WILFRED NOYCE TAKES a FALL in the LAKES PAGE 1 of 6 Section14 History

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

WILFRED NOYCE TAKES a FALL in the LAKES PAGE 1 of 6 Section14 History section14 history Wilfred Noyce (1917–1962) takes a significant Lake District fall by David Allan & Judy Whiteside When 28-year-old climbers. A cousin of Colin Kirkus, Wilfred Noyce set off to reputed to be ‘one of the most influential climbers Britain has ever climb the Shark’s Fin, produced’, Noyce was introduced Tophet Bastion, on Great by Kirkus to British rock climbing, Gable, in April 1946, as a boy. little could he have In their tribute to Noyce in the known that his fortunes Alpine Journal, entitled Wilfred that day would figure Noyce I9I7-I962: Some Personal so prominently in the Memories, John Hunt and David Cox wrote: ‘At King’s he was mountain rescue exceptionally fortunate in that the history books. Indeed, generosity of one of its Fellows, A they were key to the C Pigou, who was a great lover of very future of mountain mountains, made it possible for rescue in the Lake him to climb for two meteoric District. seasons with two great guides, It was Noyce’s fall, and his Armand Charlet in 1937 and Hans protracted rescue – in which a few Brantschen in 1938, each of whom brave men worked without food must have been delighted to have and light, through foul weather – such a client. At home he was coupled with the recent formation already climbing intensively with of a rescue team in Coniston, Menlove Edwards, the leading which inspired Rusty Westmorland British rock climber of the later to push for a similar group in 1930S. It might be thought that he Keswick. Noyce may have been was extremely lucky to find himself catalytic in the development of a climbing in this sort of company, more ‘joined up’ rescue service but the fact was that his talents but he was, in fact, an were altogether exceptional and accomplished and well-respected that other people spotted this very climber, later to become a key quickly.’ member of the 1953 Everest Noyce’s climbing partnership expedition. with Menlove Edwards proved to Cuthbert Wilfred Noyce was born be a formidable one, pioneering a in India on 31 December 1917. the number of new routes, but not son of Sir Frank Noyce, of the without incident. Indian Civil Service. He attended Hunt and Cox noted with some The Daily Express item shows where Noyce fell Charterhouse School and went on dismay that although ‘Wilf moved and was rescued to read modern languages at easily, and seemingly without King's College, Cambridge. effort, when climbing on all but the most difficult rock,’ he would Following graduation, he first They speculate that a failure to fix frequently ‘stand with his hands in taught modern languages at a belay after a long run-out on the his pockets on narrow, sloping Malvern College before returning East Buttress of Scafell in 1938 ledges where other people would to his old school, Charterhouse. may well have been responsible have been eagerly looking for a Before the outbreak of World for the seriousness of the accident handhold, or wanting to drive in a War Two, he was already gaining in which Menlove Edwards saved a reputation as one of our finest peg for a bit of security.’ SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN MOUNTAIN AND CAVE RESCUE HISTORY: WILFRED NOYCE TAKES A FALL IN THE LAKES PAGE 1 OF 6 section14 history Wilfred Noyce (1917–1962) takes a significant Lake District fall his life. On that occasion, on a very under him. The story was front rescue squad at Birthwaite Farm. wet day, Noyce had fallen from page news on 26 April 1946: The jeep took Captain Noyce Mickledore Grooves on Scafell. In ‘Fifteen hundred feet up on Great another mile to the ambulance. hospital in Whitehaven with severe Gable, the 2900ft Lakeland peak, ‘Captain Noyce left Buttermere facial and other injuries, he six climbers struggled all night in a yesterday with his sister Rosemary, underwent plastic surgery later to blizzard, with a almost spent torch Mr Philip Noel-Baker, the Minister deal with the facial problem. In as their only guide, to lower an of State, and Mr Elliott. 1939, he fell climbing on Ben injured mountaineer to safety in a ‘Mr Noel-Baker said today: “Mr Nevis in winter but escaped with stretcher. Elliott and Captain Noyce decided minor injuries. ‘Tonight, the mountaineer, to climb the Tophet Bastion and A letter sent to his rescuers, Captain Wilfred Noyce, 28-year- Shark’s Fin Ridge. I have not done some time after his fall from old son of Sir Frank Noyce, former so much climbing for some time, Tophet Bastion, by Noyce’s father, Indian civil servant, was reported so I decided to follow the path over indicates that he and his mother ‘comfortable’ in Whitehaven Great Gable with Miss Noyce. had been worried on more than Infirmary. “When we reached the top there one occasion by their son’s ‘He had lain for 14 hours with a was no sign of the others, so we climbing misadventures, thinking broken leg in a gully of Great Hell left a prearranged signal and ‘Wilfred had done it this time for Gate on Great Gable. walked down to Buttermere. It was good and all.’ ‘Colonel H Westmorland, some hours later before we heard During the war, he was 60-year-old member of the Alpine of the accident.” commissioned as 2nd Lt. in King’s Club, and Mr C Elliott, 58-year-old ‘Meanwhile, in bitter cold and a Royal Rifle Corps. He taught headmaster of Eton, with three blustery wind, Mr Elliott and mountain survival in Wales and other schoolmasters and an Army Captain Noyce climbed Tophet worked for some time at an captain were the men who got the Bastion and began the ascent of aircrew training centre in Kashmir stretcher to the valley. the ridge. alongside John Hunt (who later led ‘For the 15,00ft descent, they ‘They were roped together, the 1953 Everest expedition), had ropes only 120ft long. They Captain Noyce leading, when at climbing Pauhunri in the Sikkim worked in 75-foot drops. Two about 3.00pm, a gust of wind blew Himalaya. He eventually became a climbers with the torch guided the him from the ridge and he fell 50 captain in the Intelligence Corps stretcher down the boulder-strewn feet until he was stopped, his leg and, after teaching himself mountainside. Two paid out the broken, on a grassy saddle. Japanese, was responsible for rope and two remained above as ‘Mr Elliott lowered him 15 feet, to significant breaking of Japanese anchors. a sheltered ledge, made him as codes. ‘At every step there was danger comfortable as possible and of sending an avalanche of secured him with the rope, before Front page news boulders racing down the mountain beginning a seven-mile journey, on the injured man. It was just much of it running, to get help. The war over, Noyce returned to before dawn, after eight hours of ‘On the way down, he told two England and continued his darkness, that they reached the boys of the accident. The boys climbing career. It was on 24 April path, desperately tired, and began later met Colonel Westmorland, 1946 that he fell from the Shark’s to carry the stretcher towards returning from a day’s climb. The Fin. A gust of wind had apparently Wasdale Valley. boys had a blanket and Colonel blown him from his stance, ‘There they were met by a police Westmorland climbed down the causing him to fall some distance party who took over until the ridge to wrap this round Captain onto his leg, which he described stretcher could be loaded on a Noyce before he, too, went for help. as having crumpled and broken jeep from the RAF mountain ‘Colonel Westmorland met two SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN MOUNTAIN AND CAVE RESCUE HISTORY: WILFRED NOYCE TAKES A FALL IN THE LAKES PAGE 2 OF 6 section14 history Wilfred Noyce (1917–1962) takes a significant Lake District fall other climbers who agreed to go Mountain Rescue Committee, and splint and bandaged his hand and to the ledge and wait with Captain dated 30 May 1946. It contains a we roped Noyce securely to the Noyce. detailed description of the rescue stretcher. We arranged two ‘On the way down to Borrowdale, and his observations and hauling ropes, each handled by Colonel Westmorland met Mr suggestions. two men, one of each pair taking a Elliott returning from the Scafell ‘Dear Mr Pigott. You may care to rock belay. The remaining two Hotel with Mr Robert Files, a have further details of the rescue men climbed with the stretcher. Lancaster schoolmaster, and after the accident on Shark’s Fin. I We found it extraordinarily difficult Captain James Yule. was not present at the accident to haul the stretcher to the top of ‘When they reached the injured and first heard of it on arrival at the ridge. (Lowering the stretcher man, a blizzard was blowing. Mr Seathwaite from Glaramara at down Tophet Bastion was not Files splinted the broken leg and around 5.00pm. I could not obtain considered as we did not consider strapped Captain Noyce to the definite information of the exact the stances and belays on the stretcher. location of the accident which was climb suitable for lowering the ‘Then began a 200ft haul up the said to have occurred on the stretcher in the very grim rock face to reach the head of the Napes Needle and also on the conditions – our hands were steep gully. Shark’s Fin. There were many almost completely numbed and ‘The six climbers heard hails, but walkers at Seathwaite who said Capt Yule had to have medical their answering cries were unheard.
