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Natland.info
Update: December 2006
Last
month I reported the seeming explosion of visitors to
the web site but that the true statistics were being
swamped by spammers trying in vain to access the Open
Forum. This process continued apace in December
month with 4,224 visits (up from 2,700 in November).
The number of genuine visitors, as measured by
the number of times the News page was downloaded, was
itself a record but a much more modest 330.
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July
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Aug
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Sept
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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231
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238
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197
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251
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303
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330
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Once
again it
is gratifying to see that all of our "buttoned"
pages are well frequented and that the Canal
Restoration file was downloaded 38 more
times.
Alerts:
If you
would like to receive e-mail notification of significant new items
on this website please click on
and send us a blank e-mail. Rest assured that your @ddress
will not be divulged to anyone unconnected with Natland.info.
Don
Shore
5th January 2007
Natland
Weather Report
Summary
of the year:
The
year finished with an exceptionally wet
December! We had heavy rain in the
first and last weeks of the month and it
was very windy. The temperature was milder
but we rarely saw the sun.
Total
rainfall for the year was 55 inches which
is higher than the average of about 50 inches.
November
produced very similar results to last year.
After a dry start, we have had some rain
every day from the 11th to the end of the
month, although never all day, fortunately
October's
statistics are similar to last year. There
was a more noticeable drop in temperature
compared to September as the latter was
so warm this year. The other feature was
that some rain fell in nearly every 24 hour
period. We had two days when approx 1 inch
fell each time : 5th and 25th of the month.
In
common with the rest of the country, September
was warm, in fact only 1 degree down on
August. Rainfall was average but 3 inches
fell in the first week of the month.
What
a difference to July! August
was 3 degrees cooler and 3 times wetter,
but not as much rainfall as August 2004
when we had 9 inches of rains
July
was the hottest and driest month of
the year.
June
was quite a dry month. There was no significant rain
until 12th June and very little in the last week. Summer
came at last with a 5 degree increase in temperature from
May.
May was slightly cooler this year and we had
more rain than usual. There was some rain recorded every day from 13th to 26th may. No sign of a
drought here!
A fairly average April. Still slightly cooler than
2005 but not quite as wet. We
had an exceptionally cold March with snow on several
days. The last week of the month saw higher temperatures
but heavy rain. Total rainfall was double the amount
for the same month in both 2004 and 2005.
Although slightly colder than last year, we had no
snow in February. Rainfall was again low, certainly not February Fill
Dyke
January:
a much colder start to the year but drier than last
year. No snow and rain on only 15 days in the
month!
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Rainfall
for Month
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Average
Temperature at 8 a.m.
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2006
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2005
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2006
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2005
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mm
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ins
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mm
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ins
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oC
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oC
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December
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213.5
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8.5
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70.5
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2.8
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4.2
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2.5
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November
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142.5
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5.7
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132
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5.3
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6.2
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7.2
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October
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175.5
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7.0
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158
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6.3
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9.6
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10.4
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September
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126
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5.0
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115
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4.6
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13.0
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11.5
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August
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118.5
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4.7
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105
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4.2
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13.7
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14.3
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July
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35.5
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1.4
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34
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1.3
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16.9
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15.6
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June
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53.5
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2.1
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71.5
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2.9
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14.2
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14.3
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May
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110
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4.4
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85
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3.4
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9.7
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10.5
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April
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80
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3.2
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95
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3.8
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6.2
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7.0
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March
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152
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6.1
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76
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3.0
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2.5
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6.1
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February
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67
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2.7
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51.5
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2.1
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2.6
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3.1
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January
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100
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4.0
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157
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6.3
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2.6
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5.0
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Statistics
and comment kindly supplied by John Dobson
 
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Weather
Forecast
To
see the weather
forecast for the Natland and Kendal area try the following links:
If
you are going walking in the hills you might find it
helpful to consult
The
Pick of the Litter!
Has anyone noticed a
difference in the amount of litter in the parish?
