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25/12/2004 - MERRY CHRISTMAS ! !

Stickle Tarn, Great Langdale - looking to the Coniston Fells

A very happy Christmas to you all !

A real white Christmas today - with full snow cover above 500ft -

More pictures to follow -

23/12/2004 - The Coppermines Mountain Cottages - bathroom refurbishments now complete !

The new en - suite shower room in The Sawyers Cottage bedroom 1

Today we are happy to announce the completion of the current phase of refurbishments and pleased to welcome our Christmas visitors.

Very many thanks to all our staff and contractors for completing all this extensive work on time, within the short period of the 6 weeks available !

Pictures will follow soon !

19/11/2004 - The First Winter Snow

Coniston Old Man & Ziggie

The first snow has arrived !

06/11/2004 - Coniston Village Annual Bonfire & Fireworks

An earlier bonfire !

Everyone is welcome to the annual bonfire on SATURDAY 6th NOVEMBER, at Coniston Sports & Social Club, fom 6.30 pm.
There will be a Hot Pot Supper and there is a licensed bar - and there will be the usual party atmosphere !
Addmission is by donation, and the event is supported by Coniston Parish Council, ourselves and other local businesses

05/11/2004 - The Coppermines Mountain Cottages - Winter Refurbishment

Phil, John & Joe lift the new oil tank into place.

Oil fired central heating is being installed by SIAS of Keighley, Yorkshire.
The new system will give independantly controllable central heating for each cottage, and loads of hot water !

02/11/2004 - The Coppermines Mountain Cottages - Winter Refurbishment

Jonathon & Tim in The Millrace Cottage

To accommodate all the new facilities we are reorganising the
internal layout of some bedrooms

01/11/2004 - The Coppermines Mountain Cottages 2004 Winter Reburbishment

"A new breakthrough" - by Mike Withers

Today 15 workmen arrived at the cottages to commence reburbishing all the existing bathrooms, and creating 5 new ones - some en-suite - and to install oil fired central heating

01/09/2004 - BBC Radio Cumbria - "The Morning Show"

Martin & Philip at Deep Level

Radio Cumbria have decided to do an item about Mining in The Lake District, so today Philip told the story of the last 400 years at Coniston Coppermines to Martin Lewes in deep level adit - all in about 4 minutes !

21/07/2004 - Royal Horticultural Society - Tatton Flower Show - Cheshire

Philip & Andrew at Tatton

Off to Tatton Park, near Knutsford today to see the garden we have helped sponsor at the show.

The garden called "Solid Geometry" has been created by Andrew Loudon from Bowmanstead, Coniston and planted by Beetham Nurseries.

Andrew specialises in decorative stonework & garden design, and has exhibited successfully at RHS Chelsea as well as RHS Tatton in the past.

We find that this year he has not only won a Gold Medal, but also the Best "Back to Back Garden" in the show !

You can visit his website from our links page.

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