The Parish Magazine

2021

Editors Ramblings!

Happy New Year! I hope that you all had some form of a festive holiday and managed to celebrate, even though it seems an age ago now!

We were all ready to head south to Wales until that Saturday when Boris came on the TV and announced you could only see people for the Christmas day. I text our friends straight away to say that Christmas had been cancelled for us, they hadn’t been watching so didn’t believe it! Took a while to sink in and Wales then went into full lock down that evening. Our friends have now got lots of food in their freezer for another time and I had to dash out to the shops to find a turkey and all the trimmings.

In the end it would have been a total stress for us, as Neil didn’t arrive home from work until late on the evening of the 23rd! In the end we had a quiet Christmas and New Year with just us! There was plenty of slobbing around in our PJ’s and watching TV, something which doesn’t happen often.

The next surprise was when Boris was on TV telling us about schools not going back. Katie and I were watching thinking ‘end of January’ when he slipped in schools MAY be going back, at the earliest, after the half term holidays. What! That took a while to sink in as well. Blimey!

I hope you are all staying safe and well. We’ve still a while to go yet but hopefully there is a glimmer at the end of the tunnel and some of you will have had your vaccinations by now. I hope we will be able to greet each other soon.

Thank you so much for the very generous donations of £100.00 from 2 individuals over the Christmas period. All donations are very much appreciated. It costs approximately £3000/year in printing costs to produce and we try to cover most of it by advertising, but there is a shortfall every year, especially as we are printing all editions in colour now. As we move on with technology I thought I’d give you our Community Bank details in case you’d been thinking of making a donation towards the running of the magazine but didn’t know how to go about it.

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The next deadline for the March issue is Sunday, 14th February. Please put the date in your diary, so that you don’t forget! This is YOUR community magazine, we’d like to hear about any achievements and congratulations as well.

Fantastic news! I have kindly received volunteers for taking over this editorial, thank you to Henri Bailey and Rachel Kirwin. I’m not sure when this will happen as we need to try and meet whenever that can occur but hopefully soon in this New Year. Sarah Hartley will kindly continue to look after all our advertising.

ALL editorial and advertising queries to: [email protected] or last resort telephone Debbie Geldart on 730345

Advertising for 2021/22 Thank you to Sarah Hartley for dealing with all our advertising. If you are interested in advertising in the magazine from 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022 please contact Sarah on the above email and she will be able to advise you of advert space available. Advertisors, look out for an email coming out! The deadline for all advertising copy is 14th March.

RYLSTONE PARISH COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER GROUP

We’re still here if you need us. The following names and numbers can be contacted and they will co-ordinate the support you need, from the Community WhatsApp group of volunteers:-

Rylstone – Sophie Caygill 730277, Moyra Livesey 730251 – Debbie Geldart 730345, Sara Snow 07974 419770, Karen Booth 730988, Trudy Balderson 730350, Philip Capon (The Devonshire Arms, 699191) Scale House Woodlands – Nick Pascoe 700729 , – any of the above

Community Contacts

Book Club – Debbie Geldart 07989 353030 Church of , St Peter's Church - David Macha 752575 [email protected], secretary Sara Humphreys [email protected] Community Fund - Moyra Livesey, Chair and applications contact 01756 730251 or [email protected] Cracoe Parish – Chair Richard Jackson, Clerk Karen Booth [email protected] Cracoe, Rylstone, Hetton and Bordley Communtiy Page on facebook, please join! Cricket – Paul Baines 01756 730333 Hetton Methodist Church - Tracey Darling 752607 Council meeting secretary Bill Haigh 730202, [email protected] Hetton Parish – Chair Alan Horn, Clerk Janet Keighley – parish- clerkhetton@gmail History Group – Tricia Linton 01756 730308 Project Reverb – [email protected], twitter@YouthReverb or https://projectreverb.wordpress.com/ Rounders – Kelly Skinner 07778 550247 Rylstone History Project – www.rylstoneproject.com Rylstone Parish – Clerk James Snowden 730253, [email protected] Toddlers – Glennis Hobbs 01756 791807 Village Hall– Debbie Geldart [email protected] WI – President, Alison Fort 01756 720680. Secretary, Sue Magoolagan 01756 730474

Dates for Your Diary

February 2nd Book Club, Zoom 8.00 pm 4th WI meeting, Zoom 7.00 pm 13th – 21st School Holidays 14th Magazine deadline 16th Community fund deadline for applications

March 2nd Community Fund Trustees’ Meeting 7.00 pm 3rd Book Club, Cracoe 8.00 pm

DOG FOULING

We have received several reports recently of an increase in the amount of dog deposits being left in the lanes, tracks and grass verges in the village of Cracoe.

This is antisocial and a potential health hazard to children and livestock.

Please pick up after your dog and deposit it in one of the dog poo pins or take it home!

Be a responsible dog owner, bag it and bin it.

