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When it’s time to slow the pace, we have lakes and parkland to leisurely explore with wide open spaces to relax and enjoy, so your adventure in the valley can be as thrilling or as chilling as you want it to be. I Issue 13 - 2011 www.lightwatervalley.co.uk Annual Publication - The Ultimate County Guide The most fun you can have in a day. Historic Houses | Town Guides Lightwater Valley, North Stainley, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 3HT. Tel: 0871 720 0011* Natural History | Gardens | Museums | Tourist Attractions *Calls are charged at 10 pence per minute from a BT landline, calls from other networks and mobiles will be considerably more. www.countysignpost.co.uk RIPLEY CASTLE

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estate and craft activities on different themes each holiday. The estate is wonderfully safe for children and there is a fantastically well equipped FOUNTAINS ABBEY & playground for kids to roam around in.

Whether you intend to spend a couple of hours or all day on the estate there is more than STUDLEY ROYAL enough to entertain. No doubt a walk around the estate in the fresh air will work up an appetite so pay a visit to the Visitor Centre Restaurant where you can enjoy a delicious hot meal, variety of sandwiches, home-made soup and a selection of cakes. If you are exploring the Studley area of  NTPL Andrew Butler the estate then pop into Studley Tea Rooms where freshly made hot and cold sandwiches, into the medieval ruins of the Abbey, providing soup and cakes are on offer in a wonderful lake - an unforgettable experience which enthrals side setting. All of the food served on the estate today’s visitor just as it did the pleasure seeking adheres to the National Trust food policy which Georgians. means that wherever possible local, seasonal and organic produce is used. On the estate is also an outstanding example of a monastic water mill that is over 800 years old; Escape from the hustle and bustle of city centre its earliest parts actually pre-date the abbey. The shopping and combine a peaceful walk in the honey-coloured elegance of Fountains Hall and tranquillity of the estate with a visit to the shop, William Burges’ ornate religious masterpiece St one of the largest National Trust shops in the Mary’s Church surrounded by ancient oak and country. If you’re searching for unique presents, lime trees create striking contrasts that leave last - gifts that are made in Yorkshire and local pro -  NTPL Andrew Butler ing impressions on visitors of all ages. duce then you’ll be sure to find everything you’re looking for and more. Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, four miles an ornamental garden adorned with Classical At any time of the year, there is always some - west of Ripon in North Yorkshire, is of interna - statues and follies. Once wild and wooded, the thing interesting, inspiring and different to see Open All Year: except 24/25 December, Fridays tional historic and aesthetic importance. In valley of the river Skell was transformed into and do at Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal. in Jan, Nov, Dec. 1983, it was declared a World Heritage site in one of England’s most spectacular water gar - There is a wealth of activities for the young and April - September 10am - 5pm 1987 for being an outstanding example of the dens by the Aislabie family. Disgraced by a old to enjoy. Throughout the year there are a October - March 10am - 4pm triumphs of man made design throughout dif - financial scandal in the 1700’s, John Aislabie number of ‘taster tours’, to introduce first-time ferent periods of human history. channelled his energies into creating a landscape visitors to all the different parts of the estate, as School groups are welcome. of often breathtaking and ground breaking well as ‘activity tours’, which enable visitors to If you’d like to book a visit No other site in Europe contains such a rich vision. discover different aspects of the estate, for please call 01765 643197. variety of historic monuments. Each important example, what it was like to be a monk in in their own right, the Cistercian Abbey, This is a place where you can truly relax and medieval times, what varieties of flora and fauna Last admission 1 hour before closing. Georgian Water Garden, mediaeval Deer Park, leave modern day stresses behind as you are can be found in the different seasons and even Elizabethan Hall and Victorian church offer the transported to another era. Let the cool seclud - folk and fairy tales. Tel: 01765 608888 visitor an unparalleled opportunity to appreciate ed shady walks and grand green amphitheatres www.fountainsabbey.org.uk the range of England’s heritage. play with your senses. Let the artist’s eye guide During school holidays there are drop in self-led you across elegant ponds and cascades, to the activities in Swanley Grange, the education cen - The perfect complement to the Abbey is Studley Georgian follies of the garden including rustic tre. These include trails for children around the Royal Water Garden, a Georgian masterpiece of bridges, classical temples and statues and finally

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visitors to the Minster are encouraged to attend services and experience the wonderful choral tradition which continues in this glorious cathe - dral.

Special events for 2011 include :

14th May, 7.30pm - A concert for York Against Cancer featuring the New Mill Male Voice Choir

The awe-inspiring York Minster sits at the very Undercroft, Treasury and Crypt. Now available: 21 May, 7.30pm - Celebration: Gustav Mahler - heart of the historic city of York. It is the Every Wednesday and Friday, the Bedern Symphony No.8“Symphony of a Thousand”fea - largest Gothic Cathedral north of the Alps and Glaziers' studio open their doors for a behind turing the Guildhall Orchestra is a treasure house of artistic and architectural the scenes glimpse of conservators at work on achievements. It is a beacon for all visitors to some of the Minster's finest windows. Tour 28 May, 7.30pm - Rachmaninov: Vespers by The the city and is an integral part of the history of price is separate from the Minster admission and Ebor Singers in the Chapter House the city of York. The Minster is world-famous pre-booking is advised. for its wonderful collection of stained glass with 11 June, 7.30pm - Haydn: Creation by the York the glorious Great East Window standing as the Visitors can also climb the 275 steps to the top Musical Society Chorus and Orchestra jewel in its crown. of the central tower to experience wonderful views of York and the beautiful Yorkshire 22 June, 7.30pm - Mozart: Mass in D minor The current Minster was started in 1220 and fin - countryside. K.427 and Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D ished in 1472. This cathedral replaced a previ - minor op. 125 (Choral) by the University of ous Norman Cathedral which itself was situated As well as attracting half a million visitors each York Choir and Symphony Orchestra on the site of a Roman Fortress. Visitors can year, the Minster is a working church and holds delve into the history of the Minster in the over 30 well-attended services each week. All www.yorkminster.org www.boxoffice.yorkminster.org The Rose Window Signpost - page 8 Signpost - page 9 BOLTON www.countysignpost.co.uk CASTLE

Visit the medieval nursery and have a go at some Events 2011 authentic toys and games or try your hand at As well as bringing more of the Castle’s rooms Bolton Castle is a spectacular medieval fortress quill writing and calligraphy and learn more to life with some fantastic improved displays, situated in the heart of Wensleydale, with stun - Bolton Castle was a luxurious family home as about life was like for children living 600 years there is now the Bolton Castle Falconry ning views over the Yorkshire Dales National well as a defensive fortress and despite being ago Experience and Wild Boar Park giving you the Park. Completed by Sir Richard Le Scrope, in partially ‘slighted’ by Cromwells’ men during the unique chance to experience more of what life 1399, the Castle boasts a fascinating history Civil War the Castle remains remarkably well Experience the Old Kitchen recreated as it was like in a castle, between the fourteenth and including involvement in the Pilgrimage of preserved with many interesting rooms and fea - would have been in the Middle Ages when the seventeenth centuries. Try the Falconer for a Grace, Mary Queen of Scots imprisonment in tures to discover including the Old Kitchens, Castle was newly built. Day experience to learn more about looking 1568 and a six month siege during the Civil War. Dungeon, Solar, Nursery, Armoury and Mary after these amazing birds or join the Falconer on The Castle has never been sold and remains in Queen of Scots bedroom. About one third of a Hawk Walk! Don’t miss the medieval archery the private ownership of Lord Bolton, Sir the rooms are fully intact and the rest of the demonstrations, where you can have a go your - Richard le Scrope’s direct descendant. Castle is almost completely accessible giving vis - self ! itors great insight into its turbulent past.

Activities Telephone: 01969 623981. Step back in time! Dress in Mediaeval costume Email: [email protected] before setting off to explore the Castle. Website: www.boltoncastle.co.uk Costumes available from the Gift shop and are included in child’s admission price.

Three exciting new family trails will keep chil - dren of all ages entertained and encourage them to explore the castle and search for clues about its fascinating past.

