LATEST NEWS & DIARY DATES 2010
Cartmel Sheepy Village Raises nearly £10,000 for Bay Search & Rescue
Following the Cartmel Sheepy Trail and the Grand Sheep Auction on Saturday 17 July, nearly £10,000 has been raised for BS&R, and the barometer is still rising. 14 sheep were auctioned for an average of £160 each, along with other numerous lots donated from local businesses. 2011 Calendars are on sale in the village for £5 with all proceeds going to the charity. Plans are underway for Cartmel Sheepy Village 2011 and information on how to get involved is on the official website: www.cartmel-sheepyvillage.com
High Speed Broadband for the Cartmel Valley
Due to the distance from the exchange at Grange, many households and businesses in the Cartmel Valley have either no broadband or slow speed provision. Anna Jones from Barber Green has been campaigning to see what can be done. Unfortunately, while BT has pledged to review the situation, it has no plans to do so before 2015. Happily, there is a potential alternative.
Kencomp Internet is a company that specialises in providing high speed internet via microwave radio transmitters, thus removing the need for phone lines altogether. They have already implemented solutions for several communities in and around Kendal. They offer a range of packages for home and business with speeds of 10, 20 or 50 Mb per second. (Many existing broadband services in the area are 1Mb /s or lower). They also guarantee contention (the maximum number connections competing for the same bandwidth at any time, so essentially a threshold for minimum performance) at 50 for home services and 20 for business packages. By contrast, BT no longer guarantee contention.
Kencomp’s standard household package is £24.99 per month (incl VAT) and standard business package is £35 per month (excl VAT). There is also a one off equipment and installation cost of £350 which is reduced to half price - £175 - if you order before August 31st 2010.
However, in order to provide a service at all, Kencomp must extend their radio wave network out to the Cartmel Valley. They will bear all the expense of doing this but will only go ahead if at least 60 households place orders (obviously if the project does not go ahead any orders will be cancelled and no-one will be charged anything).
For many households in the Cartmel Valley this may be the only opportunity to get high speed broadband in the foreseeable future. It also offers a very attractive upgrade in terms of speeds for households and businesses within Cartmel itself.
For more information, please contact Kencomp Internet on 01539 898 145 or visit their website at www.kencomp.net Alternatively, download the enquiry form below and post it to: Kencomp Internet, Kerian House, 64 Stramongate, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4BD
DIARY DATES 2010
Wednesday 4 August - Cartmel Agricultural Show. Details: www.cartmelagriculturalsociety.org.uk
Sunday 8 August - National Carriage Driving Championships at Holker Hall. Details: www.holker.co.uk
10am - 5pm Thursday 19 - Sunday 22 August - Cartmel Antiques Fair, Cartmel Village hall.
Thursday 26 August (evening meeting) - Cartmel Races
Details: www.cartmel-racecourse.co.uk
Saturday 28 August - Cartmel Races
Details: www.cartmel-racecourse.co.uk
Monday 30 August - Cartmel Races
Details: www.cartmel-racecourse.co.uk
Sunday 5 September - Holker Food Producers Market.
Details: www.holker.co.uk
10am - 5pm Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 September - Cartmel Antiques Fair, Cartmel Village hall.
10am - 4.30pm Friday 15 - Sunday 17 October - Cartmel Antiques Fair, Cartmel Village hall.
10am - 4.30pm Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 November - Cartmel Antiques Fair, Cartmel Village hall.
Sunday 5 December - Christmas at Holker Hall.
Details: www.holker.co.uk
Sunday 12 December - Christmas at Holker Hall.
Details: www.holker.co.uk
www.holker.co.uk
For details of other events for 2010 please contact the relevant organisation, listed on the BUSINESSES page of this website.
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LATEST NEWS - PRESS RELEASES
10 June 2010
Sheep Seekers Flock to Cartmel to do the Sheepy Village! Trail
2 June - 16 July 2010
Visit Cartmel in the summer of 2010 and you will discover an unusual new flock of 32 rare-breed Sheep around the village until 16 July 2010. The sheepy trail is part of a major initiative raising funds for the Flookburgh based charity, Bay Search & Rescue(BS&R). To date, OVER £2,000 has been raised from associated events and sales of Sheepy Maps and 2011 Sheepy Village Calendars.
