ACTIVITIES:

-SCARE the Crows make a scarecrow to protect vegetables, enhance your garden or act as a support for wild bird feeders during the winter. The workshop starts at 1pm until 4pm on Sunday at The Rheged Centre, near Penrith. Phone 01768-868000 for details about what to take.

-THE Dry Stone Walling Association is giving an informative, easy walk on Friday with an expert on the importance of walls in the Cumbrian landscape, their history and their structure. Meet at 1.30pm at Hawkshead Information Centre. For details contact 015394-36525.

CYCLING:

-GRAYRIGG and Patton Bridge, a gentle 15-mile ride suitable for all on quiet lanes near Kendal. Meeting on Sunday at 11am at Kendal Leisure Centre. Contact Simon Rose on 01539-729770.

EXHIBITIONS:

-NATIONAL Museums and Galleries Month 2003 is offering free entry to all visitors at Kendal Museum for the months of May and June. Call 01539-721374.

-AIR Guitar explores the influence of rock music on contemporary art and examines how music from the 1970s, 80s and 90s has provided an enduring frame of reference for a generation of visual artists. Showing at Tullie House Museum, Carlisle, until May 18. For further information call 01228-534781.

-FREELANCE photographer Steve Reeve's exhibition comprises a collection of quality framed photos captured from sunrise to sunset and spanning the four seasons and can be viewed at the Lake District Visitor Centre, Brockhole, near Windermere, from April 26 until May 22. For information, call 015394-46601.

-FIFTY years following the tragic death of her father William Nash in the Harrow Rail disaster, Kate Robinson presents a remarkable exhibition of photographs and images from his personal collection at The Brewery Art Centre, Kendal, until May 4. For details, call 01539-725133.

-JAFEL Crafts Fair is being held at the St John Ambulance Hall, Ambleside, on Saturday and Sunday from 9.30am-5pm. This is an exhibition and sale of genuine crafts. Contact 01274-688868 for more information.

MUSIC:

-BALLROOM and old time dancing with Let's Dance' at the Coronation Hall, Ulverston, on Friday, 8pm. Contact 01229-587140 for tickets.

-TWO artists, Leonid Gorokhov and Nikolai Demidenko, will perform an unmatched virtuosity of contrasted masterpieces by Schubert, Schumann and Shostakovich on Wednesday at 7.30pm in The Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, at 7.30pm. For ticket details, call 017687-74411.

SPORT:

-AFTER opening the Northern Premier Cricket League season with a good away win at Chorley, Netherfield are at home tomorrow Saturday against Fleetwood, 1pm start.

-RELEGATED Kendal rugby team bow out of the National League Division Two with a trip to Fylde tomorrow (Saturday).

-KENDAL Town will seek to round off their best season in the UniBond League First Division with a win at Kidsgrove Athletic tomorrow (Saturday).

-ON SUNDAY, runners will assemble at Horton-in-Ribblesdale at 10am for the strength-sapping 23-mile Three Peaks race.

TALKS:

-STRESS Factor Zero, a day course on how meditation and a change in our view on life can reduce stress, takes place at Cancer Care, Lakes Centre, Blackhall Road, Kendal, on Saturday from 10am-5.30pm. For more information, phone 01229-580768.

-SILK weaving will be the subject of Marion Barrett's talk at the meeting of the Furness Spinners, Weavers and Dyers tomorrow (Saturday) at St Jude's Church Hall, South Ulverston, 10.30am.

-SHACKLETON'S Antarctic Adventure is showing at 6.30pm on Saturday at the Rheged Centre, near Penrith; also showing at 9.30pm Everest the Movie. To book or to combine with dinner, call 01768-868000.

THEATRE:

-PRIME Pinter a selection of short plays and revue sketches from England's best living writer, Harold Pinter, is performed today and tomorrow (Saturday) at the Heron Theatre, Beetham, at 7.30pm. Contact 015395-62776 for tickets.

-LES Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton is being staged at The Grand Theatre, Lancaster, from Apr 29 to May 3. For tickets contact 01524-64695.

-KEVIN Hayes is a brilliant Irish comic and he will be performing with supporting acts tonight (Friday) at The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, starting at 9pm. Booking on 01539-725133.

WALKS:

-THERE is a guided walk around the woodlands and waters of Esthwaite on Wednesday to see forests, fish, famous names and a fox. It is a longish walk with easy gradients and varied scenery and it starts at 10.30am. Meet at Hawkshead Information Centre and contact 015394-36525 for details.

-MIKE Humphreys, from The Ruskin Museum, will lead a walk looking at events past and present linked to the Campbell Legend. Entry to The Ruskin Museum will be included in the ticket price and an optional cruise on the Coniston Launch is available at the end of the walk. This is an easy walk starting at 10.30am on Thursday but booking is essential. Call 015394-42533.

April 24, 2003 10:00