Friends of the Lake District
@friendsoflakes.bsky.social
The only membership organisation dedicated to protecting and enhancing Cumbria's landscapes. Join us today. www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk
Thanks to John Macfarlane for providing us with our banner image.
https://linktr.ee/friendsofthelakedistrict
Thanks to John Macfarlane for providing us with our banner image.
https://linktr.ee/friendsofthelakedistrict
Join us for our #hedgelayingcompetition, at Gowbarrow Hall Farm, above beautiful Ullswater lake! It's not too late to sign up to take part (lunch provided for competitors 🥪🍽️) - or just come along and watch this amazing rural skill in action. Sat 21 February
#hedges #competition #LakeDistrict
#hedges #competition #LakeDistrict
February 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Join us for our #hedgelayingcompetition, at Gowbarrow Hall Farm, above beautiful Ullswater lake! It's not too late to sign up to take part (lunch provided for competitors 🥪🍽️) - or just come along and watch this amazing rural skill in action. Sat 21 February
#hedges #competition #LakeDistrict
#hedges #competition #LakeDistrict
Love love love this image of a snow capped Skiddaw sent to us by Spencer Ross. Thanks so much Spencer! 😍🏔️
#photography #landscape #LakeDistrict
#photography #landscape #LakeDistrict
February 10, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Love love love this image of a snow capped Skiddaw sent to us by Spencer Ross. Thanks so much Spencer! 😍🏔️
#photography #landscape #LakeDistrict
#photography #landscape #LakeDistrict
Yay! More overhead power lines have been placed underground within the National Park! Read all about it right here:
https://loom.ly/csri69o
Thanks to SP Electricity North West for the work and this stunning photo!
#landscape #viewsimproved #lakedistrict
https://loom.ly/csri69o
Thanks to SP Electricity North West for the work and this stunning photo!
#landscape #viewsimproved #lakedistrict
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Yay! More overhead power lines have been placed underground within the National Park! Read all about it right here:
https://loom.ly/csri69o
Thanks to SP Electricity North West for the work and this stunning photo!
#landscape #viewsimproved #lakedistrict
https://loom.ly/csri69o
Thanks to SP Electricity North West for the work and this stunning photo!
#landscape #viewsimproved #lakedistrict
Discover how special traditional hay meadows are in the @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social @ talks led by @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social & local farmers, with funding from #FiPL.
https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events
https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events
February 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Discover how special traditional hay meadows are in the @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social @ talks led by @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social & local farmers, with funding from #FiPL.
https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events
https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events
Land Manager's Diary 5 February: The mysteries of twilight
The lengthening days prompt Jan to ponder twilight and those crepuscular creatures that are busiest then, while she and the volunteers have been working in the Atlantic rainforest woods at Rusland, taking out invasive species.
The lengthening days prompt Jan to ponder twilight and those crepuscular creatures that are busiest then, while she and the volunteers have been working in the Atlantic rainforest woods at Rusland, taking out invasive species.
February 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Land Manager's Diary 5 February: The mysteries of twilight
The lengthening days prompt Jan to ponder twilight and those crepuscular creatures that are busiest then, while she and the volunteers have been working in the Atlantic rainforest woods at Rusland, taking out invasive species.
The lengthening days prompt Jan to ponder twilight and those crepuscular creatures that are busiest then, while she and the volunteers have been working in the Atlantic rainforest woods at Rusland, taking out invasive species.
Join us for this year's hedge laying competition at Gowbarrow Hall Farm above the beautiful Ullswater lake! It's not too late to sign up to take part - or just come along and watch this amazing rural skill in action. More details: https://loom.ly/A2lmRQk
#hedges #competition #LakeDistrict
#hedges #competition #LakeDistrict
February 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Join us for this year's hedge laying competition at Gowbarrow Hall Farm above the beautiful Ullswater lake! It's not too late to sign up to take part - or just come along and watch this amazing rural skill in action. More details: https://loom.ly/A2lmRQk
#hedges #competition #LakeDistrict
#hedges #competition #LakeDistrict
Beautiful
Fence in the frozen tarn, photo by Lake District photographer Carmen Norman.
February 3, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Beautiful
In her latest blog, Pauline Blair reports from her farm as she struggles with DEFRA policies and reduced payments affecting traditional farming methods.
Read it here: https://loom.ly/WSTH8KU
#Farming #Commons #LakeDistrict
Read it here: https://loom.ly/WSTH8KU
#Farming #Commons #LakeDistrict
February 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM
In her latest blog, Pauline Blair reports from her farm as she struggles with DEFRA policies and reduced payments affecting traditional farming methods.
