Hello r/Cumbria.

I’m keen to move to Cumbria next year, I am an offshore worker so work 5 weeks on 5 weeks off. I’m from the countryside, then moved to London. Fed up with the city, so moved to Bristol to have better access to nature.

However I find most my time in south wales, peaks, lakes etc…

I would love to have the lakes on my doorstep as I have a lot of free time Mon-Fri.

The town of Kendal looks very appealing to me, I have visited once. Nice size, beautiful, gyms/climbing/pubs and location.

However online there seems to be very limited longer term rentals, espically for single persons. Has anyone got any recommendations?

Cheers for the advice!

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Bit of a random question but whenever ive got to get something from Mcdonalds theres always a bunch of delivery drivers collecting food, yet when i search on Just Eat/Deliveroo/McDonalds app it all says that Mcdonalds doesnt deliver?

im just wondering because im thinking of being a courier part time but literally cannot figure out what company they use

Is there good money in Hackney Carriage Driver jobs in West Cumbria?

I’m currently a Private Hire Driver there and I’m thinking of changing to Hackney Carriage. Would just like to know if it pays well, if it’s actually worth getting into as well as who is currently hiring.

Of course, I’m aware that I’ll be working unsociable hours and so on.

Hi , We recently moved to Carlisle and looking for basketball and football classes for my kids. I contacted several, which I found through web, the reply was their classes were full and kids were put in a waiting list. Please give me an idea where should I look for these classes? Kids are very keen to join and being in the waiting list doesn’t seem to be the best idea. TIA

im 16 and im moving to kendal very soon but i know that it’s like quite old fashioned and country side ish. i live in blackpool rn and my style is like kind of emo grunge kinda? im also a lesbian. i just want to know if there’s anyone in kendal or around there like me? or is it just old people and posh people or is that just a stereotype lol. never seen an emo person in the country side before

Hi guys

Is there any decent stone masons in south of Cumbria that can cut and Polish westmorland slate?

Did a trip earlier this year that took me new Alston and absolutely loved the scenery around the Pennines. I also visited the Lakes in March however I feel like it would be a wee bit too touristy living around there.

I’m currently based in South London and considering buying my first property. It’s a toss up between a tiny terraced house in one of the Surrey villages or looking somewhere up north, where my money would go a bit further and I can enjoy more of nature.

Thought I’d add a little bit of fun to it

Was in Keswick yesterday, Sat 20th October.

There was a busker at the Lake Road underpass finger picking his acoustic guitar and singing in the afternoon.

No idea what he was playing but sounded awesome. Was a great player, finger picking open chords and had a nice voice.

Would put him in his 50s. Had a beanie on, think a leather jacket, lots of silver rings on his fingers.

I’d love to find some of his stuff online.

Anyone know who it might be?

Cheers.

Can anyone recommend a window repair company? Not looking for window replacements just the repair of mechanisms that are broken.

Thanks

Morning! I mean this in the LEAST salesy way possible, but I'm a digital designer and I wanted to extend this offer over to reddit.

This is more for businesses who feel that their site is a bit of a waste of money. It isn't converting, and it's eating up a bill that could be better used somewhere else.

If that's you, then I'm offering my free website audit ✨️

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Thanks for reading! Hope it makes sense.

I was planning to go to andys man club like i was recommended too, but I don't think they'd understand/grasp my "incel" struggles. thoughts?

A question for Barrovians. I have heard reports of the rise of the far right in the area, fliers being handed out regarding nationalistic organisation. And as a person of colour I have been warned against going there. Can anyone confirm this? If so let me know how the collective emotions are playing out there and if anyone finds a copy of one of these leaflets I’ve heard about could you send me a picture? Thank you.

On Saturday our shop turned 1. It has always been a dream to open our own shop. My wife is an artist and illustrator. We sell lots of enamel pins, art prints, washi tapes, notepads and more all designed and made by independent creatives that we know.

I’m not crazy, multiple people local to me on Facecrack mentioned it, we only noticed our kitchen light flicker didn’t see anything outside because it was late and no reason to turn think it was anything other than the crap electric lines in our village (we have lots of power cuts and I swear at this point the power lines are made of horse hair) .

Seen some dash cam videos posted on a someone’s Facebook post about the flashes, and they were similar to lightning but like nothing I’ve ever seen before.

People mentioned it might be a comet but I assumed we’d missed the once every 80,000 year one as it was spotted in Shitehaven the day before yesterday.

Any info or videos/pictures of what you saw would be cool.

Just wondered if there was anyone in Whitehaven or around who are looking to meet new people?

I'm part of a few groups and my friend group is better than it was a few months back, but I'm still open to meeting new people who I can't reach through these groups 😊

I'm 22, M. Huge fan of hikes & weightlifting, big foodie, sensitive soul. Hit me up!

Hey all, I’m a Cyber Security professional based out in Cumbria and I want to run some workshops in schools to encourage & teach kids about the fun careers that are in Cyber Security. It will be mainly fun things for the kids to just get them engaged and then if they want to learn more, teach them different sides of the industry.

I grew up in a place in the UK where opportunities for this were extremely limited and definitely didn’t get taught about some of the different & interesting there are available so I want to make that information available in an engaging way.

Can anyone help with where or who I can get in touch with to help here to get this organised and to get into the right places? Shall I just engage schools directly?