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ValleyNews

Esk Valley News, Views and Anecdotes

No 92 • MARCH 2012 • £ 1.50

The infants of Castleton Schoolspent the day at Ryedale FolkMuseum. They (andaccompanying sta!) all woreVictorian costumes. (See From the Schools, page 48)

A yellow Tiger Moth, servicenumber T.7281, has become afeature of the skies above the Esk Valley. (See Aviation History,page 2)

January: Henry Jackson from Fryup,competing high up in the"Eston Hills trial,and motocross man Russ Watson from RedHouse Farm having a rare outing in the sametrial. (See Sport Report, page 43)

FROM THE EDITORS CONTENTS

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,committed citizens can change the world;indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

As Spring approaches, so do the mounting jobs,but still this community finds time to volunteer.When we first arrived here, coming from a citymentality it amazed us the number of hourspeople dedicated to serving the common good.Now the Government cuts are biting,opportunities to volunteer are multiplying. In theEsk Valley, we are fortunate to have suchcommitted citizens who work hard to bind thecommunity together and make it a wonderfulplace to live.

In case you might have a few moments tospare, we’ve heard of a couple of new volunteeropportunities:

The community library to be hosted at StHedda’s, Egton Bridge, needs volunteers to coverthe opening hours (see page 16).

The trods into Glaisdale will be restored by aband of energetic volunteers on Saturday 31March, why not join them (see page 16)?

Can anyone help? Best wishes,

Nicola & Pascal

2 History of a Tiger Moth8 Esk Valley Theatre News10 Panto Review (and pages 34–5)13 Dalesmen Singers in Concert16 Local News18 Westerdale borehole exhibition20 Energy survey21 Whitby Esk Energy23 Albino Chaffinch?26 Geology/Mining27 Letter28 Farming Review31 A Moorsholm Diary33–6 Colour Photographs37 Nature Notes38 Upper Esk Valley Garden Club39 National Park News36 Danby Karate Club43 Orienteering Challenge43 Trials and Motocross: Looking Back45 Lealholm CC 100 Plus Club45 Football46 From the Schools50 Reports from the WIs51 Friends of Abbeyfield 100 Club53 Puzzles & Enigmas55 Coming Events59 Regular Activities & Services63 Church Diary – At Your Service65 Churchyard Rules65 Planetary Skylights66 Local Directory68 Noticeboard

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It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.

Charles Dickens

Cover: Wild cherry tree, Pierre-Joseph Redoute(1749-1840).

Articles appearing in Valley News convey theviews and opinions of the contributors and arenot necessarily those of the publisher.

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T IGER MOTH‘T.7281’ was

built in 1940 atCowley by MorrisMotors Ltd underlicence from deHavilland. It wasone of 9,000constructed before and during the war,mainly in Britain, Australia, New Zealandand Canada. The production of TigerMoths at this time, and in suchquantities, was a direct result of thewartime build up. Great Britain wasfacing a strongly rearmed Nazi Germany,and this had prompted franticpreparations for large-scale flyingtraining. The Tiger Moth filled an urgentneed for a cheap, reliable wartime trainer– these popular planes, developed fromthe earlier Gypsy Moth, had been madefor sporting flying.

De Havilland designed two featureswhich would give the Tiger Moths a wartimerole. Bomb racks were fitted to carry 25-pound bombs (a bomb of this size, frankly,would barely tickle an enemy when youconsider that Lancaster bombers werecarrying 12,000 or even 22,000 pound

devices). The otherfeature was a longscythe-like deviceknown as a‘paraslasher’, whichoperated from thecockpit and attachedbeneath the bottom

wing. This would be used in the event of aninvasion, employed while flying among thefalling parachutists to cut the unfortunatesto ribbons.

At the time of Tiger Moth T.7281’sdespatch from the factory works inCowley to Kinloss in Scotland in August1940, the RAF had begun night raids onGermany and the Battle of Britain was infull swing. British airfields, harbours,aircraft factories and radar stations wereunder sustained Luftwaffe attack. AtKinloss, the Tiger Moth, painted incamouflage colours, was immediatelyemployed on submarine patrol duties offthe north coast. The plane would havecarried pigeons in the front cockpit, forthe pilot to send messages to the navywhen he sighted the German U-boats.

After four months of U-boat patrols,Tiger Moth T.7281 was transferred to the

AVIATION HISTORY

History of a Tiger MothA yellow Tiger Moth, service number T.7281, has become afeature of the skies above the Esk Valley. Owned by Peter Jacksonof Fryup for thirty-three years, the history of this elegant lightaircraft stretches back to the beginning of the Second World War.

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Elementary Flying Training School atRAF Scone, Perth, where it remainedthroughout the war, training dozens ofnew pilots.

Tiger Moth T.7281 was demobbed in1951 after which it was used for glidertowing and other pleasure flying. PeterJackson bought the plane in the 1970s inSunderland and used it for flying locallyand, occasionally, further afield, toFrance, the Czech Republic, Germanyand Belgium – with frequent stops alongthe way for refuelling.

A pleasing detail in the history ofT.7281 was discovered recently at awartime reunion of Canadian Squadronsheld at Teesside Airport. The airport,previously known as RAF Middleton StGeorge, was a Royal Air Force Bomber

Command base for fighter planes duringthe War, and Peter was invited to takealong his biplane for the reunion. Therehe met visiting Canadian ‘Butch’ Quaile,who had flown Lancasters from the basein wartime bombing raids. On seeing thelittle two-seater Tiger Moth, Butch Quaileannounced ‘I learnt to fly in this at Perthin 1940!’

OverhaulOver this last year, Peter has been givinghis plane a thorough overhaul – strippingback the Gypsy Major 140 horsepowerengine to its constituent parts; strippingback areas of the wings to their delicatewooden ribs and recovering them with alight fabric known as ‘Seconite’ (thiswould have been Irish linen in the past); !

Service history of Tiger Moth T.7281 providedby the Royal Air Force Museum.

Record of the batch of planes, ‘T.7259–7308’,constructed at the same time at Cowley as TigerMoth T.7281 (from The Tiger Moth Story by AlanBramson & Neville Birch, Airlife Publishing, 1982)

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and rewelding a weak spot in the lightsteel tube frame that forms the front ofthe fuselage and takes much of the heavystress of landing.

The parts are currently being fittedback together again and soon we will seethe little yellow biplane in the sky aboveour heads once more.

Flying a Tiger MothTiger Moths were employed to trainaircrews by the tens of thousandsthroughout the war. But why? Accordingto Peter Jackson, these little planes aretricky to fly but very forgiving, anexcellent feature for training aircrew.

The pilot of a Tiger Moth uses his feetto operate the rudder at the back in orderto alter the yaw, or roll. This requiresconsiderable coordination betweenhands and feet. Unlike the complicated-looking controls of a modern aircraft, theTiger’s cockpit controls appear relativelysimple: no GPSs, just a compass; nobrakes (landing on Tarmac can be aproblem), just a simple ‘skid’ attachment,a bit like an anchor trailing on theground, allowing a rudimentary steeringonce landed.

The most modern part of the aircraftare the venturi tubes mounted on thefuselage in front of the cockpit. As the

aircraft moves through the air, suction iscreated inside the venturi, which makes avacuum in the connected gyroscopicsystem, causing air to enter and rotate thegyros. The spinning gyros tell the pilot,through the cockpit instruments, whetherthe plane is balanced – vital informationwhen turning a plane in thick cloud, toavoid ‘slipping’ (the plane movingsideways relative to the forwarddirection) or ‘skidding’, which occurswhen the pilot applies too much ruddercausing the turn to tighten and the planeto fall downwards. A sudden drop canlead to engine stall, a spin and a fatalcrash, especially at low altitudes. Slats onthe Tiger’s wings, which automaticallyclick open when the aeroplane is near toa stall, make the stall far more gentle andcan help to prevent this terrible outcome.

The flight instructor sits in the frontcockpit almost directly beneath the fueltank, which is positioned between the topwings over his head, the fuel line passingfrom the overhead tank down a pipe to acut-out in the engine cowling in front ofhim. Fortunately for the instructor, the topwings of the Tiger Moth are positionedslightly forward from the bottom wings,allowing room for him to bale out ifnecessary – an improvement on the earlierGypsy Moth whose parallel top andbottom wings allowed no such escape.

Now that’s a comforting thought foranyone who might be considering a testflight in T.7281!

Keep an eye out for the Tiger Moth thisspring.

Photographs and other material kindly lent

by Peter Jackson.

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In September 2007, Air Marshal StephenDalton (third from the left), now the chief ofthe Air Force, was flown in Tiger Moth T.7281from Elvington to Leconfield to commemoratethe 70th Anniversary of Leconfield.

In recent years many people have enjoyedbeing airborne in Tiger Moth T.7281, includingex-RAF pilot Colin Slipper who came to the EskValley to fly the little biplane, 44 years after hisfirst solo flight in the RAF.

Butch Quaile standing beside the plane inwhich he learnt to fly all those years ago.

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THE ENDEAVOUR Rotary Club ofWhitby has sponsored a performance

at The Coliseum Theatre in Whitbyon Saturday 3 March at 2 pm. ‘Wewere trying to arrange a visit to theColiseum,’ said producer Sheila Carter,‘but the costs were proving prohibitive,until the Endeavour Rotary Club steppedin and saved the day. We can’t thankthem enough, and it means children and

families in Whitby have now got a chanceto see the show.’

The company has also been able to addanother performance to its PrimarySchool Tour, thanks to sponsorship fromthe River Esk Action Committee.They have sponsored a performance atEgton Village Hall especially for thechildren from Egton C of E Primary andSt Hedda’s RC Primary in Egton Bridge.

Brilliant Sponsors helpjourney continue . . .Thanks to the generosity of local sponsors the Esk Valley Theatrehas been able to add two more performances to its forthcomingtour of ‘The Incredible Journey’.

ESK VALLEY THEATRE NEWS

Actors Robert Took and Sara Sadeghi with ‘Sal’ and ‘Mo’ – two amazing Atlantic Salmon who go on an incredible journey!

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‘This is terrific,’ said director MarkStratton ‘and shows what can be donewhen organisations collaborate andsupport each other. It is difficult for smallschools to afford visits from professionaltheatre companies, yet such visits canprovide excellent cultural learningopportunities. In this case, we have aproduction that aims to engage childrenwith an important local species (theAtlantic salmon) and it is fitting thatREAC, who have worked so hard to helpthe salmon in the River Esk, should beinvesting in our young people.’

The company is now in rehearsal for‘The Incredible Journey’ and all theelements of the production are comingtogether. Sara Sadeghi and Robert Tookplay a multitude of characters and have tosing, dance and work puppets. ‘Nevermind it being an incredible journey for thesalmon in the show, it’s going to be anincredible journey for the actors,’ saidMark ‘however, we have got two greatactors who I’m sure will rise to thechallenge. Sara trained at The Arden inManchester and has recently worked forthe New Vic Theatre in Newcastle UnderLyme. Robert trained at the CentralSchool of Speech and Drama in Londonand has worked with many companiesincluding Illyria, Wizard Theatre andWigan Pier. We are delighted that they arejoining us for “The Incredible Journey”.’

The company still has some slots leftto fill for the Spring Tour, so if anyteachers would like further information,please contact Mark or Sheila on 01947897587. Also, if you are a local businessor individual who may wish to sponsorthe theatre, then please ring or email:she.carter@virgin.net

! Forthcoming events at Esk Valley Theatre, Glaisdale, include:

‘The Incredible Journey’ Saturday 10 March at 11 am

‘An Evening with Lesley Nicol’(Mrs Patmore from Downton Abbey)Sunday 18 March at 7.30 pm

Bernard Slade’s ‘Same Time Next Year’3–25 August. Performances at 7.30 pm Mon to Sat.Matinees at 2.30 pm every Thur.Matinees also at 2.30 pm on Sat 11 Augand Tue 21 Aug.

Pocket Panto’s ‘Jack and theBeanstalk’7 & 14 August at 2 pm

For more information please visitwww.eskvalleytheatre.co.uk or ring01947 897587.

DAZZLED VILLAGERS emerging frompacked performances at the

Robinson Institute wore the biggestsmiles seen for months in Glaisdale.Perhaps they hadn’t expected quite sucha spectacle, but they had obviouslythoroughly enjoyed themselves.

The strong cast, superb costumes andmake-up, hilarious one-liners and, of course,the less planned incidents went down atreat. This year we split our sides laughing atIan Mortimer’s recalcitrant eyebrows as thefuzzy appendages repeatedly fell to the stage;John Nelson’s classic entrance, de-wigged

by the opening curtains, and reentrance,once more acquainted with his top-piece,had us in stitches. The ad-libs weregorgeous, thank you. Without doubt a mostwelcome addition were the brave ‘MiddleAged Kicks’ who lifted the mood of bothactors and audience with their choiceselection of music, which was performedwith great professionalism. Most of all, ourtalented script-writer and director DianneWhisker deserves a heap of praise, not onlyfor the fantastic script, which we could allunderstand, but for keeping her Players inorder.

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Beggar’s Bridge Players ‘Puss in Boots’, written and directed by Dianne Whisker 3–4 February

PANTO REVIEW

More photos in colour on pages 34–35.

The Beggar’s Bridge Panto gets better and better. This year was atriumph!

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! In Dianne’s own words, here is a round-up of proceedings:

‘OH YES IT DID!’ The show went on despite the snowy weather and once again thePlayers wish to thank all those people who braved the weather to support them and

are disappointed for those who couldn’t make it. There were some new faces this year, including youngsters Megan Lees and Poppy Hutt,

playing both villagers and pirates, a grand job they made of them too. Alasdair Miller as avillager, pirate and rats Edmund and Sid played all four parts exceedingly well.

A cameo role from Neil Clark made the audience cheer, and the children from Glaisdaleschool would never have guessed the ‘merchant’ was played by their very own teacher, RobHutt. Kayleigh Martin joined the players for the first time and gave a wonderful performanceas Princess Turkish Delight, giving a fine rendition of ‘I need a Hero’. Once again the audiencewas treated to the antics of John Nelson with his portrayal of the panto dame, this time asMrs Wellington Tinker, owner of Tinkers Tavern. Captain Black of the Black-eyed Brows, akaIan Mortimer, had the audience hissing and booing each time he made an appearance alongwith his side-kick, the Bosun, so ably played by Sue Mount. They were assisted by the Pirateduo Louise Roberts and Vicky Hardy; altogether they made an awesome foursome! Sue alsoappeared as Florence, the Miller’s snooty daughter-in-law, alongside Louise as Cedric herhusband. Karen Ritson gave a wonderful performance as the friendly but naïve Will, whoinherits the family cat, portrayed by Emma Whisker giving Puss her own unique touch witha French-esque accent! Alan Palmer was made for the part of the mariner, rescued andbrought aboard the pirate ship. Chris Proctor was brilliant as the Eastern Queen and as ‘posh’Maud, wife to Alan’s Edgar. Margaret Hutchinson played a magnificent Magistrate and anequally majestic Eastern King. Sam Kemp, along with ‘Maisie’, made a delightful Narratorand village gossip Daisy, along with Dora and May played respectively by Charlotte Fletcherand Jacqui Mortimer. Charlotte and Poppy on flute and Rob on recorder treated the audienceto a wonderful accompaniment to the Players’ version of ‘Sailing for Adventure’.

