THEUPPER WENSLEYDALE

NEWSLETTERIssue 205

August 2014

Donation please:30p suggested or more if you wish

By Janet Rawlins

Yorkshire Day, August 1st

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Editorial

August 1st: Yorkshire Day.“Pride cometh before a fall”, (ormore correctly’ pride goeth before

destruction’) says the proverb. We’re goingto risk it! What a fantastic boost for England’sbiggest county these last few weeks havebeen. The world has no excuse for notknowing where it is and what we can offer.Even the weather was perfect! Did you seesome of the other Tour stages in France – inthe cloud and drizzle?

So what then are we so proud of? A hundredmiles of varied coast: cliffs, beaches andtucked away fishing villages; wide openheather moors, the vales with their graduallygrowing rivers through some of the breadbaskets of the country, and of course ourDales; becks, gills, waterfalls,crags and thespecial Yoredale series of stepped edges withtheir alternate layers of limestone andgritstones. Sheep, lambs, barns, drystonewalls, not much woodland, but what we havecontains the rare native Lady’s SlipperOrchid. Go further south to the coarsegritstones which provide us with thesculptured, weather-worn crags like BrimhamRocks or the steep, deep valleys of the SouthPennines.

The built environment includes famousabbeys and minsters in their idyllic valleysettings, castles and famous stately homes, butalso the impressive signs of the industrialrevolution – the mills, the weirs and the goyts.Our cities, each with their individual historiesof wool, textiles, steel or the sea, with theirgrandiose Victorian town halls, market hallsand commercial premises and historictransport sites of canals and railways.

Then there are the people! The county hasprovided, and still provides, famous scientists,industrialists, sportsmen and women,theologians, philanthropists and politicians.Also all those who make up the essentialYorkshireness, some dour until you get toknow us, many ‘hiding their light under abushel’ disguising their local knowledge andwisdom, of arts, music and crafts; their bluntwit but with warm hearts. Not afraid to put analternative point of view!

So, is it right to be proud, to be patriotic?Can you be patriotic to Yorkshire and also toBritain? We think so, but there is something

else. We must not take ourselves tooseriously. Jokers say we’re tight with ourmoney: ‘better give a shilling than lend half acrown’. ‘You can always tell a Yorkshireman,but you can’t tell him much’. Everyone in aflat cap, eating blackpudding or rhubarb whiletrying to whistle ‘Ilkley moor bah’t ‘at’

The Yorkshire Day declaration issignificant, affirming Yorkshire’s ancientfoundation in the year 875 and asserts theinviolability of its ancient boundaries: "I,[Name], being a resident of the [West/North/East] Riding of Yorkshire or the City of Yorkdeclare: That Yorkshire is three Ridings andthe City of York, with these Boundaries of1139 years’ standing (2014 minus 875); Thatthe address of all places in these Ridings isYorkshire; That all persons born therein orresident therein and loyal to the Ridings areYorkshiremen and women; that any personor corporate body which deliberately ignoresor denies the aforementioned shall forfeit allclaim to Yorkshire status.

That statement is very welcoming andopen-hearted; we might have all these richesin ‘God’s own county’ but we won’t keepthem to ourselves. Let’s all do our bit.Welcome to Yorkshire!

Wensleydale 100Chloe Richardson from Gayle is doing asponsored cycle ride on Friday August 1st:100 miles in one day, for SARCOMA UK thebone and soft tissue cancercharity.If you would like to sponsorher:Justgiving.com ‘Wensleydale 100’ ChloeRichardson, or you can catch Chloe with hersponsor forms.

Thank you for your support and good luckChloe!

Friday August 1st.BBQ at the Crown Hotel, Hawes, in the beergarden from 6.00pm to welcome Chloe backfrom her hundred mile cycle ride

Bainbridge 'Bash'Saturday 9th August from 5.00pm. Therewill be the usual bar, barbecue, live music and'Jack & Jill' slide. Everyone is welcome!

Published byThe Upper Wensleydale Newsletter

Burnside Coach House,Burtersett Road, Hawes DL8 3NT

Tel: 667785e-mail: alan.watkinson@virgin.net

Printed by Wensleydale Press

Committee: Alan S.Watkinson,Barry Cruickshanks (web), Sue E .Duffield,

Karen Jones, Alastair Macintosh, Neil Piper, Karen Prudden,

Janet W. Thomson (treasurer), Peter Wood

Final Processing: Sarah Champion, Adrian Janke

Postal Distribution: Derek Stephens,

PLEASE NOTE

This web-copy does not contain the commercialadverts which are in the full Newsletter.

As a general rule we only accept adverts fromwithin the circulation area and no more than one-third of each issue is taken up with them.

Advertising

Boxed adverts: £6, £12, £18

There is a big reduction for six issues ormore, so for six issues the totals are:

£25, £50 or £75

Greetings etc. £2.00What’s ons (non-commercial) are free

Contacts for adverts:

For Hawes area and westward:

Barry Cruickshanks, Ashfield, Hardraw: 667458

For elsewhere:

Sue Duffield, Fellside,Thornton Rust: 663504

Upper Wensleydale Newsletter

Issue 205 — August 2014Features

Rainfall Figures 9____________________________A View of’Le Tour’ 11________________ ____________Police Report 12____________________________Competition 5____________________________Stage 1 Cycles 25____________________________Doctor’s Rotas 15____________________________Letters 7 & 8____________________________Anne Barlow 22____________________________What’s On 14 & 15____________________________Plus all the regulars____________________________

THE AUGUST 2014 ISSUEWILL BE PRODUCED ON

AUGUST 26th AND 27th

DEADLINE FOR COPY:THURSDAY

AUGUST 21st

Whilst we try to ensure that all informationis correct we cannot be held legallyresponsible for omissions or inaccuracies inarticles, adverts or listings, or for anyinconvenience caused. Views expressed inarticles are the sole responsibility of theperson by-lined. Articles by comitteemembers carry just their initials. Weappreciate being asked before any part ofthe Newsletter is reproduced

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Editorial

August 1st: Yorkshire Day.“Pride cometh before a fall”, (ormore correctly’ pride goeth before

destruction’) says the proverb. We’re goingto risk it! What a fantastic boost for England’sbiggest county these last few weeks havebeen. The world has no excuse for notknowing where it is and what we can offer.Even the weather was perfect! Did you seesome of the other Tour stages in France – inthe cloud and drizzle?

So what then are we so proud of? A hundredmiles of varied coast: cliffs, beaches andtucked away fishing villages; wide openheather moors, the vales with their graduallygrowing rivers through some of the breadbaskets of the country, and of course ourDales; becks, gills, waterfalls,crags and thespecial Yoredale series of stepped edges withtheir alternate layers of limestone andgritstones. Sheep, lambs, barns, drystonewalls, not much woodland, but what we havecontains the rare native Lady’s SlipperOrchid. Go further south to the coarsegritstones which provide us with thesculptured, weather-worn crags like BrimhamRocks or the steep, deep valleys of the SouthPennines.

The built environment includes famousabbeys and minsters in their idyllic valleysettings, castles and famous stately homes, butalso the impressive signs of the industrialrevolution – the mills, the weirs and the goyts.Our cities, each with their individual historiesof wool, textiles, steel or the sea, with theirgrandiose Victorian town halls, market hallsand commercial premises and historictransport sites of canals and railways.

Then there are the people! The county hasprovided, and still provides, famous scientists,industrialists, sportsmen and women,theologians, philanthropists and politicians.Also all those who make up the essentialYorkshireness, some dour until you get toknow us, many ‘hiding their light under abushel’ disguising their local knowledge andwisdom, of arts, music and crafts; their bluntwit but with warm hearts. Not afraid to put analternative point of view!

So, is it right to be proud, to be patriotic?Can you be patriotic to Yorkshire and also toBritain? We think so, but there is something

else. We must not take ourselves tooseriously. Jokers say we’re tight with ourmoney: ‘better give a shilling than lend half acrown’. ‘You can always tell a Yorkshireman,but you can’t tell him much’. Everyone in aflat cap, eating blackpudding or rhubarb whiletrying to whistle ‘Ilkley moor bah’t ‘at’

The Yorkshire Day declaration issignificant, affirming Yorkshire’s ancientfoundation in the year 875 and asserts theinviolability of its ancient boundaries: "I,[Name], being a resident of the [West/North/East] Riding of Yorkshire or the City of Yorkdeclare: That Yorkshire is three Ridings andthe City of York, with these Boundaries of1139 years’ standing (2014 minus 875); Thatthe address of all places in these Ridings isYorkshire; That all persons born therein orresident therein and loyal to the Ridings areYorkshiremen and women; that any personor corporate body which deliberately ignoresor denies the aforementioned shall forfeit allclaim to Yorkshire status.

That statement is very welcoming andopen-hearted; we might have all these richesin ‘God’s own county’ but we won’t keepthem to ourselves. Let’s all do our bit.Welcome to Yorkshire!

Wensleydale 100Chloe Richardson from Gayle is doing asponsored cycle ride on Friday August 1st:100 miles in one day, for SARCOMA UK thebone and soft tissue cancercharity.If you would like to sponsorher:Justgiving.com ‘Wensleydale 100’ ChloeRichardson, or you can catch Chloe with hersponsor forms.

Thank you for your support and good luckChloe!

Friday August 1st.BBQ at the Crown Hotel, Hawes, in the beergarden from 6.00pm to welcome Chloe backfrom her hundred mile cycle ride

Bainbridge 'Bash'Saturday 9th August from 5.00pm. Therewill be the usual bar, barbecue, live music and'Jack & Jill' slide. Everyone is welcome!

Published byThe Upper Wensleydale Newsletter

Burnside Coach House,Burtersett Road, Hawes DL8 3NT

Tel: 667785e-mail: alan.watkinson@virgin.net

Printed by Wensleydale Press

Committee: Alan S.Watkinson,Barry Cruickshanks (web), Sue E .Duffield,

Karen Jones, Alastair Macintosh, Neil Piper, Karen Prudden,

Janet W. Thomson (treasurer), Peter Wood

Final Processing: Sarah Champion, Adrian Janke

Postal Distribution: Derek Stephens,

PLEASE NOTE

This web-copy does not contain the commercialadverts which are in the full Newsletter.

As a general rule we only accept adverts fromwithin the circulation area and no more than one-third of each issue is taken up with them.

Advertising

Boxed adverts: £6, £12, £18

There is a big reduction for six issues ormore, so for six issues the totals are:

£25, £50 or £75

Greetings etc. £2.00What’s ons (non-commercial) are free

Contacts for adverts:

For Hawes area and westward:

Barry Cruickshanks, Ashfield, Hardraw: 667458

For elsewhere:

Sue Duffield, Fellside,Thornton Rust: 663504

Upper Wensleydale Newsletter

Issue 205 — August 2014Features

Rainfall Figures 9____________________________A View of’Le Tour’ 11________________ ____________Police Report 12____________________________Competition 5____________________________Stage 1 Cycles 25____________________________Doctor’s Rotas 15____________________________Letters 7 & 8____________________________Anne Barlow 22____________________________What’s On 14 & 15____________________________Plus all the regulars____________________________

THE AUGUST 2014 ISSUEWILL BE PRODUCED ON

AUGUST 26th AND 27th

DEADLINE FOR COPY:THURSDAY

AUGUST 21st

Whilst we try to ensure that all informationis correct we cannot be held legallyresponsible for omissions or inaccuracies inarticles, adverts or listings, or for anyinconvenience caused. Views expressed inarticles are the sole responsibility of theperson by-lined. Articles by comitteemembers carry just their initials. Weappreciate being asked before any part ofthe Newsletter is reproduced

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Parish Council Clerks

As there have been several changes re-cently, we provide here the current detailsfor contact.Askrigg/Low Abbotside Karen Lynch650909Aysgarth and District Gillian Harrison663847Bainbridge Katie Seal650224Burton cum Walden Sue Ryding663551Carperby Gillian Harrison663847Hawes and High Abbotside Ian King666096Preston under Scar Jan Jowett625425Redmire Sarah Weatherald622355West Witton Tina Horsfield622064Parish meetings:Castle Bolton, East and West Bolton

Pauline Beckett663417Wensley Sarah Weatherald622355

The 98th Moorcock ShowSunday 7th September2014

Thanks to the Van Cutsem family and thecurrent grazier, John Thorpe, your localagricultural show will be held again on theShowground at Mossdale Farm at ThwaiteBridge which is approximately 2½ mileson the Sedbergh side of Hawes. The showwill take place on Sunday 7th September2014 with judging commencing at noonand finishing approximately at 4.00pm.The entrance fee to the show is £4 per adultwith children free. Car parking is also free.This year we have an exciting new foodand drink provider at the show, BurgerQueen, who are locally-based. As always,our local ice cream maker, WensleydaleIce Creams, will also be there. Each yearwe have welcomed an ever growingnumber of local food and craft stalls,together with a bouncy castle and chil-dren’s games. So, as well as the sheep,there is plenty for everyone to enjoy them-selves.

Leyburn Bowling ClubWhilst we started the last month narrowlyon top of the league we knew we haddifficult games lying ahead -- and so itproved ! The current month began with ahome defeat to Thirsk by the close score of4–3, then a 6–1 away defeat at Bedale.Next was an away fixture at Richmondwhere we recorded a welcome 6–1 victory.Finally this month we had a home matchagainst Sessay but with a number ofregular players unavailable we sadlysuffered a 5–2 defeat. Away from ourleague matches we held our latest Jumbles( Pairs ) competition on Sun 29th June.Clear victors were Graham Watt and BobDoig with the excellent score of 31 points.Dick Milestone and Barry Richardson wererunners-up with 20 points. On Sat 12thJuly we held our annual TriplesCompetition for the Jack Robinson Shield.Congratulations go to this years winnersJohn Gorman, Anne Steggles and SteveCotter. Finally, please note that LeyburnBowling Club are holding our annual CarBoot Sale at our usual venue of CrakenHouse Farm Field, Harmby Road, Leyburn( opposite Tennants ) on Sunday 10thAugust starting at 8.00am. In addition tothe car boot sale itself there will be all theusual features including a tombola andsizzling bacon butties for sale, as well as abric a brac stall and, for the first time, abottle in a bag competition. We lookforward to seeing as many people aspossible, whether regulars or peoplecoming along for the first time.

Mervyn Buckley

The Summer CompetitionThe clues below are of villages, farms,becks or hills in the Newsletter area. Theones which are not anagrams show thenumber of letters in the answers.

For the final part, take the last letters ofthe answers and find within themourselves!

1. BEAM VALLEY (7) 2. DISTANT MIXED UP BROWN IS (3,7) 3. TEST TROUNCE 4. MUDDLED RACER IN MIXED BYT (8) 5. PULL HOTTING 6. STROLL TO REDMIRE FALLS FROM

HERE (12) 7. BIG PALE GIRL (4,7) 8. O JUST WHY? (5,3) 9. STIR THE STEW BY THE CASTLE

(4,6)10. PENTECOST (4)11. POST COLLAPSED (5,4)12. NAGGER13. RE BEGGER TAW14. BLONDE15. TOP OF MAP GARDEN TOOLS (5,516. CLEARING CROSSING (7,6)17. ADDIE IS WELD18. DOSS FLEAThere is a £50 prize for the lucky winner tokeep. If you don’t quite finish it, send in theresult; you might just win!

July Competition AnswersYou won’t be surprised to see it’s aboutcycling and cycles. Not all are anagrams. 1. UTTERED = spoke 2 CYCLIST RAGES— BROKEN ONES

=gears 3. SPINE RAN WEIGHED DOWN

=panniers 4. BLAND SHARE = handlebars 5. I UNKNIT A BESOM =mountain bikes 6. SOUNDS LIKE “OCEAN, DRINK,

LOOK” - but what does it stand for? = C.T.C :Cyclists’ Touring Club

7. “WE’LL RUN THEM IN” = Gendarmes 8. THE BIG LEAVING = Grand Départ 9. REVEL MOOD = velodrome10. TWO OLD COINS = penny farthing11. A CHIN FOR A CHANGE = chain12 AT LENGTH AS A ROMAN MIGHT

SAY = tandem

Yorkshire’s Coronation MeadowsIt’s official! The stunning wildflower haymeadows at Muker have been chosen as theofficial Coronation Meadows site in NorthYorkshire, and now have been presented witha plaque to commemorate the honour.

The Coronation Meadows initiative waslaunched last year to mark the 60thanniversary of the Queen's coronation, and itforms part of a growing campaign to saveBritain’s wildflower grasslands.

With Britain having lost 97 per cent of itswildflower meadows since the 1930s, thescheme aims to identify a species-richmeadow in every county that will be used as a‘donor’ site to provide seed to restore nearbydegraded meadows in an effort to conservethe local characteristics of grasslands in eachregion and the wide range of wildlife they areable to support.

The traditionally managed hay meadows atMuker were chosen to represent NorthYorkshire in the scheme, followingnomination by Yorkshire Dales MillenniumTrust.

The Muker meadows are amongst the bestupland hay meadows in the Yorkshire Dales.They support a wide range of wildflowers andgrasses including wood crane’s-bill,melancholy thistle, pignut, Lady’s mantles,rough hawkbit, cat’s-ear and sweet vernalgrass, as well as a wide range of pollinatinginsects, birds and small mammals. Theseprecious habitats are very fragile and are partof the farmers hay crop, so please do not pickany flowers and do not stray from thefootpath.

Rookery NookHawes Drama Group has booked a trip to thisBen Travers farce at The Theatre by the Lake,Keswick. It will be to the matineeperformance at 2pm on Thursday September25th. A coach will leave the Market HouseHawes at 9.30am, stopping for coffee on theway and arriving in Keswick in time for lunchbefore the performance. Tickets plus theCoach cost £25 and can be booked withpayment by Monday August 4th throughNorma Fowler Tel. 667044. Anyone iswelcome.

Eunice the Ewe

Last month I was hiding on the helmet of arider on the front cover. However my twinewe was in Dooley advert on page 35 andthe winners of the £10 prize for those whospotted both were Lucy Allan, HorrowBank, Askrigg and Isabel Watkinson,Litherskew

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Parish Council Clerks

As there have been several changes re-cently, we provide here the current detailsfor contact.Askrigg/Low Abbotside Karen Lynch650909Aysgarth and District Gillian Harrison663847Bainbridge Katie Seal650224Burton cum Walden Sue Ryding663551Carperby Gillian Harrison663847Hawes and High Abbotside Ian King666096Preston under Scar Jan Jowett625425Redmire Sarah Weatherald622355West Witton Tina Horsfield622064Parish meetings:Castle Bolton, East and West Bolton

Pauline Beckett663417Wensley Sarah Weatherald622355

The 98th Moorcock ShowSunday 7th September2014

Thanks to the Van Cutsem family and thecurrent grazier, John Thorpe, your localagricultural show will be held again on theShowground at Mossdale Farm at ThwaiteBridge which is approximately 2½ mileson the Sedbergh side of Hawes. The showwill take place on Sunday 7th September2014 with judging commencing at noonand finishing approximately at 4.00pm.The entrance fee to the show is £4 per adultwith children free. Car parking is also free.This year we have an exciting new foodand drink provider at the show, BurgerQueen, who are locally-based. As always,our local ice cream maker, WensleydaleIce Creams, will also be there. Each yearwe have welcomed an ever growingnumber of local food and craft stalls,together with a bouncy castle and chil-dren’s games. So, as well as the sheep,there is plenty for everyone to enjoy them-selves.