Volunteers
from the Parish Council and the Litter Working Group held a litter pick
targeted on Natland Road, Helm Lane and Burton Road, clearing accumulated
litter exposed by the Highway Authority's four-yearly full width verge cut. Dilly Bridge as usual yielded a large
quantity of rubbish, including the contents of someone's wardrobe! A quantity of bottles and cans was removed
from around the seat and near the railway bridge on Helm Lane.
However, more litter is already appearing
and the Parish Council has already earmarked Saturday 31st March for the annual
litter pick when volunteers will be sought from all the community.
Rhian
Peters, 30th December 2006
St
Mark's School End of Term Report
St Mark's School had a busy
and enjoyable term.
Alongside their
normal curriculum, pupils took part in fund raising and competitions. A sponsored walk raised money for diabetes
awareness, and Christmas boxes were packed and sent to orphans in Eastern Europe. School funds were boosted by cake baking and
a football speed mark challenge.
Pupils
also enjoyed a lesson and demonstration led by an international gymnast.
The school team got through to the second
round in the local Maths Quiz, and the Junior Citizen Quiz team won the South
Lakes competition.
On the sports side,
football and netball teams remain unbeaten.
The Year 2 class was chosen as one of 50 classes nationally to judge the
7-9 category in the prestigious Nestle Children's Book Prize and benefitted
immensely from the experience.
Year 4
pupil Georgia Hardman painted her winning fish design on the wall of the newly
decorated Kendal Leisure Centre, and Heather Ramsay's design for a dream
bedroom will be a permanent feature in the reception area of the new Travelodge
on the A591.
A highlight of the term
was the presentation of the Healthy School Award at a ceremony in Rheged. Senior teacher Mrs Grant has worked hard
over the last two years to develop policy, practice and a healthy school culture. There will be a display showing some of the
activities which have led to the award in the church entrance in the new year. Term ended as usual with a Christmas
celebration in church.
Summarised
by Rhian Peters from the Head's Report, 30th December
2006
Virus
Alert
A
concerned Natlander referred to natland.info
an e-mail (shown below) that he had received about a
computer virus and suggested we should publicise it
on the website. Fortunately we were able to recognise
it as a hoax virus message.
Nevertheless
it is worthwhile alerting you to this message so that
you do not fall into the trap of believing it. Variants
of this message have been going around for years and
the consistent theme is that there is a risk of massive
damage to your computer, that there is no known anti-virus
(usually attributing this to McAfee or Norton) and that
you should forward the message to everyone in your address
book.
This
is exactly what you should NOT do!
If
you were to send this message to everyone in your address
book and they were to do likewise and so on, very soon
the internet would be clogged up with millions of unwanted
and unnecessary e-mails. Worse, if they sent it
so that the e-mail addresses are visible, eventually
your e-mail address could end up on a computer that
is not virus protected and might be hi-jacked by a spammer
so that messages seeming to come from you are being
sent to unknown people, possibly also by then carrying
a virus.
If
you do receive a message of this sort, first check with
your virus protection company's web site. For
example, the message shown below is listed on the McAfee
Virus Hoaxes web page
as the Olympic
Torch Hoax.
If you still can't find it, check with your internet
service provider.
Here
is a typical text of the Olympic Torch hoax virus e-mail
message:
Please read the attached warning issued today.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:
You should be alert during the next days:
Do not open any message with an attached filed called "Invitation" regardless
of who sent it .
It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which "burns" the whole hard disc C
of your computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail
address in his/her contact list, that is why you should send this e-mail to all
your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the
virus and open it.
If you receive a mail called "invitation", though sent by a friend, do not
open it and shut down your computer immediately.
This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft
as the most destructive virus ever.
This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for
this kind of virus.
This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital
information is kept.
SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, COPY THIS E-MAIL AND SEND IT TO YOUR
FRIENDS AND REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US.
If
you receive this e-mail, or one like it, delete it and
DO NOT forward it to other users. The message
on the McAfee
Virus Hoaxes web page
is worth repeating:
Virus
Hoaxes
There
are a lot of viruses out there. But some aren't really
out there at all. Virus hoaxes are more than mere annoyances,
as they may lead some users to routinely ignore all
virus warning messages, leaving them vulnerable to a
genuine, destructive virus.
