Fortnightly Green Bin Collections are coming back

South Lakeland District Council hopes to restore fortnightly green bin collections in April once they have trained new staff. Click here for more details.

Natland Parish Council Minutes from 15th March

 Click here to discover the Parish Council's deliberations on a new speed limit for the village, possible new cycling and walking paths and much else besides.

Welcome Views in the Churchyard yesterday

We were very pleased to see this female toad amongst the honeysuckle yesterday. Don't know whether she was quite so pleased to see us - she had to hop away, laiden as she was with toadspawn. Martin and Elspeth Jayne.

Bus Services Restored,

In line with re-opening of schools on Monday 8th March the full timetable of Kendal bus services has been restored,  so service 41/41A is running at its usual half-hourly frequency.

Stagecoach services on other routes (eg 555, 505, 599) have also reverted to their full winter timetable, and the frequency of these will increase again when the summer timetable starts on Saturday 27th March.                                         Sarah Roberts.

GREEN bins will only be collected once a month, council has confirmed.

South Lakeland District Council announces changes to green waste bin collection

South Lakeland District Council has announced it is aiming to make one green bin collection per household each month until further notice.

Last month, SLDC said that green waste collections were suspended in the South Lakes due to staffing pressures brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The suspension has now been lifted, but green waste bins will only be collected once a month.

SLDC is urging residents to follow these steps: check your collection calendar and leave your green bin out on your next scheduled collection day, if your bin has not been emptied by the end of the day please take it back in present your green bin again on the next scheduled green bin collection day according to your calendar.                                         Marilyn Irons. 

Meanwhile Don Shore writes:
Saw this a couple of weeks ago.  Left ours out for Monday morning but not taken so now hoping for Monday 22nd.

Natland Parish Council Meeting

 The Parish Council is meeting on the 15th March by Zoom, and here is the agenda. It includes a discussion on an advisory speed limit of 20mph in Natland.

The Church is Open on Sunday.

 We will re-open for worship on Sunday 14th March and subsequent Sundays for the 10am service.

The usual covid secure arrangements will be in operation - sides persons on duty, wearing of face coverings by all (unless exempt by law), 2m distanced, hand sanitising, receiving Holy Communion in the pews (with the option as always not to receive), no congregational singing, no mingling inside or outside of church.  The service will be live-streamed for those not able to attend church. 

The Parish News for March

 Click here to download 36 pages of information, prayers, reflections, quizzes, and answers to quizzes.  There's news of happenings over Easter, an introduction to Graham Day our new lay reader, and lots more.

A Chance to Steer a Trip Boat in the Northern Reaches of the Lancaster Canal

Narrowboat Waterwitch is owned and operated by the Lancaster Canal Trust and offers trips to the public on the Northern Reaches of the canal above the disused Tewitfield Locks.  Sadly the coronavirus pandemic meant the trip boat wasn’t able to operate in 2020 but the trust hopes to be sailing again as soon as covid restrictions allow and we need more crew. Click here for more details.

The Canal Trust website also informs us that the bridge at Crowpark has been scheduled for repair by the County Council in the spring.

February's weather

Although February turned out to be fairly average, the monthly temperature

figures hide a wide range over the month. The first two weeks were very cold :

below freezing overnight and not much above zero during the day. The Easterly

wind was bitterly cold. The rest of the month was mild with maximums in double

figures. John Dobson.

February	2021	Feb. average
Temperature at 8 a.m.	3.6° C	2.9° C
Minimum Temperature (Ave)	1.5° C	2.0° C
Maximum Temperature (Ave)	6.9° C	6.1° C
Rainfall	124 mm 5"	107 mm 4.3"