Just after the first meeting of the new parish council in May, I took over as the village Broadband Champion. I will be keeping readers of this blog up-to-date with the campaign for superfast broadband in our area as it progresses. Sadly Cumbria County Council was unable to award a contract to either of the preferred bidders for the Connecting Cumbria programme as intended in June. Neither BT nor Fujitsu submitted satisfactory tenders and the negotiations continue so it is unlikely that rollout will begin in September as planned. 
Thank you, Lois Sparling
In the meantime local reps have been continuing to gauge support for superfast broadband in local communities including Hincaster, Crosthwaite & Lyth, Holme and Milnthorpe. I would like to gather information about the broadband speeds in Natland as part of this process, by asking a handful of folk across the parish to run speed tests at different times of day. If you think you could help, please email me on lois.sparling@gmail.com
Thank you, Lois Sparling