KESWICK Museum is launching a new exhibition about the history of the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway. Funded by the Museum’s successful bid to the Culture Recovery Fund’s second round, Rails, Trails and Steamy Tales will use objects from the museum’s collection to tell the story of the railway company, the line, and the people who worked and travelled on the CK&PR. The exhibition, which opens on Saturday, will feature plans, posters, and the wheelbarrow and spade used by Thomas Hoskins to cut the first sod of the line in 1862; alongside more personal stories, such as the wedding of a couple who met working on the line.
Emergency services have shared their concern as areas of the Lake District, like Wasdale Head, became heavily congested this bank holiday weekend Emergency services have issued a stark warning to people visiting the Lake District that bad parking could have severe consequences. Passing places and grass verges have been used as parking spots while designated parking spaces filled up across the Lake District National Park. Wasdale valley became “gridlocked” yesterday after police two appliances from Whitehaven and Egremont fire stations were called to Wasdale Head at approximately 12pm to recover a car that had crashed into a ditch. The car was recovered and no one was injured, but the congestion in the area has been noted as a serious risk.