Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
A Roman settlement has been unearthed by a water company laying pipelines in Penrith, Cumbria. It is believed to date back to the first century AD and includes remains of timber buildings and streets. The discovery was made by United Utilities engineers during excavations for a sewage pipeline in October. Read the rest of this article...
UK Against Fluoridation (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Water fluoridation may be extended 26 September 2008 Fluoridated water could be added to more tap water in more homes across Cumbria, it has been announced. Kendal, Carlisle, Penrith and Barrow are being considered for inclusion in the scheme. Primary care trust bosses say 47% of local children suffer from tooth decay and have asked the Strategic Health Authority to draw up plans. They must be spending...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
A country house that is romantic even by William Wordworth's standards has come on the market in the Lake District for £3million. A favourite destination for Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy, Eusemere - five miles from Penrith, Cumbria - was built in the late 18th century for the slave abolitionist Thomas Clarkson. The 16-acre estate adjacent to Ullswater includes a six-bedroom house, a boathouse,...
Chris Whiteside's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
A number of people have asked me how MPs had voted on their expenses. In Cumbria the position of the six sitting MPs was In favour of the reform package proposed by the Estimates Committee, which would have introduced external audit and scrapped the "John Lewis List" David Maclean (Penrith and the Borders, Conservative) Eric Martlew (Carlisle, Labour) For the amendment which supported internal audit...
Flesh is Grass (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
We’re walking in the Lakes from Penrith to Boot, arriving on a Saturday night after a week cross country. Did I mention that Cumbria is in a complete stupor public-transport-wise? I’m vexed nearly to tears because I’ve just spent about an hour and a half trying to find a route from Boot to London on [...]
An Englishman's Castle (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
Woman arrested with knife 'saved by sausage' - Telegraph A woman who was accused of having a knife in public walked free from court because she works with sausages, lawyers said on Tuesday. Jane Bellas, 29, from Penrith, Cumbria, avoided...
Europe A La Carte Blog (Free subscription) | 14/02/2008
I’m looking for a hotel for a weekend break in Lake District at the end of February. My husband had mentioned the Shap Wells hotels near Penrith, which is part of the Best Western group. I did a search for Best Western hotels in the Lake District & Cumbria. Best [...]
CottonKnickersForAfrica (Free subscription) | 02/11/2007
I was at a meeting yesterday at Britain's newest university, the University of Cumbria. This is what was, St Martins College, The Cumbria Institute of the Arts in Carlisle, and Newton Rigg in Penrith. I was at the campus in Ambleside which was once the Charlotte Mason teacher training college. What a [...]