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Over the years successive owners took an inter - A highly recommended day out ! est in developing the gardens. In the 18th centu - ry the Pleasure Grounds were laid out including For full details of opening times please see the the woodland to the east of the Hall, which has advert on page 39. House, Gardens and Tea the New Drawing Room, Designed in Wyatville’s recently been restored. A Walled Garden was Gothic . The house was altered again in 1887, also built in this period. Having been laid to Telephone 01748 818178 Room Conspire to Please when the next owner, Walter Carpenter, engaged grass for many years, this once productive [email protected] William Eden Nesfield to add a suite of rooms kitchen garden is gradually being returned to its www.kiplinhall.co.uk The entrance drive to Kiplin Hall reveals noth - above the drawing room, where a new library original purpose. Fruit trees are newly planted The Tearoom ing of the hidden delights that await the visitor. was created. and the paths that divided the beds are being Venture further and around the corner stands relaid, redefining the beds where fruit, flowers this fascinating Jacobean house, built as his Since the house was built, only four families, and vegetables were grown for use in the Hall. country seat in the 1620s by George Calvert, related by blood or marriage, have owned Kiplin The Topiary and Rose Gardens are delightful, Secretary of State to James I and founder of Hall. Each brought furnishings, paintings and and this year a sensory garden will be planted Maryland, USA. personal possessions. Much of these collections with views across the lake. remain, and the Hall’s interior is now a fine The house is of architectural interest and example of a Victorian country house at the Visitors often round off, or start, their visit in reflects the fashionable design of the period, close of the 19th century, which also retains the Tea Room, located in the Hall’s panelled with its diapered brickwork, towers and ogee characteristics of its Jacobean beginnings. entrance room. Morning coffee, delicious home - domes. In the early 19th century the 4th Earl of made cakes and scones, and light lunches are Tyrconnel and his wife, Sarah, added a drawing served by friendly staff beneath the gaze of room wing to the south of the symmetrical Charles II and Kiplin family portraits. building. An 18th century print describes this as

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Simon Jenkins, author of ‘England’s Thousand After enjoying the Hall and its manicured Best Houses’, described Burton Agnes Hall as gardens, visitors can wander over to the court - BURTON AGNES HALL ‘the perfect English house’ and as one of the yard and revel in finding the perfect gift from twenty best English houses alongside Windsor new season’s stock in the Gift Shop and Home Castle, Buckingham Palace, Chatsworth House & Garden Shop, purchase some seasonal and Castle Howard. produce from the Farmers’ Food Store and AND GARDENS stock up on home grown plants (all propagated Outside, lawns with more than a hundred yew from the garden). After all that shopping, topiary bushes surround the house. There is a visitors can relax in the Impressionists’ Cafe or classical pond with a fountain and a pebble enjoy an indulgent treat in the ice cream mosaic garden on the eastern side. The old parlour! Elizabethan walled garden is an award-winning wonderland containing over four thousand To find out more about what’s going on Burton different plants, a potager filled with herbs, fruit Agnes Hall, visit www.burtonagnes.com and vegetables, herbaceous borders, giant board Burton Agnes Hall, Burton Agnes, Driffield, games, a maze, a jungle garden and a national East Yorkshire, YO25 4NB collection of campanulas. To the north of the Telephone: 01262 490 324 house is a woodland walk with wildlife sculptures to seek out – ideal for anyone looking for an adventure!

With a huge variety of events including; a A piece of history Snowdrop Spectacular, Orchid Festival, Easter Built in 1598 by Sir Henry Griffith, Burton Egg Hunt, Classic Car Rally, Gardeners’ Fair, Agnes Hall is a magnificent example of Civil War Re-enactment, Jazz & Blues Festival, Elizabethan architecture, and is still inhabited by Fete, Michaelmas Fair and Christmas Opening descendents of the same family. Today, Simon there is a lot going on at Burton Agnes Hall this Cunliffe-Lister and his wife Olivia, with their year. young children Islay and Joss, welcome visitors into their home, which is filled with treasures Open from 1st April to 31st October and from collected or commissioned by the family over the 14th November to 22nd December, the Hall the centuries. These include French and gardens offer something for everyone, so Impressionist paintings, contemporary furniture, visitors can enjoy a perfect day out. tapestries and striking modern artwork from recent decades.

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Discover the fascinating There are delightful walled gardens; impressivge hot houses, herbaceous borders and kitchen gar - secrets of award winning dens with herbs, rare vegetables and fruit trees. Ripley Castle In Spring 150,000 create a riot of colour. There is a play trail for children and a lovely walk Ripley Castle is an historic attraction open to the around the lake and deer park. Following your public all year round and makes for a fascinating tour of the Castle and Gardens visit the gift and entertaining day out, in a beautiful location, shop which is full of inspiring presents to suit all with memorable surroundings. ages and sample delicious fayre made with local produce in the Tearoom. The cobbled market Because it has belonged to the same family for village has several shops, an art gallery, a farm - twenty six generations, Ripley’s colourful and yard museum, an ancient church and a charming sometimes gruesome history is well document - Inn, The Boar’s Head, with bar, brasserie and ed. If the Castle walls could talk they would tell beer garden. the story of kings and queens, civil war and plagues and numerous clandestine affairs. The There are many exciting events held at the Castle guided tours are very entertaining and informa - throughout 2011 including a month of tive as there are so many humorous anecdotes Shakespeare in the Gardens from mid June to The Deep is a conservation and educational On Friday and Saturday evenings, there is also a about the castle and the family. You get to see mid July, a Jools Holland concert on 16th July, charity which runs one of the deepest and most restaurant with tank views within The Deep some 16th century books, Royal Greenwich Civil The Ripley Falconry Experience held on the spectacular aquariums in the world. It is a called Two Rivers, booking is advisable. war armour and the secret priest’s hiding hole, May and August Bank Holiday Mondays and a unique blend of stunning marine life, fun inter - only discovered by accident in 1964. The Haunted Halloween Week in October to name actives and audio-visual presentations which The Deep Ingilby’s were prominent Catholics. Francis was but a few. together tell the dramatic story of the world’s Tower Street, Hull HU1 4DP martyred in York in 1586 and several others oceans. Telephone 01482 381000 were implicated in the Gunpowder Plot. Telephone: 01423 770152 [email protected] ‘Trooper Jane’ a redoubtable loyalist, held Oliver Email: [email protected] Highlights include over 3,500 fish including www.thedeep.co.uk Cromwell at pistol point in the Castle Library. Web: www.ripleycastle.co.uk spectacular sharks and rays, Europe’s deepest There are also special children’s tours which are viewing tunnel, a glass lift ride through a 10m hugely popular. deep tank and a 3D film!

Signpost - page 16 Signpost - page 17 Fort Paull morning had to tip-toe between them to avoid setting them off. It took a week to defuse all of the bombs that had been found and some were still turning up in the 1970s.

Newly opened in 2010 was an underground History labyrinth trail of different WWII tableaux - Set in over 10 acres on the banks of the Humber brought to life by a number of very fine, full size Estuary, with magnificient views along the waxwork models...but watch out for the butter - length and breadth of the river. fly bombs - can you avoid setting them off ? Remember the slightest movement will do it ! Fort Paull was first built in 1542 under Henry VIII, it was rebuilt by the Royalists in the Civil War, and then again was rebuilt during the Napoleonic Wars. The plane was originally built at British Fort Paull is a family freindly museum run by a Inside the 20 feet high walls there stands a mili - Aerospace in Brough and made its final flight small group of dedicated volunteers; if an area tary barracks which were in use from 1861 to into Paull Aerodrome just outside the village, it or exhibit is not fenced off then children are 1950, and comprising mounted gun emplac - remained there for ten years before being moved encouraged to touch, climb and investigate. ments on three sides, built around a flat central to the Beverley Army Museum where it was a area contianing many exhibits on the old parade focal point for visitors for several years. When Telephone 01482 896236 ground. the museum closed a bid was made by the Fort www.fortpaull.com to purchase the aircraft. The bid was subse - Fort Paull combines 500 years of hands on his - quently successful and in 2005 the Beverley tory with enough facilities to provide a full day Butterfly Bombs returned home to Paull. out for all the family. Explore the multitude of Amenities underground rooms and tunnels and see the fan - The staff at Fort Paull are extremely proud of tastic exhibits and waxworks. Roam through the Let the children loose in the large play areas this acquisition and are determined to preserve grounds in safety and visit the many artillery ,while you relax in the Dukes of York fully not just the fabric of the aircraft but also its his - pieces and military vehicles and the exhibit licensed Bar and Café set in the old engine house tory. Inside the aircraft you will find information rooms found in the old accommodation blocks. or visit the Berliner Tea Rooms where you can sit in a restaurant car which is the only remain - regarding the history of the Blackburn Beverley ing section of the Berliner Train which ferried and this specific aircraft in particular, you can Butterfly Bombs - Grimsby troops from West Germany to West Berlin dur - also look around its massive frame and see just 13th June 1943 ing the Cold War. how much the plane could carry. During an air raid on the night of the 13th, about 3000 butterfly bombs were dropped - 14 At Fort Paull you can’t miss the Blackburn people were killed in the raid itself and during Beverley: one of the Forts most impressive Shop for gifts and souvenirs at the Gift Shop & the two hours after the all-clear, a further 43 exhibits and is the World's only surviving Military Art Gallery. people were killed stumbling over the butterfly Blackburn Beverley Aircraft. bombs in the dark. The streets were littered Or visit the military surplus shop and shooting with bombs and people going to work in the gallery (Sundays and bank holidays only during season ).