Visually the costumes, created in the main by Sam, Sue and Mick, were stunning with theaddition of Anthea and Chris Marsay as the eastern guards astride their elephants. Behindthe scenes are the heroes who save the day, Christine with lighting and sound, Kevin, Sim,Roger, John and Ian back-stage, and Karen, Dianne, Jan and Sophie front of house; Mick forthe poster, programmes and raffle; Angela and Alice on make-up; Anthea and cast memberson props. And of course someone who the Players cannot do without, Siobhan, theprompt! Music this year was specially created in the form of ‘The Middle Aged Kicks’, whogave the cast a real boost. Comprising three guitarists, Chris Padmore, Mark Lees and AndyElliott, and Chris Kemp on drums, they wowed the audience.

The Players are grateful for all the help and support they are given, including Lynne andDiane selling tickets in the village shop, Brenda at the Institute for her patience with phonecalls, etc., the RNLI for the loan of Alan’s yellow wellies, and the audience who make it allworthwhile.

Dianne Whisker

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! Karen Ritson, who played the part of ‘boy’ Will, reveals some behind-the-scenes activities:

WE STARTED READING our parts back in theautumn of 2011 when February 2012 seemed a

long way off. After Christmas, reality dawned. We hadto pull the panto together – and fast. This was whenthe magic started. The costumes came out of storage,were shaken out and pressed. New wigs were ordered,props began to appear. One week the magnificentelephants made their first appearance. People werehanded Turkish tassles, veils and beads, swords, piratescarves and jewels. We met each Sunday afternoon toread our lines on stage at the Institute. Tea was servedat half time with wonderful homemade cakes andbiscuits provided by members of the group.

As the performance date grew closer, players madesure they were there to take part in rehearsals no

matter what. A chimney fire didn’t stop Chris Proctor – she just waved the fire brigade offand turned up as though nothing had happened. Vicky Hardy felt under the weather butbravely turned up with a hot water bottle hidden inside her coat! John Nelson, aka MrsWellington Tinker, practised his songs so hard he was in danger of losing his falsetto voice. Iwas very impressed by the younger members of our cast. It takes real dedication to turn upevery Sunday afternoon and spend a lot of time waiting for your scenes, but they did it allwithout complaint. Of course rehearsing was much more fun with the addition of the fantasticband (The Middle Aged Kicks).

Through it all, our well-loved director Dianne Whisker stood at the back of the hall,allowing us to mess up, forget our lines, get our entrances and exits muddled up and generallytest her to the limit. But she has nerves of steel, smiled throughout and never seemed anythingbut certain it would all be alright on the night.

We remembered how difficult it had been last year, when snow had meant several of theplayers were not able to get through to Glaisdale for rehearsals. Little did we know that thesnow would play a part this year, making access to the village impossible for many peoplewho had bought tickets for the Saturday night. Backstage during the final performance,players peered through the darkness into a swirling mass of snowflakes.

‘I think we’d better not stay for the party’ said Jackie and Ian, Sue and Mick as the finalcurtain closed. They drove off in convoy. The rest of us sat in the empty theatre and chattedfor a while. It didn’t seem right to go home straight away. Then, at last, we hung up ourcostumes, wrapped ourselves up warm and stepped out into the storm. I hope those of youwho were able to come along to the panto enjoyed it and thought it went well. We certainlyenjoyed performing it. See you all next year!

Karen Ritson

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THE DALESMEN SINGERS are preparingfor a lively, busy 2012.

Squat thrusts, press-ups and three lapsaround Danby have not proved popular,so deep-breathing exercises and threeWeetabix for breakfast are the norm.

First concert will be St Hilda’s Church,West Cliff, Whitby, on Saturday 31March, 7.30 pm. All proceeds to theMalawi Bore Hole Project.

The choir have helped raise money forthis project in the past. Jane Hall, fromSandsend, the main driving force behind

this worthy cause, is now aiding a secondvillage. The first, completed four yearsago, is still going strong and saving lives.

Jane tells me this will be her lastfundraising event for the near future and would like to thank all who supportedher.

For more information on thismarvellous night of music and song,please ring Jane on 01947 893434 orJohn Haywood on 01947 605135.

You can also visit the Dalesmenwebsite at www.dalesmensingers.net

JOHN WATSONDALESMEN SINGERS

Dalesmen Singers in Concert

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! Join the Glaisdale ‘Trod’ Party! Saturday 31 March

LOCAL VOLUNTEERS are wanted to helpclear undergrowth and restore the

ancient paved walkway (‘trods’) runningalongside the road from Glaisdale schooldrive entrance back to the village onSaturday 31 March.

Work will begin at 10 am and finish mid-afternoon, with a break for a BBQ lunchheld at ‘The Cottage’, Glaisdale (pleasebring contributions). Even if you can onlyspare an hour your help will be muchappreciated.

National Park ranger MatthewFitzgerald will bring along a group ofregular volunteers but the more local

people who join in the better, as the walkway will surely benefit the community. Tools, hi-vis vests and road signs, etc, will be provided, but if you have a spade and work gloves pleasebring them along. Old clothes and waterproofs are recommended, and snacks and drinkswould be a good idea.

Just turn up, even if only for an hour or so. If you could let Nicola (897945) or theDavidsons (897188) know you are coming this would be helpful.

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1Local NewsCommunity Library

Following a meeting held on 8 Februarywe have made progress regarding thefuture of our Community Library hostedat St Hedda’s RC Primary School.

This will be a permanent libraryopen to the public with a stock of books(approximately 1,000 adult and children’sbooks) which will be regularly changed bythe NYCC library service and will be runby local volunteers. The library will openfor at least six hours a week. We feel thereis a need for this as the mobile libraryservice has been withdrawn.

We are hoping to open on Saturdaymornings 9 am–12 noon, and onTuesday and Wednesday afternoons3.15–4.45 pm. We are planning to openthe library shortly after Easter though wewill publicise the exact date nearer the time.

We would now be very grateful forvolunteers to indicate on which days they could possibly help and how often they might be available (e.g. once a week, oncea fortnight or once every four weeks).Please contact St Hedda’s School on01947 895361 if you would like to beinvolved in any way.

Mari Palmer

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Beggar’s BridgeInformation Board

Following on from the article in theNovember Valley News, the Women’sInstitute has been able to secure fundingfor the project through the Small ScaleEnhancement Scheme.

With help from Clair Shields of theNational Parks Authority we are now inthe process of drafting out the content,layout and structure of the board. We willbe consulting with designers andhistorians used by the National Parks toensure good quality and accuracy.

If anyone locally has any informationor knowledge regarding the lives ofThomas Ferris and his wife Agnes,and the history surrounding hisinvolvement with Glaisdale, pleasecontact either Hanneke Wood 897139 orKaren MacDonald 897726 before the endof April 2012.

Karen MacDonald

High Speed BroadbandThe Government is committed toproviding high speed broadband to 90per cent of UK premises by 2015.However, much of the rural area of NorthYorkshire will fall within the 10 per centnot covered by this deadline and it isestimated that 5 per cent of premises willnever receive high speed broadbandthrough a mainstream (fibre optic) route(especially affected are those propertiesmore than 2 km from an exchange).

Scarborough Borough Council is keento work with these rural communities todevelop local solutions for accessing highspeed broadband, and some funding is

available for such projects. So far aSteering Group has been established todiscuss the possibility of high speedbroadband in the Esk Valley, MulgraveWard and rural areas to the north andwest of Scarborough, and a small initialsurvey undertaken in the Mulgrave Wardand upper Esk Valley has shown a likelyinterest in bringing high speedbroadband to these communities.Further surveys are currently beingundertaken.

Examples of local solutions include theEast Cleveland villages of Moorsholm,Lingdale, Boosbeck, Stanghow andLiverton which have set up a communitybroadband project in conjunction withNextGenus to provide a minimum of 10 mbps broadband to residents.

Rosedale, Farndale and Bransdale arenow being supplied with a high speedbroadband service from GillamoorSchool with a relay at Blakey.

Residents in the Esk Valley interestedin obtaining high speed broadbandshould complete the online ‘demandsurvey’ at www.northyorks.gov.uk/broadbandsurvey or contact Liz Dowsonat Scarborough Borough Council forfurther information (email liz.dowson@scarborough.gov.uk; phone 01723 860753;mobile 07967 453613).

New Face at MoorsCentre Cafe

Andrew Lillie, previously the generalmanager at The Blacksmiths in Hartoft,is now running the café at the NationalPark Moors Centre, Danby, and hasrebranded it as the ‘Woolly Sheep’. Thenew-look café is now open with a menu !

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Invitation to a publicexhibition about aproposed exploratoryborehole at Broad GateFarm, WesterdaleEgdon Resources is proposing to submit a planningapplication to the North York Moors National ParkAuthority to obtain temporary planning permission foran exploratory borehole and access road at land southof Broad Gate Farm, Westerdale.

We are seeking the views of local residents and otherstakeholders before submitting the planning application.So we would like to invite you to an exhibition whichwill give you an informal opportunity to view the plans,talk to our team and give us your feedback.

When: Friday 16 March any time between 2 pm and 8 pmWhere: Westerdale Village Hall, Main Street,Westerdale

Complimentary tea and cakes will be served.

For more information, please contact Paul Foster on 01223 345555

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offering a range of hot and cold meals,snacks and drinks.

Andrew has lived in Castleton for mostof his life. He initially worked for thefamily-owned business Peter LillieButchers in Guisborough before settingup his own outside catering firm, LilliesCatering, in 1986, which is now run by hisniece, Catherine. Andrew has also workedas a chef at the Downe Arms in Castletonand was the general manager at HunleyHall Hotel in Saltburn.

Andrew is keen on providing goodwholesome food that’s reasonably pricedand uses seasonal ingredients which arelocally sourced and plans on offering apicnic ordering service during thesummer months.

The café (like the Moors Centre) will be open

daily March to October, 10 am–5 pm (9.30 am–

5.30 pm in August), and weekends in the winter.

Egton prepares forQueen’sDiamondJubilee

Eleven people attended the meeting heldin Egton’s Pavilion to discuss thecelebration of the Queen’s DiamondJubilee, which is to take place onTuesday 5 June. It was agreed that thevillages of Egton and Egton Bridge shouldbe decorated to celebrate the event byerecting bunting and the members wouldmeet on 28 May at 10.30 am to decoratethe streets as much as possible. It washoped that as many households woulddecorate their own premises. Somebunting is available from previousfunctions but any donations would beappreciated. Please contact Eva on895452 or Peter on 895514 if you are ableto help in any way.

Herbal Advisor to visitDanby Health Shop

A. Vogel (Bioforce) Herbal Advisor EileenDurward will be in store from 10 am to 2 pm on Thursday 8 March. Eileen willoffer expert health advice plus freesamples and tastings. All are welcome.For more information, or to book anappointment, please call Danby HealthShop (01287) 669200.

Esk Valley – a low carbon futureEsk Valley Community Energy Group and Danby Village Hall are working on a projectto look at improving energy efficiency and identifying possibilities for renewables,not only at the village hall, but also across the Esk Valley.

Please can you help us build a picture of the energy that is already beingsaved/produced in the Esk Valley by returning the short survey below, by the 12th

March, to Esk Valley Energy Survey, c/o Danby Health Shop, 1 Briar Hill, DanbyYO21 2LZ. Thank you for your help.

1. Do you have any?a. loft insulation b. cavity wall insulation c. draft proofingd. other energy efficiency measures _______________ (please state)

2. Does your property have photovoltaic panels installed? Y/NIf yes, what is the power of the system ______________________ kWp?

3. Do you have a ground source heat pump? Y/N

4. Have you installed any other renewables? Y/NIf yes, please state _________________________________________

5. Is your property?a. stoneb. stone cladc. brickd. other _________________________________ (please state)

6. Which fuel do you use for your main heating?a. coalb. electricityc. gas (bottled)d. oile. woodf. other _________________________________ (please state)

7. Where do you live in the Esk Valley?a. Parish Council area ____________________ b. Postcode _________

8. Would you like to find out the results of the survey? Y/NIf yes, please provide your name and email address:__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

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ESK ENERGY (Yorkshire) Limited hasnow placed the order with J.N.

Bentley for the planned 50 kW Archimedesscrew hydroelectric turbine to be sited onthe River Esk at Ruswarp, near Whitby.

Members of Esk Valley CommunityEnergy Group set up Esk Energy(Yorkshire) Limited, an Industrial andProvident Society, in order to raise fundsto pay for the turbine. The group hasfaced many obstacles on the way but hasstuck with the dream of generatingrenewable electricity in the Esk Valley.

The turbine will produce on average190,000 kWh of green electricity everyyear, enough for 55 houses and saving over1,500 tonnes of carbon in the first 20 years.

Income from selling the electricity willbe used to further reduce carbonemissions in the local community by, forexample:• Developing and operating a grantsystem towards the installation of solar,wind and water energy generatingsystems in the Esk Valley.•Promoting green energy educationalprogrammes.•Pioneering green energy apprenticeships.

It has taken four years of planning,obtaining permissions and fundraising toget to this stage. Colin Mather, Chairman,said: ‘We’d like to thank all those whohave helped us put the pieces of thejigsaw together, particularly the North

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Site cleared at Ruswarp, January 2012, ready for installation of the Archimedes screwhydroelectric turbine.

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York Moors National Park Authority whohave provided both encouragement andfinancial support.’

In preparation for signing the contract,Bentley’s have started the survey for thefinal design stage. This involved clearingthe site where the turbine is to beinstalled and meeting the landowner andmembers of the hydro steering group.Once the installation is complete, treeswill be planted to replace those that hadto be felled.

If all goes to plan, work to prepare forthe installation will start in April withgeneration commencing in the summer.

Shares can still be bought in thiscommunity enterprise, from as little as£250, by visiting www.whitbyeskenergy.org.uk or phone 01287 669641 to obtaina prospectus.

Insulating your HomeThere are currently five firms providingfree insulation!