Leyburn Bowling ClubWhilst we started the last month narrowlyon top of the league we knew we haddifficult games lying ahead -- and so itproved ! The current month began with ahome defeat to Thirsk by the close score of4–3, then a 6–1 away defeat at Bedale.Next was an away fixture at Richmondwhere we recorded a welcome 6–1 victory.Finally this month we had a home matchagainst Sessay but with a number ofregular players unavailable we sadlysuffered a 5–2 defeat. Away from ourleague matches we held our latest Jumbles( Pairs ) competition on Sun 29th June.Clear victors were Graham Watt and BobDoig with the excellent score of 31 points.Dick Milestone and Barry Richardson wererunners-up with 20 points. On Sat 12thJuly we held our annual TriplesCompetition for the Jack Robinson Shield.Congratulations go to this years winnersJohn Gorman, Anne Steggles and SteveCotter. Finally, please note that LeyburnBowling Club are holding our annual CarBoot Sale at our usual venue of CrakenHouse Farm Field, Harmby Road, Leyburn( opposite Tennants ) on Sunday 10thAugust starting at 8.00am. In addition tothe car boot sale itself there will be all theusual features including a tombola andsizzling bacon butties for sale, as well as abric a brac stall and, for the first time, abottle in a bag competition. We lookforward to seeing as many people aspossible, whether regulars or peoplecoming along for the first time.

Mervyn Buckley

The Summer CompetitionThe clues below are of villages, farms,becks or hills in the Newsletter area. Theones which are not anagrams show thenumber of letters in the answers.

For the final part, take the last letters ofthe answers and find within themourselves!

1. BEAM VALLEY (7) 2. DISTANT MIXED UP BROWN IS (3,7) 3. TEST TROUNCE 4. MUDDLED RACER IN MIXED BYT (8) 5. PULL HOTTING 6. STROLL TO REDMIRE FALLS FROM

HERE (12) 7. BIG PALE GIRL (4,7) 8. O JUST WHY? (5,3) 9. STIR THE STEW BY THE CASTLE

(4,6)10. PENTECOST (4)11. POST COLLAPSED (5,4)12. NAGGER13. RE BEGGER TAW14. BLONDE15. TOP OF MAP GARDEN TOOLS (5,516. CLEARING CROSSING (7,6)17. ADDIE IS WELD18. DOSS FLEAThere is a £50 prize for the lucky winner tokeep. If you don’t quite finish it, send in theresult; you might just win!

July Competition AnswersYou won’t be surprised to see it’s aboutcycling and cycles. Not all are anagrams. 1. UTTERED = spoke 2 CYCLIST RAGES— BROKEN ONES

=gears 3. SPINE RAN WEIGHED DOWN

=panniers 4. BLAND SHARE = handlebars 5. I UNKNIT A BESOM =mountain bikes 6. SOUNDS LIKE “OCEAN, DRINK,

LOOK” - but what does it stand for? = C.T.C :Cyclists’ Touring Club

7. “WE’LL RUN THEM IN” = Gendarmes 8. THE BIG LEAVING = Grand Départ 9. REVEL MOOD = velodrome10. TWO OLD COINS = penny farthing11. A CHIN FOR A CHANGE = chain12 AT LENGTH AS A ROMAN MIGHT

SAY = tandem

Yorkshire’s Coronation MeadowsIt’s official! The stunning wildflower haymeadows at Muker have been chosen as theofficial Coronation Meadows site in NorthYorkshire, and now have been presented witha plaque to commemorate the honour.

The Coronation Meadows initiative waslaunched last year to mark the 60thanniversary of the Queen's coronation, and itforms part of a growing campaign to saveBritain’s wildflower grasslands.

With Britain having lost 97 per cent of itswildflower meadows since the 1930s, thescheme aims to identify a species-richmeadow in every county that will be used as a‘donor’ site to provide seed to restore nearbydegraded meadows in an effort to conservethe local characteristics of grasslands in eachregion and the wide range of wildlife they areable to support.

The traditionally managed hay meadows atMuker were chosen to represent NorthYorkshire in the scheme, followingnomination by Yorkshire Dales MillenniumTrust.

The Muker meadows are amongst the bestupland hay meadows in the Yorkshire Dales.They support a wide range of wildflowers andgrasses including wood crane’s-bill,melancholy thistle, pignut, Lady’s mantles,rough hawkbit, cat’s-ear and sweet vernalgrass, as well as a wide range of pollinatinginsects, birds and small mammals. Theseprecious habitats are very fragile and are partof the farmers hay crop, so please do not pickany flowers and do not stray from thefootpath.

Rookery NookHawes Drama Group has booked a trip to thisBen Travers farce at The Theatre by the Lake,Keswick. It will be to the matineeperformance at 2pm on Thursday September25th. A coach will leave the Market HouseHawes at 9.30am, stopping for coffee on theway and arriving in Keswick in time for lunchbefore the performance. Tickets plus theCoach cost £25 and can be booked withpayment by Monday August 4th throughNorma Fowler Tel. 667044. Anyone iswelcome.

Eunice the Ewe

Last month I was hiding on the helmet of arider on the front cover. However my twinewe was in Dooley advert on page 35 andthe winners of the £10 prize for those whospotted both were Lucy Allan, HorrowBank, Askrigg and Isabel Watkinson,Litherskew

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July has been dominated by many sportingevents,

The rounders tournament, held at AskriggSchool, was a great afternoon, and withgreat team work we got into thesemi-finals!

We also took part in cluster sports at TheWensleydale School. We were very proudbecause we had many winners.

In the final week we went to BAWBsports which again was held at AskriggSchool. It was well run by the SimonCarson Sports Academy. Everyone had agreat time and there was a great communityatmosphere with the three schools workingtogether.

Luckily we had fabulous weather for allthe events!

During the last few days of term we willbe saying goodbye to the year 6 pupils asthey move on to their secondary schoolsand to Mrs Stone as we celebrate herretirement from teaching.

Jack Dent and Ellie Harker

Askrigg Parish WalkThere will be a Parish Walk on 10th August,leaving The Cross in Askrigg at 2.00pm, walk-ing to Hawes, via Mill Gill andLitherskew. Refreshments will be served inHawes. Everyone is welcome to join in

Hawes Primary School PTFAA big thank you to everyone who hassupported us over the past academic year.We have a few events organized over thesummer; the first is a cake stall at theWensleydale Triathlon on the communityfield from 11.00am on Sunday 10th Au-gust.

We will also be doing the refreshments atthe Hoppers sale in the Market Hall onSaturday 6th September from 8.00am. Anydonations of baking would be gratefullyreceived and can be dropped off at thebeginning of each event. A Beetle Drivehas been arranged for Friday 19th Septem-ber at 6.30pm in the school hall – bringand share supper. Our annual ChristmasFair will be on Friday 28th Novemberalso on the school hall, more details nearerthe time!

Anna Lord

Just Trying!Just trying to get the word out that I'mdoing some fundraising for Askrigg United.I've set up a just giving page wheredonations can be made.:w w w . j u s t g i v i n g . c o m / y i m b y /AskriggUnitedFcAny help would be much appreciated,Thanks. Closing date: August 10th

Jack Fawcett

Letter re BandSorry for the delay in contacting you but Ihave just retrieved my copy (my sister’sactually) of your excellent newsletter whichI picked up visiting family in Hawes inearly July. My elder sisters Bunty Mossand Shirley Iveson pointed out the pictureof the Band in Coverdale and I figure itmust have been taken in 1950. I amstanding on the extreme right of the band(left as you look at the picture) and I didnot have a uniform in 1949 and as you cansee from the photo the one I had on wasway too big for me and I think that theForesters 'do' in Carlton was the first time Iwore my brand new oversize uniform andhat with newspaper inside to keep it on.

I know that there are very few of us leftfrom the guys featured in the photoprobably only myself, John Moore,Raymond and a couple of others, so I thinkthat it important that we hold these picturesand any associated anecdotes for futuregenerations. They may not want them at themoment but I am sure that they will do inthe future. I am no doubt coveringground that has been covered by others buthope that it helps. All the very best.John Batty

LetterMay I please comment on one of the quotations

in the June newsletter editorial, Issue 203?"Those who do not learn from history are

doomed." This reminds us all, I'm sure, ofthe gloomy Private Frazer's catch-phrase in"Dad's Army", but this misquotation is alsoincomplete and should, in fact, read:"Those who cannot remember the past arecondemned to repeat it." (From 'The Lifeof Reason ' 1905, by the philosopher andcritic George Santayana in 1905). Themeaning conveyed is, therefore, verydifferent from that in the editorial.

Edmund Burke is reputed to have made asimilar statement in the 18th century, butthe actual source proves very difficult tofind. Please forgive this piece of pedantryfrom yet another aged retired schoolmaster;should my children ever read this, theirgroans of embarrassment will be heardfrom afar!

Michael Waldman

Bainbridge & District Motor Club,Canny Rally

Wednesday 16th July, 11 cars met at CastleBolton to partake in the Canny rally; ourfirst challenge of the night was to blind foldthe driver whilst the navigator directedthem between two bollards without hittingthem or the post in front of them! We werethen given the route round and set on ourway; the rally covered roads we haven'tbeen on for a while heading over GrintonMoor and Reeth, Kearton to Low Rowdoing a big loop back to Castle Bolton,before doing another challenge. This timethere were three posts and we were to movethree tyres one small, one medium and onelarge from the post they were on to theother end keeping them in the small,medium and large stack- it took a bit ofworking out but was simple when youknow how. W e t h e n we n t f r o m C a s t l eBolton over Aysgarth Falls and up Spickleslane which is scarily narrow and bumpy!From there we made our way throughThoralby, Aysgarth, Thornton Rust,Bainbridge and Askrigg! Apparently therewere marker boards out for us to spot but Ithought Mike and Chloe put these in somevery sneaky spots! The Signpost Rally willbe on Wednesday 20th August and isbeing organised by Muriel Lambert andNetta Davidson.

E m m aThwaite

WantedMusic Master for LASS Singers

We are a group of people who meet once afortnight from 7.30 to 9.30pm. to sing justfor pleasure! Our present Music Master hadto retire and we wish to recruit another tojoin us from September! Unfortunately noremuneration - just the pleasure of helpingus to enjoy our voices and hearing us sing! If you can help, or require moreinformation please contact Diana Jollandon 623897 or emaildiana.jolland@btinternet.com

Mystery picture. Last month’s was of the Lion’s Head rock formation near theDalesway and Conistone.

West Burton School News

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July has been dominated by many sportingevents,

The rounders tournament, held at AskriggSchool, was a great afternoon, and withgreat team work we got into thesemi-finals!

We also took part in cluster sports at TheWensleydale School. We were very proudbecause we had many winners.

In the final week we went to BAWBsports which again was held at AskriggSchool. It was well run by the SimonCarson Sports Academy. Everyone had agreat time and there was a great communityatmosphere with the three schools workingtogether.

Luckily we had fabulous weather for allthe events!

During the last few days of term we willbe saying goodbye to the year 6 pupils asthey move on to their secondary schoolsand to Mrs Stone as we celebrate herretirement from teaching.

Jack Dent and Ellie Harker

Askrigg Parish WalkThere will be a Parish Walk on 10th August,leaving The Cross in Askrigg at 2.00pm, walk-ing to Hawes, via Mill Gill andLitherskew. Refreshments will be served inHawes. Everyone is welcome to join in

Hawes Primary School PTFAA big thank you to everyone who hassupported us over the past academic year.We have a few events organized over thesummer; the first is a cake stall at theWensleydale Triathlon on the communityfield from 11.00am on Sunday 10th Au-gust.

We will also be doing the refreshments atthe Hoppers sale in the Market Hall onSaturday 6th September from 8.00am. Anydonations of baking would be gratefullyreceived and can be dropped off at thebeginning of each event. A Beetle Drivehas been arranged for Friday 19th Septem-ber at 6.30pm in the school hall – bringand share supper. Our annual ChristmasFair will be on Friday 28th Novemberalso on the school hall, more details nearerthe time!

Anna Lord

Just Trying!Just trying to get the word out that I'mdoing some fundraising for Askrigg United.I've set up a just giving page wheredonations can be made.:w w w . j u s t g i v i n g . c o m / y i m b y /AskriggUnitedFcAny help would be much appreciated,Thanks. Closing date: August 10th

Jack Fawcett

Letter re BandSorry for the delay in contacting you but Ihave just retrieved my copy (my sister’sactually) of your excellent newsletter whichI picked up visiting family in Hawes inearly July. My elder sisters Bunty Mossand Shirley Iveson pointed out the pictureof the Band in Coverdale and I figure itmust have been taken in 1950. I amstanding on the extreme right of the band(left as you look at the picture) and I didnot have a uniform in 1949 and as you cansee from the photo the one I had on wasway too big for me and I think that theForesters 'do' in Carlton was the first time Iwore my brand new oversize uniform andhat with newspaper inside to keep it on.

I know that there are very few of us leftfrom the guys featured in the photoprobably only myself, John Moore,Raymond and a couple of others, so I thinkthat it important that we hold these picturesand any associated anecdotes for futuregenerations. They may not want them at themoment but I am sure that they will do inthe future. I am no doubt coveringground that has been covered by others buthope that it helps. All the very best.John Batty

LetterMay I please comment on one of the quotations

in the June newsletter editorial, Issue 203?"Those who do not learn from history are

doomed." This reminds us all, I'm sure, ofthe gloomy Private Frazer's catch-phrase in"Dad's Army", but this misquotation is alsoincomplete and should, in fact, read:"Those who cannot remember the past arecondemned to repeat it." (From 'The Lifeof Reason ' 1905, by the philosopher andcritic George Santayana in 1905). Themeaning conveyed is, therefore, verydifferent from that in the editorial.

Edmund Burke is reputed to have made asimilar statement in the 18th century, butthe actual source proves very difficult tofind. Please forgive this piece of pedantryfrom yet another aged retired schoolmaster;should my children ever read this, theirgroans of embarrassment will be heardfrom afar!

Michael Waldman

Bainbridge & District Motor Club,Canny Rally

Wednesday 16th July, 11 cars met at CastleBolton to partake in the Canny rally; ourfirst challenge of the night was to blind foldthe driver whilst the navigator directedthem between two bollards without hittingthem or the post in front of them! We werethen given the route round and set on ourway; the rally covered roads we haven'tbeen on for a while heading over GrintonMoor and Reeth, Kearton to Low Rowdoing a big loop back to Castle Bolton,before doing another challenge. This timethere were three posts and we were to movethree tyres one small, one medium and onelarge from the post they were on to theother end keeping them in the small,medium and large stack- it took a bit ofworking out but was simple when youknow how. W e t h e n we n t f r o m C a s t l eBolton over Aysgarth Falls and up Spickleslane which is scarily narrow and bumpy!From there we made our way throughThoralby, Aysgarth, Thornton Rust,Bainbridge and Askrigg! Apparently therewere marker boards out for us to spot but Ithought Mike and Chloe put these in somevery sneaky spots! The Signpost Rally willbe on Wednesday 20th August and isbeing organised by Muriel Lambert andNetta Davidson.

E m m aThwaite

WantedMusic Master for LASS Singers

We are a group of people who meet once afortnight from 7.30 to 9.30pm. to sing justfor pleasure! Our present Music Master hadto retire and we wish to recruit another tojoin us from September! Unfortunately noremuneration - just the pleasure of helpingus to enjoy our voices and hearing us sing! If you can help, or require moreinformation please contact Diana Jollandon 623897 or emaildiana.jolland@btinternet.com

Mystery picture. Last month’s was of the Lion’s Head rock formation near theDalesway and Conistone.

West Burton School News

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LettersI understand that you asked about theremoval of the bike yesterday?

I know (and agree) that most peoplewould have liked to have seen the bike leftin place for a while longer, possibly evenuntil the end of the summer as a focus forresidents and business to use as a draw tovisitors to the area.

The site up on Stags Fell was given to usby the "Stags Fell Estate" by kindpermission of Richard Johnson, Howeverseparate to this permission the site itself isa registered SSSI site and thereforepermissions also had to be sought fromNatural England.

Between their representative (RichardDimond) and Richard Johnson they workedvery hard to gain the necessary permission,however for this to be possible it was clearthat the bicycle had to be removed at theearliest possible opportunity and thepermission order that was grantedstipulated that it should be removed by the8th July 2014.

Whilst disappointing it is fair to say thatthe bicycle received wide support and it hasset a few people wondering if there mightbe some mileage in looking for a similarimage perhaps created from something witha bit more longevity.

With an annual bike race now planned inYorkshire for the next 3 years it wouldcertainly put Hawes on the map and at theheart of any such event, perhaps if yourreaders have any comments on this theywould like to get in touch? Many Thanks. Griff ThomasMIET

Managing Director, GTECwww.gtectraining.co.uk/

GTEC Training LtdTel: 01969-666111

Dear All, As the last of the Tour de France visitors

are returning to their homes, I have hadtime to reflect on the huge impact that the‘Grand Départ’ has already had oncommunities in Richmondshire. What anamazing few days it has been for NorthYorkshire and in particular for our smallpart of the County.

I know that this incredible event would

not have been the success that it waswithout the dedication and support of thearmy of people in our communities whoprovided campsites, car parks,refreshments, entertainment, and a wholehost of other support facilities and activities

The community spirit was clear to see forthe cyclists, visitors and the worldwideaudience that viewed the race as it passedthrough the District. You didRichmondshire proud. I know my staffat the District Council have beenoverwhelmed by the assistance that theyreceived from you and other communityactivists, in their endeavours to support theevent. It demonstrated a real willingnessof the public, private and voluntarysectors to work together for a commongood, and we have all now seen the benefito f t h o s e e n d e a v o u r s .

On behalf of myself and my staff, I wantto thank you for your fantastic contributionto the Richmondshire section of the 2014Tour de France and hope that it hasgiven you positive and happy memoriesthat will last for a long time to come. Many thanks.

Tony Clark,Managing Director, RichmondshireDistrict Council 01748 901044

Re le TourAs a cyclist, I have been most encouragedby the recent resurgence of cycling, nodoubt linked to le tour. However as amotorist, I can fully understand thefrustrations felt when coming across bandsof cyclists on our narrow Dales roads.

Surely what is needed is for some of themoney that has undoubtedly come into thearea to be spent on providing safealternative routes for bikes. There arenumerous examples around the UK ofcycle tracks, and the most obvious routes todevelop are disused railways. Don't wehave one of these?

Leslie T Kinsman

Give us a ‘D’! Well done, Bainbridge: upto July 5th “Bainbridge Welcomes Tour deFrance”; from July 6th “BainbridgeWelcomeDTour de France” on the largesign on the Green.

Rainfall FiguresWe are grateful to the people who submitthese figures each half-year. Some of themhave been involved with the Met Office for avery long time. If there are others in any ofour villages who collect rainfall figures andwould like to be added to our list of con-tacts, please get in touch.

