193Route: Lad Hows, Grasmoor,Whiteless Pike, RannerdaleEstimated Time: 5hrs (Strenuous)

Leader: John Hudson 01946 861555

B WalkSunday 20th March 2016

Meet: 10am Rosthwaite NTCP

GR:258149Route: Stonethwaite, LangstrathValley and backEstimated Time: 4hrs/6 miles(Easy/Moderate)Leader: Graham Harker 01946 862758

Walkers participate at their own risk. We welcome new walkers: if you are interestedphone Joan, 01900 85637 or Judy, 01946 861555.

Please send your articles by e-mail to lolobulink@gmail.com by the 24thMarch 2016. Link can be read at www.melbreakcommunities.org.uk

The United Benefice of Lorton and Loweswater with Buttermere

Church Services March 2016

6 March Mothering Sunday 9.00am Holy Communion Lorton BCP 10.30am Family Communion Loweswater CW 3.00pm Evensong Buttermere BCP

13 March 5�� Sunday of Lent 9.00am Holy Communion Loweswater BCP 10.30am Holy Communion Lorton CW 10.30am Club Lorton Tennis Club 3.00pm Holy Communion Buttermere CW

20 March Palm Sunday9.00am Holy Communion Lorton CW

10.30am Matins Loweswater BCP 3.00pm Evensong Buttermere BCP

21 March Holy Week Monday 7.00pm Holy Communion Lorton CW Tuesday 7.00pm Holy Communion Loweswater CW Wednesday 7.00pm Holy Communion Buttermere CW Thursday 7.00pm Holy Communion Lorton CW

25 March Good Friday 11.00am Holy Communion Buttermere BCP 2.00pm Devotional Service Loweswater27 March EASTER DAY

8.00am Holy Communion Loweswater CW 10.30am Holy Communion Lorton CW

6.00.pm Evensong Buttermere BCPPLEASE NOTE – the above services may be changed, in which case detailswill be displayed on church notice boards

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