Public Consultation on the Troutbeck Conservation Area
• Most residents of Troutbeck have recently received a letter from the Lake District National Park Authority to seek the involvement of our local community in the Troutbeck conservation area management plan.
• There are lots more details on the LDNPA website here.
• The Village Association would like to encourage all residents to download and read the documents on this LDNPA web page. In particular the "Troutbeck Draft Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan" which is a 46-page Word document with dozens of photos and a wealth of historical and conservation information about our village.
• We also encourage you to visit the exhibition which will be held at Troutbeck Village Institute on Wednesday 22 May 2013 from 12pm to 4pm, and on Monday 10 June 2013 from 4pm to 8pm
• LDNP representatives will be on hand at both these dates for questions.
• If you have any views or comments about the conservation area, please respond using the questionnaire on the LDNPA web page linked above.
• The deadline for responses is Wednesday 10 July 2013.

 
Our 2013 Garden Trail will be held on Bank Holiday Monday, 27th May. After five highly successful years this is now a well established biennial fixture in Troutbeck's calendar. This year there will be twelve gardens open (two of them first-timers) and all the regular favourites including traditional teas, plant sale, ice-creams, children's competitions, raffle, craft displays and lots more…

Leonard Cheshire Disability is looking for new volunteers to help at Holehird Care Home. Leonard Cheshire is the leading charity provider of services for disabled people in the UK, supporting over 10,000 disabled people, and at Holehird there are 29 beds for residential, nursing, respite and holiday care. Chris Hogg (formerly of the National Trust at Townend) has recently taken up the post of Volunteer Coordinator at Holehird, and he is keen to encourage Troutbeck residents to forge more links with Holehird. Volunteers of all ages and experience are welcome. For more details contact Chris Hogg on 015394 42500, or email chris.hogg@lcdisability.org.

A 32-page colour booklet celebrating 450 years since the consecration of Jesus Church is now on sale. The inspiration of Judy Dootson, the booklet is full of interesting facts and stories about the Church, and some wonderful reminiscences about village life. It's illustrated with many original paintings and photographs, and priced at £3 it is now available in the Church and the Village Shop. Copies can also be obtained by sending a cheque for £4 per copy (including postage and made payable to Troutbeck PCC) to Katharine Brown, Rosemount Cottage, Troutbeck, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1PH. Donations will be made to local charities including the Troutbeck Group of Windermere Area First Responders.

Susan and Pam's retirement. At a traditional tea in the Village Institute on Saturday 10th November 2012 we all expressed our enormous gratitude to Susan and Pam Black for running our village shop for over 40 years. The warm atmosphere they created there has been the focal point of our community for as long we can remember, and we wish Susan and Pam a very happy retirement in their new home in Windermere. Gifts from residents included this lovely oil painting by Steve Kelly.

Troutbeck's New Community Shop
• Daily newspapers
• Fresh vegetables
• Groceries
• Fresh milk
• Bread and cakes
• Postcards and souvenirs
• Sweets and soft drinks
• Teas and coffees
• Monday to Saturday from 8.00 am to 12.30 pm
• Also Monday afternoons from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm
• For the latest news about our new shop click here.

New Part-time Post Office Service
• Ambleside Post Office staff now operate a part-time counter service in the Village Institute (above the new shop) on two days a week:
• Monday afternoons from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm
• Thursday mornings from 9.30 am to 11.00 am
• Please support this service or we'll lose it!

Gladly Solemn Sound performed to a full house at Jesus Church on Sunday 21st October 2012. The concert had strong historical connections with Troutbeck, in a church with an original west gallery, and using manuscripts recently discovered at Town End. Many thanks to Ian Jones and the Friends of Cumbria Archives for jointly organising this event with Troutbeck Village Association.

Our 1950's themed celebration was held in the Village Institute on Monday 4th June 2012. Katharine Brown took lots of great photos (enhanced with Steve Kelly's artistic flair) and you can view a big selection of them here.

Our 2012 Village Association AGM was held on Wednesday 16th May 2012, and as usual we combined an enjoyable social evening with a good informal discussion about the future of Troutbeck. To download a copy of Tony Ashton's 2011-2012 Village Association Report, click here.

Pip Simpson and Tony Ashton celebrate the delivery of Troutbeck's new snowplough and gritter. After all our village roads were cut off for over four weeks during the severe winter of 2009, Troutbeck’s Village Association vowed to take action. Now, thanks their fundraising efforts, Troutbeck has bought its own community-based snow plough and gritter. For more details of our two year fundraising campaign click here.

An annual tradition, Troutbeck's duck race is held every August Bank Holiday Sunday in the beck near Church Bridge. For a report and photos of this fun event, please click here.

Memories of A Lifetime In Troutbeck. Jackie and Muriel Bland recently celebrated their 72nd Wedding Anniversary, and they lived in the same house in Troutbeck all their married life. In this recorded interview with Katharine Brown, Jackie and Muriel share many happy memories of their childhood and their lives together in Troutbeck. To listen to this fascinating interview, please click here.
Sadly, Jackie died on Thursday April 4th, 2013, after a short illness. He will be very sadly missed by everyone in Troutbeck.

Our first Village 'Tidy-Up Day' was held on Saturday 30th October 2010, to clear some of the village wells, clear and clean some signposts, and clear other areas in the village. For more details and photos click here