Cracoe Parish Meeting

Please be aware of scam calls and don't fall for it! Several residents have been called by someone who tells them they are eligible for a council tax refund. They are asking for bank details. They may then call back again and pretend to be from your bank. Don't give out any details, particularly bank details! Just hang up. https://www.cravendc.gov.uk/news/news-archive- folder/january-2021/craven-residents-warned-of-scam-calls- about-council-tax/ The 24 Hours of Cracoe

On 27th February 2021, two Cracoe residents, Xavier Chaduc and Ian Cross are planning a 24 hour fell walk/jog to raise money for Martin House Hospice.

The planned route is a continuous loop that begins in Cracoe, climbs to the War Memorial monument, goes along the fell to the Cross at Rylstone, before coming down to St Peter’s Church and then back to Cracoe.

They will run for 24 hours non-stop starting at 10:00AM on the 27th of February and finishing at 10:00AM the day after on the 28th of February.

If you would like to make a donation to support either of the nominated charity please do so by using the following link: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/xavier-chaduc1

Any donation, large or small, would be much appreciated during a time when due to the pandemic, many charities are suffering from a fall in income.

Many thanks.

Xav and Ian

Flowers from the Dales... Feb - The Meadow Bothy

After a snowy start we're looking forward to the Spring. February is sometimes considered an 'in limbo' month, but not really in our gardening calendar. Yes it's still cold and dark, but it also sees the arrival of drifts of snowdrops (galanthus), their white noses pushing up through hard ground, catkins hung ready to transform and the cheery yellow of the aconites to follow. Early scented blossoms like the chaenomeles, daphne and forsythia who are bathed in a sunny spot, providing some perfume in the garden and much needed food for those bees out on dry bright days.

As well as in the garden it’s so important to get out for fresh air into our beautiful landscape. This last month Cracoe Fell has gone from moody and dark to a beaming white beacon glistening on a bright day and then hosts a warm orange glow in the evening light. Rose and I can leave a little later for our afternoon walk and enjoy the sun setting over Pendle Hill, along Church Lane. Indoors in the warmth we're catching up on reading and journeys around the country and the world with all the fantastic travel programs on the box. All pretty unheard of in the busy Summer months. (So we are making the most of it!)

Our jobs list this month are quite extensive in the few daylight hours, washing all the seed trays ready for action, clean gardening tools, tidying the sheds, mulching the fruit bushes, take the dead leaves from the Hellebores after the cold snap. We're forcing Narcissus indoors, posting out dried flowers with gift cards to your loved ones and pruning back Clematis and grasses. We left a lot of the pruning till now, so foliage could provide shelter for all the little creatures and birds to crawl beneath and nestle down. It's important too that on the snowy and frosty days to make sure we feed the birds and ensure they have fresh water. They've taken almost all the berries in our garden so do need the extra food.

(We need your Jars!) So thinking ahead, as we're trying to be as sustainable as possible, if anyone has any large empty pickle jars, we are gathering these for the start of our fresh cut flower season for our weekly orders and would really appreciate any you are able to spare.

Stay safe and stay warm x

Liz & Rose The Meadow Bothy Tel: 01756 730 999 Email: [email protected] Instagram : @themeadowbothy

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BOOK CLUB

The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

Review - Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home and livelihood is taken away. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset, via Devon and Cornwall.

They have almost no money for food or shelter and must carry only the essentials for survival on their backs as they live wild in the ancient, weathered landscape of cliffs, sea and sky. Yet through every step, every encounter, and every test along the way, their walk becomes a remarkable journey.

The Salt Path is an honest and life-affirming true story of coming to terms with grief and the healing power of the natural world. Ultimately, it is a portrayal of home, and how it can be lost, rebuilt, and rediscovered in the most unexpected ways.

We reviewed this book on zoom. It certainly made us think about how fragile life can be sometimes and how certain events can affect and change your lives quite rapidly. Very though provoking!

This book scored very highly with all our readers rating it a 9.

9 stars

2nd Feb – Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson 2nd March – A Man called Ove by Fredrik Backman

New Public Safety Officer in Wharfedale

My name is Robbie Kirkbride I am the new Public Safety Officer based out of Fire Station. I want to introduce myself and the services that I am able to provide for, and within, the community in Wharfedale.

To make you aware of what my role will consist of, I thought it would be helpful to explain. I am a combination of the 3 emergency services: Fire, Police and Ambulance. The role is undergoing a trail period to provide an intervention, prevention and protection role covering all aspects.

Fire role: We are able to provide a ‘Safe and Well’ and fire alarm check on any individual who requests it. This involves making sure they have working smoke alarms and in the correct location within the property, and also giving out fire safety advice in and around the home. During these visits we are also able to give advice on health and well-being and highlighting slips, trips and falls. On the back of this we can refer people on to other external agencies to help improve their day to day life, whether that be through heating grants, fitting of hand rails, or awareness with regard to alcohol, smoking, mental well-being and dementia, to name but a few.

