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Seventy-five years ago, three sub-regional groups of the Youth Hostel Association set out to produce a magazine. Its aim was to celebrate a landscape and locale which they relished so much. Leslie Hewkin, Cumbria’s very first editor from 1947, established the magazine’s aim to “help all to a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside”, and subsequent editor, the legendary Bill Mitchell, prioritised “putting people before things”. Seventy-five years later, these fundamental doctrines remain at the heart of this…
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CUMBRIA PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION: APRIL
The shortlisted photograph this month, of the imposing Eagle Crag, was submitted by Bob Bedford. The overall winner for 2022 will receive Opticron binoculars or a telescope of their choice, up to...
CUMBRIA PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
The shortlisted photograph this month, of a highly contented sunbathing Herdwick, was taken by Richard Buller: “Setting out at sunrise to walk the Langdale Pikes, I came across this sheep enjoying...
WIN A STAY IN BEATRIX POTTER COUNTRY
Cumbria magazine is delighted to offer readers the chance to win a two night bed and breakfast stay at Sawrey House Hotel, worth £300. The winner and their guest will stay in a four-poster room, and...
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