The Esk Valley Community EnergyGroup keeps a constant check on offersmade by organisations to supply loft andcavity wall insulation. These free offerswon’t last, so act now. They are open toeveryone (not only pensioners) butoccasionally there are restrictions, suchas ‘free if less than 100 mm of existinginsulation’.

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BIRDWATCHING

Albino Chaffinch?

LAST MONTH we were alerted to the factthat an albino bird, possibly a

chaffinch, had been seen feeding at agarden in Westerdale. Thanks to Marionof Westerdale, we now have a photo (seepage 36).

Gus Pennington, however, explainedthat this bird is probably not technicallyan albino, as it would have pink eyesand/or be completely white. Birders callthis kind of individual ‘leucistic’, i.e. itdoesn’t have the full complement ofpigment.

Here, Gus writes in more detail aboutthis characteristic:

‘Reports of “white” or “pale” (leucistic)chaffinches, pigeons and pheasants are wellknown. Such individuals lack pigment intheir feathers and often appear in a varietyof pied versions. Unlike true albinos,leucistic birds, reptiles and animals don’thave pink eyes. Almost every museum hasexamples of such birds and our Victoriangrandparents tended to display them stuffedunder glass domes as aberrant phenomenaof nature. Woe betide anyone who wishesthis for the bird in my garden.’

Extract published with thanks to GusPennington and ‘Voice of the Moors’, the magazineof the North Yorkshire Moors Association.

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PETER WOODSGEOLOGY/MINING

‘Fraccing’ for Gas in theNorth York Moors

IN LAST MONTH’S Valley News, we lookedat the mechanics of the intrusion of the

Cleveland (Armathwaite) Dyke, some 50+million years ago, into a long line ofweakness in the Earth’s Crust, extendingright across northern England, into Scotlandon the Island of Mull. The pressures and rockstrength characteristics pertaining in thesurrounding rocks at the time were criticalfor its vertical, rather than horizontal, form.(I have to confess that the dates I assigned tothe Dyke and the Whin Sill were reversed,inadvertently. A sharp-eyed geologistpointed out that the Whin Sill is the older, at300+ million years – my apologies).

Turn now to thinking about how thesame characteristics could be induced inrocks which contain significant quantitiesof natural gas, as a result of their originalformation. Sediments which are laid downin deeper water, usually consisting of clayand a lot of mostly fine organic matter,often cannot draw upon sufficient oxygen tohelp with the breakdown of those organicremains. As a result, natural gas, slowlycoming from their breakdown, becomestrapped amongst the clay and silt. It cannotescape because new layers of clay mineralsprevent its upward migration as thepressure of sediment above increases witheach new layer laid down. In time thesesediments are turned into rocks, which aretermed mudstone/shale and siltstone.

Close under the surface of much of theNorth York Moors lie over a thousand feet ofsuch clay-rich rocks, including, in particular,

the Jet Rock and the mudstones above andbelow it. All of them are dark grey to black incolour and contain plenty of well-preservedfossils, indicating the original lack of oxygenduring their make-up. They thereforecontain a lot of natural gas, amenable toextraction by the ‘fraccing’ techniquesdeveloped in recent years by deep drillingcompanies (this is sometimes spelt ‘fracking’in the media). The term ‘fraccing’ derivesfrom deliberate fracturing of rock byapplying very high fluid pressure in aborehole, sufficient to create mainly verticalfissures in the surrounding rocks. In order torelease any contained natural gases, highpressure is maintained to keep the cracksopen, long enough to allow fluid carryingfine sand to be injected into them. When theinduced pressure is released, the cracks wantto close again, but cannot quite do sobecause of the fine scatter of sand grainswithin the new cracks. Gas can then flowalong the fractures and up the borehole, tobe collected at the surface. In theory, thiscould be a very simple and clean process.

Having probably wound up people wholove the Moors, I would now like to providesome reassurance. Remember theCleveland Dyke explanation, that its verticalstance tells us that it was intruded when itscontaining rocks were at least fivekilometres deeper than they are now? Intheory, therefore, the grey-black Jurassicshales and mudstones are now too shallowto make ‘fraccing’ worthwhile here. Appliedpressure in the borehole would only create

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! Letter

Dear Valley News,

Reply to Peter Woods’ article on the Cleveland Dyke in February Valley News.

We were interested to read Peter Woods’ article on the Cleveland Dyke, written in responseto our previously published piece on the same subject. There are one or two points in hisarticle on which we’d like to comment.

He mentions the relative ages of the Whin Sill and the Cleveland Dyke and says, ‘they are300 million years different in age, “our” dyke being the older.’ This is not correct. The WhinSill has been radiometrically dated at 295 million years, and the Cleveland Dyke at 58 millionyears, so ‘our’ dyke is in fact 237 million years younger than the Whin Sill. In Upper Teesdale,where both intrusions are exposed, there is good evidence that the Cleveland Dyke cutsthrough the Whin Sill, also proving that the former must be younger.

The Cleveland Dyke is given different names in different areas. Peter refers to its beingcalled the Armathwaite Dyke in Upper Tynedale. It is certainly given this name to the southof Carlisle, where it is found near the village of Armathwaite.

As Peter points out, the Cleveland Dyke may well have been formed at a depth of aroundsix kilometres. He suggests that most of these six kilometres of Jurassic and Cretaceous rockwere removed by ice erosion and the sediment thus formed was deposited in what is now theNorth Sea, to become a storage site for gas. It is very unlikely that the Quaternary glaciationcould remove six kilometres of rock and certainly any unconsolidated sea bed sediment thusproduced is not a source of North Sea gas.

Best wishes,Chris Pellant

horizontal, rather than vertical, partings,quite unsuitable for inducing gas flow(think of the Whin Sill). However, the mainreason at present for not being too worriedis that the Environment Agency would notallow it; they would be concerned that thefraccing activity would contaminate thefresh water in the shales/siltstones, fromwhich many spring water supplies aredrawn, including much of the water in theEsk. This is not say that a method will notbe developed in the coming years to allowtheir exploitation, as we run short ofconventional fossil fuel energy supplies, butour Jurassic shales and mudstones shouldbe safe for the time being. However, the

NYM planners have recently received anapplication from Egdon Resources to drillanother gas well in Westerdale. They areholding a consultation event at WesterdaleVillage Hall on Friday 16 March, 2–8 pm(see page 18 for more details). It isimportant that as many people as possiblego along to see what is afoot. Two importantquestions to ask:

How deep is the target potential gasreservoir?

Is it intended that ‘fraccing’ techniqueswill be used to recover the gas,especially at depths less than 1,000metres below surface?

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PAULINE KIRKBRIDEFARMING REVIEW

Horses in Agriculture

TALKING WITH Bill and Edna Hodgson,and reminiscing about the days

before the development of tractors andother motor vehicles, I heard how theyhad seven horses at a time on their farm,each with its own special use and name.Tommy, Bonnie, Rose and Dick weresome of those fondly remembered.Horses were bred and broken in on thefarm so they could replace the older ones.

Bill and Edna’s horses were shod inthe village of Lealholm with big heavy

shoes to protect their feet; it was anenjoyable job on a cold day. Each horsehad its own stall in the stable and was letout to water twice a day, mucked out andfed oats, mixed corn, hay and the oddturnip. The stables housed the horses’harnesses; a long row of pegs held eachhorse’s tack, which was all to be keptclean and in good order.

The main breeds of farm horse wereShire, Suffolk Punch and Clydesdale;these were big, heavy, powerful horses.

Horses in agriculture and everyday life were indispensable inyears gone by.

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Cutting grass in a steep rough could takeup to three sets of horses working two ata time. On hot days especially thisrequired an early start, sometimes 4 am.

The horses had a role in all aspects ofthe harvest. Milling the corn involvedthe horses circling round and round adevice which turned the mill stone,inside a shed called the wheel house.Bonnie was the horse for this duty and ifever she couldn’t be found you couldguess that she would be patientlywaiting outside the wheel house.

Some horses worked better for certainpeople. One day a helper came by to leadin the turnips but the horse ended upgalloping off with the cart. Needless to say,this particular person never turned up tohelp again. Bill remembers how time-consuming it was to get all the horses in.Once he tied five horses together and rodein on one of them; bearing in mind thatBill wasn’t very big and those large and

heavy horses together amounted to aconsiderable horsepower, this was amemorable occasion!

Horses were not only used in farming.Ploughing snow was an important role inwinter when three horses were harnessedone in front of the other. The route wasLealholm side to Park House then intoLealhom and on to Houlsyke and fromLealholm bank top up to Danby Beacon.Memories of the lead horse having six-inch icicles hanging from its nostrils wererecalled.

Only a few working horses are leftnowadays, and these are mainly at visitorattractions, with a few still used inforestry to pull timber out from placesinaccessible to machines. Horses are nowmainly used for pleasure and sport. Infact, such is the popularity of riding todaythat the number of horses in the countrynow exceeds the number in the times ofthe working horse.

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KEN GILLANCEA MOORSHOLM DIARY

Willow Harvest atThrostlenest Farm‘I see skies of blue and clouds of whiteThe bright blessed day, the dark sacred nightAnd I think to myself what a wonderful world.’

‘Some of you young folks been saying to me– “Hey Pops what you mean what awonderful world, how about all them warsall over the place. You call them wonderful?And how about hunger and pollution? . . .”How about listening to old Pops for aminute. Seems to me it ain’t the world that’sso bad, but what we are doing to it. All I’msaying is see what a wonderful world itwould be if we would give it a chance.’

Louis Armstrong (Renowned jazz singerand social commentator, 1968)

AS JANUARYdrew to a close our spirits werelifted by some vivid pink sunrises over

Egton High Moor and beyond, stimulatingthoughts of spring-time and all that entails.Often at dusk the pale darkness of the ‘sinistermoor’ was lit by scattered sunsets of lemonand silver. On a good night the western skylinewas cinder red, spreading out over Birk Browand filling the night sky from Guisborough toCommondale. Early on the morning of 27January we were alerted by the rumbling ofheavy machinery moving along the HighStreet towards North Lane. The long-awaitedharvest time for the coppiced willowplantation at Peter and Jo Wood’sThrostlenest Farm had at last arrived.

It was just three years since the firstharvesting of this ‘new crop’ last took place inthe midst of a February blizzard. This time

the weather was much kinder and the harvestquickly got underway beneath a high, cleanand empty sky lit by wintry sunlight. Theconditions were perfect, the land relativelyfirm but not frozen, and the twelve acres ofthick willows, some fifteen to twenty feet inheight, were cut down and instantly shreddedinto wood chip within the day.

The giant harvester which appears to besolely for chewing up and spitting out woodplantations, is in fact a forage harvesterwhich in summer is engaged in theharvesting of silage crops. In the willowharvesting the ordinary cutting blades andreel are removed from the front end andreplaced by a set of very large circular sawblades, which easily slice through theplantation. The illustrations on page 33show this in operation. Tractors with high-sided trailers work non-stop collecting thewood chip from the machine as it devoursthe willow, and lead it to the headland neara specially widened road-side gate, where itis heaped and left to dry until the latesummer. By then the very high moisturecontent will have fallen naturally and thecrop will be a good deal lighter. It will betaken eventually by special container lorriesfrom the field to the industrial site whichwas formerly ICI Wilton on Teesside, andthere used to fuel the No. 10 Wilton PowerStation, which produces year-round ‘greenenergy’. Only then, when classified as ‘fielddried’, will the weight of the crop be known.The first crop three years ago yielded a totalof 72 tons of ‘field dried’ willow chip !

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assessed at 42 per cent moisture content.This harvest the yield is expected to beconsiderably higher because the nature ofthe crop husbandry is to naturally multiplythe number of new saplings which sproutup after each cut. They then mature ingrowth at the rate of some four to five feet ayear. It can be more, and at Throstlenest thetwelve acres are planted on good arableland, which is likely to reflect in the cropyield. For the time being Peter and Jo mustwait for the crop to dry and be processed.The only hint they have of this year’s yield isthe prediction of the harvesting contractorswho dealt with the task in February 2009.They believe there is an increase in volumeof about 2.5 over the 2009 crop.

The UK, like much of the developed world,has an obligation under the Kyoto Protocol,to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and togenerate a part of the nation’s electricity fromrenewable sources. That obligation motivatedthe initiatives through DEFRA to encouragediversification and introduce farmers to newcrops and associated crop management,providing a significant opportunity for the‘energy crop’ industry. Currently one of themajor energy crops in the UK is willow, withpoplar also being used though less suited tocoppicing. Willow is ideally suited to ‘shortrotation coppice’ (SRC) consisting of denselyplanted, high-yielding varieties on a two tofive year cycle, but commonly three years asat Moorsholm.

An important determinant of SRC yield isthe water table. It will produce good growthwhere there is sufficient soil moisture but notpermanent waterlogging. A wide range ofsoil types are suitable though clay and sandyloams that retain moisture and are wellaerated are ideal. Close to the power stationon the old ICI Wilton Chemical Site, an oldcar park was hacked up and roughlycultivated which produced good coppice

willow. Headlands of at least 8 metres widthare necessary at both ends of the rows toallow for turning of the heavy harvestingvehicles. Rides of 4 metres are requiredalong the edges of the crop to allow othermachinery access for the control of pests likewillow beetle. Multiple varieties of speciallyreared willow saplings help to control thedamage caused by willow beetle. Peter andJo currently have nine varieties in theirplantation and thus far have avoided anybeetle problems. Gate widths have to be atleast 4.5 metres but preferably up to 7.2metres for all machinery including thehaulage from the field. Peter quickly realisedthis and installed new extra-wide gates tofacilitate access into North Lane and a routethrough the village to the A171 at FreebroughCorner. From there it is an easy journeydown to Teesside.

The quantity grown at Moorsholm ismodest as Peter readily accepts. Neverthelessit is an important contribution in the majorbattle against climate change. In recentyears we have all seen increased volatility inweather with some of the mildest UKsprings and the worst summer floods onrecord. Some would argue that the arrivalof new livestock disease to our shores, suchas Blue Tongue, is a migration from warmersouthern climates and hence a direct effectof abnormal changes in climate. Justanother threat to add to an increasinglyalarming environment.

If, as readers may think, climate change isa global problem and that we all have aresponsibility to reduce our emissions, youmay also think we must adapt now to slowdown, if not halt completely, the worrying butreal threats from floods, water scarcity andmany more natural disasters. Perhaps weshould have all heeded the words of the greatLouis Armstrong forty-five years ago!

20 February 2012

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(SEE NATURE NOTES PAGE 37)INVADERS FROM THE CONTINENT

Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)The Harlequin ladybird is generally a larger species than most of our native ladybirds, ataround 8 mm long; there are three varieties (succinea, spectabilis and conspicua) and theycome in a numerous range of colour and pattern forms – as you can see from the di!erentpatterns in the photos! These foreign invaders will emerge from hibernation and becomeactive as the weather warms up.