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RAF HOLMPTON STUMP CROSS CAVERNS BUNKER TOURS

Your chance to visit this Amazing Place Open February 19th to October 30th 2011 For Opening Times & Full Details W: www.rafholmpton.com T: 01964 630342 E: info@ rafholmpton.com

Stump Cross Caverns is one of Britain’s premier see that they could be a profitable enterprise, The Old LodBges, Sprouatley, Erast Ytorkshoire HUn11 4L N Constable show caves, located in the Yorkshire Dales and opened the caves to the public at a cost of 1 National Park, on the border of Nidderdale. shilling per visit. TEL: 01964 562508 Holiday Park and Arboretum There are a range of facilities for a great family FAX: 01964 563420 Your Gateway to the day out, including a gift shop with an excellent The cave system at Stump Cross extends well [email protected] Great Outdoors selection of fossils, crystals and sheepskin rugs beyond the show caves which are open to the www.burtonconstable.co.uk and tea room with a variety of home-made cakes public, to an overall length of approximately & pastries, as well as the caves themselves. 6km. Many of the deeper caverns are only acces - There is also a twenty minute film presentation sible to experienced cavers, but there is a possi - Leisure homes Touring caravans/camping facilities Your ideal home from home. The camping area overlooks the lake and shown in the comfortable lecture theatre, bility of further sections of the caverns being On a separate, exclusive site, in the peace children’s play area. Electric hook-ups are informing visitors of the history and develop - opened to the public in the future. Indeed, the and tranquility of the Yorkshire available throughout, with night-lighting Countryside, own your own static caravan. around the park. ment of the caverns within the local area. impressive reindeer cavern was opened to the public in 2000 after debris was removed. Relax in the peace and tranquility of Rural England. The caves at Stumps Cross were discovered in 1860 by miners who were looking for lead seams Telephone 01756 752780 Log Cabins Fishing in the Yorkshire Dales. Although they didn’t find www.stumpcrosscaverns.co.uk Exciting new development, now fully Our fishing lake provides excellent sport any lead, they did find the natural caverns which open - the luxury of a bungalow in with a multitude of fish to catch. classic Yorkshire Countryside. you can see today. Miners often didn’t see any commercial value in the caves, however a man Set in 200 acres of peaceful parkland, the Holiday Park is only a short stroll from Burton named William Newbold had vision enough to Constable Hall through Capability Brown’s park.

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The spacious split level Bistro has wonderful THE BLACK SHEEP views over the River Ure and provides a variety of culinary delights throughout the day. The menu is bursting with locally made produce, and BREWERY of course, beer ! The Black Sheep Shop is full of surprises and ‘ewe-nique’ gifts for all occasions and, with over 1,000 different items, there’s certainly something for everyone. The Sheepy Shop is also available online at www.blacksheepbrewery.co.uk along with a wide range of Black Sheep hampers.

Black Sheep Brewery is the ideal place for an interesting and alternative day out in the Yorkshire Dales.

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The Tour

Masham, North Yorkshire The Black Sheep Brewery Visitor Centre is a In the early 1990s Paul Theakston, 5th major year-round attraction. generation of Masham’s famous brewing family, saw an opportunity to develop his inherited Regular ‘shepherded’ tours of the Brewery skills, making real beer in the time-honoured involve a fascinating trip round the traditional fashion. Originally introduced to pubs in and Brewhouse and Fermenting Room. Guests around the Yorkshire Dales, Black Sheep beers experience the traditional brewing process and are now available not only across the UK but sample the award-winning ales in the comfort of around the world. the Baa...r.

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To complement the show cave, a new visitor centre was built to mark the millennium. The WHITE SCAR CAVE centrepiece is a large pavilion covered in turf - literally a living roof. There is also a shop, and a café which enjoys splendid views over the dales (and, on clear days, glimpses of the sea). Climate change is in evidence: gone are the days when the cave entrance was blocked by eight-foot snowdrifts. Instead, more intense rainfall is making the subterranean waterfalls thunder ever louder.

Work has begun on conversion of the cave’s lighting system from conventional low-energy lamps to new LED technology. This has two benefits. LED lamps use little energy, thus helping the environment. In addition, because of their wavelength they reveal the natural colours of the cave.

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White Scar Cave, in the Yorkshire Dales Perhaps coincidentally for an explorer, he bore It is worth remembering that the cave stays a National Park, is the longest show cave in the splendid name Christopher Francis Drake constant 8°C (46°F) throughout the year, so it Britain. There are underground waterfalls and Long. Wearing only his summer clothes of feels warm in winter and refreshingly cool in streams, and thousands of stalactites. The curi - shirt and shorts, and lighting his way with can - summer. ous cave formations include the Devil’s dles stuck in the brim of his hat, he crawled Tongue, the Arum Lily, and the remarkably life - into the low passage. Spurred on by the distant White Scar is a member of the International like Judge’s Head. Guides lead visitors along roar of water, he struggled over jagged rocks Show Caves Association, a body which assists the well-lit paths and explain the features. The and through pools, until eventually he found conservation of our natural underground highlight of the tour is the 200,000 year old himself at the foot of a waterfall. White Scar environment. Battlefield Cavern. Over 330 feet long, with its Cave had been discovered, and its name was roof soaring in places to 100 feet, this is one of derived from the outcrops of pale rock above the largest caverns in Britain. Also shown on the entrance. The huge Battlefield Cavern was the tour are fine examples of the geological found in 1971, its boulder-strewn floor sugges - White Scar Cave, Ingleton, feature known as flowstone, and a display of tive of fearsome conflict between prehistoric North Yorkshire LA6 3AW. fluorescing stalactites. giants. An access tunnel 215 feet in length was Telephone 01524 241244 driven by Cornish tin miners so that visitors www.whitescarcave.co.uk Until 1923 these underground wonders may enjoy this awesome spectacle. Look out remained a secret of nature. In August that for the ancient mud pools! year a Cambridge undergraduate undertook a hiking tour of the area. He noticed a slight fis - sure in the ground, and decided to investigate.

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RAILWAY The information on the groups travelling is also passed to the manager of the on-train refreshment service who makes sure (as far as possible) that there is a trolley on board serving tea/coffee, snacks, tasty tray-bakes and biscuits made locally at a farm overlook - ing the railway line. On some trains, locally made ice cream is also available.

This successful partnership means the Settle-Carlisle can offer a really memorable, comfortable, informative journey. At any time of the year you can be guaranteed a warm welcome to the Settle-Carlisle railway. Passengers boarding at Appleby

If you would like to take a group on the Settle- Telephone: 0800 98 007 66 or 017683 53200 Carlisle line, diesel sprinter trains operate all year Fax: 017683 51434 (except Christmas Day and Boxing Day) and dis - www.settle-carlisle.co.uk Dentdale counts are available for group bookings of ten Email: [email protected] or more passengers. Prices depend on the jour - The Settle-Carlisle Railway is one of the most organisers of any group of ten or more people ney and date of travel. For more information, scenic railways in the world and passengers enjoy travelling together can contact a Freephone please contact the Group Travel team: the wonderful views of two of England’s great - number to speak to a representative who will est rural treasures – the Yorkshire Dales and the advise, assist and book the trip. The booking is Eden Valley. Views of the Three Peaks made at the Development Company office at (Whernside, Peny-y-Ghent and Ingleborough) Appleby station. the highest point of the , Crossfell, and the unforgettable landscape of Dentdale make Once a week the bookings are forwarded on to the journey a memorable experience. the Friends on-train adviser co-ordinator who then arranges for volunteer guides to accompa - During the heyday of Victorian railway building, ny the group on the train, point out places of the Settle-Carlisle line was the last mainline rail - interest and offer leaflets and guide books. The way to be built in England using sheer physical on-train guides have a wealth of information might to create a railway featuring wonderfully about the line, its history and other interesting engineered viaducts and tunnels. Renovated sig - anecdotes including the story of Ruswarp, the nal boxes, water towers and station furniture dog who helped to save the line from closure. complement the beautifully maintained Victorian stations, many of which are adorned by colourful summer floral displays.

The scenery is not the only unique aspect of this line. A collaboration between Northern Rail, The Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line and the Settle-Carlisle Railway Development company has resulted in a system which offers groups a really excellent service. Tour operators and

Signpost - page 26 Friendly trolley service Signpost - page 27 THE KEIGHLEY AND WORTH www.countysignpost.co.uk ALLEY AILWAY V R There are two tunnels on the line: Tunnel (150 yards long) and Mytholmes Tunnel (75 yards long). The Railway's bridges number from 1 to 31 plus "X" of which four have been abandoned; 18 are underbridges and 9 overbridges (Bridge X was on the sta - tion approach road at over a mill dam) but there have been many alterations since the line was construct - ed by the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Co. in 1867.

