"What Makes Cumbria Special and Why?
Is it the people in Maryport, the scenery in Ambleside or the festivals in Ulverston?
Here is what some people have already said:
“Ulverston – a night out at the Bird in Hand with Irish Session music (Ali and Friends) and then onto the UV for a bit of Irish Punk. Dancing was great!”
“Maryport – a hot coffee on a windswept but sunny morning at Ma's Pantry.”
“Loughrigg tarn - so beautiful and tranquil even on a bank holiday and easy to escape to after work in Windermere.”
Everyone in Cumbria can have their say about what makes it such a special place.
All that is needed is a mobile phone. To take part, just start a text with Cumbria then a space, then what you think makes it special (no more than 1 text long) and send it to 07786 202 994
It is a normal text number, so on a contract with free texts it's free to take part, if not, it only costs the same as sending a text to a friend's phone.
Your number will never be shown, so you can write about anything in Cumbria, and you will not be signed up for anything, ever.
All the answers sent in by text will appear on a new website called The Secret Life of Cumbria, www.secretlife.org.uk. The web site has been funded by Cumbria County Council to give people the chance to have their say about the things they really care about, and find out what is seen as positive about Cumbria.
The messages sent in will be used to help the council decide what is important to the region, so it’s vital that people in Cumbria record their own views about what makes it a special place, and it only takes one text message to do it."*
*That's the press release for the Secret Life of Cumbria, which is one of my day jobs at the moment, though no less interesting for that.