Cumbria

Cream Tea Afternoon

19 July 2010

As black clouds gathered over Cumbria, Skirwith Hall was buzzing inside with a cream tea afternoon courtesy of Mrs Laura Wilson. A splendid array of sweets and savories were prepared in a very busy kitchen as 100 guests passed throught the stunning farm and guest house in a 2 hour period. The afternoon made an impressive £680.

     

Italian Evening

2 July 2010

Dodd and Co Accountants, Carlisle played host to the Cumbrian Italian evening. Committee members Pat Turnbull, Charlotte Gash and Laura Wilson delighted diners with a menu fit for a mafia king!! Canapes, Carbonara and lasagne were followed by an “assiette” of desserts. The evening was very kindly match funded by Barclays and bank manager Verity Mutch went that extra step further by making a tiramasu for the occasion!! Many thanks to Ian Brown at Dodd and Co for providing the wine for the evening and the ladies of the committee who worked so hard raising £910 for RABI.

   

YFC Northern Area Competition

June 2010

North West regional officer, Georgina Lamb, modelling the winning apron which was from Lancashire and the winning cushion, from Cumbria along side RABI committee member (and her mother) Diane Chislett who is hoding the winning tea towel also from Cumbria.

Dinner Dance

30 April 2010

The dinner dance at the Castle Green Hotel Kendal was a complete triumph as 150 diners enjoyed a relative feast of locally sourced food. A particular favourite course was the beautifully cooked beef kindly donated by Mr. John Geldard of the infamous Plumgarths farm shop.

The venue which had been completely transformed from a political polling station two days earlier to a room fit for royalty. Guest speaker Lord Plumb spoke of happy memories of his trips to Cumbria over the years and also the journey the RABI has taken over the past 150 year.

Tables were filled with a wide range of people and businesses including Lake District Audi, Napthens Solicitors, North West Auctions, Westmorland County Agricultural Society, NatWest, Jackson & Graham (accountants) Bryan Hoggarth Ltd (New Holland stockists) Special thanks go to county chairman and secretary Derek and Catherine Lomax who worked tirelessly hard in seeking sponsors, selling tickets and promoting the evening which raised around £1,000.

 

Farmhouse Breakfast Week

January 2010

I never want to see another sausage again! Well at least until next farmhouse breakfast week.

As ever, Cumbria cooked breakfast for 44 hungry diners at Holmescales Activity Centre. The breakfast is a firm fixture each year and never fails to draw a great mix of people, businesses and organisations to the breakfast table.

The morning raised just under £1,000 thanks to match funding from Barclays Bank. Thanks once more to everyone involved for their hard work.

Mobile: 07917 114250 Email: georgina.lamb@rabi.org.uk