Read it here: https://loom.ly/WSTH8KU
#Farming #Commons #LakeDistrict
Read it here: https://loom.ly/WSTH8KU
#Farming #Commons #LakeDistrict
Discover how special traditional hay meadows are in the @lakedistrictnpa at these talks led by @cumbriawildlife and local farmers, with funding from #FiPL. Talks held in Windermere & Shap. https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events
#FarmingLakes #WildFlowers
#FarmingLakes #WildFlowers
February 2, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Discover how special traditional hay meadows are in the @lakedistrictnpa at these talks led by @cumbriawildlife and local farmers, with funding from #FiPL. Talks held in Windermere & Shap. https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events
#FarmingLakes #WildFlowers
#FarmingLakes #WildFlowers
Land manager's blog: The delayed Christmas walling workparty at Mazonwath finally happened - complete with mince pies and mulled wine! 🍷also spring event plans, and how to identify trees when they've got no leaves? Not to mention Fiona the loneliest sheep... 🐑
https://loom.ly/gN3jv1c
https://loom.ly/gN3jv1c
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Land manager's blog: The delayed Christmas walling workparty at Mazonwath finally happened - complete with mince pies and mulled wine! 🍷also spring event plans, and how to identify trees when they've got no leaves? Not to mention Fiona the loneliest sheep... 🐑
https://loom.ly/gN3jv1c
https://loom.ly/gN3jv1c
Hedge Planting on the 25th Feb @ Kirkby Lonsdale Football Club, hot drinks and cake provided!
Find out more and book on: https://loom.ly/E0oMZ6o
#volunteer #tree #planting #CPRE #FriendsofLakes #football #free #familyfriendly #kirkbylonsdale #natureconservation #hedge
Find out more and book on: https://loom.ly/E0oMZ6o
#volunteer #tree #planting #CPRE #FriendsofLakes #football #free #familyfriendly #kirkbylonsdale #natureconservation #hedge
25th Feb 2026: Hedge Planting at Kirkby Lonsdale Football Club - 25/02/2026 10:00:00
Come along and help plant new native hedgerows at Kirby Lonsdale Football Club. Parking near Devil's Bridge.
www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk
January 26, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Hedge Planting on the 25th Feb @ Kirkby Lonsdale Football Club, hot drinks and cake provided!
Find out more and book on: https://loom.ly/E0oMZ6o
#volunteer #tree #planting #CPRE #FriendsofLakes #football #free #familyfriendly #kirkbylonsdale #natureconservation #hedge
Find out more and book on: https://loom.ly/E0oMZ6o
#volunteer #tree #planting #CPRE #FriendsofLakes #football #free #familyfriendly #kirkbylonsdale #natureconservation #hedge
The Lake District National Park Partnership is developing a new five year management plan. You’re invited to have your say on whether you think the objectives for the draft plan are the right priorities.
To take part visit: LakeDistrict.gov.uk/PartnershipConsultation
#LakeDistrict #HaveYourSay
To take part visit: LakeDistrict.gov.uk/PartnershipConsultation
#LakeDistrict #HaveYourSay
January 24, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The Lake District National Park Partnership is developing a new five year management plan. You’re invited to have your say on whether you think the objectives for the draft plan are the right priorities.
To take part visit: LakeDistrict.gov.uk/PartnershipConsultation
#LakeDistrict #HaveYourSay
To take part visit: LakeDistrict.gov.uk/PartnershipConsultation
#LakeDistrict #HaveYourSay
🪓🍃🌳Pro and amateur Hedge layers wanted to show off their skills in our annual Hedge Laying competition on Saturday 21 February, at Gowbarrow Hall Farm, Watermillock. Cash prizes and lunch provided!
Cash prizes and lunch provided! 🥪🍽️🍰
Cash prizes and lunch provided! 🥪🍽️🍰
January 23, 2026 at 1:53 AM
🪓🍃🌳Pro and amateur Hedge layers wanted to show off their skills in our annual Hedge Laying competition on Saturday 21 February, at Gowbarrow Hall Farm, Watermillock. Cash prizes and lunch provided!