Recommended publications
  • My 214 Story Name: Christopher Taylor Membership Number: 3812 First Fell Climbed
    My 214 Story Name: Christopher Taylor Membership number: 3812 First fell climbed: Coniston Old Man, 6 April 2003 Last fell climbed: Great End, 14 October 2019 I was a bit of a late-comer to the Lakes. My first visit was with my family when I was 15. We rented a cottage in Grange for a week at Easter. Despite my parents’ ambitious attempts to cajole my sister Cath and me up Scafell Pike and Helvellyn, the weather turned us back each time. I remember reaching Sty Head and the wind being so strong my Mum was blown over. My sister, 18 at the time, eventually just sat down in the middle of marshy ground somewhere below the Langdale Pikes and refused to walk any further. I didn’t return then until I was 28. It was my Dad’s 60th and we took a cottage in Coniston in April 2003. The Old Man of Coniston became my first summit, and I also managed to get up Helvellyn via Striding Edge with Cath and my brother-in-law Dave. Clambering along the edge and up on to the still snow-capped summit was thrilling. A love of the Lakes, and in particular reaching and walking on high ground, was finally born. Visits to the Lakes became more regular after that, but often only for a week a year as work and other commitments limited opportunities. A number of favourites established themselves: the Langdale Pikes; Lingmoor Fell; Catbells and Wansfell among them. I gradually became more ambitious in the peaks I was willing to take on.
    [Show full text]
  • 'Wasdale Head'
    Zurich Open Repository and Archive University of Zurich Main Library Strickhofstrasse 39 CH-8057 Zurich www.zora.uzh.ch Year: 2015 Wasdale head Evans, David J A ; Brown, Victoria H ; Roberts, Dave H ; Innes, James B ; Bickerdike, Hannah Louise ; Vieli, Andreas ; Wilson, Peter Posted at the Zurich Open Repository and Archive, University of Zurich ZORA URL: https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-139517 Book Section Published Version Originally published at: Evans, David J A; Brown, Victoria H; Roberts, Dave H; Innes, James B; Bickerdike, Hannah Louise; Vieli, Andreas; Wilson, Peter (2015). Wasdale head. In: McDougall, D A; Evans, David J A. The Quaternary of the Lake District: Field guide. London: Quaternary Research Association, 213-238. THE QUATERNARY OF THE LAKE DISTRICT Field Guide Edited by Derek A. McDougall & David J.A. Evans 2015 Cover Photograph: Stony Cove Pike, looking towards Brothers Water and Ullswater (D. McDougall). Produced to accompany the QRA Annual Field Meeting based at Blencathra Field Studies Centre, 21-24 May 2015. QRA contribution to The Geological Society’s Year of Mud. © Quaternary Research Association, London, 2015. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed by: Adlard Print & Reprographics Ltd., The Old School, The Green, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, NG11 6HH. Recommended reference: McDougall, D.A. and Evans, D.J.A. (eds) (2015) The Quaternary of the Lake District: Field Guide.
