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Bloody cheek! Still, that guide was published down in Ulverston, a dead-end town picturesquely thrown together around a dead-end ship canal. You can't miss the canal. It's just behind the breaker's yard. (Handy if you're stuck for a pre-war bike frame, shopping trolley or old pram.)

I couldn't possibly comment on the "manners and customs of its inhabitants" but I don't think they've shot anyone in years and we do boast some of the happiest and most contented sheep in all of Cumbria.

Torver is in fact a small but delightful Cumbrian village at the southern end of the Lake District, set in a beautiful valley between Coniston Old Man and Coniston Water.

The settlement (Thorvergh in the ancient Viking tongue) has been here for over a thousand years, although the rapin’ and pillagin’ has long given way to gentler pursuits, still mostly horizontal but now usually as a result of the excellent range of local ales in our two fine pubs.

About this website:

The Torver website has been created through Google Sites , a free service, both creation and hosting. The format is simple (although many site templates are available) and the options for design are limited, but I believe they more than adequate for what we need.