24th February
12-2pm

£250 raised

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Lunch at Garshill Farmhouse

Almost 40 people gathered at the home of John & Tosca Bull for this annual event. Pancakes were served with many different fillings and these were preceded by soup and followed by tea and coffee.

20th March
10-12pm

£150 raised

Coffee Morning at Artlegarth Lodges

Hilda & Stephen Hodgson have kindly offered one of their Scandinavian style lodges as a venue for a coffee morning. Come along and have a look round the lodges and their beautiful setting in The Howgills. Just follow the sign from the top of the village.

17th April
10-12pm

£150 raised

Italian Flavored Coffee Morning

Everyone welcome as always to another gathering at the home of John & Tosca Bull. This is to provide funds for the Country Fair in June. Lots of good things to eat, raffle and 'Bring & Buy'.

7th - 9th May

£1000 raised

Janet's Jaunt - Sponsored Walk around the Parish

Start & finish at St Oswald's, walk at your own pace on either Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Janet is planning a lovely route with lost of interest along the way - about 8 miles, but you don't have to do it all.

26th June
11-6pm

£2800 raised

Country Fair at Elm Lodge

Another kind invitation from Christopher Harrison-Beck.
Teas, entertainment and lots of fun and games in the gardens of this lovely house. Have a look on the 2003 events page to see some of the things we did last year.

4th July
10-12pm

£200 raised

Midsummer Breakfast at Cold Keld

Following the 8.30 service. Minibus transport from church or just make you own way anytime before noon. If the weather is nice we will follow this with a guided walk on Fell End Clouds to see where the lead was mined for the church roof.

10th July
10-4pm

£600 raised

Open Garden at Hwith

Another chance to see the continuing restoration work at this fascinating property, including the exposed cellars of the original Mansion. Admission £2 at the gate. Refreshments and raffle at Stennerskeugh,

23rd July
7.30pm

£340 raised

Strawberries and Cream at Tower House

By kind invitation of the Fothergill Family. Tower House, situated next to Brownber Hall, is one of the oldest houses in the parish and this will be a wonderful opportunity to look at the house and surroundings. Tickets £5-Tel 015396 23676 or 23629.

2nd - 8th Aug

Hymn - athonr

Organists Dick Barlow, Barbara Stephens and Betty Dent played their way through the whole A&M Hymn book - all 636 of them. Occasionally they had a few people singing along with them and then a T.V. crew arrived to give us a bit of extra publicity

17th September
7.30pm

£2650 raised

Auction of Promises at Newbiggin-on-Lune

Is there anything you have a special talent for? Decorating? photography? gardening? A chance for you to give your talent and for our funds to benefit. Be there on the night - you never know what you could end up with.

6th December
7.50am

£605 raised

Mary Corder's Sponsored Swim

Mary thought she would be able to manage one kilometer which is 40 lengths of Appleby Swimming pool but there was no stopping her once she got going and she went on for a further 24 lengths, 1 mile in only 1 hour 20 minutes!