    [Show full text]
  • Tour of the Lake District
    Walking Holidays in Britain’s most Beautiful Landscapes Tour of the Lake District The Tour of the Lake District is a 93 mile circular walk starting and finishing in the popular tourist town of Windermere. This trail takes in each of the main Lake District valleys, along lake shores and over remote mountain passes. You will follow in the footsteps of shepherds and drovers along ancient pathways from one valley to the next. Starting in Windermere, the route takes you through the picturesque towns of Ambleside, Coniston, Keswick and Grasmere (site of Dove Cottage the former home of the romantic poet William Wordsworth). The route takes you through some of the Lake District’s most impressive valleys including the more remote valleys of the western Lake District such as Eskdale, Wasdale and Ennerdale, linked together with paths over high mountain passes. One of the many highlights of this scenic tour is a visit to the remote Wasdale Head in the shadow of Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England. Mickledore - Walking Holidays to Remember 1166 1 Walking Holidays in Britain’s most Beautiful Landscapes Summary the path, while still well defined, becomes rougher farm, which is open to the public and offers a great Why do this walk? on higher ground. insight into 17th Century Lakeland life. Further • Stay in the popular tourist towns of Keswick, along the viewpoint at Jenkin Crag is worth a Ambleside, Grasmere, and Coniston. Signposting: There are no official route waymarks short detour before continuing to the bustling • Walk along the shores of Wastwater, Buttermere and you will need to use your route description and town of Ambleside.
    [Show full text]
  • Wasdale Course Details
    Wasdale Fell Race 11am Saturday 9th July 2016 21miles/9000ft The Wasdale is without doubt one of the best in the book, not only is it arguably the hardest it is also the most scenic – the view as you drive up to Wasdale Head is worth the entry fee alone. I think it was Wordsworth who said that every fellrunner should do at least one Wasdale in their careers, something like that anyhow. Pre entry only - £12.00 by 25th June – limited number of entries on the day are £15. Over 18. Limit of 250. Don’t leave it too late.... Wasdale Fell Race registration is in a tent just beyond the National Trust car park in the field on the left just after you cross the bridge on the track towards Brackenclose G.R.184074. Parking is permitted in the same field made available by a Wasdale Head farmer. We normally charge £3 per car. Do NOT park on the campsite or on the valley road. This is most important as the numbers may cause congestion if too many cars attempt to arrive too close to the start time. Start is within the Coffin Track path just past the field beyond the Brackenclose climbing hut G.R.184066; the finish is by the tent that you registered in. Toilets and showers are available in the Wasdale Head Campsite – river very close by. Free! to all runners & helpers tea sandwiches and cakes at finish – possibly some cooked food will also be on sale. Course: Map – Special PBS/Harveys race map from PBS £3: OS Outdoor Leisure 6 South Western and 4 North Western or Harveys Lakeland West.
    [Show full text]
  • Wasdale Head from Kirk Fell
    ONG ALLEYBOOKS Publishers of “The Photographer’s Guides” location guide books. www.longvalleybooks.com WASDALE HEAD FROM KIRK FELL Wasdale Head is covered in ancient field patterns and there are many fells from which you can view them, but the walk up Kirk Fell gets you relatively high relatively quick. Although it’s steep you don’t need to go all the way to the top — even as far as the large rock you can see from the bottom will give you a great view of the patterns and tiny St Olaf’s Church nestled in the trees (pictured on the right). There’s also a fabulous view looking down the valley towards the head of Wastwater. It’s a good location year-round, but avoid early morning and late evening as the surrounding hills cast the fields in shadow. » How to get there 10 Kirk Fell Go all the way to the top of Wastwater and park in the car park at Wasdale Head where the road forks (free). Viewpoint Walk up the road to the pub and follow Ritson’s Force the signs for the bar. Go past the bar 09 and turn right, then follow the path on the right-hand side of the river for a Wasdale Head Inn couple of minutes. Bear left at the fork P and go through the gate. At the next Yewbarrow set of gates, take the one on the right and follow the path up the fell. It takes Lingmell about 25 minutes to get to the large 08 rock.
