Press Information
This page is regularly updated with information about news stories happening in and around Cartmel.
Have Ewe seen Ewegene?
Have Ewe Seen Ewegene? - Cartmel Sheepy Village Trail
2 June - 16 July 2010
Sheep are always to be found grazing the Lakeland fells, but visit Cartmel NOW and you will discover an unusual new flock of rare-breed Sheep around the village. Purchase a Sheepy Trail Map for £2 (every penny going to BS&R) from one of the Cartmel pubs or shops and have fun Sheep Spotting in the village. Map contains Sheepy Facts & Competitions.
Cartmel - Sheepy Village! trail is a new art initiative involving the whole community, which is raising vital funds needed by the charity Bay Search & Rescue, whose invaluable services were heavily called upon during the recent floods.
32 Sheep Sponsored for 2010
Cartmel businesses, community groups, schools and residents have enthusiastically taken up the fun challenge to unleash their wildest creative ideas and decorate 32 life-size sheep that are now out on the Cartmel - Sheepy Village! trail.
Cartmel Sheepy Auction
(by invitation only)
Time TBC. Saturday 17 July 2010
The Sheep and other Lots will be auctioned at a prestigious evening event at Cartmel Racecourse. During the day there will be a fundraising event where families can see the BS&R vehicles and even have a ride. Children can have a go on the climbing wall and there will be stalls selling sheepy related products.
We aim to make Cartmel - Sheepy Village! an annual event in Cumbria’s cultural calendar, with support from the Hadfield Trust, Cumbria Tourism and Cartmel Racecourse.
Download the updated Sheepy Information Sheet.
Ewe-gene the Sheep Returned Safely!
Cartmel - Sheepy Village Trail is a new art initiative involving the whole community, which will raise vital funds needed by the Flookburgh based charity Bay Search & Rescue.
For the whole story see the new fundraising website: www.cartmel-sheepyvillage.com
New Cartmel Priory Church Book Stall Now Open
A NEW church bookstore funded with money left by a late congregation member is now open. The book shop at Cartmel Priory Church of St Mary and St Michael has been revitalised using £25,000 bequest from Ann Rowbotham, who died in 2008.
The store was officially unveiled earlier this week by Barbara Hewellett, who opened the very first book shop at the priory in 1986 with husband Maurice.
Father Robert Bailey of Cartmel Priory said: “It’s all very splendid.
“We’ve used part of the money to do this work in order to provide a better facility for visitors and locals alike... It’s fitting because Ann always loved the place.”
The store is run by a core of 30 volunteers.
See the full story on the North West Evening Mail website.
New Arrival at Black Horses Stable
Greenbank Farm is celebrating making history after a Friesian foal was born as a result of an embryo transfer from their award-winning mare.
Tracey and Rynardt Venter decided to try the technique because their treasued Femma, the first Friesan Model mare in the UK, lost its pregnancy without an explanation.
And the recipient mare, Jubilee, has given birth to a “beautiful” filly foal named Ineke fan de Groenbank - in keeping with her Dutch heritage - marking another first, being the only Friesian horse to be born in the UK as a result of embryo transfer.
Femme hit the headlines back in 2008 when, aged seven, the international inspection jury of Koninklijke Vereniging Het Friesch Paarden Stamboek hailed her “upstanding presence, excellent conformation and superb movement.” She was awarded the titles of best mare and overall champion at the Friesian Horse Association of Great Britain and Ireland Inspections, before being crowned as Model, becoming one of only a handful of Friesian mares throughout the world who receive the title each year.
The Venters are keen to ensure that having achieved this status, Femme’s beauty will continue to be passed on to future generations and, following the successful embryo transfer, have decided to let Femme try again at giving birth.
Tracey Venter, whose family have run the farm since 1917, added: “Thanks to the expertise of vet Michaela Kolling from Twemlows stud in Cheshire, Femma is also carrying a foal which, all being well, is due at the end of March.”
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