Next
time you receive an urgent virus warning message, be
sure to check the list of known virus hoaxes on the
McAfee
Virus Hoaxes web page.
Remember: Never open an email attachment unless you
know what it is--even if it's from someone you know
and trust.
Remember
that virus writers can use known hoaxes to their advantage.
For example, AOL4FREE began as a hoax virus warning.
Then somebody distributed a destructive trojan attached
to the original hoax virus warning! The lessons are
clear:
- Always
remain vigilant
-
Never open a suspicious attachment
Don
Shore
14th December 2006
Magistrates
Wanted
Do you know
anyone who might be interested in becoming a magistrate?
Over the next couple
of years there will be a number of vacancies for new magistrates in the South
Lakeland
area. Here are two web sites that will give you
more general information about becoming a magistrate: BBC
& DCA.
The priority locally is for individuals who are under 50 and there is currently a
greater need for males than females.
To find out
more about the opportunities locally, contact Don Shore on 015395 61027.
Don
Shore, 5th December 2006
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Calendar
A
2007 wall calendar illustrated with photographs
of Natland and Sedgwick is
available from the Post Office &
General Store, Natland.
Graham
Needham
5th December 2006
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Natland.info
Update: November 2006
I
was starting to get suspicious that the number of visitors
to the web site was too large to be real when I wrote
last month's report. When the number for November
topped 2,700 I just knew something was not right. What
made me particularly suspicious was that the number
of visits to the Open Forum was seemingly some ten times
higher than any other page so I asked Gordon Galloway
of Broken Windows, who hosts the web site, if he could
explain what was going on. He was able to tell
me that the Open Forum was being targeted by spambots
-computers programmed to send unwelcome letters often
promoting the sort of products that genuine visitors
to Natland.info are unlikely to want, or at least admit
wanting! That may also explain why we had so many
visitors seeming to come from the far east or eastern
europe.
So
now I am having to revise the estimates of genuine visitors.
As explained in the August update, it is not easy
to get an accurate figure but I have decided to use
the number of visitors to the News page as a proxy for
the number of genuine visitors. The revised table
is shown below.
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July
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Aug
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Sept
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Oct
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Nov
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231
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238
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197
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251
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303
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These
figures "feel" much more realistic. It
is also gratifying to see that all of our "buttoned"
pages are well frequented and that 28 people downloaded
the file on the Canal
Restoration.
Alerts:
If you
would like to receive e-mail notification of significant new items
on this website please click on
and send us a blank e-mail. Rest assured that your @ddress
will not be divulged to anyone unconnected with Natland.info.
Don
Shore
5th December 2006
Neighbourhood
Watch: Thefts in Endmoor
Overnight
on the 27th/28th November numerous vehicles were broken
into and property stolen in the Low Cottage, Woodside
Close, Elm Grove, Gatebeck Road and Doveness Lane areas
of Endmoor. Also, there was damage to a Red Cross
vehicle in Natland. The premises of L & W.
Wilson in Endmoor were also broken into and a
Mercedes tipper stolen. 15 wagons were also entered.
If
you have any information regarding these incidents please
contact the Police.
In the meantime please ensure that all valuables
are removed from your vehicles and that anything suspicious
is reported to the Police.
Andrea
Bell, Neighbourhood Watch Development Officer
28th
November 2006
Lancaster
Canal (Northern Reaches) Restoration
Update
Natland
Parish Councillors Mike Dickinson and David Peters recently
attended a meeting with the Lancaster
Canal (Northern Reaches) Restoration Partnership Steering Group.
Their report
of the meeting is essential reading for any Natlander
interested in this project.
Do
you have an opinion regarding the canal restoration?
Why not let natland.info know? Share your
views with others by posting an item on the Open Forum.
