These are the cartoons for 2011. You can see the original sketches for each cartoon on my blog - or click the titles.
29 December 2011
Pro-smoking shop to open in Kendal
22 December 2011
New parking permits for Lakeland
15 December 2011
Cannabis farm found in New Road public loo in Kendal
8 December 2011
Windermere Air Show loses sponsorship
1 December 2011
Plans inexplicably rejected for supermarket on rugby club ground
24 November 2011
NHS whistleblower upsets NHS managers a bit
17 November 2011
Local NHS Trust whistle-blower dishes the dirt
10 November 2011
UK's largest indoor climbing wall opens
3 November 2011
Council orders demolition of a tree house
20 October 2011
Alien star jelly blob things invade the Lakes
20 October 2011
Sexy sock advert shot in the Lakes
13 October 2011
A £22,000 dessert is announced at a local hotel
6 October 2011
Local researcher discovers world's catchiest tune
"I'm grounded for staying out all night researching
catchy tunes in nightclubs."
29 September 2011
National Park plans 900 new homes
"I didn't know there were 900 locals left."
22 September 2011
Zoo owner falls out with local planning officials
"I knew coming on a site visit was a bad idea."
15 September 2011
New political boundaries proposed
"With free care for the elderly and higher education,
I hope we're moved into Scotland."
8 September 2011
Man accidentally triggers Mayday signal
"What button did you press this time?"
1 September 2011
"Tragedy, passion, suffering … must be about the one-way system."
25 August 2011
Campaign to ban smoking in public outdoor areas
"Drat."
18 August 2011
Campaign to lure Olympics visitors to the Lakes
"They could always divert the men's 1500 metres."
11 August 2011
Calls from police to ban 'tombstoning'
"I've been telling mine to jump off a cliff for ages."
4 August 2011
£12 charity shop find turns out t be a £3000 old master
"I found an old master in my local charity shop. It was my geography teacher."
28 July 2011
Fuss about costs to view the Windermere Air Show
"It turns out it's cheaper to hire a Vulcan bomber than watch one from Bowness.."
21 July 2011
Children invited to draw for Cumbria Police
"If they use kids as police artists, we're in deep trouble."
14 July 2011
7 July 2011
Viking treasure found in Furness
"Why do you think there might be a Viking hoard round here?"
30 June 2011
Mugger attacks 63-year old ex-night club bouncer
"Anyone tries to mug me I'll pelt 'em with Werthers Originals"
23 June 2011
Thief turns up in court with stolen jacket
"Apologies for my client's attire, m'lud - he didn't have time to steal something to wear."
16 June 2011
Rabbit population explodes in S Lakes
"All this stuff about too many rabbits is exaggerated. What do you think, dear?"
9 June 2011
Google votes Grasmere road as the most romantic in Britain
"On the plus side - we've been flattened on the most romantic road in Britain."
2 June 2011
"I got all the Olympic tickets I applied for … so I had to sell the house."
26 May 2011
Gold fever hits the Lake District
"If anyone asks, I've gone panning for gold."
19 May 2011
2012 Olympic Torch is due to visit Cumbria
12 May 2011
Champion fell-runner catches assailant
"I feel so much safer now."
5 May 2011
Local man traces ancestors to The Queen
"Why couldn't you have found out we were related to The Queen BEFORE the Royal Wedding?"
28 April 2011
Public loo closures cause outrage over Easter
"It's not a Royal Wedding street party - we're celebrating the public loo re-opening."
21 April 2011
Councillors disqualified from election for filling in forms wrong
14 April 2011
Cumbria County Council 'consults' re library closures
7 April 2011
Mountain Rescue say walkers too reliant on technology
"Ooh look - Google Maps even shows the cliff we've just fallen over."
31 March 2011
Royal Wedding street party apathy sweeps Lakeland
"No chance of a street party here - all the rest of the houses are holiday homes."
24 March 2011
Budget help for first time buyers
"That'll just about cover the deposit round here."
17 March 2011
Calls for President Obama to visit Warton, Lancashire
"Never mind Warton, I want to go to the Lakes and meet Bownessie."
10 March 2011
Loch Ness tourist board outraged
"They should fight it out on X-Files Factor."
3 March 2011
Local shops open their loos to the public
"I only went in to spend a penny and bought two dresses."
24 February 2011
Local hotel goes on Reality TV
"Waiter - there's a fly on the wall documentary crew in my soup."
17 February 2011
Bowness spotted in lake … again.
"Keep paddling, we need the tourists."
10 February 2011
Charity shops putting independents out of business
"I got the job in the charity shop after my own shop went out of business."
3 February 2011
Man claims he has oldest fridge in the UK
"I'd easily win that. My phone is so 2010."
27 January 2011
Protests mount against Govt plans to flog off public Forests
"OK, we did lose a few to make the protest signs."
20 January 2011
Council reduces disabled parking in town
"I like the floods. It's much easier to find a mooring than a disabled parking place."
13 January 2011
Government plans to sell off Forestry Commission land
"Apparently it does grow on trees."
6 January 2011
VAT up, petrol prices up ...Happy New Year
"We can keep the car if the kids fail their exams and don't go to college."
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