THE rural market town of Kirkbymoorside is the last place you might expect to find a symphony orchestra. Yet peel back those stage curtains and you’ll find that this is home to the only symphony orchestra in Ryedale, and has been for the last 20
AS Abbot Gerold left Furness Abbey with his band of 12 monks to begin a new life at Calder on the Cumbrian coast, he couldn’t have envisaged the problems he and his followers would face before reaching their final destination in Ryedale. Gerold actually
RIDERS and horses enjoyed warm sunshine at Manor Farm, Thornthorpe on Saturday, as the spring-like weather heralded the start of a new competition season. After a winter that seems to have lasted forever, and with riders keen to be out and about again
THE new owners of Northallerton Equestrian Centre have launched the spring season with a demonstration from top international dressage rider Paul Hayler. It was the first event to take place at the Yafforth-based centre since international dressage
A TREBLE was the order of the day for Tom Greenall at the Derwent hunt point-to-point meeting at Charm Park, near Wykeham. He rode two winners for David Easterby and one for Cherry Coward at this popular meeting which attracted 156 entries. Greenall
TWO young riders from Ryedale enjoyed the opportunity of a lifetime when they visited top British International event rider Oliver Townend at his competition yard in Shropshire. Bethany Shipley, from Sheriff Hutton, and Jade Hutchinson-Archer, of Pickering
BISHOP Burton College has appointed the showjumping course designer for this summer’s FEI European Pony Championships. National and International, Advanced and FEI course designer Mark McGowan has landed the role and has visited the college to start
A COLD start and chill wind welcomed the many horses and riders who took part in the latest Escrick Park Pleasure Ride. However, it remained dry until the last of the riders arrived safely back at the venue, which was in stark contrast to the
FOLLOWING his latest appearance as guest soloist with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Durrant, one of the foremost guitarists in the country, returns to Ryedale to perform a concert at Pickering Memorial Hall on Friday, March 26, following last
The Kirk Theatre’s new spring season kicks off on Saturday, with an evening of variety, including songs and dances from several local performers. Baritone Chris Thornton Holmes, who also sings with the Covent Garden Opera, performs a selection of
I AM frequently asked why some market crosses look more like ornate temples than a simple post fashioned from local stone. Recently, two people stopped me in Helmsley to ask that question, probably because its cross, with its restored head,
AN incompetent part-time farmer faces the loss of his entire herd of cows after a rainstorm sent manure pouring from his land through a nearby pensioner’s house. June Crossley had to abandon her home in Rosedale Abbey, near Pickering, for a month while
Yorkshire spin star Azeem Rafiq believes the club can become the kings of county cricket. Rafiq helped the White Rose get their season off to an impressive start with figures of 5-21 from 20 overs in their two-day friendly against LV= Division
THE best friend of Claudia Lawrence has said she finds it hard to believe the woman she knew had been out with a boyfriend into the early hours of the morning only days before she vanished. Suzy Cooper said she knew nothing of the boyfriend
THIEVES have stolen at least eight signs along one road in a crime which will cost North Yorkshire County Council thousands of pounds. Almost every road sign along a 23-mile stretch of the A169 between Pickering and Whitby has been taken.