Report submitted by David Peters
28th November
2006
Keeping
in Touch through Natland.info
The
letters on the Open
Forum from Peggy
Osborne (née
Earp) and Angela Thackray (née
Ball) reminiscing about their time in Natland
is good example of how ex-Natlanders and those
temporarily away from home can use this web site to
keep in touch with their roots. If you are in
contact with folk who have moved away, be they friends
or relatives, but retain an interest in the village,
why not tell them about natland.info? If
you (or they) let us have their e-mail @ddress we can
add them to our e- so
that they can be kept abreast of Natland village life,
past and present. Rest assured that the e-mailing list
is not used for any other purpose and the @ddresses
remain confidential.
Don
Shore
27th November 2006
Monday
Club: Lakeland Allsorts
The November meeting was a continuous slide show backed up by commentary
and music by Maurice Steele.
Maurice, until he
recently retired, farmed in a remote valley near Wasdale and pursued photography
as his hobby which he performs with considerable skill and to a very high
standard.
The first part of his show concentrated on the Wasdale area and in
particular the screes with its wide variety of flora and fauna.
He then went on
to give the history of the rushbearing ceremony at Grasmere including the hymn
which was specially written for it.
Finally, he moved on to Mardale and gave a
resume of how the valley was flooded in the 1930's to provide water for
Manchester - a sad and somewhat poignant end to what had been a fascinating
lecture
Paul Singleton,
27th November 2007
Neighbourhood
Watch: Mobile Phone Fraud
If
you receive a phone call on your mobile from any person
saying that he or she is a company engineer or telling
you that they're checking your mobile line and you have
to press #90 or #09 or any other number end the call
immediately without pressing any numbers. There
is a fraud company using a device that once you press
#90 or #09 they can access your "SIM" card
and make calls at your expense. Forward this message
to as many colleagues, relatives and friends as you
can, to stop it.
Police
23rd
November 2006
Neighbourhood
Watch: Landrover Defender
PN06KVD
Have
you seen a silver Landrover Defender, registration PN06KVD
?
This
vehicle was in Grange today, the driver asking about
scrap metal. This vehicle may have been involved in
an incident in Kendal last month when an elderly person
was duped into paying for shoddy and unnecessary building
work.
Please
report any sightings to the police on 0845 33 00 247
and quote log 165 of 21/11/06.
Police
21st
November 2006
Natland
Monday Club 25th Anniversary
This
year the Monday Club is celebrating its
25th anniversary since it was formed in
1981 by Sam Inglesfield, the then headmaster
of Natland Village School (see Natland
& Oxenholme- the Story of a Westmorland
Village).
The
club continues to flourish with a membership
of around 55 over 60s, with three members
well into their nineties.
Paul
Singleton
22nd November 2006
Natland
Guides Christmas Card Delivery Service
1st
Natland Guides is again offering a delivery service
for Christmas cards to local addresses. This is a free service but
any contributions received will be given to a
charity chosen by the guides. There will
be a box at the back of St Mark's Church from
Sunday 3rd December and the last collection
will be after morning service on Sunday 17th December.
Please ensure that all cards have the full address
clearly written on the envelope. Please note,
the service only applies to destinations within the
parish.
Joyce
Watkinson, Guide Leader
7th November 2006
Skip
Cannon Recalls
Jim
Cannon
has lived in Natland nearly all
his life. As a boy, he loved exploring the surrounding
countryside, a love which was further enhanced when
he joined the Natland Scouts. Years later, in
1953, he helped to resurrect the 1st Kendal Scouts.
This was the beginning of many happy years as
"Skip" which he relates in his new book "Skip
Cannon Recalls".
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Jim
tells about the early years, the meetings,
camps and jamborees, about canoe building,
the Troop's vehicles and building the Group's
own headquarters, about the many Scouts
that have passed through during the years
and the Leaders and helpers who gave of
their time.
His
book gives a unique insight into these 42
years and reflects the fun Jim had with
the lads and fellow leaders
The
launch will be at the Village Hall, Natland
on Saturday 25th November 2006 between 2
p.m. and 5 p.m.. Jim would like as
many Scouts from 1st Kendal as possible,
together with Leaders, helpers, parents,
grandparents, locals and anyone interested
in Scouting and social history to come,
reminisce and enjoy. A slide show
and film footage of 1st Kendal Scout activities
from the 1960s will run continuously and
there will be a display of photographs.