Wensley Flower FestivalHoly Trinity Church, Wensley

8th – 10th AugustTheme: Music and Song

Preview: 8th August with wine and canapés9th and 10th August

Displays in Wensley ChurchRefreshments in the village hall.

Proceeds to the Wensley Organ Fund.We would like donations of cakes!

Please ring Pip Bolton 623674

From Farms to ArmsTalk at Thornton Rust Institute

To commemorate the 100th anniversary ofthe start of WW1, we have a talk about the

subject with particular reference to CatterickGarrison.

Wednesday September 10th 7.00pmLight refreshments, small admission charge.

Swim for Sue RyderSt Matthew's Breakfast at Semerwater. Joinus to support the Sue Ryder swim and tohave breakfast 8.30 -11.00am on Saturday

2013Rainfall

Janu-ary

Febru-ary

March April May June Total forhalf year

Hawes 231 296 99 75 111 49 911

Carperby 156 199 64 44 126 44 633

Bainbridge 196 269 84 57 135 38 779

Stalling Busk 276 358 114 67 132 38 985

Askrigg 180 214 88 14 132 33 661

ThorntonRust

183 236 92 60 121 49 741

West Burton 170 266 122 41 134 46 779

Hawes Bike TrailAs part of the Grand Departcelebrations we have devised theHawes Bike Trail.Throughout Hawes over 41 bikes aredisplayed by various businesses, insideand out. On 21 of the velocipedes thereare letters or figures, but which? You can buy the Entry Form, for £1, invarious shops and pubs around town,including Mason’s Newsagents and theDales Countryside Museum. Theparticipant has to find all the letters orfigures, write in the space next to thebusiness name then re-arrange to make arelevant phrase. Completed forms may bedropped into The Dales CountrysideMuseum, The White Hart Inn, or TheCommunity Office or posted to TheCommunity Office

Anyone can enter with prizes of £20 forunder 16 years and £20 for over 16 years.The closing date for entries is 31st July.The winning entry will be drawn onMonday 4th August.

Church on Show - WensleydaleShow

Saturday 23rd AugustWensley Deanery is hosting Church onShow at this, the Centenary WensleydaleShow, in Leyburn. A large marquee hasbeen booked for the day and resourceswill be provided from the Diocese'sChurch on Show collection as used at theGreat Yorkshire Show.

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LettersI understand that you asked about theremoval of the bike yesterday?

I know (and agree) that most peoplewould have liked to have seen the bike leftin place for a while longer, possibly evenuntil the end of the summer as a focus forresidents and business to use as a draw tovisitors to the area.

The site up on Stags Fell was given to usby the "Stags Fell Estate" by kindpermission of Richard Johnson, Howeverseparate to this permission the site itself isa registered SSSI site and thereforepermissions also had to be sought fromNatural England.

Between their representative (RichardDimond) and Richard Johnson they workedvery hard to gain the necessary permission,however for this to be possible it was clearthat the bicycle had to be removed at theearliest possible opportunity and thepermission order that was grantedstipulated that it should be removed by the8th July 2014.

Whilst disappointing it is fair to say thatthe bicycle received wide support and it hasset a few people wondering if there mightbe some mileage in looking for a similarimage perhaps created from something witha bit more longevity.

With an annual bike race now planned inYorkshire for the next 3 years it wouldcertainly put Hawes on the map and at theheart of any such event, perhaps if yourreaders have any comments on this theywould like to get in touch? Many Thanks. Griff ThomasMIET

Managing Director, GTECwww.gtectraining.co.uk/

GTEC Training LtdTel: 01969-666111

Dear All, As the last of the Tour de France visitors

are returning to their homes, I have hadtime to reflect on the huge impact that the‘Grand Départ’ has already had oncommunities in Richmondshire. What anamazing few days it has been for NorthYorkshire and in particular for our smallpart of the County.

I know that this incredible event would

not have been the success that it waswithout the dedication and support of thearmy of people in our communities whoprovided campsites, car parks,refreshments, entertainment, and a wholehost of other support facilities and activities

The community spirit was clear to see forthe cyclists, visitors and the worldwideaudience that viewed the race as it passedthrough the District. You didRichmondshire proud. I know my staffat the District Council have beenoverwhelmed by the assistance that theyreceived from you and other communityactivists, in their endeavours to support theevent. It demonstrated a real willingnessof the public, private and voluntarysectors to work together for a commongood, and we have all now seen the benefito f t h o s e e n d e a v o u r s .

On behalf of myself and my staff, I wantto thank you for your fantastic contributionto the Richmondshire section of the 2014Tour de France and hope that it hasgiven you positive and happy memoriesthat will last for a long time to come. Many thanks.

Tony Clark,Managing Director, RichmondshireDistrict Council 01748 901044

Re le TourAs a cyclist, I have been most encouragedby the recent resurgence of cycling, nodoubt linked to le tour. However as amotorist, I can fully understand thefrustrations felt when coming across bandsof cyclists on our narrow Dales roads.

Surely what is needed is for some of themoney that has undoubtedly come into thearea to be spent on providing safealternative routes for bikes. There arenumerous examples around the UK ofcycle tracks, and the most obvious routes todevelop are disused railways. Don't wehave one of these?

Leslie T Kinsman

Give us a ‘D’! Well done, Bainbridge: upto July 5th “Bainbridge Welcomes Tour deFrance”; from July 6th “BainbridgeWelcomeDTour de France” on the largesign on the Green.

Rainfall FiguresWe are grateful to the people who submitthese figures each half-year. Some of themhave been involved with the Met Office for avery long time. If there are others in any ofour villages who collect rainfall figures andwould like to be added to our list of con-tacts, please get in touch.

Wensley Flower FestivalHoly Trinity Church, Wensley

8th – 10th AugustTheme: Music and Song

Preview: 8th August with wine and canapés9th and 10th August

Displays in Wensley ChurchRefreshments in the village hall.

Proceeds to the Wensley Organ Fund.We would like donations of cakes!

Please ring Pip Bolton 623674

From Farms to ArmsTalk at Thornton Rust Institute

To commemorate the 100th anniversary ofthe start of WW1, we have a talk about the

subject with particular reference to CatterickGarrison.

Wednesday September 10th 7.00pmLight refreshments, small admission charge.

Swim for Sue RyderSt Matthew's Breakfast at Semerwater. Joinus to support the Sue Ryder swim and tohave breakfast 8.30 -11.00am on Saturday

2013Rainfall

Janu-ary

Febru-ary

March April May June Total forhalf year

Hawes 231 296 99 75 111 49 911

Carperby 156 199 64 44 126 44 633

Bainbridge 196 269 84 57 135 38 779

Stalling Busk 276 358 114 67 132 38 985

Askrigg 180 214 88 14 132 33 661

ThorntonRust

183 236 92 60 121 49 741

West Burton 170 266 122 41 134 46 779

Hawes Bike TrailAs part of the Grand Departcelebrations we have devised theHawes Bike Trail.Throughout Hawes over 41 bikes aredisplayed by various businesses, insideand out. On 21 of the velocipedes thereare letters or figures, but which? You can buy the Entry Form, for £1, invarious shops and pubs around town,including Mason’s Newsagents and theDales Countryside Museum. Theparticipant has to find all the letters orfigures, write in the space next to thebusiness name then re-arrange to make arelevant phrase. Completed forms may bedropped into The Dales CountrysideMuseum, The White Hart Inn, or TheCommunity Office or posted to TheCommunity Office

Anyone can enter with prizes of £20 forunder 16 years and £20 for over 16 years.The closing date for entries is 31st July.The winning entry will be drawn onMonday 4th August.

Church on Show - WensleydaleShow

Saturday 23rd AugustWensley Deanery is hosting Church onShow at this, the Centenary WensleydaleShow, in Leyburn. A large marquee hasbeen booked for the day and resourceswill be provided from the Diocese'sChurch on Show collection as used at theGreat Yorkshire Show.

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Upper Dales Family HistoryIn June the speaker was Julia Mander, avolunteer and costumed guide at FairfaxHouse in York, who gave us an overview ofthe history of the city as its fortune waxedand waned over the years. Although thereare still many significant buildings fromearlier centuries, the Georgian period saw atremendous amount of rebuilding; sweepingaway the haphazard buildings and replacingthem with wide planned streets and gracefulhouses and civic amenities such as theMansion House, the Hospital, the AssemblyRooms, and even the Prison.

Certain streets were particularly desirablefor country families wanting a town propertyfor the winter season and one of these wasFairfax House. Originally built by a barristerat the local law courts, the property wasbought by the Fairfax family for £2,000 andthey then proceeded to lavish a smallfortune on turning it into a showpiece wherethey could entertain and impress. Theirfondness for entertaining means that thesurviving paper trail gives a very detailedpicture of 18th century domestic life, fromwhat was on the table to the wages of theservants who put it there.

Julia painted a vivid picture of whatattracted 'polite society' to York.Promenading to show off your fashion sensewas very popular and the Assembly Roomson Blake Street were a great attraction aswell as the theatre which showed a widerange of entertainments in a single eveningrather than just one play. York races were apopular event, although organised quitedifferently from the races we see today andthe race ground on the Knavesmire was alsothe scene of another popular attraction, thepublic execution!

Julia ended with some of the invoices andbills from Fairfax House which showed thatthe owners indulged in the luxury of takingtea, coffee and chocolate, all expensiveconsumer goods.

Meetings recommence after the summerbreak with a meeting at 7.30pm onWednesday, September 24th, in Harmbyvillage hall, when Angela Clare will be talk-ing about 'Gert & Jack Adam - letters of aDoncaster couple in WW1'. Contact 01748-884759 for more information.

Tracy Little

Plea to Dog OwnersDog owners and walkers are being asked totake extra care as they visit the National Parkover the next few weeks. Alan Hulme, theNational Park Authority’s Head of RangerServices, said dogs can cause long-term dam-age if they are allowed to run free – and canalso put their owners in danger. “The breed-ing season for wildlife and for farm animalsis still with us and, although dog owners saytheir pet never chases or attacks sheep andlambs, some do. “In addition, a lot of peopledon’t appreciate that dogs can cause just asmuch harm unintentionally by keeping par-ents away from their young, which leaveseggs, fledglings and lambs vulnerable.

“At the same time, dog owners and walkersshould be aware that cattle can sometimesbecome aggressive towards their pets andthem, especially when calves are around. “Ifyou are walking in a field of cows and theystart coming towards you, the best thing youcan do if you feel threatened is to get tosafety yourself. If you have a dog with you,let go of its lead – it can look after itself wellenough.” The Countryside Code containssome simple rules that pet owners must re-member, the most important being that youmust keep your dog on a short lead all yearround near farm animals.

Aysgarth Village FeteAUGUST BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY

Starts 1.00pm on the Village GreenSilver Band, Tea and Cakes, Raffle,

Stalls, Games and Bouncy CastleChildren’s Sports, BBQ from 4.30pmAll proceeds to the Village Institute

A View of “Le Tour” From HawesFive days before the Tour de France, threecyclists swept past the Auction Mart downBurtersett Road. They reared up from theirhandlebars to take it all in. "Beautiful here," onesaid. "Yeah lovely spot," came the reply. For allthe drama on the road, the real story of the Tourde France was what was happening off it.Perhaps buoyed by the success of its footballteam (!), Hawes poured itself out in civic pride.One visitor was heard to say that the further youtravelled up Wensleydale, the more beautiful itgot. Whatever the truth of that statement, Hawescertainly had the biggest bike. At first sight, youmight think it was made of chalk, or cheese. Butin fact the artwork on Stag’s Fell was made of amaterial called Terram. Five rolls of 100 metrelengths were laid out by a team of 12 volunteers.It took six hours to make. Next stop the TurnerPrize for the designer, Griff Thomas, who, by theway, was singled out with his team for praise bymany people for pulling so much of thefestivities together. It was like we used to do,said one, the whole community coming togetherto celebrate. Creative outbursts were happeningall over the place. Take the bespoke bunting. Itoozed class and style, especially when it flutteredin the breeze. In total, two miles of red, whiteand red polka-dotted bunting was manufactured.Meeting for two and a half hours every Tuesdaynight from February at the Chapel Gallery, 8,500pennants were made and sewn together by thirtyvolunteers. Some of the bunting was transformedinto shawls and people wore the garmentsaround town. The dozens of red and whiteflower baskets, and the spectacular floral displayat town foot, cheered everyone up for weeks.Great red dots appeared on the sides of buildingssuch as Carrs Billington and JR Hopper’s.We’ve caught the Tour fever, said one. Scarletfever, said another. A fun feature was thenumber of bikes hung here and everywhere andplaced in gardens and outside shops. A bikemade of beer bottles hung on the side of Spar.And outside Mason Bros there was ChrisFroome himself. One day I brushed by andknocked off his foot, but he didn't seem the leastbit bothered. In the run up to the race day onSaturday July 5th there were plenty of worries,mainly concerning litter and a shortage of toilets.One local was heard to say that the Tour was theworst thing to happen to Hawes since World WarTwo. But on the morning after the main event

there was no rubbish and no smell. The racebrought, as one correspondent to the D&S hadpredicted, “less disruption than a good winter’ssnow”. A lot of money was made, too. Dozensof landowners opened their fields to cars, tentsand camper vans. A typical price for a campervan per night was £30. Hotels and B&Bs werelong since booked up. And the shops in Hawesreported a roaring trade. The mind boggled atthe number of bread buns baked, breakfastsserved and potatoes chipped in the space of 24hours. By some estimates, there were morepeople than sheep in the Hawes area for the firsttime in its modern history. The police said10,000 spectators crammed the road aboveSimonstone to watch the race. Fans could beseen walking up the hill from Hawes even beforethe overnight rain dried up. They waited by theroadside for seven hours and then the riderspassed through in, well, around seven seconds.The cyclists themselves, 198 of them, swarmedby in a flash. It was a fearful sight really. Theywere preceded by outlandish sponsored vehiclestravelling at high speed with pom pom girlsdancing in the back. British police motorcylistshigh-fived spectators along Burtersett Road,while their French counterparts looked onbemused. At night, with the sun still shining,the pubs overflowed. Children were allowed tostay up late. Local bands played out of the backof a lorry in the Penny Garth. When Pablo’sDog finished their set with the outrageouslydefiant, “Killing in the Name Of”, and localswere seen roaring out the obscene chorus, then Iknew that the Tour de France weekend had seenit all and that everybody, young. Old, local andvisitor had had a right good time.

Andy Fagg

On the Buttertubs

A Special Service ofCommemoration

Sunday August 3rd at 6.00pmHoly Trinity Church, Wensley

Lord Bolton will be speaking on his familyand local connection with WW1, and there

will be a collection of readings, poetry,prayers and reflections, offered by mem-

bers of our churches in the Benefice, to-gether with appropriate music and hymns.

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Upper Dales Family HistoryIn June the speaker was Julia Mander, avolunteer and costumed guide at FairfaxHouse in York, who gave us an overview ofthe history of the city as its fortune waxedand waned over the years. Although thereare still many significant buildings fromearlier centuries, the Georgian period saw atremendous amount of rebuilding; sweepingaway the haphazard buildings and replacingthem with wide planned streets and gracefulhouses and civic amenities such as theMansion House, the Hospital, the AssemblyRooms, and even the Prison.

Certain streets were particularly desirablefor country families wanting a town propertyfor the winter season and one of these wasFairfax House. Originally built by a barristerat the local law courts, the property wasbought by the Fairfax family for £2,000 andthey then proceeded to lavish a smallfortune on turning it into a showpiece wherethey could entertain and impress. Theirfondness for entertaining means that thesurviving paper trail gives a very detailedpicture of 18th century domestic life, fromwhat was on the table to the wages of theservants who put it there.

Julia painted a vivid picture of whatattracted 'polite society' to York.Promenading to show off your fashion sensewas very popular and the Assembly Roomson Blake Street were a great attraction aswell as the theatre which showed a widerange of entertainments in a single eveningrather than just one play. York races were apopular event, although organised quitedifferently from the races we see today andthe race ground on the Knavesmire was alsothe scene of another popular attraction, thepublic execution!

Julia ended with some of the invoices andbills from Fairfax House which showed thatthe owners indulged in the luxury of takingtea, coffee and chocolate, all expensiveconsumer goods.

Meetings recommence after the summerbreak with a meeting at 7.30pm onWednesday, September 24th, in Harmbyvillage hall, when Angela Clare will be talk-ing about 'Gert & Jack Adam - letters of aDoncaster couple in WW1'. Contact 01748-884759 for more information.

Tracy Little

Plea to Dog OwnersDog owners and walkers are being asked totake extra care as they visit the National Parkover the next few weeks. Alan Hulme, theNational Park Authority’s Head of RangerServices, said dogs can cause long-term dam-age if they are allowed to run free – and canalso put their owners in danger. “The breed-ing season for wildlife and for farm animalsis still with us and, although dog owners saytheir pet never chases or attacks sheep andlambs, some do. “In addition, a lot of peopledon’t appreciate that dogs can cause just asmuch harm unintentionally by keeping par-ents away from their young, which leaveseggs, fledglings and lambs vulnerable.

“At the same time, dog owners and walkersshould be aware that cattle can sometimesbecome aggressive towards their pets andthem, especially when calves are around. “Ifyou are walking in a field of cows and theystart coming towards you, the best thing youcan do if you feel threatened is to get tosafety yourself. If you have a dog with you,let go of its lead – it can look after itself wellenough.” The Countryside Code containssome simple rules that pet owners must re-member, the most important being that youmust keep your dog on a short lead all yearround near farm animals.

