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Floods Still Causing Problems


28th February, 2020.


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I still keep hearing on Minster FM that the Tollerton to Newton on Ouse road is closed, almost two weeks since it first closed due to the recent bad weather. Many other parts of the region from Skipton on Swale down to Topcliffe, Thornton Bridge (Helperby) Linton Locks etc have been closed to flooding and then reopened once the flood waters have subsided but the road to Newton from Tollerton has had no such respite. So, I decided to take a look myself....
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Aid for Australian Animals


28th February, 2020.


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Many of you will have seen the recent Bushfires in Australia. It is estimated that over 1 billion animals have perished and many thousands more have suffered horrific burns and are now also starving. Their natural source of food has been totally wiped out from the fires. All year round the Australian Crafters make items to help the wildlife. But with the unprecedented fires, they simply could not keep up with demand. On the 4th of January the UK set up a network of local hubs in order to help the Australian crafters keep up with the supply of items needed for the plight of the badly burned/orphaned animals. Easingwold got its own hub on the 7th January, to help with the huge task of getting as many craft items made as they could. They included Joey Pouches with liners for the orphaned Kangaroos, Koalas, Wombats. Nests for Possums, bat wraps and sugar glider wraps, snake catchers, you name it. Expecting just maybe 20-30 to start knitting a plea was put out. Within 1 week, just over 500 people had joined the group and were all busy crafting items....
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True Grit


28th February, 2020.


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On Saturday evening (22nd February), 100 cyclists took on the Yorkshire True Grit “Dark Skies” challenge event. Headquartered at Coxwold Village Hall these intrepid cyclists journeyed into the North York Moors via gravel tracks through local forests to reach the Cleveland Way above Boltby. From there they battled strong winds to begin their descent back to Coxwold via the woods above Wass and Ampleforth before their final loop took them around Yearsley Woods. Totalling 50 miles, Yorkshire True Grit “Dark Skies” event sets off at 4pm, and riders head for the hills as the sun goes down. Cyclists travel from all over the UK to take part in this event – this year the quickest rider completed the route in 3 hours 35 minutes and had come from Kent to take part. The final rider completed the challenge in just over 6 hours....
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Friday Frolics at Springhill Court


28th February, 2020.


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Easingwold District Community Care Association are running a Friday Frolics event every third Friday afternoon of the month. The first one was last Friday and over 50 people, including residents of Springhill Court, EDCCA Day Centre attendees, staff and their families came to see Monet who is a miniature pony from KL Pony Therapy based in Northallerton. Monet and his handler Vickie spent the afternoon in the lounge with everyone. He was a delight and Vickie ensured that everyone had a chance to stroke Monet whilst enthusiastically explaining all about him and the other ponies in their care....
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Crowds flock to hear The Yorkshire Vet


21st February, 2020.


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Peter Wright, star of the hit TV series The Yorkshire Vet, received a warm welcome from a packed audience at the Galtres Centre. At an event organized to raise funds for Yorkshire Cancer Research, Peter spoke about his early days as a young trainee working in Thirsk with Alf Wight, better known as James Herriot. Now a hugely experienced vet, Peter has followed in Alf’s footsteps and become a famous name in his own right with nine series of The Yorkshire Vet under his belt and two successful books published. He entertained a sell-out audience with tales about the real-life characters made famous in the All Creatures Great and Small books and TV programmes in the 1970s and 80s. Peter also talked about his experiences filming The Yorkshire Vet, including two recent confrontations with an injured, bad tempered reindeer, and his long friendship with Steve and Jean Green....
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Tree Planting at Millfield


21st February, 2020.


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There has been lots of activity going on in Millfield. Easingwold Green Spaces Group have been planting 16 trees to act as screening at the top end of the mown section. These have been carefully selected and are all native species that will enhance this area. They have been planted carefully, about 10 metres apart and in front of the line of willow trees already well established. These willows are fast growing, but short lived and the new additions will eventually replace them as a screen from the estate behind. Not only will these new trees enhance this attractive area but also, at a time of global warming help us to do our bit to increase this areas carbon sink. We will not live to admire them in their full glory, but they will be an asset to future generations....
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Sutton and Huby Gardening Club,
February 2020


21st February, 2020.


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We held our first ever meeting in the village hall at Huby, which has been beautifully restored, for our latest talk. After many years the club had outgrown the Huby Chapel. The club is most grateful to the chapel supporters for their help over the decades and to the village hall committee for their kind welcome. We were lucky to get Clive Dawson tell us about the restoration of York Cemetery into “an oasis in the city”. The York Cemetery company, set up in 1837, ran this private cemetery after laying it out with elaborate borders and extensive tree planting as a public park, the first in York. After the graveyards inside the walls were closed in 1854 the company was able to be generous towards its shareholders. As it became almost full and the York Crematorium became more popular, the income fell, and the company ended upgoing bankrupt in 1966. A “Bereaved Relatives Group” anxious to keep access to the graves took over and a gardener took over to dig and tend the graves for the group....
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Easingwold and District U3A February Meeting


21st February, 2020.


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On Tuesday we had yet another really interesting talk, this month by John Cossham from York. It was very appropriate at this time, with many floods in UK, that he was talking to us about climate change. He has studied green issues since the 1980’s and lives with an extremely low carbon footprint. He explained to us what greenhouse gases were and that without any the average temperature of the Earth would be 18*C. With greenhouse gases the average is +14.5*C. Some of the gases occur naturally. Others are due to human activity. Carbon dioxide is produced by most living things during aerobic respiration but it is also released when we burn fossil hydrocarbons. Methane is produced by sheep and cattle, termites, some bacteria and from wetlands and rice paddies. Natural gas is also methane. Nitrous oxide is produced by manures and over-fertilized soils....
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EASINGWOLD AND DISTRICT CHEQUE PRESENTATION February 2020


14th February, 2020.