Cartmel businesses, community groups, schools and families have enthusiastically taken up the fun challenge to unleash their wildest creative ideas and decorate these life-size sheep.
The overwhelming interest in this project has resulted in Cartmel - Sheepy Village! becoming an annual event in Cumbria’s cultural calendar, with support from the Hadfield Trust, Cumbria Tourism and Cartmel Racecourse.
A FREE event, but donations welcome to BS&R. Sheep are out on open display in Cartmel and most of the village is accessible by wheelchair.
SHEEPY MAPS & 2011 CALENDARS ON SALE NOW IN THE VILLAGE
You can NOW buy a Sheepy Trail Map (£2) or the BRAND NEW 2011 SHEEPY CALENDAR (£5) from one of the Cartmel businesses with the proceeds going to BS&R.
Photo Competition
Visitors are encouraged to take photos of the sheep in Cartmel this summer. Judges will be looking for unusual angles or shots that include a sheep with a Cartmel landmark in the background.
Interesting entries will be posted on the Cartmel-Sheepy Village! Facebook Group and onto the Cartmel Flickr map. The best entries will be selected for use on cartmel-sheepyvillage.com and in print promotions for Cartmel - Sheepy Village 2011. The overall winning picture will be used as a greetings card or even in the 2012 Sheepy Village Calendar.
Notes to Editors
Bay Search & Rescue is a chartiable trust run by volunteers from the local community. For more information on the work they do visit: www.baysearchandrescue.org.uk
For further information, photo opportunities and photographs contact: Sandy Kitching, Press Liaison tel: 015395 36110 email: sandykitching@me.com
www.cartmel-sheepyvillage.com www.cartmelvillage.com
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SPRING 2011 - NEWS ARCHIVE
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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Ewegene the Sheep Returned Safely!
See the new fundraising website: www.cartmel-sheepyvillage.com
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.
Cartmel businesses, community groups, schools and residents are being invited to have fun and unleash their wildest creative ideas to help create the Sheepy Village Trail. To date, members of the community have pledged to sponsor 15 life-size fibreglass sheep that will be brightly painted and placed around Cartmel between 2 June - 17 July 2010. The culmination of the event will be a Sheep Auction with all proceeds going to Bay Search & Rescue. As interest in the project grows, the target is to have a trail of around 30 sheep this year, and to make it an annual event in Cumbria’s cultural calendar. A barometer charting the fund raising progress will be posted on the website: www.cartmel-sheepyvillage.com, and a Sheepy Village Trail map will soon be available for download.
The first bright yellow sheep, “Ewegene”, that was stolen from outside the Cavendish Arms last week, has now been found safe and unharmed, with no RAMsome having been paid. The organisers are non the wiser as to who was behind the theft, but it has resulted in a review of security so that the event planning can steam ahead undeterred by recent events.
“We are relieved that the stolen sheep has been returned, unaffected by her ordeal, and the unexpected resulting publicity surrounding the kidnapping has got the whole village talking. We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of so many people already pledging their support for the sheepy art trail.” Richard English, Cavendish Arms
The charity Bay Search & Rescue is a volunteer team with specialist training, local knowledge and unique dedicated all-terrain amphibious rescue vehicles providing assististance to Cumbria Fire & Rescue, H.M. Coastguard, The Police, Mountain Rescue Teams and Ambulance Service on and around the ‘unique’ Morecambe Bay and South Lake District Area. During the recent floods some of their team and vehicles were deployed to Cockermouth to support the rescue effort. Funds raised will go directly toward helping the charity purchase vital pieces of rescue equipment needed for them to continue to provide this life-saving service.
“Whilst the priority is to raise funds for Bay Search & Rescue, we hope that the Sheepy Village Trail will bring more visitors and tourists flocking to Cartmel, which will ultimately benefit the economy and the whole community. Following the negative publicity surrounding the floods that affected Cumbria so badly, it is important that visitors know that Cartmel and its accommodation and attractions are fully open for business and we look forward to a very bright 2010.” Sandy Kitching, Early Bird Design
Any businesses or individuals wanting to get involved with the Sheepy Village Trail fundraising project or make a donation can do so by contacting Richard English on 01539536240.
For further information and photographs contact: Sandy Kitching, Press Liaison, Cartmel Sheepy Village, tel: 015395 36110 email: sandykitching@me.com
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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.
