Our What's On choice for South Lakeland, Furness and the Eden Valley.

Wednesday, May 16

THE first-ever Keswick Mountain Festival runs from today to Sunday, May 20, starting with a cooking demonstration by local celebrity chef Peter Sidwell in the Studio at the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, on May 16. For the full programme, visit www.keswickmountainfestival.co.uk or telephone the theatre on 017687-74411.

FLUTE Fiesta, a trio of musicians based in Kendal, will perform a lunchtime concert at The Platform, Morecambe, at 12.45pm. Tel 01524-582815.

TELLING Our Own Story uses surviving manuscripts and artefacts from women linked to the Lake Poets drawn from the collections of the Wordsworth Trust, at Dove Cottage, using private letters and diaries. The exhibition runs until July 22 at the Grasmere venue. Tel 015394-63524.

For a full list of events around our region, see this week's Pick of the Week in the Leisure Section of this week's Westmorland Gazette.