Aysgarth Village FeteAUGUST BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY

Starts 1.00pm on the Village GreenSilver Band, Tea and Cakes, Raffle,

Stalls, Games and Bouncy CastleChildren’s Sports, BBQ from 4.30pmAll proceeds to the Village Institute

A View of “Le Tour” From HawesFive days before the Tour de France, threecyclists swept past the Auction Mart downBurtersett Road. They reared up from theirhandlebars to take it all in. "Beautiful here," onesaid. "Yeah lovely spot," came the reply. For allthe drama on the road, the real story of the Tourde France was what was happening off it.Perhaps buoyed by the success of its footballteam (!), Hawes poured itself out in civic pride.One visitor was heard to say that the further youtravelled up Wensleydale, the more beautiful itgot. Whatever the truth of that statement, Hawescertainly had the biggest bike. At first sight, youmight think it was made of chalk, or cheese. Butin fact the artwork on Stag’s Fell was made of amaterial called Terram. Five rolls of 100 metrelengths were laid out by a team of 12 volunteers.It took six hours to make. Next stop the TurnerPrize for the designer, Griff Thomas, who, by theway, was singled out with his team for praise bymany people for pulling so much of thefestivities together. It was like we used to do,said one, the whole community coming togetherto celebrate. Creative outbursts were happeningall over the place. Take the bespoke bunting. Itoozed class and style, especially when it flutteredin the breeze. In total, two miles of red, whiteand red polka-dotted bunting was manufactured.Meeting for two and a half hours every Tuesdaynight from February at the Chapel Gallery, 8,500pennants were made and sewn together by thirtyvolunteers. Some of the bunting was transformedinto shawls and people wore the garmentsaround town. The dozens of red and whiteflower baskets, and the spectacular floral displayat town foot, cheered everyone up for weeks.Great red dots appeared on the sides of buildingssuch as Carrs Billington and JR Hopper’s.We’ve caught the Tour fever, said one. Scarletfever, said another. A fun feature was thenumber of bikes hung here and everywhere andplaced in gardens and outside shops. A bikemade of beer bottles hung on the side of Spar.And outside Mason Bros there was ChrisFroome himself. One day I brushed by andknocked off his foot, but he didn't seem the leastbit bothered. In the run up to the race day onSaturday July 5th there were plenty of worries,mainly concerning litter and a shortage of toilets.One local was heard to say that the Tour was theworst thing to happen to Hawes since World WarTwo. But on the morning after the main event

there was no rubbish and no smell. The racebrought, as one correspondent to the D&S hadpredicted, “less disruption than a good winter’ssnow”. A lot of money was made, too. Dozensof landowners opened their fields to cars, tentsand camper vans. A typical price for a campervan per night was £30. Hotels and B&Bs werelong since booked up. And the shops in Hawesreported a roaring trade. The mind boggled atthe number of bread buns baked, breakfastsserved and potatoes chipped in the space of 24hours. By some estimates, there were morepeople than sheep in the Hawes area for the firsttime in its modern history. The police said10,000 spectators crammed the road aboveSimonstone to watch the race. Fans could beseen walking up the hill from Hawes even beforethe overnight rain dried up. They waited by theroadside for seven hours and then the riderspassed through in, well, around seven seconds.The cyclists themselves, 198 of them, swarmedby in a flash. It was a fearful sight really. Theywere preceded by outlandish sponsored vehiclestravelling at high speed with pom pom girlsdancing in the back. British police motorcylistshigh-fived spectators along Burtersett Road,while their French counterparts looked onbemused. At night, with the sun still shining,the pubs overflowed. Children were allowed tostay up late. Local bands played out of the backof a lorry in the Penny Garth. When Pablo’sDog finished their set with the outrageouslydefiant, “Killing in the Name Of”, and localswere seen roaring out the obscene chorus, then Iknew that the Tour de France weekend had seenit all and that everybody, young. Old, local andvisitor had had a right good time.

Andy Fagg

On the Buttertubs

A Special Service ofCommemoration

Sunday August 3rd at 6.00pmHoly Trinity Church, Wensley

Lord Bolton will be speaking on his familyand local connection with WW1, and there

will be a collection of readings, poetry,prayers and reflections, offered by mem-

bers of our churches in the Benefice, to-gether with appropriate music and hymns.

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Sometimes it feels like I am in that episodeof the Simpsons when Bart becomes the “Ididn’t do it” boy. Computers/tablets/smartphones etc. are machines that(generally) do as they are told. If you havepop up ads or viruses generally it is be-cause of something you have done, orsomeone else who uses your computer. Itisn’t necessarily your fault entirely but isalmost always caused by something youhave downloaded and installed, anattachment you opened or a dodgy websitethat you opened (hopefully by mistake).Lots of people blame their children,children’s friends, visitors, someoneoutside the house hacking in – anything toavoid accepting it just might be somethingthey did themselves!

I seem to come round to this theme quiteoften but here are a few old and new tips:1) Don’t open attachments in an email orclick links unless you are 100% sure that itis from the person you think it is from. If itis from a bank and it says click here tologin please don’t – there is a good chanceit is a scam – instead open a webpagemanually and type in the address of thebank yourself in the address bar: eg.www.hsbc.co.uk (or whatever) – that wayyou KNOW you are going to the correctwebsite.2) Don’t click on the first link that comesup when you search for something –carefully read the address of the websitebefore you click make sure it is the websiteyou actually want to go to. There are lots ofwebsites out there that manage to wangletheir way to the top spot in search results –don’t always assume it is the correct result!3) If you are downloading something go tothe manufacturer’s website and readeverything carefully before you click thedownload button. Some free software islinked from websites with so manydownload buttons it is almost impossible toknow which one to press and it usuallymeans you end up with something youdon’t want – if in doubt close the windowsand look elsewhere.4) Always use the custom or advanced

option when you install something andcheck every page to make sure you aren’tgoing to accidentally install extra tool barsor change your search engine – lots of freedownloads bundle in rubbish (at best) forcommission to cover their costs.5) Wayward family members who click andinstall anything in front of them– make sureyou set up your device for multiple users –make yourself the administrator and giveyourself a password that only you knowand make it something they can’t guess!Then set up accounts for other familymembers that don’t have administratorrights on the computer – that way they willneed YOUR permission to install things. Inwindows you can find these settings in thecontrol panel under User Accounts. It takestwo minutes to set up and saves an awfullot of headaches. If you use the computerremember to shut down or logoff when youhave finished so no one can change thesettings!6) If you have children using the computermake sure they have their own standardaccount to click when the computer isswitched on. Then use the Family SafetySettings in Windows Vista/7 or 8 (there aresimilar things for Mac and tablets) torestrict what the children can do on thecomputer.7) Regularly make backups of yourcomputer and keep multiple copies – if theworst happens you can then roll back to adate that the computer worked properly.

Quick comment – Windows 8 bug?I have come across this a few timesrecently – when you switch on, Windows 8tries to repair itself for no apparent reason.If this happens DO NOT FORCE thecomputer to switch off – be patient – I havecome across cases where it appears tofreeze at a certain percentage (commonly27%) … it will complete but has beenknown to take 24 hours. Just leave it alone.Powering off causes all sorts of problemsand in a number of cases I have seen theonly solution was to wipe the computer andstart from scratch! As always commentsand ideas for future articles are welcome.carol.haynes@dalescomputerservices.com

Carol Haynes

Police ReportApologies for the absence of this columnover the past couple of months, it has beenquite a busy period policing wise and wehave been involved in some large events.Now that the biggest thing to hit Yorkshirein years is over, I think we can all see whata success it has been for the county. Thepictures on the television were outstandingand I have never seen Hawes so busy.Crime over the period in question in UpperWensleydale has been thankfully low.There have been two reported assaults, bothhave been domestic related. If you feel thatyour relationship is getting to the stagewhere this may occur then seekprofessional help rather than risk a criminalrecord. A power washer was taken from agarage at an isolated property in Widdale.The garage unfortunately was left insecure.Help yourselves and make life difficult forthe criminals by remembering to lockoutbuildings when you are not present.In early June there was a spate ofoutbuilding burglaries the Askrigg andWorton areas. Some property has beenrecovered in the Worton area which iscurrently languishing in the property storeat Richmond unclaimed and not accountedfor in any of the burglaries. Please check tosee if you have had property stolen. If youhave any information regarding a potentialsuspect please get in touch.

Pet owners and owners of working dogsplease be aware. There have been twoseparate thefts of dogs in the last couple ofmonths. This type of crime appears to be onthe increase nationally with specific dogsbeing targeted. Locally these have beenBichon Frise dogs and a working Labradorand Springer Spaniel. Please ensure thatyour animals are microchipped as this helpsin identification..

Finally, now that summer is upon us,North Yorkshire have launched a summersafety campaign entitled “More ThinkingLess Drinking”. The purpose is to makepeople think about the broaderconsequences of drinking as some are notso obvious. For example whilst havingbarbeques/social gatherings in the back

garden many people do not give a secondthought to the front of their property, Thisis ideal for sneak in burglaries. So whilstpartying in the back garden a locked frontdoor makes the house much lessvulnerable. Also it may be tempting to goto a river, lake etc for a picnic or camping.Remember drinking alcohol and swimmingdo not mix well. Open water is often verycold even though the air temperature maybe high, and having the alcohol often givesthe swimmer misplaced confidence andtakes away any sense of risk. This leads totragedies. Parents please make sure youknow what your teenager is up to as therehave been several fatalities within the northeast so far this year.

The other themes in this campaign aremore obvious such as do not ever drink anddrive, domestic violence is often alcoholfuelled and wrecks lives. And when on anight out think about protecting yourselfand the personal “stuff” you may have withyou and think about how you will get homesafely. These are often not the priorities ofrevellers who can be seen “out and about”on weekend evenings. Stay safe .

Andy Foster PC 826

Open GardensOnce again the event at Carperby was agreat success. The weather was excellentand the visitors arrived in droves. Thetotal sum raised this year reached£3,173.69 not quite a record, but almost.

Many thanks to all who supported in anyway because it all helps.

Also the exhibition of work by localartists raised £153.00 for the Yorkshire AirAmbulance.

Hawes Fire StationOpen Day

Sunday August 3rd, noon to 4.00pmBouncy Castle, Face Painting,

Raffle, Tombola, BBQ.Everyone welcome.

Any questions please contactMichelle Barnes, 07967 443423

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Sometimes it feels like I am in that episodeof the Simpsons when Bart becomes the “Ididn’t do it” boy. Computers/tablets/smartphones etc. are machines that(generally) do as they are told. If you havepop up ads or viruses generally it is be-cause of something you have done, orsomeone else who uses your computer. Itisn’t necessarily your fault entirely but isalmost always caused by something youhave downloaded and installed, anattachment you opened or a dodgy websitethat you opened (hopefully by mistake).Lots of people blame their children,children’s friends, visitors, someoneoutside the house hacking in – anything toavoid accepting it just might be somethingthey did themselves!

I seem to come round to this theme quiteoften but here are a few old and new tips:1) Don’t open attachments in an email orclick links unless you are 100% sure that itis from the person you think it is from. If itis from a bank and it says click here tologin please don’t – there is a good chanceit is a scam – instead open a webpagemanually and type in the address of thebank yourself in the address bar: eg.www.hsbc.co.uk (or whatever) – that wayyou KNOW you are going to the correctwebsite.2) Don’t click on the first link that comesup when you search for something –carefully read the address of the websitebefore you click make sure it is the websiteyou actually want to go to. There are lots ofwebsites out there that manage to wangletheir way to the top spot in search results –don’t always assume it is the correct result!3) If you are downloading something go tothe manufacturer’s website and readeverything carefully before you click thedownload button. Some free software islinked from websites with so manydownload buttons it is almost impossible toknow which one to press and it usuallymeans you end up with something youdon’t want – if in doubt close the windowsand look elsewhere.4) Always use the custom or advanced

option when you install something andcheck every page to make sure you aren’tgoing to accidentally install extra tool barsor change your search engine – lots of freedownloads bundle in rubbish (at best) forcommission to cover their costs.5) Wayward family members who click andinstall anything in front of them– make sureyou set up your device for multiple users –make yourself the administrator and giveyourself a password that only you knowand make it something they can’t guess!Then set up accounts for other familymembers that don’t have administratorrights on the computer – that way they willneed YOUR permission to install things. Inwindows you can find these settings in thecontrol panel under User Accounts. It takestwo minutes to set up and saves an awfullot of headaches. If you use the computerremember to shut down or logoff when youhave finished so no one can change thesettings!6) If you have children using the computermake sure they have their own standardaccount to click when the computer isswitched on. Then use the Family SafetySettings in Windows Vista/7 or 8 (there aresimilar things for Mac and tablets) torestrict what the children can do on thecomputer.7) Regularly make backups of yourcomputer and keep multiple copies – if theworst happens you can then roll back to adate that the computer worked properly.

Quick comment – Windows 8 bug?I have come across this a few timesrecently – when you switch on, Windows 8tries to repair itself for no apparent reason.If this happens DO NOT FORCE thecomputer to switch off – be patient – I havecome across cases where it appears tofreeze at a certain percentage (commonly27%) … it will complete but has beenknown to take 24 hours. Just leave it alone.Powering off causes all sorts of problemsand in a number of cases I have seen theonly solution was to wipe the computer andstart from scratch! As always commentsand ideas for future articles are welcome.carol.haynes@dalescomputerservices.com

Carol Haynes

Police ReportApologies for the absence of this columnover the past couple of months, it has beenquite a busy period policing wise and wehave been involved in some large events.Now that the biggest thing to hit Yorkshirein years is over, I think we can all see whata success it has been for the county. Thepictures on the television were outstandingand I have never seen Hawes so busy.Crime over the period in question in UpperWensleydale has been thankfully low.There have been two reported assaults, bothhave been domestic related. If you feel thatyour relationship is getting to the stagewhere this may occur then seekprofessional help rather than risk a criminalrecord. A power washer was taken from agarage at an isolated property in Widdale.The garage unfortunately was left insecure.Help yourselves and make life difficult forthe criminals by remembering to lockoutbuildings when you are not present.In early June there was a spate ofoutbuilding burglaries the Askrigg andWorton areas. Some property has beenrecovered in the Worton area which iscurrently languishing in the property storeat Richmond unclaimed and not accountedfor in any of the burglaries. Please check tosee if you have had property stolen. If youhave any information regarding a potentialsuspect please get in touch.

Pet owners and owners of working dogsplease be aware. There have been twoseparate thefts of dogs in the last couple ofmonths. This type of crime appears to be onthe increase nationally with specific dogsbeing targeted. Locally these have beenBichon Frise dogs and a working Labradorand Springer Spaniel. Please ensure thatyour animals are microchipped as this helpsin identification..

Finally, now that summer is upon us,North Yorkshire have launched a summersafety campaign entitled “More ThinkingLess Drinking”. The purpose is to makepeople think about the broaderconsequences of drinking as some are notso obvious. For example whilst havingbarbeques/social gatherings in the back

garden many people do not give a secondthought to the front of their property, Thisis ideal for sneak in burglaries. So whilstpartying in the back garden a locked frontdoor makes the house much lessvulnerable. Also it may be tempting to goto a river, lake etc for a picnic or camping.Remember drinking alcohol and swimmingdo not mix well. Open water is often verycold even though the air temperature maybe high, and having the alcohol often givesthe swimmer misplaced confidence andtakes away any sense of risk. This leads totragedies. Parents please make sure youknow what your teenager is up to as therehave been several fatalities within the northeast so far this year.

The other themes in this campaign aremore obvious such as do not ever drink anddrive, domestic violence is often alcoholfuelled and wrecks lives. And when on anight out think about protecting yourselfand the personal “stuff” you may have withyou and think about how you will get homesafely. These are often not the priorities ofrevellers who can be seen “out and about”on weekend evenings. Stay safe .

Andy Foster PC 826

Open GardensOnce again the event at Carperby was agreat success. The weather was excellentand the visitors arrived in droves. Thetotal sum raised this year reached£3,173.69 not quite a record, but almost.

Many thanks to all who supported in anyway because it all helps.

Also the exhibition of work by localartists raised £153.00 for the Yorkshire AirAmbulance.

Hawes Fire StationOpen Day

Sunday August 3rd, noon to 4.00pmBouncy Castle, Face Painting,

Raffle, Tombola, BBQ.Everyone welcome.

Any questions please contactMichelle Barnes, 07967 443423

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August (For films and other events at TOSH,

See p.24 1 Crown, Hawes, BBQ. See p.3 1 YORKSHIRE DAY 2 Men’s Prayer Breakfast: 08.30am

at Sycamore Hall, Bainbridge 2 Swim for Sue Ryder. See p.9 2 Tea in the Garden. See p.27 3 Hawes Fire Station Open Day,

from noon. See p.12 3 Service of Commemoration,

6.00pm. Wensley. See p. 10 3 War memorial dedication in

Bainbridge: 3.00pm 4 “Lights out” night. See p.20 4-6 King’s Club Week: Askrigg 4-8 and 11-15 Mary Queen of Scots

daily event: Bolton Castle 5 St Andrew’s Church. Coffee

morning: 10.00am to noon atTalworth, Carperby 663334

5,6 and every subsequent Tuesdayand Wednesday Tea andScones in St Margaret’s Church,Hawes

6 Church Coffee Club, 10.30am tonoon. At Hambleton House,Redmire. 624742

6 Wild Wednesday: Meet AysgarthUpper Falls 11.00am

6,20 Gayle Mill Fun Day. 10.00am tonoon

8-10 Wensley Flower Festival.See p.9

8,15,22 Yorebridge Sport andFitness events. See p.24

9 King’s Club BBQ, Askrigg School,5.00pm

9 Bainbridge Bash. See p.3 10 Askrigg Parish Walk. 2.00pm

See p.6 10 Wensleydale Triathlon: Assemble

Community Field, Hawes,10.00am

10 Gayle Chapel Anniversary.2.00pm

10 Guided Walk: West Burtoncircular. Meet 11.00am. 6 miles

10 Thoralby Fete: 2.00 to 5.00pm 10 Semerwater Swim:11.00am to

1.00pm.Details: 07738 077710 10 West Burton Chapel Anniversary

with Reeth Band. 6.30pm. 10 Thornton Rust Show. From

2.00pm: Venue Institute. £1,children free

10 Aysgarth Chapel, Songs of Praise.6.30pm

12 YDNPA Planning Committee:Yoredale, Bainbridge, 1.00pm.

16 Mobile Skip:Gayle Village Green,9.00am to 1.0pm.Usual conditions

17- “Seeing is believing” Art displaystarts at Tennants. See p. 21

17 Stalling Busk Show from 3.00pm.See p.24

18-22 and 25-29 Bolton Castle:Spanish Invasion event. 10.00amto 5.00pm

22-25 Stalling Busk Concert andFlower festival and SemerwaterService. See p.19

23 West Witton Feast and CottageShow.

23 St Oswald’s, Askrigg. Gift Dayfrom 9.00am See p.18

23 Wensleydale Show, Leyburn.10.00am to 5.00pm

24 Marsett Chapel Sing-a-long.8.00pm

24 Guided Walk. Meet AskriggChurch 1.00pm. 6.5miles

24 West Witton Flower Display andFamily Fun Day.

25 Cream Teas and Stalls,St Margaret’s, Hawes in aid ofRestoration Fund

25 Aysgarth Village Fete from1.00pm. See p.10

25 Askrigg Produce Show. See p.25 28 Wildlife in Snaizeholme.

Meet Mirk Pot House, 2.00pm 30 Hawes Town Trail. Meet Dales

Countryside Museum 1.15pm.30,31 Bolton Castle Spanish Armada

Weekend 31 Bainbridge Methodists’ at St

Oswald’s Church, Askrigg

What’s On

Exhibitions:13 June—30 September in theExhibition HallYorkshire Dales Journeys:

An exhibition celebrating the 60thanniversary of the YDNP and the jour-ney of the Tour de France 2014 throughthe DalesAugust

1 Book signing by Janet Rawlings ofher book “A Grass Rope to Catcha Unicorn”

1,8,15,22,29 Family Fridays.10.00am to 4.00pm.

3 Stone Carving with Jennifer Tetlow,10.00am to 4.00pm.

5,12,19,26 Dry Stone Walling Demo11.00am to 3.00pm.Volunteers demonstrate this craftwith five sessions during the day

6,13,20,27; Crafts for Kids. 1.30 to4.30pm. Session. Price £3

7 Meet a Ranger: 2.00 to 3.00pm.Come and chat with Matt Neale

14,29,31 In the kitchen with AuntMartha.

16 Learn to Dry stone Wall.10.00amto 4.00pm. Adult only.£10 Booking required.

18,22,23 Woodworking: 10.00am to4.00pm.

