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Painting Holker Hall

Gordon Wilkinson captures the beauty of Holker Hall and its surrounding village

 PEOPLE will often give you a sympathetic smile if you tell them you live over the shop. After all, there must be more to life than work. But when that shop is the Holker Hall estate, suddenly it becomes a much more attractive proposition.

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In fact, the reaction is more likely to be one of envy. As you can see from Gordon Wilkinson's paintings, this is a wonderful part of the world steeped in history and surrounded by breathtaking coastline and countryside. And it has a new arrival in the shape of Duncan Peake, who has become chief executive of the Holker Estate.

 'It's true that I live on the estate but this isn't just a job, it's a lifestyle and it's important you are around all of the time. It's a wonderful place to work. It's just very special, ' says 48-year-old Duncan. There's more to the business than the historic Holker Hall and its glorious gardens. Lord and Lady Cavendish preside over an extensive agricultural and residential property portfolio, Cartmel Racecourse, holiday parks, Holbeck Homes and Roose and Walney Sand and Gravel Company.

 

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Painting Holker Hall

Gordon Wilkinson captures the beauty of Holker Hall and its surrounding village

 PEOPLE will often give you a sympathetic smile if you tell them you live over the shop. After all, there must be more to life than work. But when that shop is the Holker Hall estate, suddenly it becomes a much more attractive proposition.
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The Lakes In Summer

Alan Novelli takes a photographic tour of Lakeland as summer gets underway...

WE all know that just because the calendar says we should be digging out our summer clothes doesn’t mean the weather will behave appropriately. It still won’t be safe to go far from home without an umbrella, we will still experience all four seasons every week, sometimes every day and occasionally every hour.
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Lee Beel Photographs the Lake District

Lee Beel spent a weekend in a caravan in Windermere with his in-laws... We booked the caravan, near Toutbeck Bridge, for the following week too so we could have more time to explore. It's usually true that places of interest are bustling with visitors at the weekends and quieter during the week, so I planned to return later when there would be fewer people around. I prefer my landscape images to be free of people.  
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