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Slow Life took a turn in the fast lane this week. We have had a quite a coup in getting support for our campaign to save the TICs. After the Westmorland Gazette gave such prominence to my call for public funding to be preserved the story was featured on the Cumbria Radio Breakfast show and on the BBC evening news (see video). Jean Fry, our President, took my place. The Gazette has published today a letter from Ian Stevens the head of Cumbria Tourism pledging full support and I‘ve had similar letters from our MP Tim Farron, from Gareth McKeever the Tory candidate and from Brendon Jameson the Council Leader. It looks as though Lakes Hospitality may have to take over the running of Windermere TIC ourselves and we have put forward a radical proposal to the council. Watch This Space.
I’ve signed up all the hotels to the Guardian’s 10:10 campaign – to cut energy consumption by 10% in 2010. Some members of staff are already totally enthusiastic about all things green, but we needed to get everyone involved and to get them thinking about their responsibilities and about what they could do on a personal level. The, ‘do one thing’ campaign asks every member of staff to think about their routine and to come up with an idea to help the environment. The idea is that if we all ‘do one thing’ then collectively we can make a difference. With a bribe of a box of fair trade chocolates for the best idea the campaign has been a great success. Everyone has been talking about what they can do and brimming with ideas.
Why do piglets, who are supposed to be enjoying the tranquil slow life in the open air, tear the hell out of each other? This happens because they have only just met and when two families of piglets are introduced to each other for the first time they have to establish their pecking order. So they spend the first few minutes scrapping violently until they know who’s boss and only then can they relax and enjoy the Slow Life.
Granada TV were at Grange Primary School today and our youngest daughter Sara gave her first (very brief) TV interview wearing wellies. The school was being filmed rehearsing for a world record breaking attempt for the most people doing the conga in wellies, raising money for a charity in the congo – www.healafrica.org
3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days ago George the boar had a lucky weekend. 5 of his favourite sows came on heat at the same time. The result: 58 piglets born in 48 hours. George is a cross between a Gloucester Old Spot and a Saddleback. The sows are Middle White, Saddleback (3) and Tamworth. The result is a united nations of colours, from pure white to pure black and every colour in between including, most enchantingly, red with black spots. Keep up the good work George.
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