Cumbria stories you might have missed this week

Why two men moved to Cumbria to kickstart their careers, campers leave a trail of rubbish - and abandoned sausages - by Windermere, and series of avoidable call-outs 'squeeze' local rescue services.

Here are some stories from Cumbria you might have missed this week.

Campers have left a trail of rubbish, including a tent, a barbecue and a mattress by a beauty spot in the Lake District.

Russell Millner said his dog found the mess - and ate a discarded, uncooked sausage - south of Red Nab car park, on the western side of Windermere, on Sunday.

Mr Millner found socks discarded on trees, food and remnants of a fire which had been lit next to a tree.

• Read more about the fly camping incident here

There is sometimes an assumption that the bigger the city, the better the job opportunities.

But two people who left the bright urban lights for rural Cumbria speak of a very different reality, and the happiness moving North has brought.

• Read about why the two men moved up North here

A brother and sister who lost loved ones to suicide say there is "a lot of work to be done" to address depression in the farming industry, and to prevent stoicism (the default mode of not complaining) getting in the way of farmers asking for help.

Hugh Addison and his younger sister, Alex Addison, plan to cycle, run and swim the 340 miles (550km) from the west coast of Ireland to Tynemouth, on England's north-east coast, in just four days.

Mr Addison, originally from Kings Meaburn near Penrith, Cumbria, said the route "ties together our family story" because their mother and her brother were born in Ireland.

• Read more about what the siblings want to achieve here

An environmental group has been given permission to take the water regulator to the High Court over how customers are billed.

River Action is challenging the way Ofwat sets the price that companies are able to charge. It follows investigations by campaigners in Cumbria who claim they have exposed chronic sewage pollution and regulatory failings.

Ofwat says its business plans are "carefully scrutinised".

• Find out more about the challenge here

A mountain rescue team has urged tourists to "double-check" the weather forecast after a string of call-outs during stormy conditions.

Over the weekend, Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out to six separate incidents in the Lake District, as people faced unforeseen weather conditions.

Matt Neilson, deputy team leader, said: "The call-outs were varied, it was a squeeze on our resources, and, really, all situations could have been avoided."

• Read more about why Mountain Rescue said these incidents were "preventable" here

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