23 YDNPA Walk. Owd Bartle walk,3 miles starting at 2.30pm atWest Witton Sports field

All walks cost £3 per adult, childrenunder 16 free. Check with DCM forbooking.For further information on any activity’phone 666210 ‘

August 3 Two hour Demonstration Guided

Tours. 11.00am and 2.30pm.Booking advised.

6,20 Family Fun Morning: 10.00amto noon, £4. All childrenaccompanied by an adult

16 Introduction to Stone Slate Roofing. 10.30am to 4.30pm.£50 includes lunch. All workdone at ground level!

27 Introduction to Stained GlassMaking. £45 per person includingmaterials and lunch

Gayle Mill is open for one hour guidedtours (Sunday – Friday) at 1.00pm and3.00pm Except 1st Sunday of eachmonth. 667320 to book

YorebridgeEducation Foundation

Are you in or going on to HigherEducation?

Do you live in the Primary Schoolcatchment areas of Hawes, Bainbridge or

Askrigg?If so you could receive a small grant from

the Yorebridge Education Foundation.Apply with your details to:-

Yorebridge Education FoundationC/o The Upper Wensleydale Community

Office, The Neukin, Market Place,Hawes,

DL8 3RA

GAYLE MILL Whatr’s On

Wb Jul 28th Aug 4th 11th 18th 25thDay am pm am pm am pm am pm am pmMon J J J J B B J J C CTues F F B B J J B B J JWed J J J J B B J J F FThur F F W W W W B B J JFri W W B B J J W W W W

Doctors, B-Brown, F - France, J - Jones, W - West , C - Closed Morning Surgery: 9.00 - 10.30 am no appointments

Afternoon Surgery: 4.00 - 5.30 pm appointment only

For appointments and all enquiries ring 663222

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Wb Jul 28th Aug 4th 11th 18th 25thDay am pm am pm am pm am pm am pmMon F F B B J J B B C CTues J J J J B B J J F FWed F F B B J J B B J JThur W W J J B B W W W WFri J J W W W W J J F F

Doctors: B-Brown, F - France, J - Jones, W - West , C - Closed

Morning Surgery: 8.45-10.15am Tues till 10.45 no appts

Afternoon Surgery: 5- 6.00pm Tues 1.30-4.00 appts only For appointments and all enquiries ring 667200

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Doctors’ Rotas Supplied by the Health Centre

DCM What’s On

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August (For films and other events at TOSH,

See p.24 1 Crown, Hawes, BBQ. See p.3 1 YORKSHIRE DAY 2 Men’s Prayer Breakfast: 08.30am

at Sycamore Hall, Bainbridge 2 Swim for Sue Ryder. See p.9 2 Tea in the Garden. See p.27 3 Hawes Fire Station Open Day,

from noon. See p.12 3 Service of Commemoration,

6.00pm. Wensley. See p. 10 3 War memorial dedication in

Bainbridge: 3.00pm 4 “Lights out” night. See p.20 4-6 King’s Club Week: Askrigg 4-8 and 11-15 Mary Queen of Scots

daily event: Bolton Castle 5 St Andrew’s Church. Coffee

morning: 10.00am to noon atTalworth, Carperby 663334

5,6 and every subsequent Tuesdayand Wednesday Tea andScones in St Margaret’s Church,Hawes

6 Church Coffee Club, 10.30am tonoon. At Hambleton House,Redmire. 624742

6 Wild Wednesday: Meet AysgarthUpper Falls 11.00am

6,20 Gayle Mill Fun Day. 10.00am tonoon

8-10 Wensley Flower Festival.See p.9

8,15,22 Yorebridge Sport andFitness events. See p.24

9 King’s Club BBQ, Askrigg School,5.00pm

9 Bainbridge Bash. See p.3 10 Askrigg Parish Walk. 2.00pm

See p.6 10 Wensleydale Triathlon: Assemble

Community Field, Hawes,10.00am

10 Gayle Chapel Anniversary.2.00pm

10 Guided Walk: West Burtoncircular. Meet 11.00am. 6 miles

10 Thoralby Fete: 2.00 to 5.00pm 10 Semerwater Swim:11.00am to

1.00pm.Details: 07738 077710 10 West Burton Chapel Anniversary

with Reeth Band. 6.30pm. 10 Thornton Rust Show. From

2.00pm: Venue Institute. £1,children free

10 Aysgarth Chapel, Songs of Praise.6.30pm

12 YDNPA Planning Committee:Yoredale, Bainbridge, 1.00pm.

16 Mobile Skip:Gayle Village Green,9.00am to 1.0pm.Usual conditions

17- “Seeing is believing” Art displaystarts at Tennants. See p. 21

17 Stalling Busk Show from 3.00pm.See p.24

18-22 and 25-29 Bolton Castle:Spanish Invasion event. 10.00amto 5.00pm

22-25 Stalling Busk Concert andFlower festival and SemerwaterService. See p.19

23 West Witton Feast and CottageShow.

23 St Oswald’s, Askrigg. Gift Dayfrom 9.00am See p.18

23 Wensleydale Show, Leyburn.10.00am to 5.00pm

24 Marsett Chapel Sing-a-long.8.00pm

24 Guided Walk. Meet AskriggChurch 1.00pm. 6.5miles

24 West Witton Flower Display andFamily Fun Day.

25 Cream Teas and Stalls,St Margaret’s, Hawes in aid ofRestoration Fund

25 Aysgarth Village Fete from1.00pm. See p.10

25 Askrigg Produce Show. See p.25 28 Wildlife in Snaizeholme.

Meet Mirk Pot House, 2.00pm 30 Hawes Town Trail. Meet Dales

Countryside Museum 1.15pm.30,31 Bolton Castle Spanish Armada

Weekend 31 Bainbridge Methodists’ at St

Oswald’s Church, Askrigg

What’s On

Exhibitions:13 June—30 September in theExhibition HallYorkshire Dales Journeys:

An exhibition celebrating the 60thanniversary of the YDNP and the jour-ney of the Tour de France 2014 throughthe DalesAugust

1 Book signing by Janet Rawlings ofher book “A Grass Rope to Catcha Unicorn”

1,8,15,22,29 Family Fridays.10.00am to 4.00pm.

3 Stone Carving with Jennifer Tetlow,10.00am to 4.00pm.

5,12,19,26 Dry Stone Walling Demo11.00am to 3.00pm.Volunteers demonstrate this craftwith five sessions during the day

6,13,20,27; Crafts for Kids. 1.30 to4.30pm. Session. Price £3

7 Meet a Ranger: 2.00 to 3.00pm.Come and chat with Matt Neale

14,29,31 In the kitchen with AuntMartha.

16 Learn to Dry stone Wall.10.00amto 4.00pm. Adult only.£10 Booking required.

18,22,23 Woodworking: 10.00am to4.00pm.

23 YDNPA Walk. Owd Bartle walk,3 miles starting at 2.30pm atWest Witton Sports field

All walks cost £3 per adult, childrenunder 16 free. Check with DCM forbooking.For further information on any activity’phone 666210 ‘

August 3 Two hour Demonstration Guided

Tours. 11.00am and 2.30pm.Booking advised.

6,20 Family Fun Morning: 10.00amto noon, £4. All childrenaccompanied by an adult

16 Introduction to Stone Slate Roofing. 10.30am to 4.30pm.£50 includes lunch. All workdone at ground level!

27 Introduction to Stained GlassMaking. £45 per person includingmaterials and lunch

Gayle Mill is open for one hour guidedtours (Sunday – Friday) at 1.00pm and3.00pm Except 1st Sunday of eachmonth. 667320 to book

YorebridgeEducation Foundation

Are you in or going on to HigherEducation?

Do you live in the Primary Schoolcatchment areas of Hawes, Bainbridge or

Askrigg?If so you could receive a small grant from

the Yorebridge Education Foundation.Apply with your details to:-

Yorebridge Education FoundationC/o The Upper Wensleydale Community

Office, The Neukin, Market Place,Hawes,

DL8 3RA

GAYLE MILL Whatr’s On

Wb Jul 28th Aug 4th 11th 18th 25thDay am pm am pm am pm am pm am pmMon J J J J B B J J C CTues F F B B J J B B J JWed J J J J B B J J F FThur F F W W W W B B J JFri W W B B J J W W W W

Doctors, B-Brown, F - France, J - Jones, W - West , C - Closed Morning Surgery: 9.00 - 10.30 am no appointments

Afternoon Surgery: 4.00 - 5.30 pm appointment only

For appointments and all enquiries ring 663222

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Low Mill Outdoor EducationOver the last term children in years 5 and 6have been going to Low Mill for fun andexciting outdoor activities. These activitiesincluded zip wiring, climbing, caving, gorgewalking, abseiling, archery, orienteering,canoeing and kayaking. Some of these ac-tivities were challenging for some people.My favourite activities were caving andgorge walking.

Millie Barnes - Year 3

KS2 ProductionHuge congratulations to all the children whotook part and performed in our produc-tion of ‘Cinderella and Rockerfeller’. Thechildren did a fantastic job learning all thoselines and songs and their hard work reallypaid off. I think we have some buddingstars in our midst!We would like to thank the parents whohelped to provide costumes and came towatch and support us.

Craig Iveson Award WinnersThe Craig Iveson Awards are trophies inmemory of Craig Iveson, who un-fortunately died in tragic circumstances at ayoung age. Helene Iveson very kindly usedsome of the money given at Craig’s funeralto buy trophies for children who havemade the most significant progress bothsocially and academically over the academicyear. The winners were announced at theend of term assembly. This year’s awardswere given to:

Class 1 – Anne HalliwellClass 2 – Gracie HaighClass 3 – Ruby EmmersonClass 4 – Josh Thwaite

All are very worthy winners.Congratulations!

Thank you to Helene for presenting theawards.Thank YouThank you to everyone who has helped ourschool in any way over the last academicyear. The list is far too numerous to men-tion by name but includes parents, gover-nors, voluntary helpers and the PTFA.

New faces for National Park Authority

Former barrister and circuit judge PeterCharlesworth has been re-elected chairmanof the National Park Authority for the nextyear.

Mr Charlesworth became a trustee and achairman of the Yorkshire DalesMillennium Trust and is a member of theCouncil of Management of the YorkshireDales Society. In addition, he is chairman ofthe Rugby League Disciplinary Panel.

Members also voted to elect theAuthority's Planning Committee chairmanHarold Brown as the Authority's DeputyChairman for a second term.

Mr Brown is a farmer from Grinton inSwaledale and has been chairman of GrintonParish Council since 1975. He is also amember of various organisations andcommittees including the CountryLandowners Association and the YorkshireAgricultural Society.The YDNPA also has two new Members.Ian McPherson has been appointed as aParish Member for the South Lakeland area.Mr McPherson, who first joined theYDNPA in 2011 as a district councilappointment, lives in Sedbergh.

South Lakeland District Council hasappointed Brenda Gray to the Authority.Mrs Gray, who lives in Milnthorpe inCumbria, represents Kendal Oxenholme andNatland.

Heavens AboveWe're in for a 'Mega Moon' this month. On

August 10th the rising full moon makes itsclosest approach of the year. It's a mere356,896 kilometres away compared to just

over 406,000 kmslast month when itwas at its furthestfrom us. Itsnearness, ombinedwith the famous'Moon illusion'

which makes the lunar globe appear muchbigger when it's close to the horizon than itreally is, should make for a dramatic sight.Have a look for yourself around 8.15pm inthe evening on the 10th and see what youthink. An elevated clear view to the east-south-east will help. With an interestingforeground and a telephoto lens keensnappers could end up with some prettyspectacular photos.

On August 18th there's another good photoopportunity when two bright planets meetup for a spectacular close conjunction in theearly morning sky. Venus and Jupiter willbe separated by less than 15 arc minutes -half the width of the full Moon. Both planetsare bright and should be easy to spot butthey're very low down. Try looking for themin the north-east just before dawn around5.00am.

It's a shame the Moon spoils our view ofthis month's Perseid meteor display. Theshower – usually the best of the year -comes to a peak on the night of August12/13th. The Moon is just two days pastFull, however, so sadly only the verybrightest meteors will escape from beingdrowned out by strong moonlight. Best timefor observing is after midnight when thehourly rate noticeably increases.

This month and next are a ideal forviewing the Summer Milky Way. Itstretches right across the sky from theconstellation of Cygnus high overhead in thezenith down to Sagittarius close to thesouthern horizon. From a really darklocation proper binoculars (10x50s are ideal)will reveal masses of stars, nebulae, and starclusters. Unbeatable!

Right at the end of the month, from the27th onwards, you can spot another planetaryduo, this time in the early evening sky.About 45 minutes after sunset Mars andSaturn can be seen low in the south-west.

Four days later around 8.30pm they're joinedby a slender crescent Moon only 0.2 degreesbelow Saturn. A beautiful sight in the deep-ening darkness. Have Clear skies!

Al Bireo

The summer term was particularly busy withthe usual sporting activities and visits. Thechildren performed brilliantly in theirsporting events and did especially well at theCluster Sports in Leyburn, gaining severalfirst places.

The school also celebrated its 50thAnniversary this term on the current sitewith a busy morning of sports followed byan afternoon of fun with an entertainer, facepainter, bouncy castle and velcro wall whichthe children thought was great - and even afew staff enjoyed! At the end of school day,the anniversary was celebrated with aspecial assembly at which previousmembers of staff joined the current staff andchildren to mark the occasion and view adisplay of old photographs. Mrs PatDaykin, a previous teacher, was invited tocut the cake and everyone enjoyed theo p p o r t u n i t y t o r e m i n i s c e .

The school year culminated with anemotional Leavers Assembly during whichwe said goodbye to several of our lovelychildren as well as David Moore, a veryvalued member of the staff team. Mr Mooreis taking on a headship in West Cumbria andwe all wish him well in this new role. Wealso thank him for his enormouscontribution to Bainbridge School over thepast seven years and particularly for the wayhe has enriched the children's learning withnumerous outdoor activities andenvironmental projects.

Next year will see a very differentstructure with West Burton School joiningthe Askrigg/Bainbridge collaboration andwith the children of Askrigg and BainbridgeSchools being taught over the two sites -nursery and Key Stage 1 at Bainbridge andKey Stage 2 at Askrigg. Breakfast andAfter School clubs will also begin at the twosites in September, offering parentschildcare options.

We all hope to enjoy a relaxing summerholiday so that we can return fresh and readyfor the challenges of the new school year inSeptember

Hawes School News

Bainbridge School News

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Low Mill Outdoor EducationOver the last term children in years 5 and 6have been going to Low Mill for fun andexciting outdoor activities. These activitiesincluded zip wiring, climbing, caving, gorgewalking, abseiling, archery, orienteering,canoeing and kayaking. Some of these ac-tivities were challenging for some people.My favourite activities were caving andgorge walking.

Millie Barnes - Year 3

KS2 ProductionHuge congratulations to all the children whotook part and performed in our produc-tion of ‘Cinderella and Rockerfeller’. Thechildren did a fantastic job learning all thoselines and songs and their hard work reallypaid off. I think we have some buddingstars in our midst!We would like to thank the parents whohelped to provide costumes and came towatch and support us.

Craig Iveson Award WinnersThe Craig Iveson Awards are trophies inmemory of Craig Iveson, who un-fortunately died in tragic circumstances at ayoung age. Helene Iveson very kindly usedsome of the money given at Craig’s funeralto buy trophies for children who havemade the most significant progress bothsocially and academically over the academicyear. The winners were announced at theend of term assembly. This year’s awardswere given to:

Class 1 – Anne HalliwellClass 2 – Gracie HaighClass 3 – Ruby EmmersonClass 4 – Josh Thwaite

All are very worthy winners.Congratulations!

Thank you to Helene for presenting theawards.Thank YouThank you to everyone who has helped ourschool in any way over the last academicyear. The list is far too numerous to men-tion by name but includes parents, gover-nors, voluntary helpers and the PTFA.

New faces for National Park Authority

Former barrister and circuit judge PeterCharlesworth has been re-elected chairmanof the National Park Authority for the nextyear.

Mr Charlesworth became a trustee and achairman of the Yorkshire DalesMillennium Trust and is a member of theCouncil of Management of the YorkshireDales Society. In addition, he is chairman ofthe Rugby League Disciplinary Panel.

Members also voted to elect theAuthority's Planning Committee chairmanHarold Brown as the Authority's DeputyChairman for a second term.

Mr Brown is a farmer from Grinton inSwaledale and has been chairman of GrintonParish Council since 1975. He is also amember of various organisations andcommittees including the CountryLandowners Association and the YorkshireAgricultural Society.The YDNPA also has two new Members.Ian McPherson has been appointed as aParish Member for the South Lakeland area.Mr McPherson, who first joined theYDNPA in 2011 as a district councilappointment, lives in Sedbergh.

South Lakeland District Council hasappointed Brenda Gray to the Authority.Mrs Gray, who lives in Milnthorpe inCumbria, represents Kendal Oxenholme andNatland.

Heavens AboveWe're in for a 'Mega Moon' this month. On

August 10th the rising full moon makes itsclosest approach of the year. It's a mere356,896 kilometres away compared to just

over 406,000 kmslast month when itwas at its furthestfrom us. Itsnearness, ombinedwith the famous'Moon illusion'

which makes the lunar globe appear muchbigger when it's close to the horizon than itreally is, should make for a dramatic sight.Have a look for yourself around 8.15pm inthe evening on the 10th and see what youthink. An elevated clear view to the east-south-east will help. With an interestingforeground and a telephoto lens keensnappers could end up with some prettyspectacular photos.

On August 18th there's another good photoopportunity when two bright planets meetup for a spectacular close conjunction in theearly morning sky. Venus and Jupiter willbe separated by less than 15 arc minutes -half the width of the full Moon. Both planetsare bright and should be easy to spot butthey're very low down. Try looking for themin the north-east just before dawn around5.00am.

It's a shame the Moon spoils our view ofthis month's Perseid meteor display. Theshower – usually the best of the year -comes to a peak on the night of August12/13th. The Moon is just two days pastFull, however, so sadly only the verybrightest meteors will escape from beingdrowned out by strong moonlight. Best timefor observing is after midnight when thehourly rate noticeably increases.

This month and next are a ideal forviewing the Summer Milky Way. Itstretches right across the sky from theconstellation of Cygnus high overhead in thezenith down to Sagittarius close to thesouthern horizon. From a really darklocation proper binoculars (10x50s are ideal)will reveal masses of stars, nebulae, and starclusters. Unbeatable!

Right at the end of the month, from the27th onwards, you can spot another planetaryduo, this time in the early evening sky.About 45 minutes after sunset Mars andSaturn can be seen low in the south-west.

Four days later around 8.30pm they're joinedby a slender crescent Moon only 0.2 degreesbelow Saturn. A beautiful sight in the deep-ening darkness. Have Clear skies!

Al Bireo

The summer term was particularly busy withthe usual sporting activities and visits. Thechildren performed brilliantly in theirsporting events and did especially well at theCluster Sports in Leyburn, gaining severalfirst places.

