Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Monday 16th April 2018
IS the Lake District turning a bit snobbish about tourism now it’s got this wonderful world heritage status?
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At the crossroads
Date: Monday 16th April 2018
EDEN Council leader Kevin Beaty leaves little doubt in the minds of district residents of his vehement opposition to the prospect of a flyover being built at Kemplay roundabout, on the outskirts of Penrith, as part of mooted improvements to the A66. Such a structure would be a “carbuncle at the gateway to the Lake District”, states Mr Beaty, and a “truly brutal measure”.
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Tuesday 10th April 2018
SIZE, it seems, is everything when it comes to determining when it’s a hill, a mountain or just simply a fell.
Dicing with death
Date: Tuesday 10th April 2018
DEPRESSING statistics show that drivers are dicing with death on the A66, particularly on the single carriageway stretches of the road between Penrith and Scotch Corner. It is a scandalous state of affairs for one of the country’s arterial routes.
Just what I say (or said): Brian Nicholls
Date: Tuesday 10th April 2018
I HAVE been writing this column for a little over 16 years with only about three or four missed during that time mainly because of foreign trips or, in the case of one absence, a spell in hospital when I had cancer.
Cumbria’s high profile supporters
Date: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
PRINCE Charles, as heir to the throne, and comedian Johnny Vegas, who some view as television royalty, make unlikely bedfellows, but in their own way they are proving to be fine ambassadors for Cumbria.
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
AS a young, wet behind the ears reporter, I remember being immensely impressed when despatched to Penrith’s Gloucester Arms to cover a visit by Border TV’s popular 60s frontman Alick Cleaver.
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Monday 26th March 2018
LOOK, we all do it. Complain about politicians and councillors. Often it’s justified, sometimes it’s plain unfair.
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Monday 12th March 2018
WHILE we seem to read almost daily horror stories about the activities of paedophiles, there’s a danger of our suspicions getting the better of us.
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Monday 5th March 2018
LOCALS can be forgiven an air of triumphalism after the withdrawal of the Thirlmere zip wires proposal.
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Monday 26th February 2018
LIKE many more, I don’t suppose I will look at my local Oxfam shop in future without thinking of the scandal that has tainted the charity.
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Monday 19th February 2018
FOR many of us, as the years advance, it’s the fear of growing old rather than dying that haunts our darker moments. What we’ve been and what we’ve done becomes an irrelevance once we become part of the zimmer brigade.
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Tuesday 6th February 2018
MEETING Elvis changed Cumbria farmer Simon Wood’s life forever. Not THE Elvis, but a fellow of the same name who provided Simon with business contacts in China, helping him to set up his Warm Welly Company.
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Tuesday 30th January 2018
I’VE heard of clouding the issue, but the Ministry of Defence’s objection to a proposed series of zip wires over Thirlmere is mighty confusing when it comes to the mounting scale of opposition to the proposal.
Nobbut laiking: Ros Brewster
Date: Monday 22nd January 2018
FOR as long as I can remember, whenever I bump into ubiquitous Herald photographer Fred Wilson we share a greeting that mystifies the uninitiated. “Hods oot weel,” Fred will say. “Sec a laal bit does,” my response.
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Tuesday 16th January 2018
IT has been described as a “charming anachronism, a very British institution,” yet, unless you are a sports fan, the martial tones of Out of the Blue probably don’t mean a lot to you.
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Tuesday 9th January 2018
ALIENS. So what do you think? Is there something out there, or is it all a load of tosh?
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
THINK you know your sport? Well, what about these names? Rhona Martin, Deborah Knox, Fiona MacDonald, Janice Rankin, Margaret Morton. Remember them. Salt Lake City, 2002. Five braw Scottish lassies who became the nation’s darlings? No? You don’t? Well, think sliding about on a well polished floor while your team-mates brush away feverishly in something akin to an advert for Flash. You’ve got it now. Curling.
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Wednesday 27th December 2017
IT was the sort of look that says “you’ve finally lost it, gone gaga, about to spend your remaining days dribbling in front of children’s TV programs”.
Nobbut laiking: Ross Brewster
Date: Tuesday 19th December 2017
CHALK it up, another victory for the sickly puritans of the snowflake generation.
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