Tea and coffee will be available.
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There
will also be a display in Kendal Library from Friday
24th November 2006 and Jim will be signing his book
at the Library on Saturday 2nd December between 10 a.m.
and midday.
Anne
Bonney, Helm Press
7th November 2006
Rachel
Thanks the Voters
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Rachel
Weller, who won the Recent
Photos section of our competition,
writes to those who voted for her: "Thank
you so much for voting for my photo! The
spot by the river is a favourite place of
mine, and more beautiful than ever when
the May blossom is out. It was a lovely
surprise to receive the book token. I
used it to buy a book on the healing power
of flowers".
Click
on Recent
Photos to see a larger version
of Rachel's picture, plus all the other
entries.
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Don
Shore
3rdt November 2006
Natland.info
Update
There
was a massive increase in the number of visitors to
the web site in October. Quite why that should
be is difficult to say but it would no doubt be helped
by the fact that every copy of Whin Inglesfield's book
on Natland contained a "flyer" about the web
site.
Although
most visitors came from UK or ".com" sources,
we know that we also received visits from a remarkable
range of countries including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India,
Israel, Japan, Korea (South), Malaysia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Russian
Federation, Seychelles, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand & Ukraine.
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Visits
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Sites
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Octt
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1495
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902
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Sept
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513
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348
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Aug
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602
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308
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July
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495
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295
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Alerts:
If you
would like to receive e-mail notification of significant new items
on this website please click on
and send us a blank e-mail. Rest assured that your @ddress
will not be divulged to anyone unconnected with Natland.info.
Don
Shore
1st November 2006
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Ghosts
of Natland
From
Ghoulies and Ghosties
and
long legged Beasties
and
things that go bump in the night,
may
the Good Lord deliver us.
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As
you venture out on Halloween (or any other time
for that matter), take great care. For either
Natland residents have highly developed imaginations
or there is a remarkably large number of supernatural
apparitions abounding in such a small community!
Whin
Inglesfield, in her book "Natland
and Oxenholme, the story of a Westmorland Village"
lists several local "dobbies":
- The
troublesome husband and wife spirits, exorcised
to lie in a trough beneath Hawes Bridge but one,
"Kittle my belly", occasionally escapes and goes
spinning in the garret of its favourite house in
Natland, whilst the other amuses itself about the
bridge, stopping up stiles and terrifying midnight
passengers
- The
"versi-coloured rabbit of Scit Scot Brow"
- Old
Minikin the miser who drowned himself to stop him
being starved
- The
White Lady of Smallhorn's Stile
- The
Grinning Human Head in Natland Park's Yeat Stoup
- The
Headless Man who pursued people with his detached
head
- The
White Cat of "Crakelt Lane head"
- A
large black dobby at Tithe Barn End
- The
Haunted Stone on Helm where a murdered lady's head
beset with horns arises out of the stone
Plus
various others further afield.
In
addition, visitors to natland.info have also
reported:
- The
Lady in White on Helm Lane whose appearance is said
to be a forewarning of an imminent death
- Travis-
the headless hovering white dog said to be seen
near Cracalt
- Roman
Legions marching by Natland Hall Farm
- Coach
and Horses galloping across the Village Green
So,
you have been warned!
Don
Shore
29th October 2006
Neighbourhood
Watch Update
High
Pressure Salesmen: Please be aware that a
company from Lancashire is operating in this area offering
to install burglar alarms and other security systems.
This firm employs cold calling and high pressure tactics
to bully people into parting with their money for sub
standard and overpriced work. They operate contrary
to Trading Standards policy.
Remember
to say a firm No to such companies and only use
the services of reputable traders. Please contact Terry
Belshaw on 01539 818787 if you require further advice.
Vehicle
Watch: Vehicle Watch stickers are once again available.
