A special two-day event is to take place in the Lake District later this month in order to mark the winter solstice.
Organised by Bassenthwaite Reflections, Time Honoured Trees will be held on December 19th and 20th and may appeal to families staying in Lake District holiday cottages over the festive season.
It is to be hosted by Trotters World of Animals and will feature story-telling, organised walks and lantern-lit adventures into the woodland.
Ash and Scandinavian trees are to be at the centre of the event due to Cumbria”s strong links with Scandinavia and Iris Glimmerveen of the Cumbria Wood and Forestry Festival – which is helping Bassenthwaite run the event – said that the two days will be "thoroughly memorable".
"Although we can”t promise snow, there will be amazing lantern displays and twinkling lights everywhere," she remarked.
Bassenthwaite Reflections, which is backed by Heritage Lottery funding, currently runs 22 projects that aim to educate people about the Bassenthwaite landscape.
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