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GRAHAM FEATHERSTONENATURE NOTES

Invaders from theContinent

THE COLD SPELL in early February cameas a shock to the system, especially

after such a mild winter up until then.However, these frosty nights are veryimportant in the control of pests anddiseases.

I’m sure we have all heard of the ‘Bluetongue’ outbreak which infected somefarms in the South East of England a fewyears ago. Well another continentalmidge disease has crossed the EnglishChannel. Schmallenberg virus wasdiscovered in weak and deformed lambsin Norfolk, Sussex and Kent a few weeksago. Unfortunately it has also beendetected in cattle. The midges wereprobably blown over from the continentlast Autumn during the spell of very mildSeptember/October weather, which alsosaw large numbers of rare moths fromEurope landing along the south and eastcoast. With luck, this cold spell should killoff the infected midges but there is noreason why, with the right winds, afurther wave of midges should not beblown onto our shores.

Another invader from the Continentwhich seems to be here for good is theHarlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis).This ladybird has been described as ‘thefastest-spreading invasive insect inEurope’. It arrived on the south coast ofBritain in 2003 and has since spread asfar north as the Orkneys, and wasrecently recorded in Ireland. The

problem with this insect is its dietaryhabits; it will readily eat the eggs andlarvae of other native ladybirds and evenbutterfly and moth eggs and larvae,making the battle for survival of some ofthe most threatened native species aneven greater struggle. Although the lasttwo hard winters may have slowed the Harlequin down, it looks as if it ishere to stay!

The proposed installation of a water-powered turbine at Ruswarp dam hasbeen given the go ahead and groundworks should start this Spring. Inprinciple I have no objections to the ideaof enhancing the flow of the Esk toproduce electricity. However, I have myconcerns as to how often there will beenough surplus water to actually turn theArchimedes screw. Restrictions havebeen made as to when water will actuallyflow through the ‘screw’; a certainamount of water (I’ve heard one cubicmetre per second) must be allowed toflow over the dam and another throughthe fish pass before any is available for the Screw to turn. I just wonder how often this excess water will beavailable to produce electricity. I’m surethe boffins will have considered thisdilemma!

March should see warmer nights andthe Moth trap starting to take some of thefirst ‘Spring moths’!

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HEATHER MATHERUPPER ESK VALLEY GARDEN CLUB

February 2012

AS THIS WAS our firstmeeting of the year,

annual subs were due. Pollywelcomed the members andwished them all a very happynew year. Tea, coffee and cakewere there to be enjoyed. Pollyreminded members that afundraising plant sale isarranged for Saturday 12 Mayin Castleton Village Hall andasked if cuttings could bepotted up and brought on inreadiness.

Our speaker for the evening was CharlieCross-Gurnell from the Hay Shed

Experience. The project wasbegun by Lucy Muir whounfortunately could not bewith us because of the icyconditions. However, Charliegave an excellent talk,explaining his background inhorticulture and theprinciples of Lucy’s project.The project incorporates thevegetable garden, part of thefamily farm and someforestry. They giveemployment and training to

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Charlie, who joined the Hay Shed fifteenmonths ago, told of his own huge learningcurve: gardening in our northern climate,organising the vegetable garden, raised bedsand compost heap, and mastering thesowing, planting and harvesting system, notto mention managing people with special

needs, which was new to him. All in all it wasa very interesting talk with photos andtestimonials from the trainees.

Next month’s speaker will be RayOrme, talking about vegetablegrowing. The meeting will be held onMonday 5 March.

The garden club meets on the first Monday inthe month at Ley Hall, Lealholm, except foroutside visits. New members are very welcomeand for more information telephone PaulineElliot on 01287 660137 or Heather Mather on01287 669104.

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The Inspired by… Gallery was set upfive years ago to give local artists anopportunity to promote their work to awider audience. The ‘Your Place’exhibition will build on this ethos byoffering 60 artists a chance to hire space atthe gallery to raise awareness and sell theirartwork throughout the four-week run.Artwork for the final exhibition will bechosen by a panel of established artistsincluding photographer Joe Cornish, glassartist Kate Jones and landscape painterPeter Hicks.

Deadline for submission ofartwork for Your Place exhibition:Saturday 31 March. More information

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JIM WHITE, WHITBY SHOTOKAN KARATE CLUBSPORT REPORT

Report of the Danby KarateClub first grading

THE DANBY SHOTOKAN KARATE CLUB heldits first junior grading on Tuesday 21

February in their training hall (Dojo) DanbyVillage Hall.

Three Black Belt instructors, Sensei MikeHoward 4th Dan, Sensei Jim White 3rd Danand Sensei Dan Howard 1st Dan from theWhitby Shotokan, were invited to form thegrading panel.

The session started with warm-upexercises conducted by Nikita Smith 1st Kyu,which lasted about 15 minutes. Sensei MikeHoward began the grading while Sensei JimWhite lined the students in groups of fouron the Dojo floor.

Each student had to perform (Tsuki Waza)punching techniques with the first basickarate punch, (OI-zuki) stepping punch. Theythen were tested on the basic blockingtechniques (UKU-Waza) using the first fourbasic blocks, (GEDAN BARRAI) downwardblock, (AGU-uke) rising block, (UCHI-uke)inside block, (SOTO-uke) outside block.

This is the first grading for junior karatetrainees and each student performedremarkably well; all 13 students weresuccessfully graded to 1st Mon and awardedtheir first yellow tag. Sensei Mike Howardpraised the students for their good etiquetteand thanked Sensei Sallyanne for keepingup the high Shotokan standard. He told thestudents that the first grading is alwaysnerve-racking but they had now passed thathurdle. Sensei Jim White told the studentsthat a Black Belt in karate is a white beltwho never gave up; he said that there is a

Black Belt for everyone, it only takes timeand dedication. Sensei Sallyann thankedthe students for their hard work and theparents for encouraging their children.

A short karate demonstration was givenby Sensei Dan Howard who showed the firstbasic KATA to the children followed by arapid Black Belt Kata (NIJU SHIHO).

Sensei Dan Howard and Nikita Smith dida short demonstration of simple combattechniques.

The successful students were RubyCameron, Ellie Craven, Niamh Elliott, Tala-Hicks Elliott, Anna Featherstone, RosieHodgson, Aaron Lees, Megan Lees, ZakLloyd, Alexander Peocock, Ban Peocock,Drew Smith and Ben Peirson.

Danby Shotokan Karate Club is registeredwith the Independent Federation of MartialArts. The instructor Sensei Sallyann Smith is aqualified Black Belt Sensei and is registered withthe federation. The Club trains at Danby VillageHall, Tuesdays 6–7 pm. For further informationphone Sallyann on 01287 660328 or email:N1Smt9@aol.com.

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JOHN WATSONSPORT REPORT

Trials and Motocross:Looking Back

DUE TO EVENTS cancelled, I have no optionbut to return to my youth; the age when

men wore a neat line in trilbies, smoked apipe, donned comfy cardigan and slippersafter 7 pm and visited the barber for ‘a shortback and sides’ while furtively whispering forsomething for the weekend. I thought what astrange place to go for a gallon of petrol.

Castleton lad Dave Kitching and myself,both raw-boned, know-it-all teenagers atthat time, purchased our first bikes. Dave,a 197 cc James, mine a 500 cc Goldie. Well,it was cheap. Gaining a licence meant a firststep on the road to independence and wewere so full of it, we talked ourselves intoriding a trial at Chopgate on Boxing Day.

At 7 am on the 26th , I jumped – crawled– out of a nice, warm bed to scrape the iceoff the inside, yes, the inside of the bedroomwindow, because we were hard in thosedays, and peered out. Not a brass monkeyin sight. Now that’s a keen frost.

Fighting against the face-stinging blizzard,we slithered our way to Chopgate, the teenage‘macho’ mentality seeing us through.

Frozen solid, fingers were clenched roundthe bars, unwilling to let go. The ride provedharsh, but the thawing out proved worse. Asblood returned to my frozen fingers, so didthe excruciating pain. I blamed the frostyair for my watering eyes.

Once started, I soon defrosted, pushingnearly 3 cwt (not sure on kilos) of bike up hills.The damned thing wouldn’t grip, while Davefound too much, pulling the valve out of therear tube on the first climb to end his day.

He didn’t have long to wait. I pushed rounduntil arriving at a treacherous, icy plungedown the moor. Brakes were no help, even ifI’d had any. How the devil would I stop? Ipoked the front wheel over the edge, both feetdown in an attempt to hold me back. Not ahope in Hell. In a split second, I reached 30 mph. I had worried unnecessarily aboutstopping. I hit a massive rock, which stoppedthe bike dead, catapulting me over the barshead first to slide to a stop twenty yards on.No bones broken, I ran back. The bike lay onits side, ticking over, as if ready to inflictfurther punishment. Lifting the great beast !

! ORIENTEERING CHALLENGEThe Cleveland Survival: Saturday 24 MarchThis is a friendly event based on an orienteering course of about 26 miles through the heart ofthe North Yorkshire Moors, to be completed within a 12-hour time limit. There will be a seriesof checkpoints identified by a grid reference and description. Your aim is to visit each checkpointin the order given on the route card. Map-reading and navigation skills are required.

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upright, my heart dropped at the sight of thenow kidney-shaped front wheel.

I found an old bed iron stuck in the wall,forced the wheel to turn and limped back. Dave,by now, had lost the will to live. Throughchattering teeth, he muttered about no lightsand darkness setting in. The watery sun haddipped below the horizon and the sweat Ithought I’d lost, I hadn’t. It had just turned to ice.

We set off home, Dave, on the little ‘Jimmy’,weaving madly across the road with a flat tyre,

while I fought sea sickness with an undulatingfront end from the buckled wheel.

Thoughts sprang to mind on the long ridehome that table tennis might be a nice,gentle pastime in winter.

Back to normal next month with theCleveland. Good entry, great trial andsuperb riding guaranteed from some of thebest riders in the country. Surely the locallads will be out in force for this one.

Don’t miss it.

4 Mar Thirsk DMC Trial, Hambleton11 Mar Scarborough DMC Trial, Harwood Dale18 Mar Middlesbrough DMC Nat. Trial, Castleton / Pickering DMC Trial Easy, Wrelton24 Mar Eboracum MC Trial, TBA25 Mar Northallerton DMC Trial, TBA31 Mar Scarborough DMC Trial, Harwood Dale

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JOHN GREENINGSPORT REPORT

FootballDUE TO THE RECENT cold snap, Lealholm

Football Club have played only twogames in the last month.

The final Saturday in January sawLealholm lose 3-1 away to Loftus Athletic,in the quarterfinal of the League ChallengeCup, despite dominating the first half hour.Tom Raw put Lealholm in front after tenminutes, following good work from KevinBrown. But the closest they came to asecond goal was when Duncan Marson sawa great shot come back off the bar.

Loftus then equalised 35 minutes into thegame, before taking the lead on the stroke ofhalf time, with an excellent volleyed goal.This second goal seemed to deflateLealholm, and Loftus were then the betterside in the second half, scoring a third goalafter 70 minutes. Despite a late flurry byLealholm, they were well beaten by the end.

Returning from a two-week break afterthe snow, Lealholm then convincingly beatLingdale United 6-1 at home in the league.Mike Thompson put Lealholm in front inthe second minute, after being put throughby Kevin Brown. With Ian Fishlock makingthree really good saves at one end to denyLingdale an equaliser, Stephen Bedingfieldburst through at the other, on the half-hourmark, to give Lealholm a 2-0 lead.

Although Lingdale pulled one back fiveminutes later, Kevin Brown restored thetwo-goal advantage with a great volley tenminutes into the second half. Lealholmwere comfortable for the remainder of thematch, scoring three further goals in the lastten minutes; two unlucky own goals by theLingdale defence, and a last-minute goal bytop scorer Mike Thompson, his seventeenthof the season.

Sat 3 Mar Staithes Athletic at home in the league Sat 10 Mar Loftus Athletic away in the semi-final of the Scarborough & District Junior

Cup (2 pm K.O.)Sat 17 Mar Loftus Athletic at home in the league Sat 24 Mar North Skelton Bulls Head away in the semi-final of the UPVC Suppliers

Knockout Cup (1.30 pm K.O.)Sat 31 Mar Great Ayton United at home in the league

! LEALHOLM FOOTBALL CLUB FIXTURES

! LEALHOLM CC 100 PLUS CLUB ALAN THOMPSON

February 2012 – drawn by Mrs Ann Broadley

£20 20 Mr Ian Weatherstone, Lealholm£10 197 Mr & Mrs G. Henderson, Aislaby£10 39 Mrs S. Fawcett, Whitby£5 205 Mr H.C. Marshall, Glaisdale£5 206 Mrs V. Bulmer, Kirkbymoorside £5 140 Mr J.J. & Mrs C. Harrison, Lealholm£5 142 Mr W.H. Tindall, Danby

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Glaisdale School

This month the whole school enjoyedcelebrating the ‘Chinese New Year of theDragon’. We had a Chinese-flavour schooldinner with chicken noodles, spring rolls, prawncrackers, peas/water chestnuts, sesame cookiesand fortune cookies. The children took part inlots of Chinese activities throughout the day onThursday 26 January and had a great time.

On Shrove Tuesday, the children took part infantastic pancake races held in the school yard.Parents who attended also had their own race,and the teachers, and the Chair of the Board ofGovernors (who turned up just in time!).

Don’t miss our Easter Bingo night onThursday 22 March, 6.30 pm, at theRobinson Institute. Everyone welcome!

Helen Ford

Lealholm SchoolSince coming back after a peaceful Christmasbreak, we have all been very busy.

INFANTS The infant’s topic for the first halfof the term was fairy tales. We had great funacting out and listening to different fairy tales.This half term our topic is houses and homes.We are going to look at different homes withinLealholm and compare them to the Isle ofStruay where the Katie Morag stories are set.

JUNIORS In anticipation of the OlympicGames this summer, the juniors have alreadybegun studying Greece. Last half term, thechildren were introduced to the theme throughreading and writing fables and myths. Thisterm, they are continuing to enjoy these stories.They will also be focusing on persuasive writing.

JUBILEE We are already beginning to thinkabout the forthcoming Diamond Jubileecelebrations. We will be inviting the localcommunity to join in our very own street partyon Friday 1 June. This should be great fun!

WERE YOU IN LEALHOLM IN 1952 OR 1972(OR BOTH!) Our children would love theopportunity to meet and interview people whowere living in Lealholm when the Coronationtook place or for the Silver Jubilee celebrations.If you are interested in coming into school toshare your memories of these times, pleasecontact Lealholm school: 01947 897401, email:admin@lealholm.n-yorks.sch.uk

BURNS NIGHT Friends of Lealholmcelebrated Burns Night in style. There was afantastic meal of delicious haggis and dancinginto the night with the superb Widdershins.Thank you to all who helped to organise andrun this event. It was a huge success. Look outfor tickets for next year as they will go quickly.