They are free of charge. All you need to
do is display them in your vehicle. If your car
is then seen on the road between midnight and 6 a.m.,
the Police will give it a check. If you see a
car displaying this sticker when you are out and about
during these hours, contact the Police and make a note
of the description of the driver and the directions
of travel. To order your sticker, click on and send an e-mail with your name and address.
Andrea
Bell
Neighbourhood Watch Development Officer
18th
October 2006
Farm
Watch Update
The
Farm Watch Smartwater project was launched recently
to reduce the number of raids on agricultural premises.
Thieves have cost Cumbrian farmers £1.6m
in the last four years. Farmers in South Lakes
will be able to join the new scheme, which involves
a more hi-tech version of marking and identifying property.
Oover the next few months all farms in South Lakeland
will be visited and quad bikes, trailers and other equipment
marked with Smartwater, a unique DNA product that can
be painted on to any item of agricultural equipment.
The chemical is almost impossible to remove and
cannot be seen by the naked eye. Details of items
marked are kept on a database, which allows police to
trace the owner of any recovered stolen poperty.
Neighbourhood
Watch is offering Smartwater free of charge to farmers
when they sign up to Farmwatch. Interested farmers
in South Lakes should contact ther local Neighbourhood
Watch Development Officer, Andrea Bell on 01539 818681
or .
Andrea
Bell
Neighbourhood Watch Development Officer
18th
October 2006
Please
Do Not Park on our Village Green
Natlanders
will be aware of the damage caused to our Village
Green by cars mounting the kerbs and parking partly
on the grass.
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It
was in the hope of discouraging such actions
that the Parish Council recently purchased
"A" boards for use on the Green
stating "Please DO NOT PARK on our
Village Green. It is a punishable
offence".
Within
five minutes of the boards having been positioned
this morning, the driver of VW Golf W785
JBN drove two wheels onto the green and
parked within ten feet of one of the notices!
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If
you know the driver of this car, please ask her kindly
not to park on the Green in future.
Natland Parish Council,
14th October 2006
Health
Profile for Natland
The
Department of Health this week published regional health
profiles. There is a detailed report for
South Lakeland and some information down
to ward level. Natland (ward 33 on the
South Lakeland map) is seen to be a ward
with significantly higher life expectancy at birth and
significantly lower levels of deprivation than the average
for England.
The
key findings for South Lakeland as a whole are:
- 19
of the 25 indicators are better than the national
and 20 are better than the regional average. Five
are worse than the national average. . Men can expect
to live 78.1 years in South Lakeland and women 82.1
years, both longer than the regional and national
average. There is a gap in life expectancy of 6.8
years between the poorest and the most affluent
areas of South Lakeland - the largest gap nationally
being 10.1 years and the smallest 2.7 years.
- Alcohol
misuse is a significant problem in the North West.
It is estimated that 19.7% of adults in South Lakeland
binge drink. This is less than the regional but
more than the national average. Admissions to hospital
for alcohol related conditions are less than both
the regional and national average.
- Deprivation
is relatively low.
- 9.3%
of children under 16 live in "low income households",
much less than the national average.. There are
fewer teenage pregnancies and GCSE achievement is
relatively good.
- Air
quality is good.
- There
are significantly less deaths from smoking, and
heart disease and stroke than the regional and national
average.
- The
average number of decayed, missing and filled teeth
in children aged five and under is 2.04, better
than the regional but worse than the national average.
- Fewer
older people are helped to live at home than both
the regional and national average.
If
you would like an estimate of your personal life expectancy
there is an interesting calculator on the BBC
web site. Try it firstly giving genuine
answers and then try it again to see the effect of changes
to your lifestyle (for better or worse!!). As
an Actuary, I have some reservations about the methodology
used but nonetheless it is a bit of salutory fun!
Don
Shore
12th October 2006
The
Story of a Westmorland Village
Wednesday
11th October marked an important day for anybody
interested in Natland for that was the day that
well known former Natlander Whin Inglesfield
launched "Natland and Oxenholme- The story of a Westmorland village".