Steam train services operate every weekend throughout the year and daily in summer. There are six superbly the country’s last remaining complete branch restored gas-lit stations, a fleet of steam loco - line railway, you’re sure to enjoy your time at the motives and historic carriages, a Museum of Rail Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Travel at Ingrow, buffets at Keighley and Step back in time and enjoy a train ride through The KWVR and the station at were Oxenhope - and even a CAMRA real ale bar on The KWVR is operated entirely by volunteer the heart of Bronte country. Most services are used as the location for the classic 1970 film The many trains. There are picnic areas at Keighley, members of the Society. New volunteers are operated by steam trains, but the railway also Railway Children. Be sure to stop off or look out Haworth and Oxenhope and many more quality always welcome for any part of the Railway’s serves the local community, with many people at this delightful Edwardian gas-lit station. facilities for visitors. activities. If you’d like to join, call the volunteer using the morning diesel railcar services to do liason officer John Hesselwood on 01484 their shopping in Keighley. The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway is a single Whether you’re travelling on the KWVR as a 348986. track line running 4 miles 75 chains from convenient rail link between the National Rail When British Railways closed the line in 1962, Keighley to Oxenhope. The 0 milepost is on the network at Keighley and on to Haworth and Telephone 01535 645214 local people and railway enthusiasts joined site of the former Keighley Station Junction sig - Oxenhope, or as an enjoyable trip to the past on www.kwvr.co.uk forces to try and save it. A Preservation Society nal box, approximately 2 chains to the east of was formed and, after many years of volunteer the present connection with the national rail net - struggle, the line finally re-opened to passenger work. The "up" direction is to London and traffic in 1968. hence from Oxenhope to Keighley. Locomotive run-round facilities exist at both ends of the line: KWVR Society members decided to recreate the at Keighley the locos. use the track running atmosphere of a country branch line of the through platform 3, at Oxenhope a dedicated 1950s. This has been hugely popular, not least run-round loop line is used. A passing loop, with film-makers and TV producers, and the rail - which may be used by all classes of trains, is way provides a working background for any located at Damems Junction (2.3 miles) . A period from Victorian times up to the present goods loop also exists at Haworth (4 miles) but day. Over the years, the Railway has appeared in this is currently out of use until signalling work many TV and film productions including Yanks, has been completed. __The steepest gradient on Sherlock Holmes, Treasure Hunt, Poirot, Born the line is 1 in 56, which occurs in two places: and Bred, The Royal, Where The Heart Is, A Keighley Curve (0m.10ch to 0m.27ch.) and Touch Of Frost, Songs Of Praise and many between Ingrow Tunnel (1m.35ch.) and more. Damems station (2m.0ch). The average gradient of the line is 1 in 70.

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Encounter the exotic

Discover a wild family day out, catch a glimpse Telephone 01909 569 416 into a faraway world and make friends with crea - www.butterflyhouse.co.uk. tures great and small.

Get close to lots of free-roaming animals, meet the residents of Meerkat Mansion and handle exotic snakes. See magnificent birds of prey dis - plays and entertaining parrot shows. Feed mar - moset monkeys, lorikeets and many more amaz - ing creatures.

Relax in the café and let the kids explore the Play Steam along behind Hawk, Owl, Fox or Badger, tained with a large play area, café and miniature Park with sandpit, pedal cars and aerial glide. the four friendly steam engines on an enchanti - railway around the pond*. This is an all-weather Family events run throughout the year. Keeper ng 50 minute return trip. Travel along 3 3/4 attraction which is hugely popular with all the Experiences and guided tours are available by miles of 15" narrow-gauge rail through the family. pre-booking. superb scenery of the lovely South Pennine foothills. Open daily and just 5 minutes from the M1, Telephone 01484 865727 junction 31. For further information please call Arrive at the seasonal family area at Shelley, with www.kirkleeslightrailway.com 01909 569 416 or visit www.butterflyhouse.co.uk play area, tea room, bouncy castle. The facilities back at the main station will also keep you enter - Harris Hawk

Signpost - page 30 Signpost - page 31 LIGHTWATER VALLEY Lightwater Valley – Home to 3 Lightwater Valley is simply bursting with 175 great attractions on one site! acres of action-packed adventures, from the dark and mysterious subterranean world of Set in 175 acres of gorgeous North Yorkshire Raptor Attack to the dizzying heights of Parkland – just North of Ripon - Lightwater Whirlwind, a typhoon of screams that'll twist Valley Theme Park and Shopping Village is even the bravest of souls. renowned for its friendly and welcoming atmosphere. New for 2011, join in a swashbuckling adventure in Skeleton Cove where only the bravest bucca - neers dare come ashore. So, assemble a raiding party and set sail to discover the five new rides Theme Park … jump aboard the Flying Cutlass, hop into the spinningly explosive Powder Kegs and embark Shopping Village on a thrilling 360 degree voyage aboard The Black Pearl. Free Entry. Open all year round. Brand Spanking Value! It’s ‘all hands on deck’ as you encounter rough seas aboard Skull Rock and, for those mini invaders amongst you, keep a beady eye out for From the latest designer fashions in Clobber & the Pirate Swinger. Co and Klass clothing, as well as the Aladdin’s caves that have become our Village Emporium When it’s time to relax and refuel, drift towards and Gift Time, why not take a fresh look at Hungry Harbour for a range of mutinous Lightwater Shopping Village? meals and snacks before you take on the rest of the valley … With the finest dining accessories in Kitchen to Table, as well as the most wonderful fabrics in When it's time to slow the pace, there are lakes Oswaldtwistle Mills, we offer a complete shop - and parkland to leisurely explore with wide ping experience. open spaces to relax and enjoy, so your adven - ture in the valley can be as thrilling or as chill - The Plant Centre stock only the best seasonal ing as you want it to be. plants for your garden and, completing the line- up, Sweet Memories is an old fashioned confec - With over 40 rides and attractions for thrill tioners that sells all your old favourites. seekers of all ages, the excitement never stops as you bravely take on the challenge of Europe's longest roller coaster - The Ultimate, Telephone 0871 720 0011 get swept high into the air by the powerful grip www.lightwatervalley.co.uk of the Eagle's Claw and 'feel the force' as you shoot the raging water of the Wild River Rapids.

The Ultimate

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Andy has a wealth of production experience in With two cinema screens, a cafe-restaurant, art The Station Gallery: the brewing industry in a career spanning 28 gallery, heritage centre and six artisan food-mak - Since opening in November 2007, The Station years with Tennents, Ruddles, Websters, John ers on the premises, The Station is a great place has quickly established a reputation as a major Smiths, Theakstons and Newcastle Brown in a to start your visit to Richmond, Britain's Great North-East art exhibition venue. The wonderful number of breweries across the United Town of the Year 2009. surroundings of the restored Grade 2* listed Kingdom. In addition he has managed a public Victorian railway station, with an abundance of house and understands the retail side of the The Angel’s Share: natural light, original stone walls and vaulted industry. Heavenly breads, cakes, scones and patisserie iron roof provides a wonderful ambiance to dis - baked fresh daily. play art to its best advantage.

Archer’s Jersey Ice Cream: Seasons Restaurant & Cafe Bar: The range of flavours is increasing all the time. Seasons Restaurant has menus designed around They try to keep flavours seasonal, introducing a modern British theme with Mediterranean champagne rhubarb that was grown in the farm influences. They use fresh locally sourced pro - garden from seed, along with many fruits. Other duce wherever possible and, of course, all the fruit is sourced when available from a local pick menus use seasonal ingredients. Richmond Brewing Company Limited is a six your own farm F.W. Elgey at Piercebridge. barrel microbrewery established by brewers Andy Hamilton and Richard Bowerman, situat - ed in The Station, a new tourist attraction in Richmond. The company provides first class ales in bottle and cask to businesses in The Station Andy Hamilton complex as well as Richmond and the Yorkshire area. Richard has more than 16 years brewing experi - Velvet Heaven: ence with Websters, Courage, John Smiths, At Velvet Heaven they Theakstons and Newcastle Brown. Three years specialise in making top ago Richard purchased Stump Cross Caverns in quality delicious fudge Yorkshire, one of the region’s foremost tourist and confectionery such attractions and continues to develop his business Lacey’s Cheese: as Turkish Delight and career. Traditional, handmade cheeses available from Coconut Ice. They also The Station, Richmond. At Laceys Cheese they - sell a range of choco - Telephone 01748 828266 take great pride in their craft to bring you a high lates, truffles and tradi - www.richmondbrewing.co.uk quality, locally produced product. Why don't you tional sweets. come on down to The Station to see, first hand, how traditional cheeses are made. www.richmondstation.com