    [Show full text]
  • CUMBRIA GABLE GIRDLE START 1 2¼ Miles/3.7Km Cresting the Pass Go the Pass Cresting OS Explorer Map OL4 & OL6 U
    CUMBRIA SOUTH YORKSHIRE 15 GABLE GIRDLE 16 CUSWORTH PARK W N NORTH EAST NORTH uDistance: 7 miles/11km uTime: 3½-4 hours uGrade: Challenging S E WEST NORTH uDistance: 7¾ miles/ 12.5km uTime: 2¾ hours uGrade: Moderate Great Gable looms PLAN YOUR WALK PLAN YOUR WALK over Burnthwaite. FEATURE SEE ON PAGE 34 PHOTO: PHOTO: CAROLBURKINSHAW JAMES DEBOO JAMES ROUTE ROUTE Start/parking Free Start/parking Cusworth parking at Wasdale Head Cusworth Hall, Hall Museum car park, Village Green; grid ref park and pond. Back Lane, Cusworth, DN5 NY186084, CA20 1EX 7TU, grid ref SE544039 Is it for me? This Is it for me? Mainly level CHOSEN BY… reach the summit – but once is a serious mountain CHOSEN BY… motte and bailey castle at on good tracks/paths – JAMES DEBOO you reach Windy Gap and walk, with nearly 2600ft CAROL Langthwaite, and then walk parkland, Trans-Pennine Great Gable is begin the descent to Sty Head, (800m) of ascent, narrow BURKINSHAW along the shoreline of two Trail, former Roman road one of Lakeland’s with its glittering tarn, you paths, gentle scrambling Set high on a ornamental lakes overlooked and fields quintessential fells: proof won’t feel you’ve missed out. and a crossing of loose limestone ridge, Cusworth Hall by their former Woodlands Stiles None scree which may unsettle of the affection with which those without a head for offers an expansive panorama country house. A stretch of the PLANNING it’s held may be found on Start heights. It’s not as across open parkland and the Roman Ermine Street, known Nearest town Doncaster the summit, where a 70kg 1Bridleway leads NE from exposed as Striding Edge wider Don Valley.
    [Show full text]
  • Lake District Scrambles
    Lake District Scrambles Area Scramble route Grade Distance Assessment Blencathra Halls Fell Ridge 1 7km / 4.4 miles: This route is steep and Exposed ridge walking and scrambling Sharp Edge 1/2 interesting throughout with some of the best views in the northern Lakes. Borrowdale 1 Nitting Haws 1/2 14km/ 9 miles via Dale Head and A delightful scramble up an easily Hindscarth accessible ridge, providing an outstanding view over Borrowdale and an interesting route to the fell tops. Borrowdale 2 Sourmilk Gill 1/2 10km / 6.5 miles with a lot of ascent and Two contrasting scrambles combined Rabbit’s Trod 3 descent with a strenuous walk over high fells amongst some of the grandest rock scenery in the Lake District. Borrowdale 3 Dovenest Crag ­ Attic cave 2/3 8km / 5 miles A combination of two very contrasting Intake Ridge 3 scrambles hidden in one of the most Outake Ridge 3 delightful valleys in the Lake District, Ashness Gill 3s steeped in history. Buttermere Harrow Buttress 3 7km / 4.5 miles via Scarth Gap and Continuous exposed scramble Chockstone Ridge 3s 10.5km / 6.5 miles via Fleetwith Pike combining two routes up a fine, firm buttress, marking the technical limit of scrambling. Good belays and ledges. Coniston 1 Brim Fell 2 12km / 7.5 miles: A delightful round Two scrambles that gain a height of Low Water Beck over 430m / 1419ft through impressive scenery in an area rich in history. Coniston 2 Dow B Buttress 3s 10km / 6.2 miles Easily extended to Two exposed scrambles on a major cliff Dow F Buttress 3s take in the Old Man and other fells.
