SOMEONE with a ‘positive and passionate’ attitude to work who likes rural living is being sought to take on the role as lead cook at the field studies centre at Malham Tarn. The successful applicant will be expected to feed hundreds of hungry schoolchildren and their teachers on residential trips to the former hunting lodge of the Victorian MP and philanthropist, Walter Morrison, who died in 1921. Tarn House, on the banks of Malham Tarn, the highest marl lake in the UK, is owned by the National Trust and leased to the Field Studies Council. It is surrounded by a 360 acre nature reserve and when lived in by Walter Morrison was visited by the rich and famous, including Charles Kingsley, who was said to have been inspired by the tarn to write his book The Water Babies’ , as well as Charles Darwin and John Ruskin.
GRANDMOTHER Anne Smith came up with a great idea to share bedtime stories wither her new granddaughter during lockdown - she wrote a book based on the playful antics of her puppy. Anne, from Skipton, said knowing coronavirus restrictions meant she would miss out on visiting Sophie, who lives with her family near York, and reading bedtime stories, she wrote her own book. Anne’s daughter shows the book to Sophie, who is almost four months old, and Anne reads it to her over the internet. “I decided to write this book in lockdown for my beautiful granddaughter Sophie. Due to the restrictions I was aware that I would miss the bonding time of bedtimes and the wonderful act of sharing a bedtime story,” she says.
Six Lake District lakes ranked in 10 most popular in UK, according to Instagram
Six Lake District lakes are ranked in the ten most popular lakes, according to Instagram.
Research conducted by CarMoney analysed 45 of the UK’s most well-known lakes, lochs and reservoirs to find which had the most hashtags.
1st) Windermere
2nd) Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
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#lochlomond 462,888
This beautiful loch in the Trossachs national park can be enjoyed by all. Loch Lomond caters for those on all budgets with hotspots for both fine dining and cheap eats.
3rd) Loch Ness
#lochness 415,615
This deep freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands is well known for its so-called sightings of the infamous Loch Ness Monster. Aside from the tales of the world’s shyest monster, Loch Ness is filled with all sorts of history which you can uncover when visiting.
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This must be the longest case of cabin fever ever. For one reason or another, I haven’t so much as wet a line since last summer. Overdosing on the laptop by day, binge-watching TV by night, the closest I’ve got to the river is via satellite mapping. It’s been a virtual world all round, but at least there’s been plenty of time to plan escapes with rod and line, hoping for the day I might be allowed to take them. This is a year for homegrown fishing if ever there was one, so where to go for that watery wilderness fix?