PURELY coincidently we had taken down the last sign from the farm entrance warning people to keep out, received a visit from a couple of strangers wanting to go metal detecting and heard the news about the threat of another outbreak of foot and mouth
Twas in the year 1808 that the restless Soul of Kitty Garthwaite Was laid to rest, with dalesfolk standing By a lonely ford and a priest conducting The funeral service - no coffin, no body Only the words "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, water to water"
IT is all systems go for the Kirkbymoorside 10k road race which takes place on Sunday, April 28. The race was postponed last year because of the foot and mouth disease outbreak. It will be the second time that the Kirkbymoorside 10k has been run. The
HOUSEHOLDERS in Ryedale will have to pay an extra 9pc on their district council tax bills in the coming financial year. The net budget approved by the council was £6,537,500, making the average Band D rate £145.20, said Coun Alan Farnaby, the chairman
"TONY Blair is planning to destroy 25pc of British farms in order to be more 'competitive'. But having fewer, bigger farms will be bad for rural communities, bad for the environment and less productive of top quality food. "The smaller farms, which Tony
DURING a speech in Ryedale this week, the Government was reminded that it must not forget the needs of tenant farmers in its rush to reform agricultural policy. Reg Haydon, chairman of the Tenant Farmers' Association (TFA), was in the region to address
EXHIBITIONS featuring the life of the North York Moors National Park over the past 50 years and wildlife watches are among a catalogue of events being planned to mark its golden jubilee this year. Mike Pratt, the authority's head of information, said:
ENGLISH Heritage is welcoming walkers back to post-foot and mouth North Yorkshire with a new guide. Heritage Hikes describes six treks around the region's spectacular historic landscape. The walks take in woodland, fields, moors, clifftops and rivers.
THE Forestry Commission is laying out the red carpet for visitors to Dalby Forest, near Pickering, this Saturday and Sunday, March 16 & 17, and adding its weight to the Government's "Your countryside, you're welcome" campaign. The 8,600-acre North
TWO religious sisters are worried for the future of their moorland monastery. For if the Monastery of the Assumption had any fewer members, it would be a hermitage - and that is a major concern for the abbess, Mother Thekla. "We are anxious to recruit
BARTON, the pride of Ryedale, failed in his bid to gain Cheltenham glory on Tuesday. Tim Easterby's 13-times winner lined up for the £125,000 Irish Independent Arkle Chase over two miles, but finished out of the money. Having tracked the leaders, jumping
SHEEP are safely grazing in the centuries-old churchyard of Crambe Church, saving its handful-size congregation much-needed money to run the near 1000-year-old building in the beauty spot village. Farmer Ron Verity's flock of Jacob sheep, which themselves
NCEL Premier Divsion Pickering Town 2, Brigg Town 2 Pickering Town were just eight minutes away from a crucial victory against rivals Brigg, only for Simon Drayton to snatch a late equaliser. The three points would have been particularly welcome, considering
Yorkshire County IBA Under-18s Inter-District Three Rinks Triples AFTER nearly seven hours of play, the North-East team (consisting of players from Ryedale, Scarborough and Thornaby) claimed victory for the third consecutive year in the Bellamy-Wright
Because of the store of knowledge of local matters carried in his head, I have always thought Gordon Clitheroe must be Pickering born and bred. In fact, he was born in York, but his father died in 1943, when he was only two. His mother remarried, and
A RYEDALE entrepreneur is putting forward plans to build an exhibition and conference centre to rival Yorkshire's largest showgrounds. The plans, which have provisional support from the Yorkshire Tourist Board, could generate up to £1m in trade. Simon
WORRIED residents at Thornton-le-Dale who packed a public meeting on Monday night to protest about plans to generate electricity from methane gas at a refuse tip in the village were told that another site nearby would be investigated. They also heard
HOUSEHOLDERS in Ryedale will have to pay an extra 9pc on their district council tax bills in the coming financial year. The net budget approved by the council was £6,537,500, making the average Band D rate £145.20, said Coun Alan Farnaby, the chairman
FOR years and years I have been asking at big multiple stores if they had any chairs for customers to rest awhile, for sometimes, after paddling round for what seems hours and hours and miles and miles, there comes an urge just to sit down for a minute
FARMERS and traders are eagerly awaiting the reopening of Malton Cattle Market after a gap of more than a year. The market is set to open for business at noon on Friday, March 15, after the devastating effects of foot and mouth meant all livestock markets
NORTH Yorkshire farmers have reacted angrily to potential plans to ban lamb more than a year old or on the bone. This is one of the options being looked at by the Food Standards Agency to cut the risk of BSE entering the food chain. Derek Watson, York
WHAT a pleasure it was to have the sale ring full of farmers on Tuesday for the open meeting and to hear the chatter of a human dawn chorus, hopefully heralding brighter days for the auction market. But enough of lyrical fantasy and the real situation
CHILDREN from a Ryedale primary school were sent home yesterday after a burst pipe flooded part of their school. Pupils at St Joseph's School, in Pickering, have been told they may not have to return until Monday when the pipe is fixed. None of the classrooms
SCRUFFY the dog is every postman's worst nightmare. He may look like a sweet little thing but the short-fused mutt harbours a deep hatred of strangers. Last year, he took a disliking to a postman and bit his behind. As a result, the five-year-old Parson
AN ELECTED mayor for Ryedale could play a major role in taking the district forward, believes former town mayor of Pickering and management consultant Bill McCall. Speaking on the move by Ryedale District Council to publish a public notice to give residents
NICKY Tinkler, who is setting Yorkshire point-to-point alight this season, again stole the show at the Derwent meeting on Sunday by riding two winners and a second place at the Charm Park track, near Scarborough. Just Jake completed his hat-trick with
Yorkshire Cup Final Malton and Norton under-12s 21 West Park Bramhope 12 Malton and Norton under-12s won the Yorkshire Cup at Selby last Sunday after a closely-contested final against a strong West Park Bramhope team. In difficult conditions, Malton attacked
Yorkshire Three Roundhegians 14 Malton and Norton 48 Following on from last week's record-breaking haul, Malton and Norton ran up another big total. Though the result slightly flattered them, it means they go into their most important game of the season
THIS little Tinkerbell garden ornament has itchy feet and spends every night in a different place. For the statue is doing her bit to raise money for Ryedale Youth Theatre's forthcoming production of Peter Pan, which will take place in the Milton Rooms
THE highly regarded local historian Keith Snowden's chronicles make no mention of the River Derwent's flooding in the past until after the weir and lock were built just downstream from Kirkham Priory and some 325 years ago. This was an engineering achievement