    [Show full text]
  • Pillar Rock and Neighbouring Climbs
    129 PILLAR ROCK AND NEIGHBOURING CLIMBS. BY H. M. KELLY. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE I. Historical 130 II. The Approaches 133 ill. Topographical 136 IV. The Climbs:— Pillar Rock 141 West Cove 168 Great Doup 170 Hind Cove 170 Scoat Fell 172 Mosedale 173 Overbeck 177 Buckbarrow 179 Crag Fell 181 V. Classified List of Climbs 182 PREFATORY NOTE. It has been my endeavour to make the Guide as accurate as possible, and with this in view it was decided that all the descriptions should be first hand ; which, of course, involved the going over of each climb personally. It is of some con­ siderable satisfaction to myself, and those who helped me in the work, that this high aim has been carried out, except as where indicated, e.g. MaUory's Climb, and even here much time was spent in trying to locate the route. 130 THE FELL AND ROCK CLIMBING CLUB JOURNAL. This task was utterly impossible without help ; and I feel very much indebted for the assistance given by Messrs. H. Coates, J. H. Doughty, R. E. W. Pritchard, Morley Wood, and Mrs. Eden-Smith. Pillar Rock is not at one's backdoor ; so many visits to Wasdale were necessary. But this side of the matter was infinitesimal compared with the patience required, and good temper needed, whilst surveying the climbs. One specially remembers, in this connection, five of us spending five hours doing the North West Climb in heavy rain, and the cheeriness displayed by the party under fearsome and depressing circumstances. That day will live in memory—for the leader at least, I fancy—to the end.
    [Show full text]
  • The Lake District Has All the Same Drama, Say Gary Blake and Wendy Johnson, and It’S Closer, Too
    SHORT TOUR Total distance AUTO-SLEEPER Duration Fabulous fells, petrifying passes and wistful The Lake District 71 miles EXECUTIVE FIVE DAYS waters – the dramatic western Lake District The wild western Lakes Who needs New Zealand? The Lake District has all the same drama, say Gary Blake and Wendy Johnson, and it’s closer, too t couldn’t have been easier, cruising legendary monocoque construction up the M40 and M6, and then leaving technique, celebrating Auto-Sleeper’s for the undulating A-roads along the 50th year. Built on a Peugeot Boxer with southern Cumbrian coastline, a 2.2-litre MultiJet 130 turbo-diesel with I(overriding the sat nav, which tried to six-speed gearbox, it delivered plenty of take short cuts over passes). Then came pick-up for the hills. a right-hand fork at Gosforth, hugging We liked its livery and its curves, and it the shores of Wast Water, keeping an eye was all modern comfort inside with an open for sheep nestling between roadside impressive specification level that Kiwi GARY BLAKE boulders left behind by the ice-age includes a satellite TV system. Its 2.29m and WENDY glaciers, and – hey presto – this was New width was perfect for the often restricted JOHNSON are Zealand, but without having to travel the narrow roads, it wasn’t too long for travel journalists and 12,000 miles to get there. reversing and had a good turning circle photographers who We were in the less-frequented western for towns and tight lanes. have covered India, Lakes, where the Lake District National For day two, Cumberland sausages Australia and the Park meets the Cumbrian coast – some were on the menu and Bewleys, the local Nile, as well as boat describe it as how the Lake District used butcher in Bootle, sold them by the yard.
