A Good Year for Cumbria’s Ospreys

The team behind the Lake District Osprey Project says that 2009 has been a successful year for the fish-eating birds of prey.

1. They begun their migration south, with two healthy chicks, by early September.

During the five months that they spent near Bassenthwaite Lake they attracted more than 80,000 visitors to the viewpoint in the Dodd Wood and to the visitor centre at Whinlatter Forest where their

2.5 tonnes weight of Bluebird, the jet boat Donald Campbell was killed in trying to break the water speed record in 1967.   The restored boat returns to Coniston Water on January 27 2010 for a one-off attempt to reach 100 mph.

LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS is a massive Bronze Age circle just north of Penrith. It is the third largest stone circle in the British Isles, and the sixth largest overall in the world.

It's thought that the circle originally consisted of 70

Make-over for Jeremy Fisher’s home

Esthwaite Water, which was immortalised as the home of Beatrix Potter’s Jeremy Fisher, is to be returned to a more natural state, more than 100 years after the children’s tale was first published.

As part of the Windermere Catchment restoration programmed, the fish cages at Hawkshead Trout Farm have been removed.

Following the completion of the work to remove the fish cages, the business will run a rainbow

On the Road to the Adventure Capital

Renegade road signs appeared at key Cumbrian tourist spots warning of the thrills and fun ahead.

Others including a galloping horse and wind-swept rider at Silecroft beach, a hot air balloon at the Masons Arms at Bowland Bridge, a leaping stunt cyclist at Whinlatter Forest, and kayakers on Coniston Water.

Designed by Kirkby Stephen-based artist Steve Messam, the guerrilla artwork was commissioned by Cumbria Tourism as

ONE OF THE TOP 10 PLACES IN THE WORLD TO VISIT

The Lake District has been named one of the top 10 places to visit in the world by publishers the Lonely Planet and the only one in the UK.

The Lake District was chosen ahead of other regions in the UK because it "sums up all that's green, great and grand about the English landscape".

Skimming the surface of Lakeland

Cooped-up office workers are being encouraged to skim a stone across some of the Lake District’s famous lakes- all via their own phone or iPod.

Their iPhone or iPod Touch then becomes their virtual stone and they flick their wrist to throw it across the water.

See www.golakes.co.uk/mobi.