Steam Train on Saturday

On Saturday September 30th ( loco to be advised) will be northbound through Oxenholme at 11:40. Pat Williams.

Craft Fair and Exhibition Coming Up

The Craft Fair and Exhibition will take place on Saturday the 4th November and if you have any items you have made that you would like to exhibit, then it would be great if you would fill in this form and send it to me, Elspeth Jayne.

Bath in layby

Is the farmer at Larkrigg planning to give his sheep a new water trough or is the bath in the layby by Hawes Bridge an example of fly-tipping?
If you know anything about this please reply on the form on this blog.

Natland Defibrillator

The next fund raisers for the new defibrillator will be on Thursday 5th October. Post Office Tea Room. 10am to 4.30pm. One of the First Responders will be there to give a talk. 
Click here to find out more news about the defibrillator situation.

W.I Open Meeting a very happy event.

Click here to find out more about the talk by Maurice Steel, and how our W.I. went on at the County Show.

Coffee Morning in Church, Thursday 21st Sept., 10.30am.

Thank you to all who came and all who contributed to the Sight Advice Coffee morning in the Church Vestry. £150 was raised.

Natland Tea Room is Open

This is the week that James finally opens the Natland Tea Room, and a very pleasant experience it is if you haven't been there already. 

The menu includes a selection of locally made cakes, traybakes and scones served with a choice of teas and normal and decaffeinated Farrer's coffee in a cafetiere. It is intended to extend the menu in the future. There is local artwork on display for sale.

The Tea Room is open 8.30-5pm, and there is a toilet with disabled access. On Saturdays it is open 8.30- 4pm and on Sunday 10am- 4pm. The Post Office is also open 8.30-5pm on week days though it closes 1-2 for lunch. On Saturdays it is open 8.30-1pm. Banking facilities include free cash withdrawal and paying in of cheques and cash to most banks (check at the Post Office first to see if your bank allows this). 

Combined Male Voice Choir Concert in St. Mark's Church.

We are delighted to be hosting K Shoes Male Voice Choir again in September with their guests from Wales. It will be on Saturday the 30th September at 7.30. Tickets £10, under 16's free. Tickets will be available from Edward Lawton and Collin Mansfield or online at - trybooking.co.uk/1646 

Chepstow Male Voice Choir was formed in 1988 from a nucleus of around 18 men. The Choir has travelled extensively over the years giving concerts throughout the UK as well as tours to Holland, North America, South Africa, Ireland and France.
Our  repertoire is broad and holds such diverse offerings as Welsh hymns, traditional hymns, folk songs and shanties as well as favourites from Grand Opera and musical shows.
The concert in September will be no exception with an emphasis on show songs interspersed with a few of the traditional Welsh hymns and male voice classics
The Choir are fortunate to have an extremely talented musical team. The Musical Director, Richard  Fry, formerly a Top Tenor of many years standing in the Choir, took up the baton 18 months ago by  popular demand .

K Shoes Male Voice Choir
The internationally famous K Shoemakers of Kendal founded their first choir, which was mixed gender, from their workers in 1929. In 1969 it became a Male Voice Choir and non employees were admitted. When K Shoemakers was merged Clarks, the new owners, continued to sponsor the choir and assist by providing footwear for new members! We currently have nearly forty well shod members…..
In 2011 Ian Allan became our MD and Andy Granville our accompanist. Ian has led the choir to bigger and better performances including two major massed choir and Regimental Band concerts in 2013 and 2015.
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August wasn't that bad

WEATHER STATISTICS AUGUST
                                  2017 2016
Temperature at 8 am 13.5c 14.4c
Minimum Temperature 12.1c 13.0c
Maximum Temperature 18.4c 18.6c
                                    mm in mm  in
Rainfall                       112 4.5 180 7.2

August was below average for rainfall and quite warm . It was not the hot
dry month people seem to expect . It would be very unusual for that to
happen in this part of the UK. John Dobson.

Natland Monday Club

The first meeting of the 2017/18 season will be held in Natland Village Hall on 18th September at 2.00pm when John Bateson of Oxenholme will speak on "Railways in South Cumbria".
Subscriptions, due this first week, will again be £10.00 (cheques to 'Natland Monday Club' if possible) with guests paying £2.00 each visit. As usual tea and biscuits with Book Stall will follow.