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A Passion for Primroses at Storrs Hall

A small selection of polllinating benches at Barnhaven

A small selection of polllinating benches at Barnhaven

Have you a passion for primroses? Florence Bellis, founder of Barnhaven Primulas, had a dream of pure colour and perfect form. In 1929 she used a ‘leaky old barn’ to realise her dream – “it was a haven and when I crossed the creek and stepped into the lane, I had a strange feeling of destiny”. Barnhaven Primulas was born and eighty four years later, a move from Oregan, USA to our doorstep in Cumbria, 400 species and thousands of varieties later, Florence’s method of hand pollination is still used in the same way today. (more…)

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The Big Chill Swim – Extreme Open Water Swimming in Windermere

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The Big Chill swim took place at Low Wood Bay Marina on Saturday 2nd February 2013. It is billed as “one of the coldest swimming races you’ll ever do” and with the water temperatures hovering around 4.6 degrees in Lake Windermere on Saturday, it certainly was chilly!

The Big Chill Swim consists of the following events.

  • 30m Penguin Dip (non competitive, any stroke)
  • 30m Head up breaststroke
  • 60m Freestyle
  • 4 Person Relay
  • 450m Endurance Swim

English Lakes submitted their very own team for the event consisting of brothers Ben and Elliot Berry and their cousin Emily Berry along with Tim Bell, Manager of Lancaster House. Congratulations to the team who come in first position out of the local teams and third overall in the relay events. All team members were new to the sport of Cold-water swimming. Victoria Tremlin from Zest was also new to the sport, she has also written about her first experience.

Thanks to Nevil Jeffery, Manager of Low Wood Bay for filming the video. Rob Berry, brother of Ben and Elliot from to the English Lakes swimming team and local photographer, was also there filming the event. See Rob’s fantastic video on YouTube.

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A Summer of Sport in The Lake District

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So far this year we have had many sporting highlights right here on our doorstep on Lake Windermere. This is a  short 30 second video to show some of our local highlights in this Summer of Sports.

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