Last Sunday saw the pinnacle of the community calendar in Guiseley. The weather didn’t bode well but by lunchtime the sun was out and a blustery but dry afternoon greeted the hundreds of excited school children and parents, local sports groups, vintage vehicles, guides and scouts waiting along Station Road to begin the parade.

Reclaiming the streets

The theme this year was the Olympics and the Jubilee and people really went to town on the costumes. It was wonderful to walk through the car free streets past the cheering crowds dressed as Kings and Queens, athletes, horse riders and runners complete with medals and torches. How different the town would be if the streets were traffic free all the time!

Once the parade had wended its way along the Otley Road Continue reading →

The Olympic Torch Arriving in Bowness

The Park has taken a back seat this week to the Olympic Torch, as unfortunately we were not sucessful in getting a run through the Park :-).   So, we had to go to it instead. Here, on the left,  is the torch  just about to arrive at Bowness; sailing down Windermere on the MV Tern, accompanied by a flotilla of little boats, on a cold and very wet mid-summer evening: a typical Westmorland atmospheric scene, on a typical Westmorland day.  The crowd was estimated at around 5,000. Continue reading →