THE UPPER WENSLEYDALE NEWSLETTER Issue 210 February 2015 Donation please: 30p suggested or more if you wish Redmire Church Published by Upper Wensleydale The Upper Wensleydale Newsletter Newsletter Editorial that the selling off of our council houses Burnside Coach House, didn’t help in one way, but it was wonderful It’s often hard to work out what are the main Burtersett Road, Hawes DL8 3NT for those who could buy them at the time. Issue 210 February 2015 ‘issues’ or ‘concerns’ at the present time and Selling them on is a more contentious matter. whether we use our crystal ball to prophesy What is often overlooked is the problem of Tel: 667785 Features about things international, national or local for second (holiday) homes and of local cottages e-mail:
[email protected] the future. Competitions 4 for holiday rental. It is a fact that the area ____________________________ So we’ve decided to be fairly local – or at needs some of these because tourism is a very Printed by Wensleydale Press Hawes War Memorial 6 least rural -- and to begin by saying that some valuable part of the economy; it’s the of the issues facing our area are not unique to ________________ ____________ proportion that’s the problem. It used to be the Dales, to the National Park or to District Committee: Alan S.Watkinson, Weather Report 7 said that older ‘incomers’ were buying up Barry Cruickshanks (web), Sue E .Duffield, or County Councils that contain large rural these because they could afford the asking ____________________________ Karen Jones, Alastair Macintosh, areas, but are nation-wide.