The school also celebrated its 50thAnniversary this term on the current sitewith a busy morning of sports followed byan afternoon of fun with an entertainer, facepainter, bouncy castle and velcro wall whichthe children thought was great - and even afew staff enjoyed! At the end of school day,the anniversary was celebrated with aspecial assembly at which previousmembers of staff joined the current staff andchildren to mark the occasion and view adisplay of old photographs. Mrs PatDaykin, a previous teacher, was invited tocut the cake and everyone enjoyed theo p p o r t u n i t y t o r e m i n i s c e .

The school year culminated with anemotional Leavers Assembly during whichwe said goodbye to several of our lovelychildren as well as David Moore, a veryvalued member of the staff team. Mr Mooreis taking on a headship in West Cumbria andwe all wish him well in this new role. Wealso thank him for his enormouscontribution to Bainbridge School over thepast seven years and particularly for the wayhe has enriched the children's learning withnumerous outdoor activities andenvironmental projects.

Next year will see a very differentstructure with West Burton School joiningthe Askrigg/Bainbridge collaboration andwith the children of Askrigg and BainbridgeSchools being taught over the two sites -nursery and Key Stage 1 at Bainbridge andKey Stage 2 at Askrigg. Breakfast andAfter School clubs will also begin at the twosites in September, offering parentschildcare options.

We all hope to enjoy a relaxing summerholiday so that we can return fresh and readyfor the challenges of the new school year inSeptember

Hawes School News

Bainbridge School News

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Old School HouseSummary of films, August

All films show at 5.00 and 7.30pm onThursdays and Fridays

7,8th The Book Thief (12A) 2 hr 11 m14,15th Downhill (15) 1 hr 38 m21st, 22nd One Chance (12A) 1 hr 43 m28,29th Tracks (12A) 1 hr 52mTickets: Adults £6 Concessions £5

Summer Holiday Specials (Children'sFilms) Fridays at 2.00pm1st Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy (U) 1 hr18 m8th ET The Extra-Terrestrial (PG) 1 hr 50 m15th Muppets Most Wanted (U) 1 hr 47 m22nd Despicable Me 2 (U) 1 hr 38 m29th The Croods (U) 1 hr 38Tickets: Adults £5 ea. Children £3 ea 2+£2.50 eaThe Old School House, Richmond Road,Leyburn DL8 5DLBookings 624510admin@oldschoolhouseleyburn.com

Other events at TOSH'Singing for Pleasure' on the Saturday 9thAugust at 7.30pm - a duo performingmusic and songs from Lloyd-Webber toHandel. Tickets cost £6.00.

Blue Skies featuring Bert Bohanan andJean Robinson performing blues to popclassics by artists including The Beatles,Carole King, Leonard Cohen, Rod Stewartand Cole Porter.Saturday 23rd August at 7.30pm, Ticketscost £5.00 and can be purchased from TheOld School House. 624510

Lesley Williams, Administator

St Oswald’s Gift DayThe Vicar and members of the PCC will siton the cobbles outside the church between9.00am and noon on 23rd August andMargaret Thompstone will be outside herhome in Bainbridge collecting donationsfor the church.

Bus Timetable Change fromAugust 4th

The time of the first journey from Bedale toHawes on Service 156 has been amended toenable passengers to connect onto Service113 at Hawes Market Place for onwardtravel to Garsdale Station. The currentjourney will depart 15 minutes earlier at0805 from Bedale arriving Hawes at 0925enabling passengers to connect ontoService 113 which departs Hawes MarketPlace at 0932. This change is effective fromMonday 4 August 2014. Because the buswill run EARLIER from Aug 4th than isprinted on some timetables, there is a realrisk that passengers may miss it! Thenewest Dales and District timetable iscorrect because it was printed after NYCCannounced the change to an earlier time.Others were printed too early to include thechange. The positive news about thisre-timing is that it will enable people toreach the doctors' surgery in Hawes earlierAND it will restore the connection (lost inApril) between the Dales and Districtbus service from Bedale, Leyburn etc withthe Little White Bus from Hawes toGarsda le stat ion. This serviceconnects with trains to Leeds (at 10.02) andCarlisle (at 10.21). (Note that Dales &District have confirmed that the returnservice from Gayle to Bedale willNOT change).

Ruth Annison

R.D.C. Area PartnershipsCommunities Opportunities Fund

In our area the following have been grantedfor 2014-2015:Thoralby and District Village Hall: upgrade£3000 out of £5500 total cost.Carperby cum Thoresby: Greenmanagement £12,000/£15,400Wensley Village Hall: Facilities upgrade£4700/£5400Burton cum Walden: Defibrillator project£750/£1350

PruningsA personal take on Plants, Propagating

and other related rural ramblings.

What a wonderful show the Geraniums andPelargoniums have given us this year. Thehardy varieties have been wonderful andthe tubs and pots and baskets have beensuperb. The Zonal Geraniums in particularare very forgiving and don’t mind beingshort of water, which makes them goodsubjects for pots and planters. Now is agood time to take cuttings as they willstrike in no time on a warm windowsill.Give the plants a good drink before youbegin, and select shoots that are notshowing flowers if possible. Get the pots or

modules ready so thatthe cuttings don’t haveto wait, especially onwarm days, and try tofind somewhere out ofthe sun to work.

Cut off pieces ofstem about 4 inches long and trim them tojust below a node. Take off all the leavesexcept the top two, or three if they are verysmall. If the leaves are very large cut themin half. Many prefer to use rootingcompound. I never do. This is partlybecause it doesn’t seem to make muchdifference, and partly because I generallywaste it as its date lapses, or I can’t find it.My trick to encourage rooting is to scrapethe stems gently, just enough to damage thetop layer and expose the cambium wherethe roots will form. Put five or six cuttingsround the outside of a pot filled withcuttings compost, water well to settle thecompost, and let them get on with it.

I think they work better in clay pots and Ikeep a few just for cuttings, but you canuse anything, even margarine cartons aslong as they are deep enough. Keep plasticpop bottles, and cut them in half to use asmini greenhouses. They are much moreeffective than plastic bags which can touchthe leaves and encourage mould or botrytis.Shade them from sunshine and check thatthey remain moist but not waterlogged, andHey Presto – lots of free plants.

The same technique can be used for all

sorts of garden perennials, and if, like me,you have particular favourites, then now isthe time to propagate. It’s nice to use thespares as “swopsies” and welcome otherpeople’s treasured plants, all at no cost toanyone. How good is that?

We have had a wonderful display fromthe Alchemilla Mollis, or Ladies Mantle asmy Granny would say. It is well past itsbest by now, and of course it seedseverywhere, but the acidic yellow lookslovely in both sun and rain. I’ve used it invases quite a bit this year and have beenimpressed with how long it survives. Withthe benefit of experience I now strip all theleaves off the stems as they get scruffyquite quickly, but the flowers themselveswill last almost as long as theChrysanthemums with which I like tocombine them. In addition I like the waythey give an arrangement a much softerlook.

Good luck! And whatever you grow, taketime to enjoy it. Rose Rambler

August Bank Holiday WeekendSt Matthew's Stalling Busk will be holdingits annual Flower Festival on the AugustBank Holiday weekend. Our theme thisyear is Prayers and Posies.

It will open with a Preview and Concerton Friday August 22nd at 7.30pm givenby the Askrigg Hand Bellringers. £5 en-trance includes a glass of wine.August 23rd,24th,25th. We will be openfrom 10.30am-4.00pm for coffee, lightrefreshments and teas including after theLakeside Service which will be held at Se-merwater at 3.00pm on Sunday 24th.We look forward to seeing you.

Jane De Swiet

Local TalentDan Cockett of Hawes has been nominatedby the National Operatic and Dramatic As-sociation (NODA), for an award for hisperformance as The King in “The King andI” at the Georgian theatre Richmond inMay this year. We wish him every success.

A.M.

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Old School HouseSummary of films, August

All films show at 5.00 and 7.30pm onThursdays and Fridays

7,8th The Book Thief (12A) 2 hr 11 m14,15th Downhill (15) 1 hr 38 m21st, 22nd One Chance (12A) 1 hr 43 m28,29th Tracks (12A) 1 hr 52mTickets: Adults £6 Concessions £5

Summer Holiday Specials (Children'sFilms) Fridays at 2.00pm1st Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy (U) 1 hr18 m8th ET The Extra-Terrestrial (PG) 1 hr 50 m15th Muppets Most Wanted (U) 1 hr 47 m22nd Despicable Me 2 (U) 1 hr 38 m29th The Croods (U) 1 hr 38Tickets: Adults £5 ea. Children £3 ea 2+£2.50 eaThe Old School House, Richmond Road,Leyburn DL8 5DLBookings 624510admin@oldschoolhouseleyburn.com

Other events at TOSH'Singing for Pleasure' on the Saturday 9thAugust at 7.30pm - a duo performingmusic and songs from Lloyd-Webber toHandel. Tickets cost £6.00.

Blue Skies featuring Bert Bohanan andJean Robinson performing blues to popclassics by artists including The Beatles,Carole King, Leonard Cohen, Rod Stewartand Cole Porter.Saturday 23rd August at 7.30pm, Ticketscost £5.00 and can be purchased from TheOld School House. 624510

Lesley Williams, Administator

St Oswald’s Gift DayThe Vicar and members of the PCC will siton the cobbles outside the church between9.00am and noon on 23rd August andMargaret Thompstone will be outside herhome in Bainbridge collecting donationsfor the church.

Bus Timetable Change fromAugust 4th

The time of the first journey from Bedale toHawes on Service 156 has been amended toenable passengers to connect onto Service113 at Hawes Market Place for onwardtravel to Garsdale Station. The currentjourney will depart 15 minutes earlier at0805 from Bedale arriving Hawes at 0925enabling passengers to connect ontoService 113 which departs Hawes MarketPlace at 0932. This change is effective fromMonday 4 August 2014. Because the buswill run EARLIER from Aug 4th than isprinted on some timetables, there is a realrisk that passengers may miss it! Thenewest Dales and District timetable iscorrect because it was printed after NYCCannounced the change to an earlier time.Others were printed too early to include thechange. The positive news about thisre-timing is that it will enable people toreach the doctors' surgery in Hawes earlierAND it will restore the connection (lost inApril) between the Dales and Districtbus service from Bedale, Leyburn etc withthe Little White Bus from Hawes toGarsda le stat ion. This serviceconnects with trains to Leeds (at 10.02) andCarlisle (at 10.21). (Note that Dales &District have confirmed that the returnservice from Gayle to Bedale willNOT change).

Ruth Annison

R.D.C. Area PartnershipsCommunities Opportunities Fund

In our area the following have been grantedfor 2014-2015:Thoralby and District Village Hall: upgrade£3000 out of £5500 total cost.Carperby cum Thoresby: Greenmanagement £12,000/£15,400Wensley Village Hall: Facilities upgrade£4700/£5400Burton cum Walden: Defibrillator project£750/£1350

PruningsA personal take on Plants, Propagating

and other related rural ramblings.

What a wonderful show the Geraniums andPelargoniums have given us this year. Thehardy varieties have been wonderful andthe tubs and pots and baskets have beensuperb. The Zonal Geraniums in particularare very forgiving and don’t mind beingshort of water, which makes them goodsubjects for pots and planters. Now is agood time to take cuttings as they willstrike in no time on a warm windowsill.Give the plants a good drink before youbegin, and select shoots that are notshowing flowers if possible. Get the pots or

modules ready so thatthe cuttings don’t haveto wait, especially onwarm days, and try tofind somewhere out ofthe sun to work.

Cut off pieces ofstem about 4 inches long and trim them tojust below a node. Take off all the leavesexcept the top two, or three if they are verysmall. If the leaves are very large cut themin half. Many prefer to use rootingcompound. I never do. This is partlybecause it doesn’t seem to make muchdifference, and partly because I generallywaste it as its date lapses, or I can’t find it.My trick to encourage rooting is to scrapethe stems gently, just enough to damage thetop layer and expose the cambium wherethe roots will form. Put five or six cuttingsround the outside of a pot filled withcuttings compost, water well to settle thecompost, and let them get on with it.

I think they work better in clay pots and Ikeep a few just for cuttings, but you canuse anything, even margarine cartons aslong as they are deep enough. Keep plasticpop bottles, and cut them in half to use asmini greenhouses. They are much moreeffective than plastic bags which can touchthe leaves and encourage mould or botrytis.Shade them from sunshine and check thatthey remain moist but not waterlogged, andHey Presto – lots of free plants.

The same technique can be used for all

sorts of garden perennials, and if, like me,you have particular favourites, then now isthe time to propagate. It’s nice to use thespares as “swopsies” and welcome otherpeople’s treasured plants, all at no cost toanyone. How good is that?

We have had a wonderful display fromthe Alchemilla Mollis, or Ladies Mantle asmy Granny would say. It is well past itsbest by now, and of course it seedseverywhere, but the acidic yellow lookslovely in both sun and rain. I’ve used it invases quite a bit this year and have beenimpressed with how long it survives. Withthe benefit of experience I now strip all theleaves off the stems as they get scruffyquite quickly, but the flowers themselveswill last almost as long as theChrysanthemums with which I like tocombine them. In addition I like the waythey give an arrangement a much softerlook.

Good luck! And whatever you grow, taketime to enjoy it. Rose Rambler

August Bank Holiday WeekendSt Matthew's Stalling Busk will be holdingits annual Flower Festival on the AugustBank Holiday weekend. Our theme thisyear is Prayers and Posies.

It will open with a Preview and Concerton Friday August 22nd at 7.30pm givenby the Askrigg Hand Bellringers. £5 en-trance includes a glass of wine.August 23rd,24th,25th. We will be openfrom 10.30am-4.00pm for coffee, lightrefreshments and teas including after theLakeside Service which will be held at Se-merwater at 3.00pm on Sunday 24th.We look forward to seeing you.

Jane De Swiet

Local TalentDan Cockett of Hawes has been nominatedby the National Operatic and Dramatic As-sociation (NODA), for an award for hisperformance as The King in “The King andI” at the Georgian theatre Richmond inMay this year. We wish him every success.

A.M.

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Welcome ServiceThe congregation which filled St Andrew'schurch, Aysgarth, on Tuesday, July 8thtried very hard to lift the roof with its joyfulsinging during the induction service for thenew vicar of Penhill Benefice, the RevLynn Purvis-Lee.

T h eservice openedin song, thanksto the StC a t h e r i n e ' sSinging Groupfrom Crook inWeardale, CoDurham, andthe Penhill

Benefice choir also helped to lead thesinging. The Rt Rev James Bell, Bishop ofKnaresborough thanked all those who hadled services and taken part in the ministryof the benefice since the Rev Canon SueWhitehouse retired last September.

At the induction service there wererepresentatives from throughout thebenefice and Wensley Deanery as well asthose from the churches where Lynn hadworshipped and ministered before,including the North Tees and HartlepoolNHS Trust where she was chaplain for 12years.

Lynn was presented to the church bythose in the benefice who had helped toselect her and by Lord Bolton, the patron ofPreston under Scar and Wensley parish.And she received gifts from all the parishesin the benefice including a chocolate cakefrom West Burton Cof E school.

The Rev Ann Chapman was with themany Anglican clergy at the service.Among the others who welcomed her wasthe Rev Janet Park representing localMethodists, David Pointon of theWensleydale and Swaledale Society ofFriends, Jackie Warden the lay chair ofWensley Deanery, and Simon Eastwood ofthe Jonas Centre at Redmire.

After the service there was an excellentbring and share supper provided by thebenefice congregations and also time to

enjoy the floral displays created tocelebrate the Tour de France Grand Departin Wensleydale (see Pip's Gallery atwww.pipspatch.com), and it provided anopportunity to meet members of Lynn'sfamily including her husband, Alan, herparents, Norma and John Osborne, and heryoungest grandchild, Olivia. Lynn and Alan were married, with theblessing of the Prioress, at St Hilda's PrioryChapel in Whitby almost two years ago.Both are Friends of the Order of the HolyParaclete which is based there.

They met when she attended a seminar atwhich he was advising clergy and churchmembers about pensions and investments.Between them they have four grandchildrenaged between five and 22. In the weeksbefore the induction service Lynn and Alanmoved from Crook to the newlyrefurbished vicarage in Carperby.

Pip Land

UK Participatory Event‘LIGHTS OUT’

At 11.00pm on 4th August 1914 Britaindeclared war on Germany, ushering in oneof the darkest periods in our history. As themoment approached, the British ForeignSecretary Sir Edward Grey made the fa-mous remark: “The lamps are going outall over Europe; we shall not see them litagain in our life-time”.

In a dramatic UK-wide event LIGHTSOUT is an invitation to everyone to turn offtheir lights from 10.00 to 11.00pm on 4th

August, leaving on a single light or candlefor this shared moment of reflection.

Lights Out in AskriggSt Oswald’s will be marking 'Lights Out'by encouraging the community to turn offtheir lights on 4th August between10.00pm and 11.00pm and placing a can-dle in the window to commemorate thestart of the First World War. The churchwill be illuminated by candles

‘Seeing is Believing’Methodist Collection of Modern Art.17th August – 21st September 2014Tennants Auction Centre Leyburn

The prestigious Methodist Collection ofModern Art is to be exhibited at Tennant’sAuction Centre in Leyburn during Augustand September.

There are over 40 works, including some bywell-known artists such as GrahamSutherland, Eric Gill, Elisabeth Frink,William Roberts, Patrick Heron. More re-cently works by international artists havebeen added; the Indian artist Jyoti Sahi,Sadao Watanabe from Japan and JohnMuafangejo from Southern Africa.

Travelling widely, to town and citygalleries, cathedrals, churches and schools;and usually only showing at five or sixvenues a year, this is the first time it has beenshown at an auction centre.

The Collection is a highly regarded body ofart in itself and would stand comparison withmany fine art collections. Most of thepictures depict scenes from the life andteaching of Christ: some artists were or arebelieving Christians, others not; and worksare still being acquired to ensure that theideas and concerns of today’s artists arerepresented in the Collection. The nature ofthe works can be expected to promptdiscussion about the nature of faith beyondits Christian focus. The exhibition will befree to enter and should appeal to all ages andall faiths.

To find out more about the collection youcan:visit www.methodist.org.uk/artcollectionv i e w mo s t o f t h e wo r k s a twww.methodist.org.uk/static/artcollection/index.htm

You can visit the exhibition website at:w w w . n y d a l e s m e t h . o r g . u k /seeingisbelieving.htmor ‘like’ on facebook www.facebook.com/themoreyoulookthemoreyousee.

This collection is a significant and arguablyunrivalled body of work relating to theChristian faith and to bring it to this area pro-vides an opportunity to attract visitors toLeyburn and the Yorkshire Dales and toenhance the appreciation of fine art thatprevails in this area.

Hawes Post Office - Volunteer As-sistance Required

The new Hawes Post Office opened recentlyat the Community Office has settled in verywell and we are delighted the support fromthe local community and local businesses thatwas evident at the old Post Office is transfer-ring to the new location. I intend to write up afull report for the Newsletter once 3 monthshave passed but suffice to say we have al-ready attracted the attention of the nationalmedia in what appears to be a beacon modeloperation for a deeply rural area like the Up-per Dales.