Helen Ward

Danby SchoolHello to all our readers. This is our first article ofthe New Year. We have a lot in store for everyonethis term and a lot to write about this month.

TOPICS This term we have very interestingtopics. The juniors are studying Ancient Egypt,and we have been writing poems and stories onthe subject. The infants are looking at Changesin the Seasons and Materials with MrsChampion and Mrs Hindmarsh.

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NEW STARTERS This term we have four newstarters: Charlie Barber, Harriet Graham,Brooke Heldt and Phoebe Aldous. They are allsettling in very well and are enjoying their firstcouple of weeks here with Mrs Champion andall the other infants.

FILM NIGHTS The two film nights that thePTFA organised raised £197.30, and theSchool Christmas production raised £157.19.We watched ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ and‘Gnomeo and Juliet’. Thank you to everyonewho helped raise these amounts.

BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT On 26January years 5 and 6 had the opportunity toput their newly acquired basketball skills to thetest. Eight of us took part in a tournament atEskdale School. Everyone played tremendouslywell resulting in an overall second place. Danwas a star, scoring five goals. We now are goinginto the finals where we will be competingagainst Whitby and Ryedale Schools.

NETBALL LEAGUE MATCH On Thursday 2 February pupils of years 5 and 6 played ahome match against Seton. It was a very closeand hard match but everyone playedextremely well. We were drawing until the lastquarter when we managed to squeeze in twolast-minute goals. After handshakes and welldones, we all came in to have traditionaljammy-dodgers and juice!

KWIK CRICKET On Wednesday 15 Januarywe took part in a Kwik Cricket competition atWhitby Leisure Centre. Danby made six catches,five of which were made by Felix Brown. He alsobowled two people out! Danby played very wellbut did not manage to get into the finals. We hadlots of fun and excitement, even though thematches were quite challenging.

MATHS WORKSHOP On Tuesday 24 andWednesday 25 January years 5 and 6 joinedtogether at Eskdale School with children fromother primaries. We had a lot of fun with MrsLanders playing the bus-stop game. Thegames were challenging but a drink and alovely biscuit got our brains working again!

ATHLETICS COMPETITION On Wednesday8 February eleven pupils from years 5 and 6went to Whitby Community College to takepart in an athletics competition, whichincluded field events and track events. We didvery well, with a lot of people getting bronze,silver and gold. Overall Danby finished first,Glaisdale second and Lealholm third. Welldone to all the players: Harvey Clacherty (y6),Matthew Robson (y6), Brianne McTurk (y6),Philip Beaumont (y6), Rosie Barber (y6), TomHoulgate (y6), Tim Barker (y6), Lacy Hewison(y5), Felix Brown (y5), Alex Peacock (y5) andTala Hicks-Elliot (y4).

We hope you enjoyed reading our articlethis month, because two more pupils will bewriting again next month with moreinformation!By Brianne McTurk (Y6), Rosie Barber (Y6),

Tom Houlgate (Y6) and Jack Martin (Y5).

St Hedda’s SchoolEgton Bridge

TOPIC This term our whole school topic isabout the Vikings. Class 2 have been learningabout the Vikings. We have researched Vikinglongships and have particularly enjoyeddesigning and making our own models. Wehave taken on the role of Viking warriors andhave written diary entries detailing our journeyat sea and a raid on a monastery. We arelooking forward to visiting Murton Park andlearning more about the daily life of a Viking.

CLASS 1 were lucky to be visited by Mrs Haleswho demonstrated spinning techniques andshowed the children the steps to make lambsfleece into wool. We have also been exploringViking longhouses in our role play area and havea play Viking archaeological dig. We have foundout about where the Viking homelands were andwhat their houses and boats looked like.

SPORTKwik Cricket – children from class 2 took partin a Kwik cricket festival at Whitby LeisureCentre. They all played very well and !

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improved their skills over the course of theafternoon.

Netball v Hawsker – this was a leaguefixture and we were delighted to win 4-1despite very windy conditions.

Netball v Glaisdale – this was our finalleague fixture and we had a great victory of 6-1 which meant we finished top of our league!

GYMNASTICS FESTIVAL Children fromYears 1 and 2 took part in the KS1 GymnasticsFestival held at Eskdale School. The childrenperformed in different events against otherschools, the activities including vaulting, bodymanagement and floor exercises. The childrenwere helped by pupils from Eskdale andCaedmon Schools. This event was organisedby SSCO Caroline Watson.

INGHAM PLAY PARK After helping plantbulbs at the new Ingham Play Park at Sleightslast term, we all received a goody bag ofgardening gloves, trowel, fork and water bottle.These were very much appreciated and wethank Mrs Elder and the Play Park committee.

PTA We will be having our next

Bags2School collection on Tuesday 20March, 9 am.

Our next event will be an Easter Bingo inEgton Village Hall on Friday 23 March,doors open 6.30 pm, eyes down 7 pm.

Louise Hegarty

Castleton SchoolINFANTS’ TRIP TO RYEDALE FOLKMUSEUM On 26 January the infants spentthe day at Ryedale Folk Museum. The children

(and accompanying staff) all wore Victoriancostume and looked absolutely brilliant. (Seephoto on inside cover.)

Here is what some of them had to say:Evie in Year 2 said it was exciting and her

favourite bit was getting to cook the bread wehad made on the fire.

Max in Year 1 said it was really good and heenjoyed it all, especially turning the wheel onthe mangle to squeeze the water from theclothes we had washed.

Bel in Reception said it was very good fun –we went to the white cottage and used old itemsto help tidy up. We used a carpet beater to bashthe dirt and dust out of the old rag rugs.

MATHS MORNINGS Years 5 and 6 went onseparate mornings to Eskdale School (joiningwith other Primary Schools in the area) for‘Developing thinking skills through problemsolving investigations in mathematics’.

UNICEF ‘DAY FOR CHANGE’ We again tookpart by having a non-uniform day and ‘sillyolympics’ afternoon instead of the usual PEsession and raised nearly £38.

This year the focus was for ‘Sports forDevelopment in Uganda’, where more than halfof the population are under 14 and there is greatpressure on children to leave school early withonly 1 in 4 going to secondary school. Childrenhelp at home, are recruited into armies as slavesor soldiers and are at serious risk ofexploitation. Diseases such as Malaria alsothreaten their health. UNICEF has beenworking with children in Uganda since 1952,helping them to be healthy, go to school and beprotected from abuse and exploitation. Sportand play are vital elements to the health,happiness and well-being of Uganda’s childrenand we wanted to raise money to support this.

SAINSBURY’S ACTIVE KIDS VOUCHERSWe are again collecting the vouchers and havea box in the school foyer and, as always, aregrateful for any you would like to pass on.

FAIR TRADE BIG BREW Wednesday, 7 March, 2.30 pm. During Fair Trade fortnightwe are again hosting a Big Brew in school for

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Pam Shepherd. Everyone is very welcome tocome along and enjoy a cup of Fair Trade teaor coffee and sample Fair Trade biscuits.

Jean Blacklock

Botton Village SteinerSchool

PARENTS’ EVENING When my family firstcame to Botton School I was surprised by howdifferent parents’ evenings were. After twoyears of state school parents’ evenings, I foundthem a refreshing change.

The class chairs were set out in a circle andmy son’s lesson books were laid out on hisdesk for me to look through. The books werefilled with beautiful drawings and a differentcolour border on every page. On theblackboard the teacher had drawn a fairytalescene in coloured chalk, with a castle, a caveand some gnomes who were busy picking upbright stones and putting them in little sacks.The picture was very artistic and decorative. Iremember thinking it would have stirred theimagination and enthusiasm of any childcoming in that morning.

Instead of meeting with the teacher one at atime we all sat down, teacher and parentstogether. Our purpose was not to discuss eachchild’s individual progress but to look at theclass as a whole. We talked about thecurriculum for the coming year and tried someof the activities our children would be doing.Mark, the class teacher, gave us an outline ofthe coming maths block and how maths istaught to small children in a Steiner school sothat we would not confuse our children byusing another method at home.

He told us a story about gnomes who workedfor a King, collecting crystals (units). When thegnomes had collected ten crystals they put theminto a bag (tens) and when they had ten bagsthey packed them into a box (hundreds). Thecrystals were stored on the right-hand side of ashelf, which was split vertically into threesections, and the children knew that when theyhad ten crystals the gnomes had to put them ina bag and move them to the next section to the

left on the shelf. When they had ten bags theyput them in a box and moved them to the thirdsection on the far left. Mark informed us that thechildren had also had great fun acting out thestory in the school yard, being busy gnomescollecting stones and packing them into bagsand boxes. They were learning maths throughstory and art, using their imagination, andthrough physical activity, using their hands.

We also talked about child development inrelation to the age of our children, the dynamicsof the class and any issues we had. Particularemphasis was placed upon where the childrenwere developmentally and how we could ‘meetthem where they were’. The purpose of theseevenings is to develop a partnership betweenteachers and parents and to shareresponsibility for the education of the children.Children frequently see their parents at school,taking part in school life, cleaning, gardeningor helping with other practical activities. Also,the closer relationship between the parentsmeans that, when problems do arise, we candiscuss them more freely. At the end of theevening I was a little worried that I had notbeen able to discuss my son individually – thisworry was removed instantly when I found outI could meet my children’s teachers at any timeor phone them at home.

Since that first parents’ evening, I havetaken part in eurythmy, form drawing, ring-time at Kindergarten, learning languagesthrough songs and rhymes, performed apuppet show and many other activities thathelp my children to learn. I hope I can bettersupport them as a result.

SPRING FAIR, SAT 24 MAR, 11 AM–4 PMCome and join us for an afternoon of fun.Activities include: candle dipping, a puppetshow, forest faces, balloon sculpting, facepainting, pottery and whittling. There will be acafe serving hot and cold drinks and the usualdelicious savouries and cakes. If you have anyunwanted second-hand books and would like todonate them, please drop them off in the foyerof the school before the day of the Fair.

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Fryup Dales WIMrs Mary Smith, our President, welcomedmembers to our February meeting. Memberswere reminded of the group darts to be held inMarch. Names and details for supper were taken.A thank you letter from Kenilworth House hadbeen received regarding the Christmas parcels.Details of Danby Show’s display, ‘A DiamondJubilee Party’, had been received. The Esk ValleyTheatre programme for 2012 had also beenreceived. Names were taken for the forthcomingdarts at The Arncliffe and also for the SpringCouncil Meeting at Scarborough in April.

After the business meeting we had a mostenjoyable evening entitled ‘Cooking forPleasure’, which had an Irish theme. Ourdemonstrator was 11-year-old Teddy Latus,who was absolutely fantastic with hispersonality and patter, which included anumber of Irish jokes. He is most certainly ouryoungest speaker to date. Well done Teddy.

The competition was won by Sue. SupperHostesses were Enid and Sue.

A great evening’s entertainment.Maureen Hood

Glaisdale WIGlaisdale WI met on Thursday 9 February at theRobinson Institute. Mrs Vicky Ford was in the Chair. • The minutes of the November meeting were

taken as read.• The minutes of the meeting held on 10 Sep

1929 were read.• The next village walk will be on Thu 16 Feb,

with participants meeting at the Institute at10 am.

• Our team drew with Hawsker in the dartscompetition – well done!

• The Spring Council meeting will be held inthe Scarborough Spa on 18 Apr. Anyonewishing to attend should contact Vicky Ford.

• We are to discuss holding a Federation walkin Glaisdale.

• To celebrate the Olympic Year, N.F.W.I. isinviting WI members to walk or swim 209miles, between 1 Apr and 16 Sep. Eachmember should keep a journal, which is tobe handed in by 20 Sep.

• Various rambles and a two-day visit toCambridge have been arranged for springand summer.

• Our next meeting is on 8 Mar when thespeaker is Mr James Wight – son of AlfWight – on ‘The real James Herriot’.

Our speaker for the evening was Mrs Luddington,who gave a talk, illustrated with slides, on thejourney she and her husband, son and daughtertook around the world. The tour took one year tocomplete, starting in Bangkok, followed byVietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and thenSingapore. They spent four and a half months inAustralia, touring in their camper van, which hadbeen shipped over from home. Then they movedon to New Zealand, both North and South Islands,and then Canada and the USA, before flying homeone year to the day after leaving.

This was an amazing trip. They saw andexperienced many fantastic things, and I mustapologise to Mrs Luddington and to thereaders for not giving a more detailed report,but I just wanted to enjoy myself listening tothe talk and watching the slides.

We spent a very enjoyable evening lookingat slides of lovely warm climes, despite thesnow outside the door!

Mrs Karen MacDonald proposed the vote ofthanks.

Shirley Nunns

Lealholm WIOur February meeting took place on Monday13th when our President Mrs Linda Elderswelcomed members.

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Our Pennies for Friendship Collection hasamounted to £17.50. We had ten memberswishing to attend the Diamond Jubilee Lunchat the Feathers Hotel on 14 Mar, and nameswere taken for those wishing to attend theFlower Demonstration at Hunley Hall on 4Apr. It was agreed we arrange a Sunday Lunchfor members, partners and friends, thefavourite venue being The Stables Restaurant,on 6 May. More details to follow.

Joan asked us to get our thinking caps on forthe forthcoming WI entry at Danby Show; thisyear the theme is ‘A Diamond Jubilee Party’.

Volunteers were requested for the annualDarts Competition, this year to be held at TheArncliffe Arms on 27 Mar at 7 pm. TheSummer Barbecue will be on Saturday 14 July.

Our Speaker for the evening was Ian Fletcherwith wife Pat, who spoke to us about regenerationof the moors and meadows both in the North YorkMoors and much further afield. It was sointeresting to listen to someone with such a deepknowledge of the plants and species that growaround and underneath us. Ian is always lookingaround for traditional flower meadows, so that hecan harvest their seed, and grow it elsewhere to anever-increasing number of people who want theirown wild flower meadows. He also harvestsheather seed and helps to re-generate the moorswhere they have become barren because of fires,etc. His enthusiasm for the work he does is veryobvious, and must be very satisfying.

Our Competition winner for a moorlandphoto was Enid Lonsdale and the raffle waswon by Joan Flintoft.

Next meeting is on 12 Mar when SarahBainbridge will talk to us about Bioresonance(Electromagnetic Frequencies). Competition

is a Natural Beauty Aid, and supper hostessesare Cynthia Finlay and Enid Lonsdale.