    [Show full text]
  • Join IKCA to Climb the Highest Mountains in England, Wales & Scotland Registration Pack
    Join IKCA to climb the highest mountains in England, Wales & Scotland Registration Pack 1. Welcome and introduction 2. About Imran Khan Cancer Appeal (IKCA) 3. About the climb 4. How to get there 5. Equipment and what to bring 6. Preparation and Safety 7. FAQ’s 8. Terms and conditions and acceptance of risk 1 Welcome and Introduction Thank you for registering with IKCA to take on the three highest peaks in Britain. These briefing notes have been put together to help you enjoy a memorable experience that will stay with you for a long time (Insha’Allah.) Please take the time to read carefully, as there is a lot of important information you need to be aware of. The dates for the Treks are: • Scafell Pike on Sunday May 30th 2021 • Snowdon on Saturday June 12th 2021 • Ben Nevis on Saturday July 10th 2021 Whether you’re climbing for IKCA or just coming along for the assisted climb, we encourage everyone to raise as much money as they can. The challenge will not only raise funds for IKCA but also help us raise awareness of the plight of cancer patients in Pakistan. We also hope that our challenge will inspire others to take on similar challenges and events to help cancer victims. 2 About Imran Khan Cancer Appeal (IKCA) The National Health Service does not provide cancer treatment in Pakistan and as a result poor people die without proper diagnosis/treatment. At Imran Khan Cancer Appeal (IKCA), we raise funds for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) in Lahore and Peshawar.
    [Show full text]
  • Buses in the Lake District: a Walkers Guide
    Buses in the Lake District: a walkers guide Contents 1 Key routes 2 Popular mountains by bus 3 If you get stuck... The information below was originally route is thus a useful one to end your compiled for visitors to Ambleside, but walk on. will still be useful if you are staying in Windermere or Keswick. It is based on * There are 555s from Grasmere to 2013 summer and 2012-3 winter Ambleside (and Bowness) even later timetables, which can often be picked – as late as 11pm in the summer, up on the buses themselves, or if not making it perfect for ending walks on at the Tourist Offices in Windermere, long summer evenings. Keswick or Bowness. (In Ambleside there is a kind of tourist office next to Open topped buses also operate the Salutation Hotel.) Currently the every 20 minutes during the day in timetable is a booklet called "The summer between Bowness, Lakes Connection", but it changes its Windermere, Ambleside and Grasmere format from year to year. until about 6pm. In winter there are hourly buses from Bowness to The bus stop in Ambleside is in Ambleside only Kelsick Road, a small square just off the main high street. In Keswick, the * Another key route is the 78 from bus stops are outside Booths Keswick to Seatoller: half hourly supermarket: the same is true of Monday to Saturday, roughly hourly on Windermere, where the stop is also Sundays, this has late buses back from by the railway station Seatoller (6pm in summer) which connect easily with the 555 from Buses marked with a * operate year Keswick, making walking in round: the others are only summer Borrowdale very easy by bus from routes.
    [Show full text]
  • Wasdale Head Hall Farm Wasdale
    High Tilberthwaite Farm Wasdale Head Hall Farm Wasdale Wasdale Head Hall Farm Thank you for your interest… In what we think is a great opportunity for the right people to work at Wasdale Head Hall Farm in the coming years with us in the National Trust. We’ve been working really hard to look at how farming in balance with nature can happen here and how we will work closely with our new tenants to make a successful partnership for everyone. This farm is in an amazing part of the Lake District that is loved by millions – the area is so special that, last year, the Lake District became a World Heritage Site as a Cultural Landscape – in no small part due to the way in which people have interacted with and been influenced by the landscape over hundreds of years. Farming has been one of the key elements of this and we are working to help it continue. It’s a time of real change and uncertainty at the moment as Brexit looms and the future is unclear – but we believe that it is also a time of opportunity for you and for us. We are really clear that we want a successful farming enterprise here that also helps us meet our national strategy, our ambition for the land – a shared purpose for the countryside. We know that we can achieve this by working together – through the period of change and uncertainty and beyond into what we hope will be a strong long term relationship. Thank you again for your interest in Wasdale Head Hall Farm.
    [Show full text]