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IR USEUM The exciting new, Heritage AAIR MMUSEUM Lottery funded, ‘Pioneers of Aviation’ exhibition features the work of Scarborough born Sir George Cayley, the ‘Father of Aeronautics’ and inventor of the aeroplane, along with that of Leeds born Robert Blackburn, who established air - craft factories in Leeds and at Brough, East Yorkshire, which still exists today as part of BAE Systems. Blackburn established an early Flying School at Filey and went on to create a long line of successful, mostly mili - , built at Brough, East Yorkshire, tary, aircraft. The exhibition also covers Hull in action during one of the ‘Thunder Day’ events. born aviator Amy Johnson, whose record break - ing solo flights to Australia and South Africa are indeed the stuff of legend. A striking interpreta - The exciting Events Programme features lecture Halifax showing the French markings with some tion of the ‘Dambusters’ raids with the Barnes presentations, interesting Nightshoot photo - veterans from Elvington’s French Squadrons. Wallis designed bouncing bomb is a major fea - graphic opportunities, regular “Thunder Days” with the powering up of our ‘live’ jets and the RAF Elvington, upon which the Yorkshire Air aircrews, depicting a day in the life of RAF ture, along with Wallis’s work with the R100 air - huge Battlegroup North militaria show in May Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial is based, Elvington and following a raid to Leipzig and ship at Howden. which combines a historic military vehicle rally became operational with 4 Group Bomber back, plus some fascinating new documentaries. with a superb wargaming show and living histo - Command in October 1942 when 77 Squadron The Yorkshire Air Museum prides itself on ry displays. moved from Chivenor to become Elvington’s The acclaimed collection of historic aircraft, being a unique Allied Air Forces Memorial, first ‘home’ squadron. Flying Halifax bombers, spans the birth of flight to the supersonic age widely regarded as being the only such dedicated On 20th October 2011 the Museum is hosting a they took the war to the German industrial and features the unique replica of the Cayley Memorial. We take care to maintain the authen - unique event in York Minster celebrating the heartland, but suffered the heaviest losses of any Glider, the Wright Flyer and other early aircraft tic ambience of the wartime era, whilst at the 66th anniversary of the French Air Force leaving Bomber Command unit, with over 500 airmen through the war years with the magnificent same time providing an exciting and interesting York to return to liberated France. The event loosing their lives from 96 Halifax aircraft shot Bomber “Friday the day out for all the family. will include the inauguration of the very first down. 13th”, the De Havilland Mosquito, Douglas French memorial in an English cathedral. Over DC3 Dakota and the famous Hurricane and There really is something for everybody here, 1600 people are expected with veterans and The superb Bomber Command exhibition, Spitfire amongst others. The collection contin - from the tranquil Memorial Gardens that have serving men and women from both countries. ‘Against the Odds’, the definitive national exhi - ues to encompass the major aircraft of the Cold earned the coveted Silver Gilt commendation in The event is being supported by City of York bition on the topic, gives visitors a deep insight War era – Gloster Javelin, Electric Lightning, the Yorkshire in Bloom competition, to all the Council, The Dean & Chapter of York Minster, into the formation and operation of this unpar - Hawker Hunter and the East Yorkshire built aircraft and exhibits mentioned before. Many les Amicale des Groupes Lourds and RAFA. alleled fighting force. This leads on to all the Blackburn Buccaneer and not least the still fascinating artefacts and stories can be found – other fascinating displays and exhibits, such as futuristic looking 1950’s designed Handley Page you never know when you could find yourself Telephone: 01904 608595 the unique Air Gunners Memorial Room, Victor V-Bomber / K2 Tanker, which took part talking to a real veteran of WWII or someone Web: www.yorkshireairmuseum.org restored Control Tower, Uniform Display and in both the Falklands War and the first Gulf War amongst our team of volunteers who has flown email: [email protected] much more. April 2011 will see the opening of in its refuelling role. some of the more modern aircraft. the newly refurbished “Astra” Cinema with a state of the art plasma screen which will show our unique wartime footage taken by the French

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Support Command Operations

Bunker Tours 2011

Starting life as RAF Patrington now called RAF Holmpton, it still retains the original Station Travel between Leeds, Skipton, Settle and Carlisle and WHITE Badge. enjoy some of the most spectacular countryside in England. SCAR CAVE Since the first public tours of RAF Holmpton A scheduled diesel service operates on a daily basis THE LONGEST SHOW CAVE IN BRITAIN Plant Room throughout the year (except Xmas and Boxing Day). back in August 2004 the exhibition has continu - • Waterfalls, flowstone & thousands ally grown, with new additions and improve - 2011 will also see some major changes with two For details of times and fares call National Rail Enquiries of stalactites ments carried out just about every year. So many new cinemas all equipped with the latest screens on 08457 48 49 50 (24 hrs) • Café, shop, picnic areas & on-site car park JEWEL places tend to stand still, but at RAF Holmpton and technology and a new public tour, featuring 1 of Nature • 1 /2 miles from Ingleton, there are updates and improvments every year. new films and a new multi screen ‘History Show’ Group discounts are available for 10 or more people travelling together. For more information call N. Yorks, on B6255 road to Hawes. Satnav LA6 3AW 2010 was no exception with a major restoration in the main Operations Room Auditorium. Freephone 0800 98 007 66 completed of the rooms used by RAF Support • Open from 10am daily Feb-Oct, For those possibly a little ‘apprehensive’ about Please quote the Yorkshire Signpost weekends Nov-Jan. Last tour 4pm Command during the 1980’s. going below ground, the Bunker is well lit All information, including a full MP3 audio guide to the throughout, centrally heated and air conditioned route, is available from the web site www.whitescarcave.co.uk Following painstaking research this area has and with an average ceiling height of 11ft and www.settle-carlisle.co.uk telephone 01524 241244 been fully restored with original furniture and rooms larger than most peoples homes, there is equipment dating back to that period of the no need for concern. And the ‘Award Winning bunkers history. And to make viewing of the tours’ are fully interpreted by experienced area much easier for visitors there is a new ‘walk guides, making us the only bunker in the UK Kiplin Ha ll THINK through’ route with viewing windows overlook - offering fully guided tours. Jacobean House ing the ‘Command Pit’ where Senior RAF Country Seat of Founder of Maryland, U.S.A. Commanders would have been accommodated For 2011 a new opening season has been intro - now furnished as a charming Victorian home BIG From record breakers R packed with family memorabilia FO had there ever been a World War III. duced from 19th February until the 30th EW HE to history makers, steam N 1-T F plus new exhibition – One Woman’s Fight 201 O October, operating two tours daily at all peak rides to science shows, URN RET ING Sun-Wed, April-Sept, 2–5pm FLY AN During 2010 there were new extended viewing times. For full information just go to: there’s always something TSM SCO areas to many of the other rooms and exhibits www.rafholmpton.com or call 01964 630208 big to come back for. which were certainly needed as 2010 was their ADMISSION FREE busiest season to date !

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will include exhibitions from the museum’s own collection, touring exhibitions from OF RAIL TRAVEL other museums and exhibitions of art and objects from community and school groups.

Other new facilities include The Northern Rail Activity Room – used for a wide variety of activities from craft activities in school holidays, to school visits, to talks and meet - ings. There is also a children’s play room for our younger visitors. The museum has a con - ference facility which can be booked through the Council's Occasions team on 01325 388410.

Following a £1.7m refurbishment Darlington The Head of Steam - Darlington Railway Railway Centre and Museum re-launched on 5th Museum redevelopment has been funded by the April 2008 with a new name and a new look and European Regional Development Fund, re-branded as “Head of Steam”. Heritage Lottery Fund, English Heritage, Northern Rock Foundation, Railway Heritage The newly refurbished museum offers a unique Trust, Museums and Libraries Archives North experience to visitors through interactive dis - East and Darlington Borough Council. plays and audio visual equipment, telling the story of the history of Darlington and the Telephone 01325 460532 Over 60 television programmes and films have finding items from our “look and find” work - impact of railways. Many of the highly popular www.head-of-steam.co.uk featured carriages and steam locomotives from sheets. The confirmed enthusiast will enjoy our old exhibits still feature, such as the locomotives the Ingrow Museum of Rail Travel, so there’s a shop, which specialises in out-of-print railway in the main area of the museum and these are good chance you may have seen some treasured magazines and books. complemented and enhanced with new exhibi - items from the museum’s Collection. The muse - tions and interactive displays for people of all um has just filmed sequences for BBC TV’s Located adjacent to the Ingrow Loco Museum, ages. This includes the use of audio, visual and South Riding, starring Anna Maxwell Martin. and the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. When sensory information, as well as other activities Worth Valley Railway trains are operating, ask such as handling objects, puzzles for children The whole family can enjoy a visit – you don’t for a Green Rover ticket, which includes admis - and much, much more. have to be a confirmed railway enthusiast! sion to both museums and one day’s unlimited Children and adults of all ages will enjoy explor - travel on the KWVR A new and improved cafe facility provides qual - ing the differences between 1st, 2nd and 3rd ity drinks, snacks and light bites, and in the sum - class, and listening to the sound presentations as Location: South Street, Ingrow, Keighley BD21 mer months, this extends to include al fresco they sit inside the carriages. Video presentations 5AX seating on the platform outside. There is also a help to bring the past to life, whilst the walls are temporary exhibition room with a scheduled covered with old signs and posters. Young chil - Telephone 01535 680425 programme providing a variety of exhibits dren will enjoy hunting for our little helpers, or www.vintagecarriagestrust.org catering for different audiences. This new space