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Whin,
a farmer's daughter, was brought up at Gowrey
Farm, Kirkby Lonsdale. As a child, she
used to stay with her aunt and uncle at
The Abbey in Natland for her holidays. In
1943 she married Sam Inglesfield who, in
1945, was made Headmaster at Natland School
and for many years they lived the School
House on the Green and subsequently on Hawes
Lane then Longmeadow Lane.
Whin
spent a lot of her young married life bringing
up her three young sons. She was involved
in the WI, WRVS and later the Monday Club
that Sam began. She enjoys archaeology, history, wildlife, embroidery, art,
flowers, gardening and walking. Whin
moved into Kendal in 1998 but Natland remains
very much in her thoughts.
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Whin
Inglesfield
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Packed
with fascinating detail from as far back
as possible though to the 21st Century,
this near encyclopaedic book covers how
people lived, their trades and recreation,
the important part played by the School
and the Church, the Gypsies who came and
sold their pottery, the laundry and many
big Victorian houses and staff, the canal
and railway, the men employed at the local
gunpowder works, the Treacle Mines and the
ballad of Bonny Jane of Natland. Filled
with many previously unpublished pictures
of those times this is the definitive story
of our village and a "must" for anyone wanting
to know more.
Contact
Helm Press on 015395 61321 for more information.
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Anne
Bonney
11th October 2006
Natland
Photo Competition:
To see the winners plus the full set of entries in each category,
click on
Natland Photo
Competition 2006:
Don
Shore
9th October 2006
Rainbows, Haloes and Glories:
I noticed that someone came to natland.info
having searched for "whin pottery". I
could not find the Google link (although it later reappeared) from that to natland.info
but, given that it is Whin Inglesfield's book
launch this week, I wondered what would happen if I typed "Whin
Inglesfield" into Google. I
duly found the link to natland.info
re the launch, on Wednesday, of her
book "Natland and Oxenholme- The story of a Westmorland village"
but also discovered two fascinating references
to rainbows. If you ever wondered about
the scientific explanation for rainbows see Rainbow or
if you just want to see some stunning photographs taken
by Whin, have a look at Rainbows,
Haloes and Glories.
Don Shore
9th October 2006
The Finest Garden in Lakeland?
The first meeting of the Monday Club for the 2006-07 season took place on
the 18th September when some 40 members were entertained by Peter Hoggarth who
gave an illustrated talk on what he considered to be "The finest garden in lakeland".
This turned out to be Holehird and most agreed that he was probably right! He
gave a history of how the garden has developed (and continues to do so) over the
years and it now houses the Horticultural Society's national collections of
hydrangeas and astilbes as well as superbly maintained herbaceous flower
borders.The whole enterprise is kept to the most exacting standards entirely by
volunteers and commands spectacular views of the Lakeland Fells.
Paul
Singleton
25th September 2006
Click
on the picture to visit the Holehird web site
Natland.info
Update: September 2006
The
number of visits to Natland.info dropped a little in
September but that is not surprising as there were fewer
"Alert" mailings. The number of "Sites"
(a rough indicator as to the number of individuals)
rose to 348. To date we have been visited
by people in Greece, Australia, Japan, Italy, Seychelles,
Germany, Taiwan, Norway, Czech Rupublic and the USA
in addition of course to the UK. Some of these
exotic locations no doubt represent Natlanders on their
travels!
Don
Shore
5th October 2006
Visit
of Eric and Adrine Kamuteera
23rd - 29th
September
St
Mark's Church is are delighted to be welcoming back
to Natland our friends, Eric and Adrine Kamuteera from
Rukungiri, SW Uganda. They last visited us two years
ago. In Uganda they run a Church-based project that
provides clean drinking water and sanitation to rural
communities which would otherwise suffer the terrible
effects of water-borne diseases. It is life-saving work
which uses simple, inexpensive technology to provide
facilities we in Britain can hardly imagine living without.
The project is called WATSAN and is supported by several
Churches in the UK, including St Mark's. In 2005, the
whole of the Diocese of Carlisle also helped to support
WATSAN and sent them £7,000.
