What's on in the Eden area...

9.30-10.30 am Adult Learners Week Free Internet Taster Session at Alston Library. Please book as numbers are limited. Call in or phone: 01434 381549.

9.30am-3.30pm Workshop: Life drawing with Sarah Manders. Greystoke Cycle Cafe, call 017684 83984 or check out www.greystokecyclecafe.co.uk 7pm-9pm Workshop: Folk sessions with Carolyn Francis, open to anyone over 12 who can play a tune. The Play Station, Penrith, call 01768 861668 or check out www.bluejamcumbria.com 9am Gt. Asby WI outing to Beamish.

7pm Appleby Town Council, monthly meeting, Moot Hall.

• May 24

9.30-10.30am Adult Learners Week Free Internet/Ancestry.co taster sessions at Penrith Library.

1.30pm"Essences", Ladies Friendship Group meeting, Sands Methodist Rooms 6.30pm/7pm Eden Field Club, River Eden Staingills (meet Appleby, B6412 CP).

• May 25

9.30-10.30am Adult Learners Week Free Internet/Ancestry.co taster sessions at Penrith Library. See Monday above for details.

10am-noon Adult Learners Week Massage drop-in sessions - relax after a hectic week with a free hand, foot or head massage. Session provided by Eden Mind upstairs in the library. Please contact Deb or Jane at Penrith Library for more details 01768 242100.

1.30-4pm Workshop: "Foray into French" conversation afternoon with Debbie Nelson at Greystoke Cycle Cafe. 017684 83984 www.greystokecyclecafe.co.uk.

7.30pm Play reading: Murmuring Judges by David Hare at Penrith Playhouse. Call 017683 62642 for details or check out kspence@superfish.co.uk 7.30pm Concert: Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band, celebrating the 300th anniversary of Charles Wesley at Penrith Methodist Church. Call 01768 862787 for details.

• May 25-27

11am-5pm Exhibition: Contemporary textiles Taking Up The Thread at Mungrisdale Village Hall. Call 01768 779397 for details or check out www.highlightsnorth.co.uk.

• May 26

7.45pm Live music: The Acoustic Tearoom presents Adrian Byron Burns, booking essential (with supper) at Acoustic Bistro, Kirkby Stephen. Call 017683 72123 for details or check out www.acoustictearoom.co.uk.

10.30 am Cumbrian Farm Days' Organic Farming in the Lune Valley. Enjoy a family outing to this small family-run organic farm in the Lune Valley, two miles north of Kirkby Lonsdale. Farm shop. Cost £3, children free. For more details call 01539 733187.

9.30am Coffee Morning, Bolton PCC, Supper Room APH.

• May 26-28

2pm-5pm Open Studio: Alan Stones and Rebecca Payn invite you to join them for an exhibition of recent work. Alan Stones & Rebecca Payn Open Studio, Blencarn, Penrith. Call 01768 88688 or check out www.alanstones.co.uk www.rebeccapayn.co.uk.

• May 26-28

All Saints' Church, Orton, annual exhibition Two by Two.

Saturday & Monday, 10am. to 6pm. Sunday,1pm to 6pm. With this year's theme the options are almost endless, come and see where people's imaginations can take them. Morning Coffee & Cream Teas served each day. Exhibition service Sunday at 10.30am followed by refreshments. For further details, please call 015396-24258 or contact any PCC Member. Scarecrow Competition over weekend in village. Monday in Orton Market Hall, 10am to 6pm, art exhibition by Pauline Henderson.

• May 26

10.30am-3pm Life on the Beach - Cumbria Wildlife Trust. An introduction to marine wildlife found on the beach. Two hours in the classroom followed by a stroll along the beach to see how many different species can be identified. Cost includes training materials and light refreshments. Whitehaven, meeting point supplied on booking. Telephone 01539 816300.Cost Adult £5 Children £2.50. Grade Easy.

