Steam train coming through

On Saturday 30 August 6233 Duchess of Sutherland will be southbound through Oxenholme at 16.59.

Pat Williams

Police and Crime Commissioner coming to Kendal

Richard Rhodes, Cumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner will be holding a ‘surgery’ at the Westmorland Shopping Centre in Kendal on Thursday 28 August from 10am to 12pm. Everyone is invited to come and share their views on local policing. You can book an appointment by emailing commissioner@cumbria-pcc.gov.uk or just drop in on the morning.

Les Foden at the August WI meeting

President Marion Thornton welcomed members and visitors to the August meeting of Natland and Oxenholme WI and introduced speaker, Les Foden – a broadcaster, national flower judge and writer for the national press – who gave us invaluable tips on gardening, and his innovative ways of controlling pests. He illustrated with slides some of his methods for re-potting and pruning, and the beautiful results of his work. His audience had many questions to ask. Our thanks were expressed by Dawn Ridgeway. The competition for a single bloom was won by Margaret Lancaster, with Jean Clement in second place.
     During the July summer break members had enjoyed an evening visit to Holehird and a meal out, and a trip to Hawes.
     Ruth Hunter reported that the Burneside brass band concert in Kendal Parish church to commemorate the centenary of World War I had been excellent.
     Marion Want reported a well-attended and interesting meeting at Selside about the building of the Thirlmere Viaduct.
     At the next meeting Chris Bibby will talk about ‘Bibbys Past and Present’ on Wednesday 17 September at 7.30pm in the Village Hall, Natland. Visitors always welcome.   Margaret Lancaster.

Table Tennis: start of new season

Natland and Oxenholme Table Tennis Club, new season 2014 - 2015.  

Starts 2 September 2014.

Our club sessions start soon for the new season, and we invite anyone interested in table tennis to come along.  New members of any standard are most welcome.  The details are:

    Club sessions are on Tuesdays, 7.30 to 9.30pm, Natland Village Hall, first session 2 September 2014.
    Junior coaching is on Mondays, 6.00 to 7.00pm, Natland Village Hall, starts 22 September 2014 (TBC).

    We run 5 or 6 teams in the local Kendal and District Table Tennis League, plus two teams in the Junior League.  However there is no necessity to play in a team, several members just enjoy coming for a friendly game or practice on club nights.
   
If you are interested, please get in touch with either myself or our Chairman, our contact details are below.  Or simply come along to one of our Tuesday club sessions, it would be great to see you.

Mick Taylor, Club Secretary, 015395 60904, email Mick Taylor
Rin Colombi, Chairman, 07947 093226, email Rin Colombi

A lot of interest has been expressed in the new houses on Natland Road

The builder says that 500 people have contacted him expressing an interest in these new houses according to the Westmorland Gazette. Click here for more details.

Kendal to London by Kayak!

The 2014–15 season of the Monday Club starts again on Monday 15 September 2014 when the speakers will be Trevor Hughes and David Oates, whose illustrated talk will be entitled ‘Kendal to London by Kayak’.

The Monday Club meets on the third Monday of the month (September to May inclusive) at 2pm in the Village Hall and encompasses a varied programme of speakers. There is also a Christmas Party in December as well as a summer outing in June. The Club annual subscription is £10 (to include tea and biscuits after every talk) and the Club welcomes new members.

For more information, contact Chairman Paul Singleton.

Steam train coming through

On Saturday 16th August 60009 Union Of South Africa will be southbound through Oxenholme at 17.00 hours.

Pat Williams

Parish Council presses on with Parish Plan objectives

At the July meeting of the Parish Council, further progress on some key parish plan objectives was reported, including the launching of the Natland Volunteers scheme (see the Volunteer! page on this website) and plans afoot to get the Traffic & Footpaths Working Group together for the first time in the autumn.

The Council is also working to make sure that any new arrivals in the parish receive a welcome and a copy of the Parish Directory. (If you live in Natland Mill Beck Lane, Helme Lodge or Watercrook and would be happy to let us know when new people move into your area, please email Lois.) And you may have noticed that the Website Team has made some changes to this website, in order to make sure that visitors find key information more easily, which was another Parish Plan objective.

Councillors have also had some helpful recent meetings with Cumbria Highways in order to talk through key issues affecting Natland. We will see whether this bears fruit over the next few months. If you’d like to help us put Natland nearer the top of their priority list, please volunteer to be a Highways Hotline Reporter for your area. (More information on the Volunteer! page.)

We are still looking for one more person to join the Parish Council. If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Lois or any of the other councillors listed on the Local Council Contacts page.

The full draft minutes of the Council’s July meeting are now available to download on the Parish Council meetings and archive page here and will shortly be published on the Parish Council noticeboard by the post office.

200 Club Winners

The lucky winners of the Village Hall draw this month are:
1st     56     Barbara Bowley
2nd    62     Audrey Ireland
3rd    68     Mike Bagnall

The weather in July in Natland

                                                                                                                    July
                                                                                                 2014                             2013
Temperature at 8am                                                                   15.2c                            16.8c
Minimum Temperature                                                               14.0c                            14.3c
Maximum Temperature                                                              20.5c                            22.6c

Rainfall                                                                               mm.      in.                        mm.       in.
                                                                                         85.5      3.4                       101      4.04

Not as hot as last July, but still summery. Half of the rain fell in one 24 hour period, 4th to 5th July, so we had a lot of dry days.                                   John Dobson.