Laurie Walton is the Wild Life Warden & Deer Manager for United Utilities (Northern Team) covering Thirlmere and Haweswater. He has kept bees for 20 years at his home in St John's in the Vale. He currently has one hive which produced 38 lbs of honey last year.

His bees produce a lighter coloured honey in the Spring/early Summer and a darker variety later in the year, this is due to the variable blossom etc available in the area: Conifers, Sycamore, Beech, Sweet and Horse Chestnut.

Photo by Roy Wilson