Events and Festivals

I began last week with a trip through to join our Whitehaven Coast ranger Chris to help with the Trust’s contribution to the Whitehaven Festival.  This is a very popular event with large numbers of people attending and we had planned some Trust activities.  Sadly, the pitch we had was very windy and we had to make the decision that it was unsafe to put up our tent.  Despite the wind there was still plenty to do and the crowds clearly had a lot of fun.

A couple of days later my volunteers joined me at Calf Close Bay.  We cut into manageable sized pieces a fallen Scots pine that had washed ashore.  I’ll be busy using a chainsaw to make them into some more seating for the amphitheatre.  I’ll post pictures of those when they are ready.

The most interesting, even exciting part of my week though was a meeting about the Tour of Britain cycle event that takes place in September.  As you can imagine, an event like this needs a massive amount of work to organise so lots of local agencies will be involved with the race organisers.  This is a major event for professional cyclists at the top of their game.  Huge numbers will be coming through the narrow roads of Borrowdale at up to 30 mph (I can probably manage 15 mph!) so there is a lot of planning to be done to make it as safe as possible for both competitors and spectators.

I’ll be posting more about Borrowdale plans in the coming weeks but you can find the official tour website here.  This is a rare event for an area like this and we want it to be memorable for everybody so we’ll all be busy making it as accessible as possible.

Hi, It's Daisy here.

I’ve had lots of friends to stay this week – Sunny and Shay.  It’s great having lots of friends.