Events: One late-night, one cancelled and several upcoming.

One of the features of our job as Rangers is that we can be called at more or less any time to deal with incidents where people are not sure where to report them.  It might be a sheep with a limp – we would phone the farmer.  It might be a camp-fire that is causing concern – we would go out to make sure it was safely extinguished.  This time it was a late night call to tell me that the intruder alarm on Derwent Isle was sounding.  I called the police and two police officers and I went over to investigate.

A late-night adventure!

There had been somebody there but they left as we arrived.  We couldn’t find them in the darkness.  Fortunately, there were no signs of damage at the house – maybe they were just curious.  The alarm did its job though and there was a very quick response to the incident.

I was less lucky with a planned weekend canoe event.  The weather forecast predicted gusts of 60 to 70 mph which would have whipped up a very choppy lake.  The instructor decided that it would not be safe to take out 12 people in such conditions so we had to cancel it.  We will plan it again in future.

Storm brewing?

We will be hoping for better luck with the weather for the following planned walks.  

The Trust is holding a walking festival from 22^nd to 30^th October.  

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Our North Lakes walks are:

Wednesday Oct 26^th 12.30 pm:  Woodlands Forest and Fungi, Brandlehow.  Contact: 017687 74649

Thursday Oct 27^th 11am – 3 pm:  Walk in the Footsteps of Buttermere Legends.  Contact: 017687 74649

Friday Oct 28^th 6-9 pm:   Spooky Halloween Stories in Wild Ennerdale.  Contact: 017687 74649

Friday Oct 28^th 10.30 – 15.30:  Autumn Colours and Panoramic Views from Walla Crag, Borrowdale.  Contact: 017687 74649

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Sights on an Autumn walk.

Go to http://www.ntlakesoutdoors.org.uk/news/ for more information about Lakes walks.