Tourism bosses to help tidy Lake District road

March 8, 2010

Tourism bosses in the Lake District are to help prepare the area for the anticipated arrival of people heading off for a stay in a Lake District holiday cottage.

Over the course of next weekend, directors from Cumbria Tourism will tidy up the A591 linking Kendal to Keswick ahead of the launch of British Tourism week on March 15th, the Westmorland Gazette reports.

Five bosses will join highways staff to spruce up the route, which is used by eight million tourists every year.

"It’s about making sure that we’re getting ready for a new tourism season and making sure our product, Cumbria, is in pristine condition," chief executive of Cumbria Tourism Ian Stephens remarked.

The stretch of road was crowned Britain’s Best Drive in a Garmin survey three years ago and Mr Stephens added that he is "looking forward" to helping make the road clean.

It is just one of many routes those heading to Kendal for a Lake District holiday can use, as it is also accessible from the south by the A65 and from the east via the A684, as well as from the M6 motorway.

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Cycle race set for Cotswolds return

March 8, 2010

Budding cyclists looking for a competition to take part in while enjoying a Cotswolds holiday break this Easter might want to look into signing up to the Cotswold Spring Classic cyclosportive.

The event, which is due to take place on Easter Monday (April 5th), is returning for its second year following the success of the inaugural event in 2009 and, according to Road Cycling UK, places are filling up fast.

Participants will be able to choose from two routes – measuring 179km and 106km – with both starting in Cirencester and offering the tough challenge of the "notoriously steep" ascents in the Cotswolds.

The news source reports that many riders who took part last year said that some of the climbs made the race harder than France’s Etape du Tour.

Riders can enter online through the Spring Classic website and if you get there and find you’ve got a puncture – or worse – Performance Cycles will be running a mobile bike shop where you can pick up all the necessary spare parts.

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