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    Reports from the scene  Nov 21, 2009
    South of the Lake District's highest mountains the river never quite reached the dangerous levels seen at Cockermouth and Keswick ... And the quantity of rainfall is only a little more than that which swamped the Lake District this time last year. (BBC News -- UK)

    Homes Evacuated, Police Officer Missing as Record Floods Sweep the North  Nov 21, 2009
    Three Royal Air Force helicopters and fire crews plucked about 200 people from their homes overnight in Cockermouth, near the Cumbria regions Lake District, where floodwaters surged, the and said ... The rivers drain water from the mountains and lakes in the Lake District National Park to the east. (Bloomberg -- UK)

    Uttarakhand's nine lakes and their fables  Aug 13, 2009
    The temperature was hovering below zero and the wind chill factor made it even colder. The sun was once again playing truant as we drove down a verdantly fringed winding road, back to Kathgodam after a holiday in Ranikhet. (India Times)

    Bushtucker trial  Jul 16, 2009
    We are taking the Rangers (part of Girl Guides) wild camping this weekend in the Lake District, what are we thinking. But we have been trying to drill into them all the important points about keeping warm and drinking lots. (BBC News -- UK)

    Maintaining history  Jul 15, 2009
    "The Seeley Lake District was asking for volunteers to staff the Monture Station as hosts," Butler said, explaining how he got the job. "We came here as volunteers with no specific direction other than to maintain the grounds and the cabin.". (Helena Independent Record, MT)

    Our readers speak  May 19, 2009
    It's a village on the edge of the lake district in the county of Cumbria in England. Like Butte it has a long and proud history of mining and many scars on the landscape to prove it. (Montana Standard, MT)

    Reserve your spot in the woods  May 14, 2009
    Coconino: These campgrounds have reservable sites: Cave Springs, Manzanita and Pine Flat, in the Red Rock District; and Pinegrove, in the Mormon Lake District. Details: 928-527-3600. (AZCentral -- Travel)




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