Holiday park in Coniston full of guests left without power for days after Storm Arwen

Crake Valley Holiday Park, on the southern tip of Coniston Water, was still waiting for a return of power as of yesterday.

This was among a number of other incidents in the county including an incident where a man from Lancaster died after a tree fell on him in Ambleside.

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A spokesman for the holiday park said: "We had a park full of guests on Friday night when the power went off around 9.30pm. This took out all the lights and heating to the lodges.

"The initial report on the Electricity North West website was for the power to return by 1.30 am.

DAMAGE: Fallen trees at Crake Valley Holiday Park

"At 3.30am we still had no power and the phone signal went so no internet connection to keep up with things.

"By Saturday morning our road was blocked by fallen trees and the road between Water Yeat and Brown Howe car park was blocked in several places in both directions. Thankfully the locals set about carving a route through the trees and by around 10.30am the road was passable with caution.

ISSUE: Fallen tree blocking the road

"There was lots of damage to local houses and cars in the area and the power was off for miles.

"ENW website suggested the power should be on by 2pm, then 4pm, then by 4pm Sunday so it was really difficult for people to decide what to do as we were all expecting the power to return.

"Saturday night was extremely cold and the snow that followed on Sunday just added to the problems as the roads were really icy.

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"By Sunday night we were absolutely frozen and left the gas cooker on all night as it was our only source of any heat. We made several trips out to Ulverston to get phone signal and see what the latest was on the power cut and also to take advantage of warming up in the car."