Cash prizes and lunch provided! 🥪🍽️🍰
Cash prizes and lunch provided! 🥪🍽️🍰
Find out more and book on:
Hedgerows for Healthy Livestock: https://loom.ly/yw1Rq2Y
Hedgerow Management & Surveying Training Day: https://loom.ly/5J6f8ss
#free #training #advice #farming #sfi #funding #survey #hedge #hedgerow #hedgerowheroes #livestock #friendsoflakes #CPRE
Hedgerows for Healthy Livestock: https://loom.ly/yw1Rq2Y
Hedgerow Management & Surveying Training Day: https://loom.ly/5J6f8ss
#free #training #advice #farming #sfi #funding #survey #hedge #hedgerow #hedgerowheroes #livestock #friendsoflakes #CPRE
January 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Find out more and book on:
Hedgerows for Healthy Livestock: https://loom.ly/yw1Rq2Y
Hedgerow Management & Surveying Training Day: https://loom.ly/5J6f8ss
#free #training #advice #farming #sfi #funding #survey #hedge #hedgerow #hedgerowheroes #livestock #friendsoflakes #CPRE
Hedgerows for Healthy Livestock: https://loom.ly/yw1Rq2Y
Hedgerow Management & Surveying Training Day: https://loom.ly/5J6f8ss
#free #training #advice #farming #sfi #funding #survey #hedge #hedgerow #hedgerowheroes #livestock #friendsoflakes #CPRE
Winter woodland management, Scots pine biodiversity, beautiful High Borrowdale and a cute little visitor to our land - all in this week's Land Manager's Diary!
Read it here: https://loom.ly/p9dwrPo
#landscape #volunteering #cumbria #trees
Read it here: https://loom.ly/p9dwrPo
#landscape #volunteering #cumbria #trees
January 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Winter woodland management, Scots pine biodiversity, beautiful High Borrowdale and a cute little visitor to our land - all in this week's Land Manager's Diary!
Read it here: https://loom.ly/p9dwrPo
#landscape #volunteering #cumbria #trees
Read it here: https://loom.ly/p9dwrPo
#landscape #volunteering #cumbria #trees
🐿️🐿️🐿️ It's Red Squirrel Appreciation Day! Let's hear it for our little red furry friends... which we're still lucky enough to have in Cumbria.
📷Thanks to Jonny Gios for this little beauty, taken in Shap.🌰
📷Thanks to Jonny Gios for this little beauty, taken in Shap.🌰
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 AM
🐿️🐿️🐿️ It's Red Squirrel Appreciation Day! Let's hear it for our little red furry friends... which we're still lucky enough to have in Cumbria.
📷Thanks to Jonny Gios for this little beauty, taken in Shap.🌰
📷Thanks to Jonny Gios for this little beauty, taken in Shap.🌰
A big thank you to everyone who came out to plant with us last Saturday at St. Peter's Church in Askham!
Click here to see more volunteer events: https://loom.ly/9rWsSX8
#askham #hedge #events #community #volunteering #planting #gardening #CPRE #friendsoflakes #hedgerowheroes
Click here to see more volunteer events: https://loom.ly/9rWsSX8
#askham #hedge #events #community #volunteering #planting #gardening #CPRE #friendsoflakes #hedgerowheroes
January 20, 2026 at 4:11 PM
A big thank you to everyone who came out to plant with us last Saturday at St. Peter's Church in Askham!
Click here to see more volunteer events: https://loom.ly/9rWsSX8
#askham #hedge #events #community #volunteering #planting #gardening #CPRE #friendsoflakes #hedgerowheroes
Click here to see more volunteer events: https://loom.ly/9rWsSX8
#askham #hedge #events #community #volunteering #planting #gardening #CPRE #friendsoflakes #hedgerowheroes
10 days left to have your say!
The Lake District National Park Partnership is developing a new five year management plan. You’re invited to have your say on it right here:
LakeDistrict.gov.uk/PartnershipConsultation
#LakeDistrict #HaveYourSay
The Lake District National Park Partnership is developing a new five year management plan. You’re invited to have your say on it right here:
LakeDistrict.gov.uk/PartnershipConsultation
#LakeDistrict #HaveYourSay
January 20, 2026 at 11:58 AM
10 days left to have your say!
