Local author: Kirstie Pelling's debut novel published

We love reading books and finding new authors to talk about, and when it's someone we know from our village it's even better!

So can we introduce you to Kirstie Pelling's new novel, hot off the press: "Life's a Catastrophe".

It's funny, it's romantic, it has cats, and it's a will they... won't they... sort of tale (or should that be tail?!)

Highly recommended debut novel, and we look forward to reading more from Kirstie.

P.S. Villagers with long memories may recall her amusing articles for Burton News too.

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Lifes-Catastrophe-laugh-out-loud-romantic-comedy-ebook/dp/B09KN7MRR1/

Morecambe Bay Food Bank collection point Burton-in-Kendal

Morecambe Bay Food Bank collections in Burton

I'm really pleased to be able to say that we are now a collection point for Morecambe Bay Foodbank!

Morecambe Bay Foodbank will accept all donations but are especially keen to have:

Tins of: beans; meat(s); fruits; vegetables; fish; soup; tomatoes; rice pudding
Bottles of: squash; juice (esp. orange); jam; pasta sauce
Packets of: pasta; sugar; cereal; teabags; instant noodles; instant rice; biscuits; custard; instant mash

If anyone in Burton would like to donate to the food bank but cannot get to a collection box please message us and we'll arrange for a pick up from you by a member of the team, or if you prefer you can donate money directly to the food bank via this link, and thank you for all of your support so far.

Flooding

If you are affected by flooding there is help available.

Both the Cumbria County Council website and the Burton-in-Kendal Parish Council website have sections on flooding.

To do in Kirkby Lonsdale

The Family Adventure Project blog has a great page of suggestions for things to do in and around Kirkby Lonsdale. Why not check them out?

https://www.familyadventureproject.org/things-to-do-in-kirkby-lonsdale-cumbria/

"I'm Alan Hubbard, who are you?" book by Alan Hubbard, Burton-based author

Burton author, Alan Hubbard, publishes book

We've known Alan Hubbard for a long time, he's a near neighbour of ours, so when we heard that he has written his life story, "I'm Alan Hubbard, who are you?" we felt he deserves a mention on BurtonWeb News. The book is a chunky tome: some 337 pages, and is peppered with an assortment of colour and black and white photographs illustrating Alan's life.

Coronavirus: Help & Support for Self-Isolating Residents

Help is available for those needing support or assistance during the current Coronavirus / COVID-19 emergency.

Coronavirus Help & Support for Self-Isolating Residents

Have you got your gigabit broadband voucher yet?

Ahead of tonight's village meeting, you might like to check out the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme here: https://b4rn.org.uk/b4rn-service/gbvs/

Mike Iddon from B4RN for Burton said, "We are wanting people to request vouchers as it reduces the cost of the scheme to us and also gives them £150 or £300 to dig in their connection depending if they are a resident or business."

Burton in Kendal: Our Beautiful Village

Family Adventure Project

This is a super piece all about our lovely village, written by Hannah, on the Family Adventure Project blog. Click the link to read it. Enjoy! Burton in Kendal: Our Beautiful Village

SAVE GRANGE LIDO

Since May 2018 we have been actively involved in the campaign to restore the derelict Grange Lido at Grange over Sands. The campaign group is now a Community Benefit Society and is working with Westmorland and Furness Council, the site's owners, on restoration plans. If you would like to be involved or support the CBS's work, please click on the life-ring logo above.

PICK MY POSTCODE

A fun, free-to-play-everyday postcode lottery draw. It really will not cost you a penny. There are multiple draws each day with different cash prizes, and yes they do pay out. No they don't spam you or sell-on your details. It's just fun! Only registered postcodes are entered into the daily draws, so why not add yours and see if you get lucky? Here's our referral link to sign up with.

Over £1million has been won so far, for FREE, since it started in 2011. Here’s a video of Chris at PMP talking about that.

Like most of the internet, Pick My Postcode is funded by advertising.

The “catch” is that you need to check the site daily. This creates ad revenue.

The prizes are relatively small and increase as they can afford them to.

Type “pick my postcode” into a search engine and see for yourself

BUY OUR BOOKS

BurtonWeb is a service provided by Anne Nichols and Barry Morgan. As well as their day jobs (Astarte Web Design web design/hosting and Burton Tech Support computer repairs) both Anne and Barry have published books. Both have had good reviews and are available in eBook format from the above links. In addition Moonbeams is available from Smashwords. If you enjoy a good read and would like to help support this website, please consider buying our titles.

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