Carole Harrison

Eskmoors WI Delia, our President, welcomed members toour meeting in Castleton Village Hall.

The birthday members for the month ofJanuary and February received posies, andplants for both Emma Skidmore and SheilaBryan for their ‘special’ birthdays.

There was a reminder of the ScarboroughAnnual Council Meeting on 18 Apr, the quiz atThirsk on 21 May, and of course theforthcoming Danby Show on 15 Aug. The WIstands will be based on the theme ‘A DiamondJubilee Party’. There was also a reminder thatmembers could apply for a bursary for acourse at Denman College.

Our speaker on the night was Jane Smithson –our very own local lady – who works as astammering and speech therapist forMiddlesbrough Hospital Trust. Jane’s main areaof work now is with stammering problems inchildren. Jane gave a very interesting talk outliningthe problems children are faced with when dealingwith their stammers. We watched a DVD made bythe Michael Palin Trust in which school children ofall ages spoke about how they have had to deal withstammering and speech impediments and the helpthey have received to overcome these. Jane isenthusiastic about her job and this came throughin her lively and very informative talk.

The competition, ‘A tongue twister’, waswon by Ann Watson and the raffle was won byAngela Fawcett.

Pauline Elliot

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Coming EventsDIARY

See pages 59–62 for newcourses beginning in March,including Salsa at Danby!)

THU 1 MAR!Danby Parish LentLunches in Castleton VillageHall, 12 noon–1 pm, everyThursday until 29 Mar.Homemade soups, roll,biscuits and tea/coffee all for£3; also a weekly raffle. Allproceeds to charity.!Shared Tea & Matinee,Church Rooms, Glaisdale,2 pm. Monthly matinee withclassic film. Entrance £2.Please bring contribution forshared tea. Phone for filmdetails: 07967 538800.!Domino Drive forLealholm & HoulsykeSenior Citizens, at TheBoard Inn, Lealholm. Supperand Raffle. All welcome.

FRI 2 MAR!Social SequenceDancing, Egton Village Hall,7–10 pm, admission £2.50including tea and biscuits.Proceeds to Esk Valley Lifeline.

SAT 3 MAR!Lealholm Chapel SoupLunch, 11.30 am–1.30 pm, atLealholm Chapel,£4 adult, £1.50 child, includessoup, dessert, tea and cake.Produce stalls. Proceeds toLealholm Chapel.!North York MoorsChamber Music Festivalconcert at St Hilda’s,Westcliff, Whitby, 7 pm.Schubert, Chausson and

Shostakovich. Tickets £8 (£6conc.) 01751 417795.

SUN 4 MAR!NP Guided Walks: 1) ‘Springtime at ReastyBank’, 2.5 mile walk in quietHarwood Dale, 10.30 am–12.30 pm, meet at Reasty HillTop car park SE965944.Fitness level 2. 2) ‘The Rievaulx Round’,2-mile walk throughsurroundings of RievaulxAbbey revealing ingenuity ofmonks in early development ofRievaulx, 1.30–3 pm. Meet atAbbey Visitor Centre. Fitnesslevel 2. Both walks free butdonations welcome. Booking:01439 772738.

TUE 6 MAR !Enrolment day (10 am–12 noon) for ComputerBeginners’ Course atGlaisdale’s RobinsonInstitute, supported by PriorPursglove College. Ten-weekcourse (exc. Easter holidays)for £20 begins on Tue 13 Mar,10 am–12 noon. CallBradbury Centre on 07967538800. !Enrolment day (2–4pm) for Computer ‘NextSteps’ Course atBradbury Centre,Castleton, supported byPrior Pursglove College. Ten-week course (exc. Easterholidays) for £20 begins onFri 16 Mar, 2–4 pm. CallBradbury Centre on 07967538800. !Whist Drive, Egton VillageHall, 7.30 pm. All welcome.

WED 7 MAR!NP Guided Walk:‘Duncombe Park NationalNature Reserve’, 3.3 milewalk along Cleveland Wayand into Duncombe Park,with insight into history ofarea, 10.30 am–1.00 pm.Meet at Market Cross,Helmsley. Free but donationswelcome. Fitness level 3.Booking 01439 772738.!Egton Ladies’Fellowship meeting, EgtonVillage Hall, 2 pm. Any ladieswho would like to join wouldbe most welcome.

THU 8 MAR!Danby Health Shop: A.Vogel (Bioforce) HerbalAdvisor Eileen Durward willbe in store 10 am – 2pm.Eileen will offer expert healthadvice plus free samples andtastings. All welcome. Moreinformation, or to book anappointment, call DanbyHealth Shop (01287) 669200.

FRI 9 MAR!Enrolment day (2–4pm) for ComputerBeginners’ Course atBradbury Centre,Castleton, supported byPrior Pursglove College. Ten-week course (exc. Easterholidays) for £20 begins onFri 16 Mar, 2–4 pm. CallBradbury Centre on 07967538800. !Speaker’s Night withBryan Clare, ‘Set in Stone– The Story of EskdaleSandstone’, at BradburyCentre, Castleton, 7.30 pm.

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The history of Eskdalesandstone, including historicaluses, samples and artefacts,local discoveries. Entrance£3.50, booking 07967 538800.

SAT 10 MAR!Esk Valley Theatrepresents ‘The IncredibleJourney’ at the RobinsonInstitute, Glaisdale, 11 am. Afast-moving piece of theatrewith song, dance, music andpuppetry, suitable for all thefamily aged 6 years and over.Tickets: £5 (£4 conc.)available on 01947 897587 orfrom Glaisdale Village Shop.

MON 12 MAR!Whist Drive, CastletonVillage Hall, 1.45 pm, entrance£2 inc. tea/coffee and biscuits.Beginners welcome. Moreinformation: 07967 538800.!Fabulous Felt FlowerMaking with AndreaCross, Glaisdale RobinsonInstitute, 7.30–9 pm, three-week course on Mondaynights, £25. Materials from£8. Beautiful hand-crafted feltflowers to adorn an outfit.Booking: 07967 538800.

WED 14 MAR !Heather Hopper bus toTeesside Park Cinema, fare£3. Bookings: 07971 268676.

THU 15 MAR!Glaisdale Hunt DominoDrive, 8 pm, The Fox &Hounds, Ainthorpe. Allwelcome.

FRI 16 MAR!Public Exhibition onproposed exploratory gasborehole at Broad GateFarm, Westerdale –exhibition at WesterdaleVillage Hall, 2–8 pm. Drop in

any time to find out aboutproposed planning applicationand give your views on plans(see page 18 for more details).

SAT 17 MAR !Glaisdale PlaygroupSpring Sale, 10 am–12 noon,at Robinson Institute,Glaisdale, tea coffee, creamscones, raffle, tombola, cakeand produce stall, nearly newtoys, books and games,proceeds to GlaisdalePlaygroup.!Glaisdale Hunt DinnerDance, Danby Village Hall,7.15 for 7.30 pm, dancing toWoody’s Disco, tickets £27.50,please phone 01947 840332.!Fryupdale FamilyDomino Drive plus raffle,Fryup Village Hall, 7.30 pm.Funds in aid of children’sChristmas party.

SUN 18 MAR (MOTHERS’DAY)!Esk Valley Theatrepresents ‘An Evening withLesley Nicol’ (Mrs Patmorefrom Downton Abbey), 7.30pm. Join Mark Stratton inconversation with LesleyNicol. Tickets: £10 availableon 01947 897587 or fromGlaisdale Village Shop.

MON 19 MAR!Whitby Civic SocietyTalk: ‘A Jobbing Surveyor’by Barrie Snoxell, surveyorand historian, from Whitby’sVictorian Baths to groundsource heat pumps. Held atWhitby Museum, 7.15 pm.

TUE 20 MAR!St Hedda’s‘Bags2School’, EgtonBridge, 9 am.!Whist Drive, ChurchRooms, Glaisdale, 2 pm,

entrance £2 inc. tea/coffeeand biscuits. Beginnerswelcome. More information:07967 538800.

WED 21 MAR!Spring Flowers withAudrey Foster, an afternoonlearning to create your ownbeautiful flower arrangement.Cost £3.50. Phone to book andfor flower list: 07967 538800.!Esk Valley CommunityEnergy Group at DanbyVillage Hall: 2–6 pmDrop-in for information onenergy projects and advice onmaking energy efficiencies.7.30–9 pm Talk entitled ‘EskValley – a low carbon future’with discussion afterwards.

THU 22 MAR!Easter Bingo, 6.30 pm,Robinson Institute, organisedby Glaisdale School PTFA.Everyone welcome!

FRI 23 MAR!Easter Bingo in EgtonVillage Hall, doors open 6.30 pm, eyes down 7 pm.Organised by St Hedda’sSchool PTA.!Screenwaves FilmShowing: ‘My Week WithMarilyn’ at RobinsonInstitute, Glaisdale, 7.30 pm.A light-hearted tale ofMonroe’s visit to the UK tofilm ‘The Prince and theShowgirl’ with LawrenceOlivier. Tickets £5 on door oronline from www.wegottickets.com/screenwaves. !Speaker’s Night withMark Dawson: ‘A MostAgreeable Spectacle’, atBradbury Centre, Castleton,7.30 pm. Mark Dawson ofWhitby and DistrictAstronomical Society talksabout Transit of Venus – there

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will be one visible this year –and how the scale of the solarsystem was eventuallydetermined. Tickets £3.50,booking: 07967 538800.

FRI 23–SUN 25 MAR!‘Soldiers to the Hut’ atRyedale Folk Museum,Hutton-le-Hole: reenactmentof eighteenth-century soldiersbuilding huts built fromwillow. Admission chargesapply. More information:01751 417367.

SAT 24 MAR!Botton School SpringFair, 11 am–4 pm. Activitiesinclude: candle dipping,puppet show, forest faces,balloon sculpting, facepainting, pottery andwhittling. Refreshments.Donations of second-handbooks welcome; please leavein school foyer before Fair.

!Shared Tea & Matinee,Bradbury Centre,Castleton, 2 pm. Monthlymatinee with classic film.Entrance £2. Please bringcontribution for shared tea.Phone for details: 07967538800.

MON 26 MAR!’This Exploited Land’National Park wants yourideas – please drop in at LeyHall, Lealholm, 5–8 pm (seeposter on page 39 for details).

WED 28 MAR!Lent Lunch, GlaisdaleChurch Room, 12 noon–2 pm.!Whitby Lit. & Phil. Talk:‘Whitby’s Muster Rolls’, byJennifer Halling, RachelGreenwood and ChristianeKroebel, held in NormanbyRoom, Whitby Museum,Pannet Park, 2.15 pm, non-members £1.

THU 29 MAR!Shared Tea & Matinee,Ley Hall, Lealholm, 2 pm.Monthly matinee with classicfilm. Entrance £2. Please bringcontribution for shared tea.Phone details: 07967 538800.!Glaisdale Open GardensOpen Meeting to discusspossibility of event, GlaisdaleChurch Rooms, 7.30 pm.

SAT 31 MAR!Glaisdale ‘Trod’ Party,10 am–mid-afternoon, withBBQ lunch (please bringcontributions). Volunteersinvited to join a group torestore ‘trod’ walkwayalongside road from Glaisdaleschool drive entrance back tovillage. See page 16 for details.!Dalesmen Singers’Concert at St Hilda’s Church,West Cliff, Whitby, 7.30 pm,in aid of Malawi Bore HoleProject.

NATIONAL PARKEXHIBITIONSat Danby Moors Centre

(Open all week in March, 10 am–5 pm. Free entry.)

UNTIL TUE 27 MAR:!‘Moorlands ArtGroup, WinterExhibition’, varied worksin all media by four friends,all Ryedale artists.

THU 29 MAR–TUE 17APR: !‘Images of NorthYorkshire and Beyond’,works by artist Will Taylorand photographer Peter

Mernagh featuring tranquilscenes of the moors andnearby places.

THU 29 MAR–WED 11APR: !‘Brigantia Visits atEaster’, Art and handmadetraditional and moderncrafts created by peopleliving and working in NorthYorkshire.

For more NP events, seeleaflet ‘Out and About in theNorth York Moors’(available at the MoorsCentre, Danby), websitewww.northyorkmoors.org.uk, or call 01439772738.

THE GALLERYEXHIBITION at Ryedale Folk Museum,Hutton-le-Hole(Open daily, 10 am–4.30pm. Free entry to the GalleryExhibition. Moreinformation: 01751 417367.)

UNTIL 18 MAR: ‘Second Glance:Alternative Narrativeson Peace and Conflict’Exhibition in associationwith The Peace Museum andAlchemy which encouragespeople to pause and reflecton the nature of peace andconflict in the year of theOlympics. Works frominternationally renownedartists.

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LOOKING AHEAD:SUN 1 APR!Donkey Walk: a PalmSunday Walk from Castletonto Danby. Meet at CastletonChurch at 3 pm. Familieswelcome.

TUE 3 APR!‘Bike It’ event for age10+, a supervised ride throughPark Wood, 10 am–12 noon.Children should be confidenton their own bikes. Cost: £2.Booking 07967 538800.

WED 4 APR !‘This Exploited Land’:drop in at Danby VillageHall, 5–8 pm, to find outabout this National Park project(see page 39 for more details).

FRI 6 APR (GOOD FRIDAY)!Musical Programmewith Ken Allinson (ofPickering) at Glaisdale HeadChapel, supper afterwards.All welcome.

SAT 7 APR!Fryupdale CoffeeMorning plus table top saleand raffle, Fryup Village Hall,10 am–12 noon. To hire atable (£5) please ring Ann on01947 897317.

MON 9 APR (EASTER MON)!Annual Dance at EgtonVillage Hall, 7–10 pm, faithsupper, raffle, ‘Dance GroupMusic’, ‘Easter BonnetParade’. Admission £2.50.Proceeds to Parish HallFunds. All welcome.

THU 12 APR!Glaisdale Cricket ClubDomino Drive, ArncliffeArms, Glaisdale. Prizes onthe night for Domino Driveand raffle. Supper provided.

FRI 13 APR!Star Party at Westerdale

Village Hall, 8.15 pm, withtelescopes of Mark Dawsonand friends of Whitby andDistrict Astronomical Society.

FRI 20 APR!Speaker’s Night withJohn Ellis, ‘Three Weeksin Arizona’, at BradburyCentre, Castleton, 7.30 pm.Entrance £3.50. Booking07967 538800.

TUE 24 APR!‘Bike It’ event for age18–80+!, Hawsker to RobinHood’s Bay (lunch at RHB),10.30 am–2.30 pm. £12 inc.cycle hire. Book with BradburyCentre: 07967 538800.

