RENEWED calls have been made to consider a congestion charge for motorists entering the Lake District and to rethink how people travel in the area. The calls, from Ambleside Action For a Future (AAFAF), follow a series of warnings from police about high levels of traffic and dangerous parking seen in the national park over the last few weeks, as an increased number of visitors descend on the county. Police attended Millerground, Windermere, on July 21 after receiving complaints about parked cars all along Rayrigg Road. The week before officers were out in force trying to resolve traffic congestion in Ambleside and Bowness and combat people parking on pavements and ignoring double white lines.
Community groups, residents, businesses and Cumbria Highways are taking part in the first ‘Big Switch Off’ in Ambleside next Saturday. The lighting switch off, from 9.30pm onwards, aims to raise awareness about the value of dark skies for people’s enjoyment and health, for wildlife to flourish, and the need to tackle climate change by reducing energy consumption. The event is being coordinated by Ambleside Action For A Future (AAFAF) and the Dark Skies Cumbria Project and takes place during International Dark Skies Week. Gillian Kelly, AAFAF coordinator, said: “We are privileged to live in a beautiful area and we know we must reduce our carbon footprint as individuals and as a community.
COMMUNITY groups, residents, businesses and Cumbria Highways are taking part in the first ‘Big Switch Off’ in Ambleside on next Saturday. The lighting switch off, from 9.30pm onwards, aims to raise awareness about the value of dark skies for people’s enjoyment and health, for wildlife to flourish, and the need to tackle climate change by reducing energy consumption. The event is being coordinated by Ambleside Action For A Future (AAFAF) and the Dark Skies Cumbria Project, and takes place during International Dark Skies Week. Gillian Kelly, AAFAF Coordinator, said: “We are privileged to live in a beautiful area and we know we must reduce our carbon footprint as individuals and as a community. Electricity consumption is rising rapidly, switching to renewables is vital and low energy LEDs are now the norm. We must also look to reduce the wasteful use of energy and ask ourselves, do we really need so many lights on all through the night?
2020 has been a year like no other. Here we look back at Cumbria 2020, the highs, lows and the impact of the global pandemic on the county. As the heatwave continued in July, the government gave the go ahead for pubs, restaurants and hair salons to reopen. Many hard-hit Lakes businesses saw a welcomed boost from the Staycation market as many Brits looked to holiday within the UK.
SUNNY: A summer heatwave hit south Cumbria The tourism spike and hot weather in areas such as Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside, Coniston and Kendal led to police issuing a plea to visitors to respect the area.