We need to keep an eye on operationalexpenditure as it was always going to betight so I am appealing for some voluntaryassistance whilst the Post Office projectgets fully established. We need help for 30minutes each morning Monday - Saturday atthe Sorting Office on the Business Park to listthe Special Delivery items which are handledseparately from the incoming mail. It wouldinvolve being there around from 8.15 to8.45am. We also need help on a Saturday allday to have a person present in the Commu-nity Office to keep the sole Post Officecounter staff member company as a securitymeasure. You would not be called upon toundertake any work in the Post Office al-though you might have to handle the oddenquiry from a visitor who strays into theCommunity Office thinking it is a TIC. Inshort bring some reading matter or your ownlaptop to keep yourself occupied !

These two roles could be covered by a rotaof volunteers covering part of Saturday / partof the week each, but if they were predomi-nantly covered by just two individuals asmall honorarium could be offered. If you areinterested and can help please contact us di-rectly or Abbie Rhodes who works mostdays at the Community Office. 667201

John BlackieCommunity Volunteer Head Postmaster

667256 / Mobile 0796 758 9096

Penhill BeneficeOn Monday August 4th

The village churches will be open during theday for quiet prayer, music and reflection.Contact Rev Lynn Purvis-Lee (663235)

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Welcome ServiceThe congregation which filled St Andrew'schurch, Aysgarth, on Tuesday, July 8thtried very hard to lift the roof with its joyfulsinging during the induction service for thenew vicar of Penhill Benefice, the RevLynn Purvis-Lee.

T h eservice openedin song, thanksto the StC a t h e r i n e ' sSinging Groupfrom Crook inWeardale, CoDurham, andthe Penhill

Benefice choir also helped to lead thesinging. The Rt Rev James Bell, Bishop ofKnaresborough thanked all those who hadled services and taken part in the ministryof the benefice since the Rev Canon SueWhitehouse retired last September.

At the induction service there wererepresentatives from throughout thebenefice and Wensley Deanery as well asthose from the churches where Lynn hadworshipped and ministered before,including the North Tees and HartlepoolNHS Trust where she was chaplain for 12years.

Lynn was presented to the church bythose in the benefice who had helped toselect her and by Lord Bolton, the patron ofPreston under Scar and Wensley parish.And she received gifts from all the parishesin the benefice including a chocolate cakefrom West Burton Cof E school.

The Rev Ann Chapman was with themany Anglican clergy at the service.Among the others who welcomed her wasthe Rev Janet Park representing localMethodists, David Pointon of theWensleydale and Swaledale Society ofFriends, Jackie Warden the lay chair ofWensley Deanery, and Simon Eastwood ofthe Jonas Centre at Redmire.

After the service there was an excellentbring and share supper provided by thebenefice congregations and also time to

enjoy the floral displays created tocelebrate the Tour de France Grand Departin Wensleydale (see Pip's Gallery atwww.pipspatch.com), and it provided anopportunity to meet members of Lynn'sfamily including her husband, Alan, herparents, Norma and John Osborne, and heryoungest grandchild, Olivia. Lynn and Alan were married, with theblessing of the Prioress, at St Hilda's PrioryChapel in Whitby almost two years ago.Both are Friends of the Order of the HolyParaclete which is based there.

They met when she attended a seminar atwhich he was advising clergy and churchmembers about pensions and investments.Between them they have four grandchildrenaged between five and 22. In the weeksbefore the induction service Lynn and Alanmoved from Crook to the newlyrefurbished vicarage in Carperby.

Pip Land

UK Participatory Event‘LIGHTS OUT’

At 11.00pm on 4th August 1914 Britaindeclared war on Germany, ushering in oneof the darkest periods in our history. As themoment approached, the British ForeignSecretary Sir Edward Grey made the fa-mous remark: “The lamps are going outall over Europe; we shall not see them litagain in our life-time”.

In a dramatic UK-wide event LIGHTSOUT is an invitation to everyone to turn offtheir lights from 10.00 to 11.00pm on 4th

August, leaving on a single light or candlefor this shared moment of reflection.

Lights Out in AskriggSt Oswald’s will be marking 'Lights Out'by encouraging the community to turn offtheir lights on 4th August between10.00pm and 11.00pm and placing a can-dle in the window to commemorate thestart of the First World War. The churchwill be illuminated by candles

‘Seeing is Believing’Methodist Collection of Modern Art.17th August – 21st September 2014Tennants Auction Centre Leyburn

The prestigious Methodist Collection ofModern Art is to be exhibited at Tennant’sAuction Centre in Leyburn during Augustand September.

There are over 40 works, including some bywell-known artists such as GrahamSutherland, Eric Gill, Elisabeth Frink,William Roberts, Patrick Heron. More re-cently works by international artists havebeen added; the Indian artist Jyoti Sahi,Sadao Watanabe from Japan and JohnMuafangejo from Southern Africa.

Travelling widely, to town and citygalleries, cathedrals, churches and schools;and usually only showing at five or sixvenues a year, this is the first time it has beenshown at an auction centre.

The Collection is a highly regarded body ofart in itself and would stand comparison withmany fine art collections. Most of thepictures depict scenes from the life andteaching of Christ: some artists were or arebelieving Christians, others not; and worksare still being acquired to ensure that theideas and concerns of today’s artists arerepresented in the Collection. The nature ofthe works can be expected to promptdiscussion about the nature of faith beyondits Christian focus. The exhibition will befree to enter and should appeal to all ages andall faiths.

To find out more about the collection youcan:visit www.methodist.org.uk/artcollectionv i e w mo s t o f t h e wo r k s a twww.methodist.org.uk/static/artcollection/index.htm

You can visit the exhibition website at:w w w . n y d a l e s m e t h . o r g . u k /seeingisbelieving.htmor ‘like’ on facebook www.facebook.com/themoreyoulookthemoreyousee.

This collection is a significant and arguablyunrivalled body of work relating to theChristian faith and to bring it to this area pro-vides an opportunity to attract visitors toLeyburn and the Yorkshire Dales and toenhance the appreciation of fine art thatprevails in this area.

Hawes Post Office - Volunteer As-sistance Required

The new Hawes Post Office opened recentlyat the Community Office has settled in verywell and we are delighted the support fromthe local community and local businesses thatwas evident at the old Post Office is transfer-ring to the new location. I intend to write up afull report for the Newsletter once 3 monthshave passed but suffice to say we have al-ready attracted the attention of the nationalmedia in what appears to be a beacon modeloperation for a deeply rural area like the Up-per Dales.

We need to keep an eye on operationalexpenditure as it was always going to betight so I am appealing for some voluntaryassistance whilst the Post Office projectgets fully established. We need help for 30minutes each morning Monday - Saturday atthe Sorting Office on the Business Park to listthe Special Delivery items which are handledseparately from the incoming mail. It wouldinvolve being there around from 8.15 to8.45am. We also need help on a Saturday allday to have a person present in the Commu-nity Office to keep the sole Post Officecounter staff member company as a securitymeasure. You would not be called upon toundertake any work in the Post Office al-though you might have to handle the oddenquiry from a visitor who strays into theCommunity Office thinking it is a TIC. Inshort bring some reading matter or your ownlaptop to keep yourself occupied !

These two roles could be covered by a rotaof volunteers covering part of Saturday / partof the week each, but if they were predomi-nantly covered by just two individuals asmall honorarium could be offered. If you areinterested and can help please contact us di-rectly or Abbie Rhodes who works mostdays at the Community Office. 667201

John BlackieCommunity Volunteer Head Postmaster

667256 / Mobile 0796 758 9096

Penhill BeneficeOn Monday August 4th

The village churches will be open during theday for quiet prayer, music and reflection.Contact Rev Lynn Purvis-Lee (663235)

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Anne Barlow, Celebrated her100th birthday on June 19th…

and thoroughly enjoyed watching the Tourde France Grand Depart as it passedthrough Aysgarth.

Aysgarth and District parish council hadensured that she had a good bench to sit onoutside her home and friends and familywere there to take care of her. She wascertainly impressed by all the helicopters.She also enjoyed her birthday party at WestBurton village hall on June 21st, and had agreat time chatting with the 90 people whoattended it. Earlier she had commented toher son, Roger: "I haven't been to a 100thbirthday party before." She thought no-onewould come and was very flattered when somany did. Not only were members of herclose family there including her four greatgrandsons, but also some who had travelledfrom France, and the south of England, plusa large contingent from Wensleydale.Roger told them that his mother was borninto a coal mining family at Atherton inLancashire - the sixth of eight children.After she left school she worked as a clerkand then as a secretary. She marriedEdward (Eddie) Barlow in July 1939 just afew months before he joined the regulararmy. In 1945 she wrote to WinstonChurchill: "My husband has been fightingin Europe for five years - how dare yousend him off to India and Burma to fightthe Japanese!" After the war Mr Barlowworked as an electronics engineer in Leeds

and she became a medical secretary at theneurological unit at Leeds GeneralInfirmary. "I had a very happy life withhim," Mrs Barlow said wistfully about herhusband who died in May 1992. Whileworking in Leeds they bought a holidaycottage in West Burton, and when theyretired they moved to Blades Cottage atAysgarth. After 35 years living there herbirthday wish was that she could continueto do so. She is very grateful to all who arehelping to make that possible. As her sonsaid - she has continued to use her energyand enthusiasm to live life to the full, in-cluding going on a world tour when shewas 84-years-old.

She's still got a great sense of humour anda zest for life - and is delighted that she wasable to witness such a "once in a lifetimeevent" as the Grand Depart coming toYorkshire. Pip Land

Wensleydale Railway in AugustTrain services run every day in Augustfrom Leeming Bar to Bedale, FinghallLane, Leyburn and Redmire.

Please check timetable carefully beforetravelling - on most dates there are 5 returnjourneys but on Sundays and Mondays(except Bank Holiday week-end) there are3 return journeys, No need to book in ad-vance except for the following spe-cial events: Fish and Chip Supper train(Thurs Aug 7th); Summer Lunch Train(Sun Aug 10th); Curry Night at Leyburnstation (Fri Aug 22nd); Afternoon Tea train(Sun Aug 31st). To book phone WR officeon 08454 50 54 74.Aysgarth Station Open Days: Sat/Sun/Mon Aug 23rd,/24/25th; Sat, Sun Sept13/14th

Other diary dates include 'First Thursday'Quiz nights (£2) at Leyburn station on Aug7th, Sept 4th, Oct 2nd, Nov 6th and Dec4th and some exciting autumn events(details next month or see printed time-table, www.wensleydalerailway.com oremail: admin@wensleydalerailway.com

In September there are 3 return trainseach day except on Mondays (no service).

Ruth Annison

Best Foot ForwardOur Dales-EdenValley-Lakes ‘HorseshoeWalk’ continues from North Stainmore ona more or less unfollowable bridle tracknorth east ending insignificantly at a sheep-fold after three miles. A further half milenorth takes us to a very distinctiveboundary fence running north west andmarked with numerous smart boundarystones after it has crossed the B6276 fromBrough to Middleton in Teesdale.

Thereafter it soon enters the ‘DangerArea’ but as the sheep seem to cope sowould we. A long rough walk, still with allthe boundary stones, leads to HangingSeat, thence after a further mile and a halfnorth to King’s Pot at the escarpmentwhich runs east to the longed-for

destination of every true Yorkshireman:Mickle Fell. If Mickle means ‘much’ thenit’s a good name for the highest peak in thewhole of old Yorkshire at a height of 788mand completely lonely and unspoilt. (Thetriangulation pillar is apparently lower, twomiles further east at 758m).

The views all round, especially north toCauldron Snout, the Tees and Cow Greenreservoir, are magnificent. There is a faintfootpath all along the top and the walkingis easy.(So others do go!) If, however youwish to carry on north (to retain somesemblance of an anticlockwise horseshoe),then things get harder as the area is full ofsmall becks and gills leading into the aptlynamed Merrygill Beck. In summer thebanks are ablaze with wild thyme. It is two and a half miles down to thefootpath beside the Tees around Cronkley

Scar leading to Forest in Teesdale and a bitfurther on the road to Langdon Beck and itsYouth Hostel. As we are now truly inCo. Durham, I’ll only briefly mention howwe got to Scafell Pikes!

Langdon Beck to Dufton; Dufton toPooley Bridge; Pooley Bridge to Keswick;Keswick to Buttermere; Buttermere toHonister; Honister to Wasdale Head;Wasdale Head to Eskdale (Via ScafellPikes) and none of the sections beingdirect! A joyful end to the whole walk wasa ride down La’all Ratty, the Ravenglassand Eskdale Railway, to the main line atRavenglass. For the botanists, what anarea! Within a few square yards by theTees: orchids, self heal, yellow rattle,speedwell, stitchwort, clovers, deep purplefield violets, betony, tormentil, bird’s foottrefoil, as well as all the more commonones, and nearer the river, musk inprofusion. On the fell top an alpine willowherb… and a lizard!

A.S.W.

Grants for Travel in 2015Applications for the next round of grantsfor Churchill Travelling Fellowships maybe made between now and September23rd. Up to 150 grants will be made in2015, covering all travel for 4-8 weeks,daily costs and insurance Eligible cate-gories change each year and in 2015awards will be made (amongst other sub-jects) in medicine, health and patient care;arts and older people/creative ageing; edu-cation; environment and sustainable living;designers; science etc and young people(18-25)

There is NO AGE LIMIT for applicantsand the Fellowship experience is describedas "the chance of a lifetime.". It is impor-tant to follow the guidelines with great carewhen applying - see www.wcmt.org.uk orask at a local library (or perhaps the UpperWensleydale Community Office?)

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Anne Barlow, Celebrated her100th birthday on June 19th…

and thoroughly enjoyed watching the Tourde France Grand Depart as it passedthrough Aysgarth.

Aysgarth and District parish council hadensured that she had a good bench to sit onoutside her home and friends and familywere there to take care of her. She wascertainly impressed by all the helicopters.She also enjoyed her birthday party at WestBurton village hall on June 21st, and had agreat time chatting with the 90 people whoattended it. Earlier she had commented toher son, Roger: "I haven't been to a 100thbirthday party before." She thought no-onewould come and was very flattered when somany did. Not only were members of herclose family there including her four greatgrandsons, but also some who had travelledfrom France, and the south of England, plusa large contingent from Wensleydale.Roger told them that his mother was borninto a coal mining family at Atherton inLancashire - the sixth of eight children.After she left school she worked as a clerkand then as a secretary. She marriedEdward (Eddie) Barlow in July 1939 just afew months before he joined the regulararmy. In 1945 she wrote to WinstonChurchill: "My husband has been fightingin Europe for five years - how dare yousend him off to India and Burma to fightthe Japanese!" After the war Mr Barlowworked as an electronics engineer in Leeds

and she became a medical secretary at theneurological unit at Leeds GeneralInfirmary. "I had a very happy life withhim," Mrs Barlow said wistfully about herhusband who died in May 1992. Whileworking in Leeds they bought a holidaycottage in West Burton, and when theyretired they moved to Blades Cottage atAysgarth. After 35 years living there herbirthday wish was that she could continueto do so. She is very grateful to all who arehelping to make that possible. As her sonsaid - she has continued to use her energyand enthusiasm to live life to the full, in-cluding going on a world tour when shewas 84-years-old.

She's still got a great sense of humour anda zest for life - and is delighted that she wasable to witness such a "once in a lifetimeevent" as the Grand Depart coming toYorkshire. Pip Land

Wensleydale Railway in AugustTrain services run every day in Augustfrom Leeming Bar to Bedale, FinghallLane, Leyburn and Redmire.

Please check timetable carefully beforetravelling - on most dates there are 5 returnjourneys but on Sundays and Mondays(except Bank Holiday week-end) there are3 return journeys, No need to book in ad-vance except for the following spe-cial events: Fish and Chip Supper train(Thurs Aug 7th); Summer Lunch Train(Sun Aug 10th); Curry Night at Leyburnstation (Fri Aug 22nd); Afternoon Tea train(Sun Aug 31st). To book phone WR officeon 08454 50 54 74.Aysgarth Station Open Days: Sat/Sun/Mon Aug 23rd,/24/25th; Sat, Sun Sept13/14th

Other diary dates include 'First Thursday'Quiz nights (£2) at Leyburn station on Aug7th, Sept 4th, Oct 2nd, Nov 6th and Dec4th and some exciting autumn events(details next month or see printed time-table, www.wensleydalerailway.com oremail: admin@wensleydalerailway.com

In September there are 3 return trainseach day except on Mondays (no service).

Ruth Annison

Best Foot ForwardOur Dales-EdenValley-Lakes ‘HorseshoeWalk’ continues from North Stainmore ona more or less unfollowable bridle tracknorth east ending insignificantly at a sheep-fold after three miles. A further half milenorth takes us to a very distinctiveboundary fence running north west andmarked with numerous smart boundarystones after it has crossed the B6276 fromBrough to Middleton in Teesdale.

Thereafter it soon enters the ‘DangerArea’ but as the sheep seem to cope sowould we. A long rough walk, still with allthe boundary stones, leads to HangingSeat, thence after a further mile and a halfnorth to King’s Pot at the escarpmentwhich runs east to the longed-for

destination of every true Yorkshireman:Mickle Fell. If Mickle means ‘much’ thenit’s a good name for the highest peak in thewhole of old Yorkshire at a height of 788mand completely lonely and unspoilt. (Thetriangulation pillar is apparently lower, twomiles further east at 758m).

The views all round, especially north toCauldron Snout, the Tees and Cow Greenreservoir, are magnificent. There is a faintfootpath all along the top and the walkingis easy.(So others do go!) If, however youwish to carry on north (to retain somesemblance of an anticlockwise horseshoe),then things get harder as the area is full ofsmall becks and gills leading into the aptlynamed Merrygill Beck. In summer thebanks are ablaze with wild thyme. It is two and a half miles down to thefootpath beside the Tees around Cronkley

Scar leading to Forest in Teesdale and a bitfurther on the road to Langdon Beck and itsYouth Hostel. As we are now truly inCo. Durham, I’ll only briefly mention howwe got to Scafell Pikes!

Langdon Beck to Dufton; Dufton toPooley Bridge; Pooley Bridge to Keswick;Keswick to Buttermere; Buttermere toHonister; Honister to Wasdale Head;Wasdale Head to Eskdale (Via ScafellPikes) and none of the sections beingdirect! A joyful end to the whole walk wasa ride down La’all Ratty, the Ravenglassand Eskdale Railway, to the main line atRavenglass. For the botanists, what anarea! Within a few square yards by theTees: orchids, self heal, yellow rattle,speedwell, stitchwort, clovers, deep purplefield violets, betony, tormentil, bird’s foottrefoil, as well as all the more commonones, and nearer the river, musk inprofusion. On the fell top an alpine willowherb… and a lizard!

A.S.W.