WED 25 APRIL!Whitby Lit. & Phil.Talk: ‘The History of theWhitby–Loftus line,1866–1958’, by Dr MichaelA. Williams, held inNormanby Room, WhitbyMuseum, Pannet Park, 2.15 pm.

SAT 28 APR!Methodist ChapelSponsored Walk, start andfinish at Lealholm Chapel.More details to follow.

FRI 11 MAY!Danby MethodistCircuit Safari Supperfrom 5 pm. To book and fordetails ring Ena Harker on897219.

SAT 12 MAY!Plant Sale, CastletonVillage Hall, organised byUpper Esk Valley Garden Club.

SAT 26 MAY!Fryupdale Plant Sale,Coffee Morning andRaffle, Fryup Village Hall,10 am–12 noon.!North York MoorsChamber Music Festivalconcert at St Hilda’s Priory,Sneaton Castle, Whitby,

7 pm. Schubert, Rachmaninovand Smetana. Tickets £8 (£6conc.) 01751 417795.

FRI 1 JUN!Lealholm Street PartyJubilee Celebrations,organised by LealholmSchool.

MON 4 JUN (BANKHOLIDAY)!Lealholm Chapel CoffeeMorning. More details to follow.

TUE 5 JUN (JUBILEE)!Fryup residents’ walkand barbecue, starts FryupVillage Hall at 10.30 am.

SAT 23 JUN!Glaisdale Barn Boogieand Hogg Roast.

THU 5 JUL!School Olympic eventat Danby Moors Centre forlocal schools.

SAT 7 JUL!Fryupdale Art andCraft Day with cream teas,Fryup Village Hall, 10 am–4 pm.

FRI 3–SAT 25 AUG!Esk Valley Theatrepresents ‘Same TimeNext Year’ by BernardSlade, directed by MarkStratton, held at TheRobinson Institute,Glaisdale. (See page 9 fortimes & booking details.)

TUES 7 & 14 AUG!Pocket Panto presents‘Jack and the Beanstalk’at The Robinson Institute,Glaisdale, 2 pm. Treat foryounger audience and thoseyoung at heart! (See page 9for booking details.)

SAT 17 & SUN 18 NOVChristmas Charity Fair,Danby Village Hall.

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BOTTON VILLAGESTEINER SCHOOL!FridaysParent and child group, aged0–4, from 10 am to noon.Play using toys made fromnatural materials. For detailsphone Nessy Williamson on(01751) 430188.

CASTLETON –BRADBURY CENTRE, Booking (new number):07967 538800 or email:activities@eskmoorscaring.org !Mondays• Hatha Yoga with Leslie

Wood, 10–11.30 am, £30for 5 weeks (rollingprogramme), beginnersand new participantsalways welcome.

• Armchair Exercise with TaylorScaife, 3.15–4 pm, £10 for 5weeks inc. tea/coffee.

• Technogym, 4.15–5.15 pm /5.30–6.30 pm,£22.50/£20 for 6 weeks.

• Games Night with RichardDingle, 7 pm, £1 per session.

• Photography Workshop forBeginners No. 2 with IanSnowdon of Down to EarthImages, 7–9 pm, £35 for 5weeks, starting 12 Mar.

!Tuesdays• Play Reading with Maureen

Payne, 10.30 am–12 noon,£20 for 6 weeks.

• New Next Steps ComputerCourse starting in March– enroll between 2 pm and

4 pm on 6 March.

• Bridge – Beginnerswelcome, 6 pm, £1 persession.

!Wednesdays• Book Club once a month

(on Wed 21 Mar), 10 am,£2 inc. tea/coffee.

• Technogym, 6.15–7.15 pm /7.30–8.30 pm,£22.50/£20 for 6 weeks.!Thursdays

• Art with Jacqui Beaumont,9.30–11.30 am, £30 for 6weeks, join any time.

• Bingo every Thursday, 2 pm, £1 per session.

!Fridays• Technogym, 9.15–10.15 am,

£22.50/£20 for 6 weeks • New Beginners’ Computer

Course starting in March– enroll between 2 pm and

4 pm on 9 March.!Saturdays• Shared Tea and Matinee,

24 Mar, 2 pm, £2 inc.tea/coffee

!Sundays• Sunday Lunch (please

book on Friday), 12 noon,£5.50

CASTLETON VILLAGE HALL!MondaysStay and Play for under fives,9.30–11.30 am. Free sessionAll under fives welcome.!Mon 12 Mar:Whist Drive, all welcome,1.45 pm, £2. For details:01287 669357.!ThursdaysZumba, 7–8 pm

!FridaysKeep Fit, gentle exercises tomusic, suitable for all abilitiesand ages, 11–11.45 am, £2 persession. Call Taylor Scaife fordetails: 07503 159842.

COMMONDALE – THEHAYSHED EXPERIENCECIC Booking: 01287 669294!ThursdaysWensleydale Wool Workshopat Fowl Green Farm, 10 am–3.30 pm. Work with woolstraight from the sheep andhave a go at washing, dyeing,spinning, felting, etc. Allmaterials provided. PhoneLucy for more information:01287 669294.

DANBY VILLAGE HALLBooking: Jill 01287 660265or Les 01287 660297!MondaysBadminton, 7.30 pm. Allplayers of all abilitieswelcome. Turn up on theevening or contact Martinfor details on 01287 660715.!TuesdaysKarate, 6–7 pm, children(age 5 plus) £2, adults £3.For details ring Sally-AnnSmith, 01287 660328.!ThursdaysSalsa Classes (NEW!Beginner’s Course), 7.30–8.30 pm (from 1 March),£35 for 6 weeks. Bookthrough Bradbury Centre:07967 538800

Regular Activities & ServicesDIARY

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BUSTIMETABLESSH

Lealholm Side 0910 1110 1310 1510 –Lealholm School 0912 1112 1312 1512 –Glaisdale Post Office 0918 1118 1318 1518 –Glaisdale Station 0921 1121 1321 1521 –Egton Bridge 0927 1127 1327 1527 1647Egton Surgery 0930 1130 1330 1530 1650Grosmont Rail Station 0937 1137 1337 1537 1657Sleights Post Office 0947 1147 1347 1547 1707Whitby Westbourne Avenue 0952 1152 1352 1552 1712Whitby Bus station/Langbourne Road 1000 1200 1400 1600 1715

SSHWhitby Bus station/Langbourne Road 1005 1205 1405 1605 1735Whitby Westbourne Avenue 1010 1210 1410 1610 1740Sleights Post Office 1016 1216 1416 1616 1746Grosmont Rail Station 1026 1226 1426 1626 1756Egton Surgery 1030 1230 1430 1630 1800Egton Bridge 1032 1232 1432 1632 1802Glaisdale Station 1039 1239 1439 – 1809Glaisdale Post Office 1042 1242 1442 – 1812Lealholm School 1048 1248 1448 – 1818Lealholm Side 1050 1250 1450 – 1820

Code SSH: Saturday and Monday to Friday during School Holidays. Please note: NODOGSALLOWED

MM && DDMINI-COACH HIRE, Egton16 Seater Coach for Hire • Telephone: 01947 895418

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DANBY SPORTSASSOCIATIONChildren’s Sports Club at thesports field in associationwith Ultimate Soccer,Saturdays 10–11.30 am, £3per child. Details: phone Jo01287 669129.

DANBY SURGERY!ThursdaysFree baby play, fun playsessions for parents/carersand babies under one, 9.30–11.30 am. Contact Whitby &District Children’s Centre fordetails: 0845 0349596.

EGTON VILLAGE HALLBooking: Joyce Harrison01947 811609!Mondays• Social Sequence Dancing,

7–9 pm!Tuesdays• Short mat bowling, 7.30 pm• Whist drive, 7.30 pm (first

Tue in each month)!Wednesdays• Social Sequence Dancing,

2.30–4.30 pm (except firstWed in month)

• Beginners’ line dancing, 7 pm• Line dancing, 8 pm• Ladies’ Fellowship, 2 pm

(first Wed in each month)!Thursdays• Adult Tap Classes,

6.30–7.30 pm, open to bothmen and women and age isno barrier. Phone Sheila on07968 185821.

!Fridays• Dancing to dance group

music, 7.30 pm, £2.50(first Fri in each month)

FRYUP VILLAGE HALL !Tuesdays

Infinite Tai Chi and ChiKung classes, 5.30 pm(moved from Mondays).Please phone 07967890969for booking or furtherinformation.

GLAISDALE – CHURCHROOMSBooking: Penny Walker01947 897483!Glaisdale LuncheonClub would be delighted towelcome new lunchers onthe first and thirdWednesday of each month.For only £3.50 you will get a very good meal andconvivial conversation! Ifinterested, please phoneBetty Hoggarth on 01947897338.!Thu 1 Mar: GlaisdaleShared Tea & Matinee, 2 pm,£2 inc. tea/coffee, pleasebring contribution for sharedtea. Phone or email fordetails (07967 538800,email: activities@eskmoorscaring.org).!Tue 20 Mar: GlaisdaleWhist Drive, 2 pm, £2 inc.tea/coffee, more details:07967 538800.

GLAISDALE – ROBINSONINSTITUTEBooking: Sue Thompson01947 897351 or email:suethompson222@gmail.comHire of hall: £7 per hourKitchen hire: £10 per eventKitchen and the cooker: £15

per eventHire of hall for dances and

parties: £10 per hour!Mondays• Playgroup, 9 am–12 noon

• Zumba fitness class, 6.15–7.15 pm

!Tuesdays• New Beginners’ Computer

Course, £20 for 10 weeks –enrollment between 10 amand 12 noon on 6 March;phone 07967 538800.Classes start on 13 March.

• Ballet, 4–8 pm!Wednesdays• Patchwork (Heather

Quilters), 1.30 pm on 7 & 21 Mar

!Thursdays• Glaisdale WI, on 8 Mar,

7.30 pm• Parish Council on 15 Mar,

7.30 pm.!Fridays• Playgroup, 9 am–12 noon • Dalesfolk, 2 pm on 9 & 23

Mar !Whitby Police rural

Safer NeighbourhoodsTeam provide a localPolice surgery located atthe Robinson Institute.Local Police surgery foradvice and leaflets: 23 Mar, 2.30–3.30 pm(running at same time asDalesfolk meeting)

LEALHOLM LEY HALLBookings: KathrynHarrison 01947 897803!Thu 29 Mar: Shared Teaand Film Show, 2 pm, inconjunction with theBradbury Centre. Entrance£2 and contribution to thetea. All very welcome. Justturn up or to book phone01287 669357. !Wed 29 Feb: EcumenicalLent Course, 7.30 pm, onWednesday evenings for fivesessions. All welcome.

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UPDALE READINGROOM, ROSEDALE EAST!Rosedale HistorySociety informal monthly‘Tea, Chat & History’meetings held on the firstSunday of every month, 2–4 pm. If weather bad, pleasecheck http://rosedale.ryedaleconnect.org. uk orphone the Secretary on01751 417071.

WESTERDALE VILLAGEHALL!Westerdale LocalHistory Group meetingsare held monthly from Apr–Oct at the Hall.

MOBILE LIBRARYThe new ‘Supermobile’ (largelibrary bus with Internet access)visits Danby and Castletonfortnightly:

!Thursdays 1, 15 and 29March:• 10.30 am–12.30 pm Danby

Village Hall car park• 2–4 pm Castleton (adjacent

to Old Man’s Park)

HEATHER HOPPER TRIPS(Esk Moors Active Ltd)Booking: 07971 268676

!Mondays Loftus pool, 9 am, £1.

!Thu 1 Mar Stephen JosephTheatre: John Godber’s‘Weekend Breaks’, 1.30 pm, £10ticket, fare £3. Pickups:Castleton 10.50, Ainthorpe10.55, Danby 11.00.

!Sat 3 Mar Burniston &Cloughton Panto: ‘Jack & theBeanstalk’, 2 pm, tickets £6, fare£3. Pickups: Castleton 12.35,Ainthorpe 12.40, Danby 12.45.

!Mon 5 Mar Saltburn fish &chips lunch trip, fare £2.

Pickups: Castleton 11.30,Ainthorpe 11.35, Danby 11.40.

!Tue 6 Mar MiddlesbroughTown Hall Concert: NorthernSinfonia playing Mendelssohnand Mozart, 7.45 pm, ticketsfrom £11.50 conc., fare £3.Pickups: Castleton 6.15,Ainthorpe 6.20, Danby 6.25.

!Tue 13 Mar Lunch trip,Ellerburn church (history/battour) and lunch at ThorntonDale, fare £2. Pickups: Danby10.00, Ainthorpe 10.05,Castleton 10.10.

!Wed 14 Mar Teesside Park,fare £3. Pickups: Castleton 10.10,Ainthorpe 10.15, Danby 10.20.

!Sat 17 Mar Stephen JosephTheatre: ‘Love Labour’s Lost’ byNorthern Broadsides, 2.30 pm,£15 ticket, fare £3. Pickups:Castleton 10.50, Ainthorpe10.55, Danby 11.00.

!Sun 18 Mar (Mothers’ Day)Esk Valley Theatre presents anEvening with Lesley Nicol (MrsPatmore, Downton Abbey),Robinson Inst., Glaisdale, 7.30pm, £10 tickets, fare £1.Pickups: Castleton 6.50,Ainthorpe 6.55, Danby 7.00.

!Tue 20 Mar Dunsley Halllunch with ‘2 for 1’ vouchers formain course, fare £2. Pickups:Castleton 11.20, Ainthorpe11.25, Danby 11.30.

!Sun 25 Mar ‘Singing Farmers’at Kirkbymoorside Memorial Hall,2.30 pm, £12 tickets, fare £2.Pickups: Danby 1.00, Ainthorpe1.05, Castleton 1.10.

!Mon 26 Mar Castletontearooms lunch, fare £1.Pickups: Lealholm/Glaisdale12.20, Danby/Ainthorpe 12.40.

HEATHER HOPPERINDEPENDENT BOOKINGSBooking: 07971 268676

13-passenger seater minibusavailable for use by localgroups and individuals:50p/mile + £10 admin

BUS SERVICES!M&D Daily WhitbyService – see p. 58.

!Every Wednesday:Northallerton (Service 27)Times: Egton Memorial 0912,Glaisdale Post Office 0920,Lealholm PO 0923, Houlsyke0928, Danby rail 0933,Ainthorpe 0935, Castleton PO0938, Westerdale 0946,Castleton rail 0953,Commondale 1001, Great Ayton1020, Stokesley 1033, arrivingNorthallerton 1058. Returnsfrom Northallerton 1325.

!Alternate Thursdays: 1, 15 & 29 MarGuisborough Market Day(Service 26) – see p. 58.

!Alternate Thursdays: 8 & 22 Mar Whitby (Service 25) Guide pick-up times:Westerdale (0945), Castleton(0950), Ainthorpe, Danby(0955). Returning fromWhitby 1345.Travel on thisbus must be pre-booked.Phone 01947 606440.