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Events for 2011 Japan Festival - 9-24 April NATIONAL RAILWAY Help mark the 10th anniversary of the National Railway Museum receiving the Japanese Bullet Train with live music and martial arts every day during the Easter holidays. Make your own MUSEUM origami Bullet Train, dress up in Kimono’s and Background enjoy a rare opportunity of cab access to the Hidden Gems iconic Shinkansen, the only Bullet Train outside The National Railway Museum in York is Japan. responsible for conserving and interpreting the Visit Search Engine, the Library and Archive British national collection of railway vehicles Centre and gain access to thousands of fascinat - and other artefacts. The vast collections include ing hidden treasures. With library space and Welcome home over 100 locomotives (including record-breakers research facilities find out more about the histo - Flying Scotsman and world-firsts) and 180 tonnes of archive ry of the railways and the National Collection. Spring/Summer 2011 material – including posters, works of art, film Search Engine has changing exhibitions so make and photographs. The Museum is a fantastic free sure you check the website before you visit. An exciting event to welcome home the nation’s day out with an action-packed events pro - favourite locomotive fresh from her recent over - gramme running throughout the year and regu - Warehouse Surprises haul. There will be the chance to see Flying larly attracts over 850,000 visitors each year. Scotsman and participate in a range of fun family Home to the conservation workshops and over Copyright NRM 1,000 surprises from the Museum’s collection, activities. Flying Scotsman will also be operating on National Treasures the Warehouse provides an alternative and fasci - the mainline in 2011. For further details visit www.flyingscotsman.org.uk Please note that charges apply for some NRM For a fantastic free day out in York visit the nating insight from 18th century wooden rails to a 20th century burger box! Discover all kinds of events. Information is correct at the time of award winning National Railway Museum. Open Daily (excl 24-26 December) 10.00-18.00 going to print. Encounter iconic locomotives including the rev - unusual objects and experience The Flying Scotsman Story Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ olutionary Rocket or the streamlined Duchess. www.nrm.org.uk Take a seat on the innovative Japanese ‘Bullet exhibition. Train’. Step aboard the footplate of the largest locomotive in the National Collection, the Engineers at Work Chinese locomotive or travel back in time as you Watch engineers at work in a real railway work - peek into sumptuous royal carriages. shop, where we maintain and conserve locomo - tives, carriages and wagons. The Workshop can be viewed from The Works balcony; you might even catch a glimpse of the engineers working on the Flying Scotsman.

Discover more at the NRM With daily demonstrations, loads of interactive exhibits, locomotive cab access, a lively special events programme and FREE museum admis - sion, enjoy action-packed fun for the whole fam - ily. Why not visit the website for full details or what’s on for your visit. www.nrm.org.uk

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Also in 2011 …

Patrick Brontë: In his own right 17 March 2011 to 31 March 2012

2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Patrick Brontë and this exhibition tells his remarkable story. From humble origins in Northern Ireland, Patrick won an assisted place at Cambridge University. He went on to become a well respected clergyman and a published The Brontës are, perhaps, the world’s most author who inspired his children with a passion famous literary family and Haworth Parsonage, for literature. The exhibition considers his now the Brontë Parsonage Museum, was their achievements and his work at Haworth during The Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes tells Take a look at the website for up to date home from 1820 to 1861. Their short, brilliant the forty-one years of his ministry. the story of the Yorkshire Dales landscape and information - www.yorkshiredales.org.uk lives have fascinated people ever since. people over the last 10,000 years. Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë were the Telephone01535 642323 To contact the Dales Countryside Museum authors of some of the best-loved books in the [email protected] Stroll through the Time Tunnel to see unique Tourist Information and National Park Centre English language. Charlotte’s novel Jane Eyre, www.bronte.info exhibits from the Stone Age to Victorian times. Emily’s Wuthering Heights, and Anne’s The Climb aboard our static train and find out how Open 10am to 5pm every day Tenant of Wildfell Hall were all written in this family life has changed in the Dales. Telephone 01969 666210 or house and their power still moves readers today. email : [email protected] Many of the Brontës’ manuscripts and letters are Take a walk down the 'lead mine' and discover exhibited in the Parsonage, but as well as its lit - how the industries of the Dales, together with erary significance, the house still retains a pow - farming, have helped to shape this treasured erful atmosphere of the Brontës’ time, giving a landscape. wonderful insight into their day to day lives. The rooms the Brontës once used are largely Events, demonstrations of traditional crafts and unchanged and filled with their furniture, clothes changing exhibitions help bring the Museum and personal possessions, as well as a range of alive. Hands on, interactive exhibits make it fun domestic artefacts of the period. for children. In addition to the atmospheric period rooms of There are education programmes for schools the house there is also a major, permanent exhi - and a research room where you can explore local bition on the Brontës' lives and works, interac - and family history. tive displays for families and children and a busy programme of special events through the year. Signpost - page 44 Signpost - page 45 County Signpost www.countysignpost.co.uk

ing five partitioned workspaces for artists com - plete with kitchen and bathroom, original high YORKSHIRE WOLDS beamed ceilings and plentiful natural light. A graduate of the Central School of Art in London, and more recently Hull University’s GALLERY Fine Art degree course, Ginny’s life-long ambi - tion has been to get back to working as an artist. The farm has been in the Sutton family for three “To be able to do this, and at the same time cre - generations and has seen many changes over the ate a small community here, which has been years, from the days of horse-drawn ploughs to lacking since the farm workers left the Wolds, is the first combine harvester. The traditional absolutely a dream come true for me,” she says. range of farm buildings is no longer needed for farming purposes and Ginny saw an opportuni - Yorkshire Wolds Gallery is supported by the ty both to diversify into this new development European Agricultural Fund for Rural Over the course of 12 months, the tin-roofed and restore the farm buildings as a long term Development; Yorkshire Forward, the region’s brick barns formerly used to store tractors and investment. development agency; and DEFRA, the other farm machinery, were transformed into a Department for the Environment, Food and stunning 90 sq m contemporary art gallery, “During the last year of my Fine Arts degree at Rural Affairs. Hull, I started thinking about studio space and retaining the character of the barn’s many origi - nal features, and providing a magnificent space realised how difficult it was for new artists to Telephone 01944 710747 in which to promote and showcase the work of find adequate space to work or exhibit and to www.yorkshirewoldsgallery.co.uk retain the companionship of a college setting the many professional artists and sculptors living Disused farm buildings which can be such a positive influence. I began and working in Yorkshire and the North East. to see the potential of our old farm buildings for transformed into stunning art a community of artists,” says Ginny. The size of the gallery enables large works of art gallery on Yorkshire Wolds to be exhibited, allowing for an interesting and “Very few galleries have coffee shops attached, varied programme of exhibitions, from land - For artists and art-lovers alike, a new delight and given that I have a background in catering, it scapes to still life, from sculpture to nude and awaits on the picturesque Yorkshire Wolds. The made sense to introduce a complementary busi - figurative. Yorkshire Wolds Gallery and Coffee Shop has ness, which will add to the appeal of the Gallery recently opened its doors as an exhibition space as a visitor destination." “The main gallery also makes a fantastic enter - for artists from across Yorkshire and the North taining space for weddings, private lunches or as East, as well as a much-needed studio space for With the support of her husband Oliver, and his a lunch or tea-stop for tour groups visiting local working artists in the locality. two brothers who share ownership of Willerby gardens and attractions,” says Ginny. “To be Wold Farm, Ginny set about realising that surrounded by beautiful works of art or sculp - The stylish contemporary gallery is housed in potential and applied to DEFRA (Department ture makes it a venue with a distinct difference.” restored Victorian farm buildings which them - for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) selves lend charm and atmosphere to its rural for a farm diversification scheme grant. The Yorkshire Wolds Gallery is open from location on top of the rolling chalkland of the Wednesdays to Sundays plus Bank Holidays, Yorkshire Wolds, two miles south of Staxton, With very few tourist attractions on the Wolds from 10am until 4pm. near Scarborough. and after Scarborough recently received an injec - tion of EU funds to promote the artistic and In addition, the old two-storey Victorian grana - The Gallery is the brainchild of artist Ginny cultural development of the east coast resort, ry, derelict since the 1940s, has re-opened its Sutton, who saw the potential of the spacious planning permission for the Yorkshire Wolds doors as a 40 sq m private exhibition space on the ground floor. The original stone steps lead but disused outbuildings at Willerby Wold Farm. Gallery got the green light and the dream start - Yorkshire Wolds Gallery Cafe ed to become a reality. upstairs to two connected studios, each compris -

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The two-sailed mill In May 2009, the restored and freshly-painted where the traditional chalk downland plants such cap and fantail were replaced on top of the mill, as field scabious and lady’s slipper can be found and, after a period of unsettled weather, two of growing from June onwards. Two living willow the four sails went back, allowing the mill to get tunnels planted by the Trust have a two-fold back to business of producing flour. purpose – they are home to a variety of insect Meanwhile, back at Alford, the millwrights were and bird species, and they are enormous fun for completing the new sail, and by January 2010, children to play in! both remaining sails were ready to be replaced. To everybody’s frustration, however, there was a The mill field, as well as being a rich natural long period of very unsettled weather. Cranes habitat, is also a wonderful space for families to were ordered, then had to be cancelled again as enjoy before or after visiting the mill. A natural there was a sudden shift in wind direction, bring - play area, featuring traditional wooden play ing unwanted gusts of wind, icy conditions, or equipment (including a jolly log steam train!) has torrential rain. Eventually – after a long, nerv - been installed at one corner of the field, which ous wait – the weather settled down in March proved extremely popular with young visitors sufficiently to allow the delicate work of lifting during the summer of 2010, and the field has and fixing the two sails, and Skidby was finally been fenced off, to create an enclosed space for restored to its traditional appearance after two children to play and families to picnic. The path long years! through the field from the car park has been upgraded to allow gentle access up to the mill While waiting for the sails to be replaced, things for disabled visitors, and there are plans later this Following the discovery of serious structural Millwrights of Alford, Lincolnshire, who are were happening elsewhere on the site. year to upgrade the car park itself, to create bet - wear on the cap and fantail in 2008, Skidby responsible for the maintenance of the struc - Volunteers from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust ter (and more!) parking facilities. Windmill has undergone an extensive pro - ture, to have a close examination of the sails were working on developing two habitat areas in gramme of restoration, involving the removal of while they were on the ground, and it was dis - the mill field – a spring meadow, which is car - Telephone 01482 848405 all four sails, together with the cap and fantail. covered that one sail had to be replaced com - peted with a profusion of lemon cowslips during The removal of the sails allowed Thompson’s pletely, owing to extensive rot. April and early May, and a summer meadow,

