Autumn is here, with accompanying changes to the weather, as we slowly head towards school half-term and an influx of visitors to our beautiful country-side as more people are enjoying their “staycations” in the Lake District and surrounding areas.

Colton Parish Council members have been continuing to work in their communities and linking into other networks in South Lakeland.  We hope that you have found our website and regular Colton Link publications to be useful and enjoyable and as we continue our work in supporting our Parishioners and would ask that you continue using these as helpful sources of information.  Your contributions are much appreciated!

Our new “normal” has included the use of Zoom to hold Parish Council meetings and we have held a number of our meeting in this way but was not ideal due to variable network signals across the Parish.  We are also aware that this is not the best way to involve Parishioners in our discussions and so we held our Parish Council meeting in September combining Zoom alongside our face to face meeting in Bouth Village Hall.  This was partially successful and we will be continuing to try to improve the experience for Zoom participants which we hope will be ready to be used in our November meeting having cancelled the October meeting due to changes in guidance for size of gatherings.

In the meantime, stay safe, stay active and stay in touch, please let us know what you want us to include on the website as this is a great way of sharing news about what is happening in your own part of the Parish and keeping in touch with friends and family in other areas near and far!

Please continue to keep an eye on the Community Events page for details of “virtual” online and open-air events being held to help pass the time in the company of others from the comfort of your own living room or in the great outdoors!