Cumbrian tongue in cheek ...

In my last posting, I mentioned 'The Throstle's Nest', the play I contributed to for the town of Wigton's 750th anniversary of a market charter. But I forgot to mention that on Tuesday April 3rd, Prince Charles dropped into Wigton for a visit to celebrate the same anniversary. The weather did the inevitable, and threw wind and sleet at him. (And we had had ten such glorious summery days up until April 1st.) Still, he made the best of it. See Connie's blog ...

Two marmalade-loving celebrities in Cumbria?
(photograph © C&W Herald)

He had come to Cumbria to carry out various official engagements. One of them was to visit the eighth international Dalemain marmalade festival and awards, where it seems he met Paddington Bear ...