The 1st Cumbria Scythe Festival
Cylinders Estate, Elterwater, South Lakeland
Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th July 2010
Scythe Workshops* Sat. 17 July (10am – 4.00pm)
Scything workshops for beginners and skilled; use and care of a scythe,
peening, sharpening, etc., and scything difficult upland meadows and orchards.
Workshop tutors: Christiane Lechner, Paul Kingsnorth and Steve Tomlin.
Scything Festival – Anyone can do it! Sun. 18 July (2pm – 5pm)
Family open day and displays; learn basic scything skills; scythe clinic
- bring along your old scythes for sharpening; hay rope making, etc.
Childrens art workshops, refreshments, country crafts displays.
ACCESS & PARKING NB Entrance to the Festival fields is available only via the
Elterwater – Chapelstile top road. Parking at the Elterwater Common public car park.
Free entry
*(Saturday Workshop registration fee: £15)
Contact: The LITTORAL Trust, T. 01706 827961 M. 07796 607 167
littoral@btopenworld.com www.littoral.org.uk
The Festival is a fundraising event in support of the Bill Hogarth Memorial Trust
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