The Lake District National Park Partnership is developing a new five year management plan. You’re invited to have your say on it right here:
LakeDistrict.gov.uk/PartnershipConsultation
#LakeDistrict #HaveYourSay
The Lake District National Park Partnership is developing a new five year management plan. You’re invited to have your say on it right here:
LakeDistrict.gov.uk/PartnershipConsultation
#LakeDistrict #HaveYourSay
Thanks so much to What If Stockport & Brinksway Cinema for offering to show the film Rising at their Climate Cuts event on Thursday 22 January! 😍
Tickets available here:
https://loom.ly/EMen7jM
#climate #cinema #event
Tickets available here:
https://loom.ly/EMen7jM
#climate #cinema #event
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Thanks so much to What If Stockport & Brinksway Cinema for offering to show the film Rising at their Climate Cuts event on Thursday 22 January! 😍
Tickets available here:
https://loom.ly/EMen7jM
#climate #cinema #event
Tickets available here:
https://loom.ly/EMen7jM
#climate #cinema #event
🌳🌳🌳All about #trees - funding bids to continue our work restoring atlantic rainforest in Rusland, a muddy visit to Greenbank Wood in Ambleside, and how trees have long been associated with knowledge and wisdom - and the English language. #LandManagersDiary #Conservation #Volunteering
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
🌳🌳🌳All about #trees - funding bids to continue our work restoring atlantic rainforest in Rusland, a muddy visit to Greenbank Wood in Ambleside, and how trees have long been associated with knowledge and wisdom - and the English language. #LandManagersDiary #Conservation #Volunteering
Thanks so much to Carol Smith for sending us this lovely poem to help beat back these winter blues! ❤️
#landscape #winter #poetry
📸 Photo: David Rippin
#landscape #winter #poetry
📸 Photo: David Rippin
January 14, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Thanks so much to Carol Smith for sending us this lovely poem to help beat back these winter blues! ❤️
#landscape #winter #poetry
📸 Photo: David Rippin
#landscape #winter #poetry
📸 Photo: David Rippin
Our first Postcard from the Lakes enews of 2026! Including a video of our recent ‘regenerative tourism’ debate, and a great season of events for 2026 – including our Hedging Competition, the Great Cumbrian Litter Pick, and Big Switch Off - plus much more.
📸 Derwentwater by David Jones
📸 Derwentwater by David Jones
January 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Our first Postcard from the Lakes enews of 2026! Including a video of our recent ‘regenerative tourism’ debate, and a great season of events for 2026 – including our Hedging Competition, the Great Cumbrian Litter Pick, and Big Switch Off - plus much more.
📸 Derwentwater by David Jones
📸 Derwentwater by David Jones
Plans for 2026? Come & join us for some volunteering. Fresh air, good company and of course - cake! All in stunning Cumbrian locations in glorious (if sometimes wet) weather.
Visit https://loom.ly/zKpyrnI
#winterblues #volunteering #opportunities #landscape
Photos: George Carr Media
Visit https://loom.ly/zKpyrnI
#winterblues #volunteering #opportunities #landscape
Photos: George Carr Media
January 12, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Plans for 2026? Come & join us for some volunteering. Fresh air, good company and of course - cake! All in stunning Cumbrian locations in glorious (if sometimes wet) weather.
Visit https://loom.ly/zKpyrnI
#winterblues #volunteering #opportunities #landscape
Photos: George Carr Media
Visit https://loom.ly/zKpyrnI
#winterblues #volunteering #opportunities #landscape
Photos: George Carr Media
Volunteers wanted hedge planting at St Peter's Church Askham, next Saturday!
Hedgerows are amazing! They help provide healthy soils, hold carbon and water, and rich wildlife habitats. Join us for a fun day creating new hedgerows as part of our Hedges project, @cpre #environmental #volunteers
Hedgerows are amazing! They help provide healthy soils, hold carbon and water, and rich wildlife habitats. Join us for a fun day creating new hedgerows as part of our Hedges project, @cpre #environmental #volunteers
January 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Volunteers wanted hedge planting at St Peter's Church Askham, next Saturday!
Hedgerows are amazing! They help provide healthy soils, hold carbon and water, and rich wildlife habitats. Join us for a fun day creating new hedgerows as part of our Hedges project, @cpre #environmental #volunteers
Hedgerows are amazing! They help provide healthy soils, hold carbon and water, and rich wildlife habitats. Join us for a fun day creating new hedgerows as part of our Hedges project, @cpre #environmental #volunteers
The #LakeDistrict National Park Partnership is developing a new five year management plan. You’re invited to #HaveYourSay on whether you think the objectives for the draft plan are the right priorities. To take part visit: LakeDistrict.gov.uk/PartnershipConsultation
January 6, 2026 at 10:36 AM
The #LakeDistrict National Park Partnership is developing a new five year management plan. You’re invited to #HaveYourSay on whether you think the objectives for the draft plan are the right priorities. To take part visit: LakeDistrict.gov.uk/PartnershipConsultation