For the first time since Covid the Hawkshead to Hill Top (Beatrix Potter) to Windermere Car Ferry bus, run by Mountain Goat, is back the timetable is here-https://legacy.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/buses/525/
Also from 25 March there is a new service from Kendal and Oxenholme Station to Sedbergh, Kirkby Stephen, Appleby and Penrith (a great scenic way between Kendal and Penrith).
This will be great for those staying at the HF House at Sedbergh (avoiding the need for the shared shuttle or a taxi)- it will stop at the property entrance. This will be the first daily service over most of the route in almost 20 years and is an early product of funding released from the HS2 cancellation.
The timetable will be released closer to the service start date. It will run on Mondays to Fridays, as the Western Dales bus runs to Sedbergh on a Saturday from Kendal and Oxenholme.
Westmorland Council are planning other routes to restore with this funding.