Grants for Travel in 2015Applications for the next round of grantsfor Churchill Travelling Fellowships maybe made between now and September23rd. Up to 150 grants will be made in2015, covering all travel for 4-8 weeks,daily costs and insurance Eligible cate-gories change each year and in 2015awards will be made (amongst other sub-jects) in medicine, health and patient care;arts and older people/creative ageing; edu-cation; environment and sustainable living;designers; science etc and young people(18-25)

There is NO AGE LIMIT for applicantsand the Fellowship experience is describedas "the chance of a lifetime.". It is impor-tant to follow the guidelines with great carewhen applying - see www.wcmt.org.uk orask at a local library (or perhaps the UpperWensleydale Community Office?)

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Yorebridge Sport and FitnessCentre

New Activity in August 2014!Fun and Fit on Fridays... .Join in withfriends and make new ones whilst partici-pating in sport. For school age children ledby a fully qualified P.E. teacher and sportscoach. Sports included Cricket, Rounders,Athletics and Tennis. Dates are Friday8th, 15th, and 22nd August from 10.00am to3.00pm. Please provide plenty of drinksand packed lunch and ensure your child issuitably dressed for the weather with wa-terproofs, sun hats and sun cream. Thecost per day is £10 per child and £8 forsiblings.

To book a place or for more informationcontact us on 650060 or email us atadmin@yorebridge-sport.co.uk

Great North Air Ambulance clothes col-lection,Friday September 5th 2014Yorebridge Sport and Fitness is having aclothes collection for the Great North AirAmbulance on Friday September 5th. Wewould be very grateful for any clothes,shoes, bags (including suitcases), belts,towels, curtains, bed linen (not duvets orpillows). Please bag them up and leavethem outside the centre front door (next tothe blue outdoor store) from WednesdaySeptember 3rd onwards up to 1pm on Fri-day 5th. Thank you for your support.

Stalling Busk ShowSunday 17th August 3.00pm

To be opened by Doreen Reynolds Afternoon teas, Side stalls

Raffle, Sheep show Adult and children’s classes

Everyone welcome

The Mountain Bike!It was visible from miles around! With

thanks to the owners of Stags Fell andNatural England for their permissions, ateam of 10 local volunteers set aboutcreating the major artwork on Sunday June29th.

Setting off up the Hillside at 10 o’clockin the morning and finishing around4:30pm it was a full on day out and aboutto create the huge image.

Made using a fabric usually reserved forpreventing weeds growing through graveldrives measuring 4.5m across and deliv-ered in 100m rolls, it was a challenge evengetting them into position but once therethe end result looked stunning from everyangle. It measuresd 100m by 55m and was madeof over 2,500 square meters of material and1,000 tent pegs. Griff Thomas who helpedwith its creation says ”the bicycle was aresult of many hours of work by volunteerscarefully planning its creation to ensuremaximum impact for the image”. Askedwhy the image was made Thomas said“We wanted to make something that wouldcreate a real ‘buzz’ and attract people to theupper Dales not only on race day but forthe days before and long after the eventitself”.

Helen Pollard and Mike Allenby faced anuphill race against time to open Stage 1Cycles the week before the Tour de Francecame through the Dales. They had wantedto start a local cycle hire and repair businessever since the Tour route was announced.Mike, a keen cyclist, identified a definiteneed when the bike shop in Hawes closed,so when the premises opposite their housein Askrigg became available, they raced toget the business open for Stage One of LeTour. He felt it was appropriate to locatethe service in Askrigg as the CyclingTouring Club wheel above Sykes shopindicates, cyclists have been welcomed inthe village since 1888 and he believes theycan continue this tradition. On July 5thStage1Cycles was a hive of activityproviding a meeting place, running repairs,advice on the best viewing points and awater bottle filling stop. Helen and Mikesaid it was a great atmosphere andwonderful launch for their new venture.Helen has worked hard on the marketingside linking up with Welcome to Yorkshire,the National Park, the YHA and CaravanClub to promote the business. She hasd e v e l o p e d t h e i r w e b s i t ewww.stage1cycles.co.uk and through socialmedia has promoted a special family ratethat has proved popular already. During thebrief time I was in the shop it was certainlybusy, three groups came in to hire bikes andMike expertly adjusted the saddles andhandle bars, everyone had a helmet fittedand armed with a lock, puncture repair kitand a map of suggested trails they all set offre-assured that if they had a problem Mikecould come and pick them up in the van and

take them back to their accommodation.They have bought in British made Saracenmountain and hybrid bicycles which aregreat for the terrain of the Dales. Theyeven have a child trailer and a balance bikefor the little ones. In August and Septemberwith the support of the National Park theywill have two electric bikes for hire at spe-cial rates. Helen explained that this willmake the Dales accessible for thosewho .need that extra help up the hills asthey give the rider 50% more power thanjust pedalling themselvesIf they provepopular they hope to have the electric bikesavailable on a permanent basis. Helencertainly has great ideas to ensure the busi-ness is busy all year round. They are offer-ing bespoke cycling tours and specialistskills courses. They have a weekly bike tourfor HPB members and are co-ordinatingwith the little white bus to offer a one waycycle tour and bus back option. They arevery excited about working with BoltonCastle to set up a bike trail in the woodswhich they aim to be ready for October halfterm. They also intend to offer safe bikingskills course for children and will be start-ing weekly cycle clubs for adults andchildren August 27th, 10.00am to noon.Helen is undertaking the registrationprocess for the cycle to work incentivescheme and they will be selling ex- rentalbikes in time for Christmas. Mike also ex-plained that the repair and maintenance sidewill prove invaluable for regular cyclists inthe hard winter months. Their enthusiasm isinfectious and with the nation being grippedby the cycling bug, Stage1Cycles seemwell prepared to meet the demand in theDales. K.J

Askrigg and DistrictProduce Show

Monday 25th AugustAskrigg Village HallDoors Open 2:45pm

Registration: Thursday 21st AugustBack Room – Village Hall

7.00 – 9.00pmOr email: askriggproduce@tiscali.co.uk

Or register online

Bruce Lambertwould like to thank family, friends andneighbours for cards and messages of

support received throughout my stay inhospital and since coming home.

Pat Percivalwould like to say a big thank you tofamily and friends for flowers, cards

and gifts received on her recentbirthday; also for the surprise party.

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Yorebridge Sport and FitnessCentre

New Activity in August 2014!Fun and Fit on Fridays... .Join in withfriends and make new ones whilst partici-pating in sport. For school age children ledby a fully qualified P.E. teacher and sportscoach. Sports included Cricket, Rounders,Athletics and Tennis. Dates are Friday8th, 15th, and 22nd August from 10.00am to3.00pm. Please provide plenty of drinksand packed lunch and ensure your child issuitably dressed for the weather with wa-terproofs, sun hats and sun cream. Thecost per day is £10 per child and £8 forsiblings.

To book a place or for more informationcontact us on 650060 or email us atadmin@yorebridge-sport.co.uk

Great North Air Ambulance clothes col-lection,Friday September 5th 2014Yorebridge Sport and Fitness is having aclothes collection for the Great North AirAmbulance on Friday September 5th. Wewould be very grateful for any clothes,shoes, bags (including suitcases), belts,towels, curtains, bed linen (not duvets orpillows). Please bag them up and leavethem outside the centre front door (next tothe blue outdoor store) from WednesdaySeptember 3rd onwards up to 1pm on Fri-day 5th. Thank you for your support.

Stalling Busk ShowSunday 17th August 3.00pm

To be opened by Doreen Reynolds Afternoon teas, Side stalls

Raffle, Sheep show Adult and children’s classes

Everyone welcome

The Mountain Bike!It was visible from miles around! With

thanks to the owners of Stags Fell andNatural England for their permissions, ateam of 10 local volunteers set aboutcreating the major artwork on Sunday June29th.

Setting off up the Hillside at 10 o’clockin the morning and finishing around4:30pm it was a full on day out and aboutto create the huge image.

Made using a fabric usually reserved forpreventing weeds growing through graveldrives measuring 4.5m across and deliv-ered in 100m rolls, it was a challenge evengetting them into position but once therethe end result looked stunning from everyangle. It measuresd 100m by 55m and was madeof over 2,500 square meters of material and1,000 tent pegs. Griff Thomas who helpedwith its creation says ”the bicycle was aresult of many hours of work by volunteerscarefully planning its creation to ensuremaximum impact for the image”. Askedwhy the image was made Thomas said“We wanted to make something that wouldcreate a real ‘buzz’ and attract people to theupper Dales not only on race day but forthe days before and long after the eventitself”.

Helen Pollard and Mike Allenby faced anuphill race against time to open Stage 1Cycles the week before the Tour de Francecame through the Dales. They had wantedto start a local cycle hire and repair businessever since the Tour route was announced.Mike, a keen cyclist, identified a definiteneed when the bike shop in Hawes closed,so when the premises opposite their housein Askrigg became available, they raced toget the business open for Stage One of LeTour. He felt it was appropriate to locatethe service in Askrigg as the CyclingTouring Club wheel above Sykes shopindicates, cyclists have been welcomed inthe village since 1888 and he believes theycan continue this tradition. On July 5thStage1Cycles was a hive of activityproviding a meeting place, running repairs,advice on the best viewing points and awater bottle filling stop. Helen and Mikesaid it was a great atmosphere andwonderful launch for their new venture.Helen has worked hard on the marketingside linking up with Welcome to Yorkshire,the National Park, the YHA and CaravanClub to promote the business. She hasd e v e l o p e d t h e i r w e b s i t ewww.stage1cycles.co.uk and through socialmedia has promoted a special family ratethat has proved popular already. During thebrief time I was in the shop it was certainlybusy, three groups came in to hire bikes andMike expertly adjusted the saddles andhandle bars, everyone had a helmet fittedand armed with a lock, puncture repair kitand a map of suggested trails they all set offre-assured that if they had a problem Mikecould come and pick them up in the van and

take them back to their accommodation.They have bought in British made Saracenmountain and hybrid bicycles which aregreat for the terrain of the Dales. Theyeven have a child trailer and a balance bikefor the little ones. In August and Septemberwith the support of the National Park theywill have two electric bikes for hire at spe-cial rates. Helen explained that this willmake the Dales accessible for thosewho .need that extra help up the hills asthey give the rider 50% more power thanjust pedalling themselvesIf they provepopular they hope to have the electric bikesavailable on a permanent basis. Helencertainly has great ideas to ensure the busi-ness is busy all year round. They are offer-ing bespoke cycling tours and specialistskills courses. They have a weekly bike tourfor HPB members and are co-ordinatingwith the little white bus to offer a one waycycle tour and bus back option. They arevery excited about working with BoltonCastle to set up a bike trail in the woodswhich they aim to be ready for October halfterm. They also intend to offer safe bikingskills course for children and will be start-ing weekly cycle clubs for adults andchildren August 27th, 10.00am to noon.Helen is undertaking the registrationprocess for the cycle to work incentivescheme and they will be selling ex- rentalbikes in time for Christmas. Mike also ex-plained that the repair and maintenance sidewill prove invaluable for regular cyclists inthe hard winter months. Their enthusiasm isinfectious and with the nation being grippedby the cycling bug, Stage1Cycles seemwell prepared to meet the demand in theDales. K.J

Askrigg and DistrictProduce Show

Monday 25th AugustAskrigg Village HallDoors Open 2:45pm

Registration: Thursday 21st AugustBack Room – Village Hall

7.00 – 9.00pmOr email: askriggproduce@tiscali.co.uk

Or register online

Bruce Lambertwould like to thank family, friends andneighbours for cards and messages of

support received throughout my stay inhospital and since coming home.

Pat Percivalwould like to say a big thank you tofamily and friends for flowers, cards

and gifts received on her recentbirthday; also for the surprise party.

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Some TdF Numbers3.5 million people lined the three stages ofthe route in England.There were 25 hours of live TV coverage100km of barriers and fencing70 km of buntingBusiest day ever for Leeds station—243,000 travellers10,000 tour marker volunteersWest Tanfield Ice Cream shop sold a year’ssupply in eight hours

Come and Have Teain the Garden

With Margaret and Tony PlayfootAt River View, Lea Yeat, Cowgill, Dent.

Saturday August 2nd,11.00am to 4.00pm

Proceeds in aid of Marie Curie,Dent First Responders and Air Ambulance

Woodland in the DalesAnyone dropping into Bishopdale fromKidstones Pass can’t fail to have noticed abig sign by the roadside encouraging eve-ryone to help fund tree planting in Lon-gridge Wood. Whether the Tour de Franceriders felt the urge to donate is unlikely butthose of us who are left are asked to sup-port the growth of native broadleavedwoodland in the dales. Longridge, a sidegill in Bishopdale, used to be a woodeddale. Now replanting has already begunand the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trusturges us to dedicate a tree by giving £10either online at www.ydmt.org/dedicate-a-tree or by calling the YDMT office on015242 51002. At forty acres this is a largedevelopment with great wildlife potentialand it should soon be visible from the road.Watch out for open days to explore thewoodland next June.

Pantomime 2014 – AladdinEven though we are enjoying a gloriousmid-summer, the thoughts of The Wensley-dale Music and Theatre Group (formerlyHAOS) are already turning towards thepantomime season. Following the fantasticsuccess of Peter Pan last year, the grouphave decided to go for another traditionalpantomime - Aladdin.

Rehearsals begin on Tuesday 2ndThursday 4th September 2014 at GTec onBrunt Acres Industrial Estate, Hawes. Newmembers are always welcome; whether toact, sing, play an instrument, build sceneryor work ‘back stage’.

Junior participants (seven years and over)are particularly welcome but we do needparents or carers to be part of a supervisionrota throughout the rehearsals and per-formance.

Please ring Jennifer 667241 if you needany more information

For those simply intending to come andwatch, make a note in your diary for Tues-day 2nd to Friday 5 December 2014.Graham Di Duca

It Could be a Bit Lateby the time you read this!

Although we all enjoy the good weather,when the temperature rises the very young,the elderly and the seriously ill are thegroups who are particularly at risk ofhealth problems. In particular, very hotweather can make heart and breathingproblems worse.

However, some simple steps can be takento reduce health risks and help keep cool:• Shut windows and pull down the shadeswhen it is hotter outside. If it's safe, openthem for ventilation when it is cooler.• Avoid the heat: stay out of the sun anddon't go out in the hottest part of the day(between 11.00am and 3.00pm)• Keep rooms cool by using shades or re-flective material outside the windows.• Have cool baths or showers, and splashyourself with cool water.• Drink cold drinks regularly, such as waterand fruit juice. Avoid tea, coffee and alco-hol.• Stay tuned to the weather forecast on theradio or TV, or on the Met Office website.• Plan ahead to make sure you have enoughsupplies, such as food, water and any medi-cations you need.• Identify the coolest room in the house soyou know where to go to keep cool.• Wear loose, cool clothing and a hat if yougo outdoors.

1 Bedroom Flat for rent in Bainbridge.Available August.

£360 per month including water.Please contact James or Angela on

650212.

Drop-off points and contacts for news, articles, reports, letters, what’s ondates, competition entries, suggestions andcomments: Hawes: Alan S. Watkinson,

Burnside Coach House.667785

Gayle: Sarah Champion23, Little Ings 667006

Bainbridge: Sylvia Crookes, 3, Bainside 650525

Askrigg: Rima Berry, 8 Mill Lane 650980

Carperby: Margaret Woodcock, Bella Cottage 663488

West Burton: Nadine Bell, Margaret’s Cottage 663559

Aysgarth: Hamilton’s Tearoom 663423 Redmire: see Carperby above Thoralby: Sandra Foley, Shop 663205

Some TdF Numbers3.5 million people lined the three stages ofthe route in England.There were 25 hours of live TV coverage100km of barriers and fencing70 km of buntingBusiest day ever for Leeds station—243,000 travellers10,000 tour marker volunteersWest Tanfield Ice Cream shop sold a year’ssupply in eight hours

Come and Have Teain the Garden

With Margaret and Tony PlayfootAt River View, Lea Yeat, Cowgill, Dent.

Saturday August 2nd,11.00am to 4.00pm

Proceeds in aid of Marie Curie,Dent First Responders and Air Ambulance

Woodland in the DalesAnyone dropping into Bishopdale fromKidstones Pass can’t fail to have noticed abig sign by the roadside encouraging eve-ryone to help fund tree planting in Lon-gridge Wood. Whether the Tour de Franceriders felt the urge to donate is unlikely butthose of us who are left are asked to sup-port the growth of native broadleavedwoodland in the dales. Longridge, a sidegill in Bishopdale, used to be a woodeddale. Now replanting has already begunand the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trusturges us to dedicate a tree by giving £10either online at www.ydmt.org/dedicate-a-tree or by calling the YDMT office on015242 51002. At forty acres this is a largedevelopment with great wildlife potentialand it should soon be visible from the road.Watch out for open days to explore thewoodland next June.

Pantomime 2014 – AladdinEven though we are enjoying a gloriousmid-summer, the thoughts of The Wensley-dale Music and Theatre Group (formerlyHAOS) are already turning towards thepantomime season. Following the fantasticsuccess of Peter Pan last year, the grouphave decided to go for another traditionalpantomime - Aladdin.

Rehearsals begin on Tuesday 2ndThursday 4th September 2014 at GTec onBrunt Acres Industrial Estate, Hawes. Newmembers are always welcome; whether toact, sing, play an instrument, build sceneryor work ‘back stage’.

Junior participants (seven years and over)are particularly welcome but we do needparents or carers to be part of a supervisionrota throughout the rehearsals and per-formance.

Please ring Jennifer 667241 if you needany more information

For those simply intending to come andwatch, make a note in your diary for Tues-day 2nd to Friday 5 December 2014.Graham Di Duca

It Could be a Bit Lateby the time you read this!

Although we all enjoy the good weather,when the temperature rises the very young,the elderly and the seriously ill are thegroups who are particularly at risk ofhealth problems. In particular, very hotweather can make heart and breathingproblems worse.

However, some simple steps can be takento reduce health risks and help keep cool:• Shut windows and pull down the shadeswhen it is hotter outside. If it's safe, openthem for ventilation when it is cooler.• Avoid the heat: stay out of the sun anddon't go out in the hottest part of the day(between 11.00am and 3.00pm)• Keep rooms cool by using shades or re-flective material outside the windows.• Have cool baths or showers, and splashyourself with cool water.• Drink cold drinks regularly, such as waterand fruit juice. Avoid tea, coffee and alco-hol.• Stay tuned to the weather forecast on theradio or TV, or on the Met Office website.• Plan ahead to make sure you have enoughsupplies, such as food, water and any medi-cations you need.• Identify the coolest room in the house soyou know where to go to keep cool.• Wear loose, cool clothing and a hat if yougo outdoors.

1 Bedroom Flat for rent in Bainbridge.Available August.

£360 per month including water.Please contact James or Angela on

650212.

Drop-off points and contacts for news, articles, reports, letters, what’s ondates, competition entries, suggestions andcomments: Hawes: Alan S. Watkinson,

Burnside Coach House.667785

Gayle: Sarah Champion23, Little Ings 667006

Bainbridge: Sylvia Crookes, 3, Bainside 650525

Askrigg: Rima Berry, 8 Mill Lane 650980

Carperby: Margaret Woodcock, Bella Cottage 663488

West Burton: Nadine Bell, Margaret’s Cottage 663559

Aysgarth: Hamilton’s Tearoom 663423 Redmire: see Carperby above Thoralby: Sandra Foley, Shop 663205