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Kurts Club are one of those unsung charitable groups that make Easingwold a better place. Volunteers giving up their own time to help about a dozen residents between the ages of 20 – 70 who have various mental health issues. They are offering a much needed service and indeed they have been doing this for a considerable time! Managers Julie Kitchen who helps run the Club has been doing this for the past thirteen years, while Linda Bryan is not that far behind. The name is taken from the room at the Galtres Centre that they use for their sessions and they are a bit like a little family where everyone supports one another. The members talk and discuss their problems as well as taking part in a program of planned activities, eg crafts, music, literature, well-being and writing poetry etc – for many members it is their only social activity each week outside of home....
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EASINGWOLD TOWN - SATURDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 1ST XI 4 KIRBYMOORSIDE 2


14th February, 2020.


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The Town maintained their position in the top six of the Premier Division with a hard earned 4-2 victory over Kirbymoorside. With the 2nd XI having no game the town had a full bench and welcomed back W. Gough,B. Ryder and T. Rushworth. The Town were soon on the front foot and dominated the early stages and it was no surprise when they went in front, a corner from the right being swept home by N. Kennedy. P. Floyd was virtually a spectator and after several near misses it became two when a fine move down the right ended with J. Gath’s superb cross being headed home at the far post by J. Cryer. T. Rushworth replaced the injured J. Gath at half time, slotting in at fullback with O. Longbottom moving wide right....
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Drumming Up Support For Parkinson’s UK


14th February, 2020.


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A taiko drumming workshop and afternoon tea event was held at Shipton Community Centre on Saturday Feb 8th to raise money and awareness for Parkinson’s UK. A total of 20 people took part in the workshop with a further 20 coming for the afternoon tea which was accompanied by short performances. The workshop was hosted by Kaminari UK Taiko drummers, a local community taiko drumming group who are celebrating 10 years since the group was formed. Taiko drumming is a style of drumming which is originally from Japan, but it has been gaining popularity in this corner of North Yorkshire....
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DESPITE STORM CIARA …..


14th February, 2020.


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……. we assembled for an interesting and enjoyable Family Service on the second Sunday of the month at Easingwold Parish Church, for the fifth of our special late afternoon services for families, to which all are welcome. There was a very relaxed atmosphere, with refreshments to start with, and congregation participation encouraged! We were welcomed by Rev. Deacon Lottie Cranfield, who introduced the theme for the afternoon as “Love”, especially appropriate as Valentine’s Day approaches! After an opening hymn, and prayers and scripture readings on the topic of love, Lottie distributed Smarties®, noting that, although they are very different on the outside, they are just the same on the inside. This expresses how Jesus loves us all since, despite our outer differences, like Smarties® we are all similar on the inside....
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Easingwold Primary School Playground Markings


7th February, 2020.


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The children at Easingwold Primary School have been enjoying some new playground markings this week. Funds for the playground update have been raised by EPIC, our committed and hardworking PTA, along with a very generous grant from the Broadacres Community Development Fund. Events have been very well supported by families and friends of the school to raise funds for projects such as this. The playground revamp concludes our well-being month and will support the children in keeping active and help them to adopt healthy lifelong habits. After school on Friday 31st January....
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Easingwold Town Council Reminds Speeding Drivers


7th February, 2020.


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Readers may have noticed some new traffic signs over the past week on the York Road outside of the Secondary School. These are Vehicle Activated Signs (VAS) purchased by your Town Council as speed reminders for drivers in order to improve road safety for our residents. North Yorkshire County Council gave permission last year for Town and Parish Councils to purchase and use their own units subject to certain safeguards. Easingwold Town Council is among the first Council's in the Hambleton area to take advantage of this scheme. It may surprise people that Easingwold has an unusual population balance where a much higher proportion of our residents are over 50 years old (nearly 70%!). Unfortunately the older you are, the much less likely you are to survive even a mild collision with a car or truck in an accident. In fact government statistics show that if a car travelling at 30mph hits a pedestrian of 50 years old, there is a 50% chance of a fatality....
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Worrier to Warrior….


7th February, 2020.


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That was the theme for the Library ‘Writing for fun ‘ group , stories came gushing out, a person fighting OCD, a warrior queen from the Brigantes tribe, a woman who couldn’t sleep, a poem with the tide rushing through your toes and a dark story involving glass slivers ground up in a strawberry gateaux, what more creativity can you have in one library !!! Our next project is to write a children’s story for our ‘Inspire a Child’ project. The ‘Knit n Natter’ group continues to go from strength to strength and we now have around 14 people who get together in the library to share their skills and learn from each other. At the moment we have got people knitting and crocheting a whole range of different things from hats, gloves, children’s clothes and toys, baby outfits, blankets and socks. It’s great to have experienced people on hand when we’re trying to learn new techniques....
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Forest of Galtres Camera Club


7th February, 2020.


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Peter Rushton LRPS was judge for the evening. Each person entering the annual portfolio competition submitted six images and as Peter said, the portfolio needed to consist of a cohesive set of images that told a story. There needed to be evidence of good technique, exposure, post processing and pin sharp results. Subjects ranged from Vanishing Points to St Pancras, from People Watching to Belfast. Peter delivered comprehensive comments, finding much to praise in each entry and, as appropriate, suggestions for aspects of an image that could be improved. He gave highly commended to David Loads’ portfolio of plants. Pete liked the good use of depth of field and the avoidance of distracting backgrounds....
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