Natland and friends virtual village show

Don't forget about our virtual village show. The categories and how it all work can be found here. 

552 Bus service

The 552 bus service will be re-introduced from next Wednesday 22^nd July.

For the moment the service will only run on Wednesday and Friday, with the Monday service and the 550 and 551 services still suspended

Social Distancing measures will be in place, including the need to wear face coverings, unless exempted for medical reasons

For more information please visit - www.cumbria.gov.uk/buses/return.asp

Steam train

On Saturday 18th July a Britannia 70000 will be northbound through Oxenholme at 11:00am.

200 club July prize winners

The winning numbers in the July draw of the village hall's 200 Club are: 1st - 20, 2nd - 54, 3rd - 72

Natland Post Office Re-Opening

Update from Natland Post Office: Following discussions with the Post Office and the change of advice from the Government we will be reopening the Post Office on a limited basis from tomorrow, Wednesday 8th July. Our opening hours will be Monday to Friday 9am to 12pm. The shop and tea room will NOT be reopening for the time being, and we will not be opening on Saturday. Due to the confined nature of the Post Office only 1 customer will be allowed in at a time and wherever possible payment must be made by card. We will be monitoring the situation and hope to extend our opening hours as the situation develops. Thanks to everyone for your continued support. James McCall-Harkness

St Mark's Virtual Songs of Praise

Here is our songs of praise service. Thank you to everyone involved.

Church magazine for July

Here is all the news about St. Mark's Church, with activities and related events. The government has given permission for public acts of worship to resume from 4th July 2020 as long as certain criteria are met, but specific details of these were only released on Monday 29th June and a Church of England response on the 30th. There wasn't enough time to be sure that all the requirements for people's safety would be fulfilled, so there won't be a service in church this Sunday. All the online services will be available, here and on the Church Facebook page.

The Weather in June

June	2020	June average
Temperature at 8 a.m.	14.8° C	13.6° C
Minimum Temperature (Ave)	13.0° C	11.3° C
Maximum Temperature (Ave)	19.7° C	18.7° C
Rainfall	160 mm 6.4"	84.4 mm 3.4"

After two dry months, June was wetter than average with rain on 22 days. We had a short heatwave between 24 and 26 June with a high of 30C on the 25th which is the highest I have recorded here. John Dobson.