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The Drift There is free admission to all visitors and open - THE NATIONAL COAL MINING 7 February – 8 May 2011 ing hours are 10.00 am - 5.00 pm daily except for Words and images from the Yorkshire Coalfield 1 January and 24-26 December. Do arrive early by Ian Beesley, photographer and Ian McMillan, to book onto an underground tour. Temperature MUSEUM FOR ENGLAND poet underground is 12c; we strongly recommend The exhibition is based around one of the last warm practical clothing and sensible flat shoes. working pits in the Yorkshire coalfield. Ian Unfortunately children under five years old are Beesley and Ian McMillan have been exploring not permitted on the underground tour, howev - in words and images the nature of coal-mining er there is an indoor play area especially for in the 21st century. Words and images are inter - them. woven to produce a narrative that explores the process of mining, the physicality of the work For more information contact the Museum on and the relationship of the underground to the 01924 848806 or visit www.ncm.org.uk surface. This is a partnership with Bolton University.

The Great Store Explore! Caphouse Colliery from Hope 30 May - 25 September 2011 As part of the summer special exhibition, which is showcasing the hidden treasures in our stores and how we look after them, the Museum will be opening up some of the stores for visitor tours. Each tour visitor will go behind-the-scenes, get Underground Haulage Engine hands-on with our specimens, and really find out what our collections are all about. Whether it’s a whizz round on a ten-minute tour or a specialist The National Coal Mining Museum for England hazards of working underground. There is the search, it will be everyone’s opportunity to offers you the unique opportunity to travel 140 opportunity to see some of the problems miners explore the store! metres underground, down one of Britain’s old - had to deal with and to try and solve them. est mines. Take a step back in time with an ex- Other highlights throughout the year include; miner as your guide who will take you around Visit the pithead baths and the Victorian steam See How They Run! part of the National Science the underground workings, where models and winder; follow the nature trail and find the and Engineering week in March and Summer machinery depict methods and conditions of adventure playground, and then meet the ponies Fun activities for all the family during the sum - mining from the early 1800s to the present day. along with Finn the Clydesdale heavy horse. mer holidays. Not forgetting the annual Miners’ Gala, Heritage Open Days in September as well Visiting the Museum Above ground, the story of coal is brought to The Hope Pit complex, a secondary colliery site as Santa’s Underground Grotto in the run up to life through the Museum’s interactive exhibitions at the Museum is where visitors can explore the Christmas. and audio-visual plasma screens. In the Mining interactive displays and multi-media science Lives gallery it gives a glimpse into the life of a exhibits. The science of coal mining bursts into Whatever you come to the National Coal Mining miner at home, on the pit surface and at play. life and promises to send you away buzzing with Museum for, you can be sure there’ll be plenty to There is the chance to see into a mining family’s ideas! keep you occupied and many reasons to return back yard from the 1940s and find out what the to the Museum again and again. For more infor - miners did during World War II. The Museum has a range of events and activities mation on events taking place at the Museum planned throughout 2011 including a number of throughout 2011 visit www.ncm.org.uk/events Coal mining was dangerous and difficult work. special exhibitions – The Coal Interface gallery shows a few of the The Stable Yard Signpost - page 50 Signpost - page 51 County Signpost www.countysignpost.co.uk

LIGHTWATER SHOPPING VILLAGE

Christmas carvery with all the trimmings in their there’s only one place to be seen this Halloween Granary restaurant. weekend. *Firework displays will take place at 6:30pm on With so many festivities in one place, it’s no Sat 29th & 5:30pm on Sunday 30th. The entertainment programme will be as com - Dickensian Festival wonder that their Dickensian Festival was short- prehensive as ever, with something to keep the Thursday 1st - Sunday 4th December 2011 listed for a White Rose Award! Usual all-day entry prices apply. whole family entertained on all four days: Entry after 1:00pm for only £12.95pp* With over 75 stalls selling a huge range of high 10:00AM – 5:00PM EVERY DAY - Jazz Bands quality contemporary and traditional merchan - FREE ENTRY & FREE PARKING *Must be pre-booked. dise, as well as special Christmas displays from - Victorian Flea Circus - Handbell Ringers our permanent outlets, why not go along and Telephone 0871 720 0011 - Festive Carol Singers Frightwater Valley soak up the enchanting atmosphere? [email protected] - Punch & Judy shows Saturday 29th october & Sunday 30th www.lightwatervalley.co.uk - Barrel Organs October You’ll find gifts, stocking fillers and decorations Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 3HT galore, with Yorkshire crafts, hand-painted pot - - Santa’s Grotto With the resurrection of Dracula’s Labyrinth, tery, fine glassware, millinery, bespoke art and - Superb Local Choirs our live action horror maze, as well as Raptor hand-made jewellery taking centre stage. - Birds of Prey flying demonstrations Attack LIVE! and (new for 2011) the haunting Likewise, this festival just wouldn’t be complete of Skeleton Cove, it’s the return of Frightwater without an extensive range of stalls selling high- Oh, and don’t worry if all this Christmas Valley! quality North Yorkshire produce, from wines Shopping and festive entertainment makes you a and beers to pies, meats and cheeses. In fact, little weary - just remember to take time out to With spooktacular fireworks* adding to the Lightwater Shopping Village is a showcase for enjoy the taste and aroma of the finest explosive atmosphere on both nights, along with everything that’s great about North Yorkshire at Christmas fayre. Roasted Chestnuts, a sizzling eerie scare zones and the chance to experience a this festive time of year. hog roast and delicious mulled wine will be avail - able throughout the festival, as well as a superb selection of your favourite rides in the dark,

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History is brought to life at special events throughout the year and there are fun activities for all the family during school holidays plus a programme of academic seminars led by experts of international renown. Picnic areas - Bar & cafe - Children’s play area - Assault course - Rifle ranges - Gift shop - Military shop - Fire service museum & advice centre - Military vehicles & artillery - Art gallery For more information about events, the museum National Treasures Telephone 01482 896236 www.fortpaull.com and the collection visit the website Just 5 minutes from the Hull Ferry Terminal www.royalarmouries.org. The Leeds museum is From arms and armour to menageries and muni - open daily from 10am to 5pm (closed 24–26 tions – the Royal Armouries is Britain’s oldest December), admission is free. public museum and has sites at the Tower of London, Leeds and at Fort Nelson in Hampshire. Home to the national collection of arms and Stump Cross Caverns armour, the houses a world-renowned collection of over 75,000 objects. Amazing Natural Show Cave Gift shop, tea room and lecture theatre For those who expect it to be all about ‘guns and war games’ then a visit to the Royal Armouries The caves are open daily from 10am - 6pm (last admission into the caves is 4.45 pm), from 1st could be a big surprise. March to 1st December. In the Winter months, viewing is at weekends only, and also during the school holidays at Christmas & February half-term. At the Leeds museum there are over 8,000 amazing objects on display in five impressive Prices : Adults £6.00, Children (4-13) £3.95 Under 4’s free galleries – War, Tournament, Oriental, Self Greenhow Hill, Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG3 5JL Defence and Hunting. The collection holds treasures from around the Tel/Fax: (01756) 752780 globe including the Ottoman Empire, the Wild West, Europe, Japan and India. www.stumpcrosscaverns.co.uk