2pm-5pm Lune Habitats Group Walk & Talk - Cumbria Wildlife Trust. A half-hour illustrated talk, followed by a walk along the riverbank of the River Rawthey. Organised by Sedbergh Local Support Group at Marthwaite, near Sedbergh. Meet at The Hill, Marthwaite GR: SD 626 905Cost £2, graded easy.

10am-2pm Mammal Taster Day - Cumbria Wildlife Trust day out in the field with mammal expert Ian McMurdo to illustrate mammal track and signs. Meet at White Scar Quarry, Whitbarrow, GR: SD 463 851. There is no charge, the distance is four miles and the gradient is moderate.

7.30 pm Asby Fellowship, 9 Riverside View. Peter: his denial.

• May 27

1pm-3pm Feathered Friends - Cumbria Wildlife Trust Watching out for birds and feeding them is a great way to see wild species close up. Be a watcher and learn about obirds. Dogs must be on a lead. Tearoom, Talkin Tarn Country Park, near Carlisle. Meeting point supplied on booking. Telephone 01539 816300.Cost £2 for adults, children free.

10.30am-3pm Introducing Natterjack Toads - Cumbria Wildlife Trust Sandscale Haws is one of the few sites where you can find all six native amphibians. This workshop will give you the opportunity to learn more about these creatures and how to identify them in the field. The session will also feature a guided walk around the National Nature Reserve. Sandscale Haws Nature Reserve, near Barrow in Furness. Meeting point supplied on booking, call 01539 816300 for details.Cost £10, graded easy.

Noon-4pm Greenbank Open Garden - Cumbria Wildlife Trust An open day in a local Sedbergh garden, Greenbank. Entry is via Joss Lane Car Park. There will be a plant sale and refeshments. Meet at Greenbank, Sedbergh, GR: SD 659 923. Cost £2.

10am-1.30pm Wonders in the Woods - Cumbria Wildlife Trust. Stroll through the woods and up to the village of Wreay to see what discoveries can be uncovered. Meet at Golden Fleece picnic/car park GR: NY 435 513. Cost free, graded easy.

• May 28

1.30pm-3.30pm Rockpool Ramble - Cumbria Wildlife Trust Poke around rockpools and under seaweed, learning about anenomes, crabs and periwinkles. Foulney Island, near Barrow in Furness. Meeting point supplied on booking. Telephone 01539 816300 for details. Cost to adults £2, children £1. Distance 1-2 miles, graded moderate.

• May 28 - June 1

Theatre: Young people from 8-18 create a performance in one week using their ideas and imagination with Off the Rails at St Catherine's, Penrith. Call 01228 599878 for details or check out www.off-the-rails.org.uk.

• May 28 - June 2

9.30am-10.30pm Scottish Dancing Week: A week-long celebration of Scottish dance at Morland Village Hall. Call 01931 714338 for details or check out davidjonesnewby@ukonline.co.uk or www.newbyendfarm.co.uk.

• May 29

7.30-9.30pm Dance: Circle dance classes at Mungrisdale Village Hall. Call 01768 866144 for details.

7.15pm Demonstration: by Sue Ford "Working with pastel" for Penrith Art Club at St Catherine's School, Penrith. Call 01768 865072 for details.

• May 30

7.30pm Film Season: Casablanca (U) at Rheged, Penrith. Call 01768 868000 for details or check out www.rheged.com 7.30pm Poetry reading: Second Lights poet celebrate their new anthology Images of Women at Bluebell Bookshop, Penrith. Call 01768 866660 for details.

1pm-3.00pm Nature Detectives - Cumbria Wildlife Trust. Be a wildlife watcher and discover the amazing world of plants and animals with the countryside rangers of Carlisle City Council. Fantastic fun for the family and a great way to learn about your local environment. Suitable for ages 7-12. Kingmoor Nature Reserve, Carlisle. Meeting point supplied on booking. Telephone 01539 816300 for details.. Adults free, children £2.