Eric
and Adrine will be staying in Natland for the week and
will be with us on Sunday 24th for our 10am service
and then on Wednesday 27th at St Mark's School at 7
- 8pm they will be bringing us up to date with their
work. Everyone is warmly invited to meet them on either
of these occasions.
If
you would like to know more about Eric and Adrine's
visit please contact Rev Tim Evans, 015395 60355. To
find out more about the project, click on WATSAN.
Rev
Tim Evans
13th September 2006
Natland.info
Update: August
2006
In
August, Natland.info was visited a total of 602
times by 308
different "sites". The daily average number of visits is 19
but it is noticeable how the actual number increases
to around twice that level following an e-mail update
alert.
In
addition to the American, Australian, Czech and
Norwegian visitors previously mentioned, we have also
had at least one visitor from the Seychelles. A
Natlander on holiday who couldn't wait to find out what
was going on at home?? Perhaps!!!
Visits
are spread fairly evenly through day from 10 a.m. to
10 p.m. but with two peaks, one beteen 4 and 5 p.m.
and the other between 9 and 10 p.m..
All
of the featured pages reachable by the button at the
top and bottom of every page received a significant numbers
of hits.
Don
Shore
1st September 2006
Natland
Badminton Club Open Night
Thursday
21st September in the Village Hall. All welcome.
For more information see Badminton.
Claire
Hebdige
30th August 2006
Neighbourhood Watch:
Beware Cold-callers
Please
be aware that a Lancashire company is cold calling by
telephone to attend homes to install burglar alarms
and carry out electrical work. This company (sorry
but I can not name them) is known to Trading Standards
and is believed to over-charge for work done. They
do not comply with Trading Policies, bully people, turn
up immediately, carry out work and then often insist
on payament in cash. Please remember to say NO
to all comapnies who call at your door or telephone
you. Always choose reputable local companies.
If
you have any information please contact Andrea Bell
on 015394 818681 or Terry Belshaw on 01539 818787 or
contact the Police immediately.
Andrea Bell, Neighbourhood Watch Development Officer
29th
August 2006
Rainbows seek
Talent
Rainbows
(the
youngest members of Girlguiding UK, aged between 5 -
7) meetings
start again on Wednesday 6th September at 5:45 p.m.
in the Village Hall. We
have an exciting half term ahead with foot painting,
simple cookery, jewellry and badge making as well as
other craft activities. lots of games and singing too!
Do
you have any special interests, skill, qualification
or equipment which you would be willing to share with
Natland Rainbows? We are looking for people
who are interested in sharing a particular talent or
teaching us a new craft or outdoor skill.
Please
contact Rachel Ellis on 015395 61170 - we would love
to hear from you.
For
more information about who we are and what we do, see
activities
or contact.
Rachel
Ellis
27th August 2006
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To
Twin or Not to Twin?
In
her
article on the Natlands
of Nattland,
Ingrid Beattie makes reference to her suggestion that
Natland should have been twinned with Bergen, Norway.
She now asks what Natlanders think about the village
being twinned? Do you think it is a good idea?
With what town? Let us have your thoughts
via the Open
Forum.
Editor,
26th August 2006
Neighbourhood Watch:
Theft of Parrots in Endmoor
An
aviary has been broken into outside a house in Low Cottages
Endmoor. Three pairs of valuable parrots have
been stolen. If you have any information please
contact the Police immediately.
Andrea Bell, Neighbourhood Watch Development Officer
24th
August 2006
Natland
Monday Club : Change of Speaker
The speaker for the first meeting of the Monday Club has now changed. It is,
instead, Peter Hoggarth - his subject is to be "The Best Garden in Lakeland"
with slides. The date of this first meeting is September 18th.
Paul
Singleton, 22nd August 2006
Neighbourhood Farm Watch
On
Monday 21st August there is the launch of the Farm Watch
Smartwater intiative at Yew Tree Farm, Coniston. All
farms in South Lakeland will be visited over the coming
months by local police officers and quad bikes and other
equipment marked with Smartwater. This is an attempt
to cut down on rural crime which is affecting many of
you.
Andrea Bell, Neighbourhood Watch Development Officer
20th
August 2006
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