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THE YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK EPWORTH H Plensa has an international reputation for major exhibitions and public art projects AKEFIELD around the world, making sculpture, draw - W ings, prints, acoustic installations and outside London. The state of the art facilities designs for opera and theatre. Pushing will allow the gallery to programme ambitious technical and artistic boundaries, his often temporary exhibitions and give the public transparent, large-scale sculptures incor - access to its nationally important collection, porate light, sound and text, inviting the which includes a gift from the Hepworth Estate spectator’s active participation in a space of forty original plaster works by Barbara where art and language, nature and culture, Hepworth. sound and communication collide and entwine. Wakefield district is the birthplace of modern Jaume Plensa, In the Midst of Dreams, 2009. Photo: Michael Bodycomb British sculpture as Barbara Hepworth and Plensa says of the project: “for me, an Henry Moore – two of the greatest artists of the artist from the Mediterranean area, it’s a 20th Century – were born in the district, just five terrific opportunity to have a dialogue with the From April 2011 Yorkshire Sculpture Park pres - years and a few miles apart. The Hepworth Park, which represents the unique British land - ents the first major UK exhibition of sculpture Wakefield will celebrate Hepworth and Moore’s scape tradition. My background is so different by Jaume Plensa, with new and recent work dis - association with Wakefield and the inspiration and to be embraced by that amazing history played in the Underground Gallery and sur - The Hepworth Wakefield is Yorkshire’s they drew from the Yorkshire landscape. gives a beautiful capacity for dialogue.” rounding landscape. The exhibition includes landmark gallery for visual arts. Opening in The gallery will show a significant collection large illuminated heads, human shapes formed May 2011 this stunning building, designed of work by both artists, including sculptures and A significant outdoor piece at YSP is House of of letters, angels suspended from walls and by award-winning Architects David Chipperfield drawings from some of the most important Knowledge, part of a group of works in which inscribed gongs waiting to be struck. is located in an outstanding setting on stages in their careers. Its centrepiece will be a the physical form of the body becomes architec - Wakefield’s historic waterfront. The gallery collection of rarely seen original sculptures by ture. With text forming a large human shape, vis - Sculptures such as Hear No Evil, See No Evil, will be a centre of excellence for the visual arts Hepworth. itors can walk inside and see the landscape Speak No Evil – three large fibreglass resin and will contribute to the artistic, educational, through the spaces between steel letters. This 8- ‘angels’ – will be showcased in the Underground economic and social life of the region. Along with works by Hepworth and Moore, The metre tall piece will be a stunning addition to the Gallery. Suspended from the gallery walls, the Hepworth Wakefield will show its permanent YSP parkland. Building on the success of YSP’s figures are fixed and constrained by their human The striking new building, will be a new social collection featuring works by artists including recent exhibitions, this project encourages real bodies yet they radiate white light to suggest the space on Wakefield’s newly-regenerated water - Ben Nicholson, Ivon Hitchens, Graham interaction and a particularly tactile engagement possibility of human spirit, creating an ethereal front. Visitors will be able to take part in a var - Sutherland, Paul Nash, Jacob Epstein, Walter with his work that will delight and enrich. installation. In The Midst Of Dreams is a group ied programme of talks, tours, workshops, film- Sickert, Anthony Caro, LS Lowry and David of illuminated heads with closed eyes, as though screenings and concerts; relax in the stylish café Hockney. A programme of changing exhibitions Telephone 01924 832631 in deep contemplation, rising from a bed of and restaurant offering seasonal, locally sourced will bring major contemporary art shows to www.ysp.co.uk white marble pebbles. Jerusalem is a circle of 11 food; or browse a unique range of prints, Yorkshire by some of the world's leading artists. gongs engraved with text from Song of Songs, publications and gifts in the gallery shop. For more information see from the Biblical text Songs of Solomon, a pas - sionate exploration of love, eroticism, the With over 1,600 square metres of light-filled www.hepworthwakefield.org Jaume Plensa at human condition, our dreams and desires. gallery spaces, The Hepworth Wakefield will be Yorkshire Sculpture Park Visitors can strike the gongs, making sound the largest purpose built exhibition space 9 April – 25 September 2011 expand and fill the space again and again.

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to a 110 mile hike along the Cleveland Way Staithes Panorama © Mike Kipling National Trail.

If two wheels is more your style, the Moors to Sea Cycle Network covers over 100 miles of quiet lanes and off-road cycleways pro - viding you with fabulous views of the moor - Kettleness © Mike Kipling land and beautiful coastline. Or why not hop on board the enchanting North Yorkshire Moors Railway? Its lovingly-restored steam Located 25 miles to the north east of York, the fossils from the Jurassic Age found in the trains wend their way through the heart of North York Moors National Park is framed by rugged coastal cliffs and rocks at the water’s the North York Moors and out to the coast the Cleveland Hills to the north, the Howardian edge. at Whitby. Hills to the south and the glorious North Yorkshire and Cleveland Heritage Coast to the The wide open spaces of the North York Moors For the perfect start to any visit to the North east. It is a fantastic place to visit at any time of bring a sense of peace and tranquillity and its York Moors, head to one of the two year offering breathtaking scenery, great recre - mix of habitats provide a haven for all sorts of National Park Centres (at Sutton Bank in the ational activities and fascinating historical sites. wildlife. Dotted through the moorland and along south of the North York Moors and at the coast you’ll find picturesque villages with Danby in the north) where you’ll find lots of The North York Moors is a place where nature warm welcomes and intriguing local tales from helpful information on all there is to see and and history inspire each other. Its diverse land - smugglers to high seas adventurers. do in the local area. You’ll also be able to scape of moorland, lowland, woodland and pick up guide books, maps and walk booklets coast, rises and falls around the signs of times There are plenty of ways to explore the National and find out about forthcoming events. At past from ruined abbeys and ancient churches to Park. Pull on your boots and take your pick from The Moors National Park Centre in Danby, traces of a once bustling industrial heritage. This 1408 miles of public rights of way which will there are also outdoor and indoor children’s is also Dinosaur country with footprints and take on anything from a short circular stroll up play areas, riverside and woodland trails, interactive exhibitions and a gallery that hosts a changing programme of work by local artists and craftsmen.

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Peace and quiet is a given at North Yorkshire's Swinsty Reservoir - one of the country's best-known waters for fly fishing. Land of Opportunity Yorkshire is home to some breathtaking scenery “Research told us the majority of people who and it really is the land of opportunity when it come to our reservoirs have been before – and comes to the great outdoors. probably keep coming back,” said spokesman Steve Parsley. “However, although most people But when you take to the rolling landscapes of have their favourites, what they may not realise is Yorkshire for a walk around a reservoir, you that there is often another site within easy reach probably wouldn’t realise the land is owned and which offers something completely different. maintained by Yorkshire Water. In fact, water companies are among the largest landowners in “As a result, we’ve been looking at how we can the UK and play a significant part in the way the tell people about the options they have when countryside looks today. they’re planning a day out in the countryside.”

Yorkshire Water owns just over 72,000 acres of More information on walks on Yorkshire Water land and more than a hundred reservoirs, with land – including the long-distance Yorkshire details of more than 30 circular walks available Water Way – can be found on the company web - on its website since 2004. site at www.yorkshirewater.com. Leaflets which include maps and directions can also be obtained by telephoning 01274 692856. More recently, the company has been working on new ways of enhancing visitors’ experiences and is encouraging more people to make the Langsett Reservoir between Sheffield and Huddersfield, which now boasts its most of the countryside on their doorsteps. own three-mile easy access woodland walk for pushchair and wheelchairs.

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Throughout the year there have also been horse events across the Trail to support the 21st THE TRANS PENNINE TRAIL Anniversary but also to raise awareness of the British Horse Society’s Fighting for Access Fund.

…and it doesn’t have to stop there. Remember that the Trans Pennine Trail is a free facility for anyone to use and it’s open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. It’s a great way to explore the countryside whether you want to go for an afternoon stroll or cycle right across the north of England. As much of the Trail follows old railway lines, canal towpaths and riverside paths it is relatively flat and well signed. The easy gra - Get in touch with your Local Authority and ask dients and surfaced paths make many sections about nature walks, health walks and cycle rides. suitable for families with young children and There will also be a good number of local walk - provide a great facility for gentle exercise for ing and cycling groups that are always keen to people recovering from health issues and those welcome new members on board – so don’t using wheelchairs or pushchairs. worry about having to get active on your own, there’s always someone there to lend a helping The Trans Pennine Trail is a great place to get hand. out and take some exercise – whether you want to walk, cycle or horse ride. Experts agree that As the route is well served by public transport regular moderate exercise can help protect the it’s easy to plan a walk or cycle ride along the The Trans Pennine Trail During June there was also the ‘Celebration body from many illnesses an conditions, includ - Trail. There are also a number of car parks Festival’ at Barnsley. This event was the culmi - ing heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, accommodating horse boxes providing great comes of age. nation of the baton relays arriving at their final osteoarthritis, obesity, diabetes and cancer. It’s access for our equestrian users. destination. The President of the European also a great way to relieve stress and stay happy 2010 was the 21st Anniversary of the Trans Ramblers Association, Lis Neilsen, was present by providing a great way for everyone to re-con - So what are you waiting for… Pennine Trail and things have been very hectic to to accept the batons arriving. The festival was a nect with nature right on their doorstep. say the least! great way for everyone to enjoy lots of activities Please contact the Trans Pennine Trail Office for to help promote healthy living including a cycle a free information pack and details of the three In June there was a baton relay from all five ter - smoothie maker, Play Bus, Rangers making bird saleable route maps available. minals of the Trail (, Hornsea, Leeds, boxes / bat boxes with children and adults, Chesterfield and York) through to Barnsley, the health sessions (including seated aerobics, health Telephone 01226 772574 mid-point of the Trail. Each of the batons were checks, blood pressure checks etc), penalty shoot email: [email protected]. carried by an extremely wide range of users out with Barnsley Football Club mascot, stunt through their own local area – from your every - bike team, bike sculpture, free runners, inflata - day walkers, cyclists and horse riders to large bles, climbing wall, roller hockey, Nordic walking penguins, blade runners, a fantastic array of group, cheerleaders, and lots of stalls from user schools, Volunteer Rangers and Friends of the groups, visitor attractions and health organisa - Trans Pennine Trail. Indeed many of the tions. Mayors across the Trail also came out to support this momentous occasion. People turned out in force to support the Trail and the weather was perfect.

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