!MoorsbusThe Moorsbus network runsbetween April and October.

!Daffodil BusThere will be a Farndale‘Daffodil Bus’ on Sundays from25 March–15 April, plus GoodFriday, Easter Saturday andEaster Monday, return fare £3.

STEAM RAILWAY!Contact North YorkshireMoors Railway: 01751 472508,www.nymr.co.uk

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CHURCH DIARY

WEEKLY SERVICES! Sacred Heart of Mary RC, Lealholm:

Saturdays, 6.30 pm – MassMondays & Thursdays, 9 am – Morning

Mass! St Hedda’s RC, Egton Bridge:

Sundays, 9 am – MassWednesdays, 7 pm – MassFridays, 9 am – Mass

! Danby Methodist Chapel,Sunday Services 10.30 am

! Glaisdale Methodist Chapel, Dale Head,Sunday Services 10.30 am

! Lealholm Methodist Chapel,Sunday Services 10.30 am

OTHER SERVICES! Sun 4 Mar

9 am Grosmont, Parish Communion10.30 am Goathland, Parish Communion10.30 am Lealholm, Morning Prayer10.30 am Danby, Group Holy Communion2.30 pm Westerdale Church, HC

(Methodist)6 pm Egton, BCP Holy Communion 6.30 pm Danby Vicarage, Evening Prayer

! Sun 11 Mar8 am Commondale, Holy Communion9 am Moorsholm, Holy Communion10.30 am Glaisdale, Benefice Holy

Communion 10.30 am Westerdale, Holy Communion

! Sun 18 Mar, Mothering Sunday 9 am Moorsholm, Mothering Sunday

Service with Holy Communion10.30 am Goathland, Family Worship10.30 am Lealholm, Family Worship10.30 am Danby Chapel, Joint Mothering

Sunday Service 2.30 pm Grosmont, Family Worship3 pm Commondale, Evening Prayer4 pm Egton, Family Worship

! Wed 25 Mar (NB clocks go forward)8 am Commondale, Holy Communion9 am Moorsholm, Holy Communion 9 am Glaisdale, Parish Communion 10.30 am Egton, Parish Communion 10.30 am Grosmont, Family Worship10.30 am Danby, Holy Communion2.30 pm Westerdale (Town Farm)

Evening Prayer6 pm Goathland, Parish Communion

Mon to Sat M’brough dep 0704 1038 1416 1740Commondale 0748 1117 1455 1819Castleton Moor 0752 1120 1458 1822Danby 0755 1123 1501 1825Lealholm 0802 1130 1508 1832Glaisdale 0807 1134 1512 1836Egton 0813 1140 1518 1842Grosmont 0817 1144 1522 1846Whitby arr 0838 1205 1543 1907

Whitby dep 0850 1241 1600* 1915Grosmont 0907 1258 1617 1932Egton 0910 1301 1621 1935Glaisdale 0914 1305 1625 1939Lealholm 0922 1313 1633 1947Danby 0928 1319 1640 1953Castleton Moor 0931 1322 1644 1956Commondale 0935 1326 1647 2000M’brough arr 1017 1407 1730 2041* Note earlier departure time.

! ESK VALLEY RAILWAY WINTER–SPRING TIMETABLE Trains operate daily (except Sundays).

At Your Service

! ECUMENICAL LENT COURSESParish of Glaisdale with Lealholm & Fryup at Ley Hall, Lealholm, on five Wednesdayevenings at 7.30 pm, starting from Wednesday 29 February. Parish of Danby in Schoolroom at Danby Chapel on five Monday evenings at 7.15 pm,starting from 27 February.

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Virus Attack Recovery, Internet Connections,Networks, Computer Repairs,

Laptop Repairs, Advice

Neil HarlandTel: 01287 660321 Mobile: 07929 955045

Email: cct@eskvalley.com

! CHURCHYARD RULES: A TIMELY REMINDERThe churchwardens have noticed that some items not allowed by the Churchyard MemorialRules have been appearing on graves in our churchyards. While we want to be as sympatheticand sensitive as possible to the wishes of bereaved families, we would like to remind everyonethat there are strict rules set by the Chancellor of the Diocese of York which have to be compliedwith. The following extract from the Chancellor’s Regulations is particularly relevant:• Items which are not allowed to be placed on a grave include angel or dove statuettes, garden

ornaments, bird baths, pictures, textiles, clothes or artificial flowers (other than silk flowers ingood condition). Personal belongings or memorabilia belonging to or associated with the deceasedmay not be placed on the grave, and this includes in the case of children, toys or teddy bears.

• The family is the owner of any memorial stone erected or placed on the grave and isresponsible for its repair: lawful authority (permission under these Rules or a Faculty fromthe Chancellor) must first be obtained before a memorial is put in position.

There are also strict rules about flowers on graves. Please contact Revd Christine Haddon-Reece(01947 895315) for more information or a copy of the Regulations.We want our beautiful churchyards to be places in harmony with the countryside where ourloved ones can be remembered in peace. Working together we hope to achieve this aim.

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Planetary SkylightsMARK DAWSON, WHITBY & DISTRICT ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETYNIGHT SKY

Mercury remains visible in the evening twilightand is best tracked down at the start of Marchwhen still relatively bright and almost 10 degreesabove the west horizon. View approx 30–40minutes after sunset looking for a solitary ‘star’not far above theh horizon.

Jupiter and Venus put on a great showthroughout March, swapping places in the skyaround mid-month. Venus is best observed intwilight, as this reduces glare from the planetallowing the half phase to be made out moreclearly. Jupiter, on the other hand, is a fineobject to view; the cloud belts and ‘dance’ ofthe Galilean moons are all fascinating tofollow each night. The two planets are closesttogether in the sky between the 13th and 15th.Jupiter then drops towards the west horizon,whilst Venus heads towards a close encounterwith the Pleiades at the beginning of April.The Moon lies near Jupiter on the 25th andVenus the following evening.

Mars reaches an unfavourable opposition on

March 3rd, when it will be visible all night.Through the eyepiece the Martian disk willappear disappointingly small so surface detailwill be tricky to resolve. Observe between the 12th

and 20th, when Mars passes through the distantgalaxy group of M95, M96 and M105 in theconstellation of Leo, which Mars lies below. Themoon is closest to Mars on the 7th.

Saturn will be rising before 10 pm by midmonth and resides to the left of the bright starSpica in Virgo across in the southeast. As thering system is once again ‘opening up’, Saturnis a glorious spectacle through the eyepiece.Do also look for its chief moon, Titan, which isvisible, a speck of light nearby. Our Moon joinsSpica and Saturn on the 10th. Finally theSpring Equinox occurs on March 20th thisyear (clocks one hour forward) and BSTcommences on the 25th.

I shall be giving a talk at the BradburyCentre – Castleton on March 23rd at 7.30 pm.See page 56 for details.

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ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES!Sarah Stead, MA, RCA, BSc (Hons,UCL), RIBA, 0795 8033158

BOOKSHOP!Grosmont Bookshop, new and second-hand books 01947 895170

BUILDING WORK & SUPPLIES!Pat Featherstone, Lealholm 01947897626 (mobile 07790 667883)!Stuart Houlston, Glaisdale 01947897554 (mobile 07791 650925)!Stuart Knaggs Haulage, Ready MixConcrete delivered 07545 992301

BUS SERVICES & HIRE!Heather Hopper, 13 passenger seatmini-bus 07971 268676!Hodgson & Son, operating Guisboroughbus 01347 822011!M&D Mini-Coach Hire, Egton, 16-seater for hire 01947 895418

CAR & VEHICLE!Champions, Central Garage, High Street,Castleton 01287 660203!Lealholm Auto Services, John Cook01947 897573 (mobile 07889 108901)!N. & M. Fletcher Ltd Green Garage 01947897237; Honey Bee Nest 01947 897444!Lealholm Service Station 01947 897224

Useful numbersMEDICAL SERVICES!Danby Surgery: 01287 660739!Egton Surgery: 01947 895356!NHS Direct: 0845 46 47

!Ambulance: 999!Brotton (East Cleveland Hospital) Minor

Injuries Unit: 01287 676205!Guisborough Minor Injuries Unit:

01287 284100!James Cook University Hospital

(Middlesbrough): 01642 850850 (A&E: 01642 854252)

!Scarborough Hospital: 01723 368111 (A&E 342145)

!Whitby Hospital: 01947 604851 (Minor Injuries Unit 824238)

!Samaritans, for emotional crisis support: 08457 909090

!Good Neighbours Coastal Car Scheme: 01947 602982

GOVERNMENT!North Yorkshire County Council:

01609 780780 !Scarborough Borough Council:

01723 232323!Whitby Town Council: 01947 820227!Glaisdale Parish Council: 01947 897481;

website www.glaisdalepc.org.uk

LAW ENFORCEMENT!Police Emergencies: 999

Non-Emergencies: 101

NATIONAL PARK!North York Moors National Park,

Helmsley: 01439 770657!The Moors National Park Centre, Danby:

01439 772737!Sutton Bank National Park Centre:

01845 597426

Local Directory

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CHIMNEY SWEEP!Tony’s Professional Vacuum ChimneySweep Service 01947 604736

COMPUTER SERVICES!Neil Harland, CCT Ltd 01287 660321(mobile 07929 955045)

DIGGER HIRE!Mike Dowson Ltd 01287 669300(mobile 07968 320524)

DRAINS!Drain Clearing Services, Steve Welford,01947 841359 (mobile 07855 171963)

DRIVING INSTRUCTION!Martin Muir, Clearway School of Motoring01287 660886 (mobile 0796 9041174)

EDUCATION & LEARNING!Whitby U3A (Whitby Whaler),www.u3asites.org.uk/whitby, 01947 605618(curriculum) / 01947 810473 (publicity officer)

EATING OUT!The Blacksmiths, Hartoft 01751 417331!The Crown, Hutton-le-Hole 01751 417343!Coach House Inn, Rosedale Abbey01751 417208!Whites Bistro, Broom House, EgtonBridge, Whitby 01947 895279!Shepherd's Hall, Lealholm, Tea Rooms& Craft Gallery 01947 897746

ELECTRICIANS!S.I. Electrical, Whitby 01947 825755(mobile 07582 985176)

FARRIER!D.A. Elliott Farriers, Glaisdale 07813128824

FINANCIAL SERVICES!Family First Financial Services Ltd

01287 660700/01642 278151 (MOB. 07976

250339)

FLOORING!Fletcher & Woodhouse Ltd, 2 StakesbyRoad, Whitby 01947 820480

FUNERAL DIRECTORS!Robert Harrison & Son, 24-hourservice, ‘Carr End’, Glaisdale 01947 897249

GALLERIES!The Moors National Park Centre,Danby 01439 772737!The Gallery, Ryedale Folk Museum,Hutton-le-Hole 01751 417367

GARDEN/PLANTS!Poet’s Cottage Shrub Nursery, Lealholm,open seven days a week 01947 897424

GLASS DESIGN!Joanne Trousdale, Lealholm 01947 897457

HEALTH & FITNESS!Chi Therapies, Tai Chi & Chi Kungclasses, Oriental Health Consultations,Sandie Day 07967890969 !Sarah Bainbridge, BioresonancePractitioner, Life Waves Practice, Whitby07884 250430

IRONSMITH!James Godbold, Wrought Ironsmith,Egton 01947 895562

LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS!J.J. Harrison Landscape ContractorsLtd, Lealholm 01947 897471 !R & B Trees and Gardens, Glaisdale01947 897363 (mobile 07967 011416)

Directory listings £10/year (free to regular advertisers)Classified Ads Call 01947 897945 or email: valleynews@basementpress.com

Items for Sale & to Give Away may be published here free of charge.

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MARQUEE HIRE!Tentz, Ian & David Schofield, Ugthorpe01947 897448 (mobile 07890 353678)

MEAT & DAIRY!R.H. Ford, Traditional Family Butcher,Glaisdale High Street 01947 897235!Botton Creamery, cheeses, yoghurt andcurd cheese, Botton village 01287 661272

PET SERVICES!Julie’s Dog Grooming, Julie Schofield,01947 897448 (mobile 07814 222473)

PLUMBING SERVICES!Andrew Horton, Plumbing Services,Castleton 01287 660148!Pete Mesley Plumbing, Grosmont01947 841003 (mobile 07891 224718)

POST OFFICES & VILLAGE STORES!Castleton Post Office 01287 660201!Danby Health Shop 01287 669200

!Lealholm Post Office 01947 897224!Lealholm Village Shop 01947 897310!Glaisdale Village Store & Post Office01947 897244!Grosmont Co-operative Stores &Post Office 01947 895223

PRINTING & PUBLISHING SERVICES!Basement Press, Glaisdale,www.basementpress.com 01947 897945!Camphill Press, Botton Village,www.camphillpress.co.uk 01287 661347 !Fryup Press (& photographic canvaspictures), www.annbowes.co.uk, 01947 897278

TAKEAWAY!Fine & Funky Fryer, fish & chips, pre-order 07817 081550, event booking01287 669219

THEATRE!Esk Valley Theatre Box Office 01947897587

NATIONAL PARK VOLUNTEERSThe 'Hob' volunteers meet every Tuesday to carry out

a range of tasks including footpath clearance,

drystone walling, tree planting, fence repair and

invasive plant control. Other volunteer NP groups

meet on different days. To find out more about

volunteering with the NPA, contact Jo Dowson on

01439 770657 or email j.dowson@northyorkmoors-

npa.gov.uk.

GLAISDALE CRICKET CLUBIf you would like to join the 100 club, please get in touch with Rob Anscombe on 07904 687079.

THE EGTON FLAG POLEIf you wish to fly the flagfor any special occasionplease contact David on01947 895610 who willarrange to fly the flag foryour special event ormemory.

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New, free-to-use Cash Machine. Euros available over the counter. Visit us also for: Faxing and Photocopying, quality Greetings Cards, Stationery,

traditional Sweets, Jewellery, Maps and Guide Books, DVDs, Toys and Gifts.Tel. 01287 660201

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Friendly service for all your daily needs. Lynn HallTel. 01947 897244

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Railways, Buses & Trams, Local Maps, Guides & History, Local fiction... Open 10 until 4 Wednesday through Sunday until the end of March 2012

Tel. 01947 895170 – www.grosmontbookshop.co.uk

Lealholm Village ShopNewspapers, Fresh Bread, Fruit & Vegetables, Groceries, Specialities

Your friendly local shop where we are always happy to help. Open Monday to Saturday, 8 am–6 pm. Sundays 10 am–5 pm (10 am–3 pm, Oct–Mar)

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