{"id":108104,"date":"2019-06-14T22:30:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T15:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-kendal-cumbria-a-proper-town-in-permanent-festival-mode\/"},"modified":"2019-06-14T23:03:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T16:03:59","slug":"lets-move-to-kendal-cumbria-a-proper-town-in-permanent-festival-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-kendal-cumbria-a-proper-town-in-permanent-festival-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Kendal, Cumbria: a proper town in permanent festival mode"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nYou have the luxury of two of the most magnificent national parks \u2013 the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales \u2013 at the edge of townWhat\u2019s going for it? Auld Grey Town, they call it, and under a heavy blanket of cloud and drizzle rolled in from the fells, it sure is, though the cheerier among you may notice the light sparkle in the stones of its limestone streets, and the fact that the steeply sloping sides of the town mean the lush green fields of the countryside are never far from sight. (You have the luxury of not one but two of the most magnificent national parks \u2013 the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales \u2013 at the edge of town.) What Kendal lacks in colour, though, it makes up for with joie de vivre, seemingly permanently in festival mode. The tweeness that bedevils much of the Lake District is absent. Instead, it\u2019s a proper Cumbrian (though, correctly, Westmorland-ian) place, where they still make snuff and mint cake, and sheep-shearers hunker down in the pubs. Cultural behemoths Abbot Hall and Brewery Arts Centre have a roster of great lineups. But there\u2019s something in the water, too. This wee town gave birth to Wild Beasts and British Sea Power, Postman Pat, and, beside that sheep-shearer in the pub there\u2019s probably a painter, a poet or a grime-jazz fusionist nursing a pint.The case against The traffic: it seems as if the whole town is one gigantic gyratory system. The rain: love it, or leave town. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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