We can also give safety talks for social groups and schools within the area highlighting the main points of the Safe and Well talk and also other safety aspects that the fire service would cover such as water safety, wild fire and road safety.

Alongside this I will be responding to fire calls from Grassington Fire Station.

Police role: The services that we provide within our policing powers is to aim for a safer happier community and assisting in low level disputes such as parking problems that the area comes across during the tourist seasons. We also give advice on home safety and also assist in tackling local and rural crime which is becoming more common in the area.

Ambulance role: As a community first responder I will hopefully be the first point of call for any incidents that come through within the surrounding area that the ambulance service can send us to such as cardiac arrest, strokes etc. Other roles undertaken would be delivery of prescriptions and of patients to and from the local surgery when other services may not be available.

My role is not limited in any capacity and I am happy to take on and review any challenges that are put I front of me.

I look forward to meeting you, developing my role and serving the Wharfedale community.

Robbie Kirkbride Public Safety Officer Grassington Fire Station Email; [email protected] Tel: 01756 692566 Mob: 07786312731

CHURCH NEWS

LENT: What have you not given up?

Lent is fast approaching; it starts on Ash Wednesday 17th February – Don’t forget your pancakes on Shrove Tuesday the day before!

For years English folk have been giving things up for Lent. Tea, coffee, beer, chocolate, cakes, amongst other stuff we like, have always been amongst the most popular things to lay aside for the forty days heading up to Easter.

As we continue in the privations of lockdown, I think we have all probably given up quite enough. Being cut off from family, friends, the pub, meals out, social gatherings, sport and the myriad other things we enjoy, is enough of a discipline for us all. So maybe this year its time not to give something up, but to take something on.

Why don’t you develop a rhythm of treats through Lent to remind yourself of the goodness of God? The original idea of Lent was to grow in our faith in God, and the privations and disciplines were merely means to put things aside as a reminder and means to deepen our relationship with Christ. They were never meant to be ends in themselves.

So rather than small acts of going without, this year why don’t you introduce some small acts of joy and goodness into your daily routine? That might be a daily walk to celebrate God’s amazing creation, a daily moment of calm listening to your favourite relaxing music to draw you into God’s peace, a daily favourite special drink (warm or cold, bitter or sweet) to help you savour something more of God’s depth and flavour, a daily playful moment when you do something you love to explore God’s playful joy in you, a moment’s silence and stopping to draw you deeper into the person God made you to be, a daily telephone or email to friends and family so you can enjoy that God has connected us to others in community, or a myriad of other things?

Why don’t you set aside Lent to grow a little? Take up a small regular discipline to help you to do that. Have a think about what you might do. Don’t spend too long scratching your head; go with your gut. And don’t get too hung up if in the course of the period you miss a day here or there; don’t let that destroy the possibilities.

Lent is not about doing something for the sake of it. It is not about ticking off a ‘to do’ to achieve something. Lent is rather an opportunity to grow a little, especially in your relationship with God. He’s up for that; what about you?

I hope you have a good Lent and I hope that despite all the restrictions and difficulties of this time you grow a little this Lent.

In Christ

/David x https://linton-burnsall-rylstone.com/ https://www.facebook.com/LintonBursallRylstone/ +44 (0)1756 752575

SAVE THE DATE - St Peter’s Rylstone APCM 8.00 pm Monday 10th May - please come and share thoughts on how the Church serves this community.

The meeting will take place via Zoom and for those unable to access the internet we have conference call facilities via a mobile or land line. If you want further details please contact the PCC Secretary Sara Jackson [email protected]

Sara Humphrey is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: APCM St Peter's Rylstone Time: May 10, 2021 08.00 PM London

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Report from Rylstone and District W.I.

So much for trying to get meetings back to normal!

Our committee meeting was held via zoom and for the first time, all members took part – congratulations to Hilda who managed to join us with the help of lengthy instructions from one of her granddaughters!

The monthly meeting took the form of a sort of quiz-cum-travel log when our President’s husband, Robert Fort, did a slideshow of some of the places he and Alison had visited in the last 20 years entitled ‘Where in the World?’. Some of the pictures were very famous landmarks, but taken from a less familiar angle – others not so familiar but with an amusing anecdote to accompany them. We had 13 ladies taking part with chance for a natter and catch up along with an update on any members who might need a phone call or help of any sort.

The committee had distributed a small gift to each of our members before Christmas and thanks were expressed for these – Pat Bailey had made some delightful little pouches and an official WI badge put inside them all. Just a little token of appreciation to our members for hanging on in there.

Our next meeting will be on Thursday 4th February 7pm when we are hoping that Helen Wray from Gam Farm in Grassington will talk to us about the small holding the family bought over 20 years ago and the changes they have tried to make since then.

Although there isn’t much happening in the WI at the moment, we are always looking at new ways to include everyone and we are still encouraging new members to join. Here’s hoping for a restart to usual activities sometime this year, in the meantime stay safe and healthy!