THE UPPER WENSLEYDALE NEWSLETTER Issue 229 October 2016 Donation please: 30p suggested or more if you wish Covering Upper Wensleydale from Wensley to Garsdale Head, with Walden and Bishopdale, Swaledale from Keld to Gunnerside plus Cowgill in Upper Dentdale. Published by Upper Wensleydale The Upper Wensleydale Newsletter Newsletter Burnside Coach House, Burtersett Road, Hawes DL8 3NT Tel: 667785 Issue 229 October 2016 Email for submission of articles, what’s ons, letters etc.:[email protected] Features Competition 4 Newsletters on the Web, simply enter ____________________________ “Upper Wensleydale Newsletter” or Swaledale Mountain Rescue 12 ‘‘Welcome to Wensleydale’ Archive copies back to 1995 are in the Dales ________________ ____________ Countryside Museum resources room. 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We appreciate being asked There is a big reduction for six issues or more, before any part of the Newsletter is so for six issues the totals are: reproduced £25, £50 or £75 THE NOVEMBER Greetings etc. £2.00 What’s ons (non-commercial) are free ISSUE WILL BE Contacts for adverts: PRODUCED ON For Hawes area and westward: OCTOBER 24th-26th Barry Cruickshanks, Ashfield, Hardraw: 667458 DEADLINE FOR COPY For elsewhere: Sue Duffield, Fellside, THURSDAY OCTOBER Thornton Rust: 663504 20th 2 Editorial The Upper Dales Healthwatch The Olympics have again provided Great Britain with The Patient Participation Group for the Central an impressive list of medals. So to some of us it Dales GP Practice seemed a great sadness that in the days immediately Synopsis of the July meeting.: following the end of the Games, all the talk was of Tokyo in four years’ time or even the games after The Aysgarth Superfast Broadband N3 line has been them - and getting more medals. What’s happened connected. The GPs have now got to be trained by to ‘sport for all’? How much of the celebrity status of BT how to use it, but it should be up and running by the gold medallists has rubbed off on the rest of us now. enabling us to leave the corner of the settee and 1. Telemedicine will be piloted at Sycamore Hall to actually DO more? support the Step up/Step down bed. (See p.10) This There are some splendid exceptions of course:- will mean using the Airedale Telemedicine Unit as there has been a huge upsurge in cycling, but then the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust does how many young people from less affluent areas can not yet have its own unit. However, patients will be afford the smart bikes of today? Is it a bit exclusive? sent to the Friarage or James Cook if they do need to go to hospital. We note that the National Curriculum for schools does include sections for P.E. and games, but much of 2. The old website has been taken down, the new it stresses competitive team games which is fine for website address is: those with an innate ability to deal with balls! What www.centraldalespractice.nhs.uk about the rest, always destined to be ‘reserves’, 3. The two year Nursing Project is going well. hoping against hope that they won’t be the last to be Central Dales and the Leyburn Practices are involved picked! Certainly schools are good at spotting those in joint training and are sharing shifts and documents. students with obvious sporting potential but how good Practice Nurses are doing some home visits to at raising the physical fitness and ability of patients with long term illnesses. everybody? We put such stress on the ability (or lack of it) in mathematics or complex English grammar 4. Patients aged 40-75 thought likely to benefit are insisting upon achievement even if it takes year after being invited in for an NHS Health Check. Anyone year of trying; how about the same (and dare we say who has not visited a surgery for the last three years it) even the more useful skills of swimming, running can also ask for a health check. and basic proficiency in vaulting or jumping or 5. If patients need to order repeat prescriptions early climbing? Some schools even have to apply for because they are going on holiday they should voluntary help to provide travel to get to swimming indicate this in the box for notes preferably in lessons. CAPITAL LETTERS, as the Systmonline text is very It is claimed that people, young and old, spend less small when received at the surgery. time in the open air than ever before, that playing The HRWCCG is working to manage the shortfall in fields and school fields are still being sold off for its budget. Savings proposed include not routinely commercial development or housing and that local providing gluten-free food or paracetamol on authorities just cannot afford any more money for prescription.. The proposal is to close the Lambert youth activities. Just as we hope and believe that Hospital in Thirsk and reserve the Rutson Ward for every young person has some real academic ability in those recovering from a stroke. This would free up a loved subject area to be discovered and developed, funding for Step up/Step down beds throughout the so we need to encourage them to find a physical CCG area, getting patients much closer to home. activity which they can enjoy – and we have a ready- Jane Ritchie, Hon. secretary made outdoor arena, namely the Dales - to encourage them, and all of us, out of that corner of the settee! And thank you for those volunteers, old and young, who give up plenty of time to those in uniformed Hawes Market House AGM organisations, sports clubs or walking groups to keep them healthy and bright. The Hawes Market House Annual General Meeting will be held at 7.00pm Monday October 3rd 2016 in The Market House. All members of the community and users of The West Burton Chapel Harvest Supper Market House are invited to attend. The Market Saturday October 8th 7.00pm House is a community facility so if you have any Entertainment by the Ayrton Brothers opinions or suggestions please come along. Tickets £15 adults. £2.50 children Graham Di Duca Julie Pledge 663481 3 October Competition Places in the extended National Park 1. Big black bird very drunk with beer 2. It’s a bit short on sense Eunice the Ewe I was hiding in the ‘What’s Ons’ listing heading last 3. Yes brag at month. Winner of the £10 prize: Susan Miller, 4. A burnt singing mix Guildford. 5. Bing with the attic See if you can spot me this month! 6. Odd ones near the ebay 7. Faraday’s cottage is here September Competition Answers 8. Nigel Eckersley’s place It was on insects and arachnids etc. (i.e bugs and 9. Beast in a china shop with this things). 10. Mixed rest in Caton 1. Female aviator: ladybird 11. B lousy place 2. Not cross: tick 12. Take an ‘o’ from the heath. 3. Deep in tec: centipede 4. Start with a blackbird-sized upland bird; Send in as many as you can get. Remember £20 goes muddle it and make a timber carving: woodlouse to the charity of your choice. 5. Second letter: bee 6. Muddle what dogs have four of: wasp Power to the Community (Field)! 7. Lords have it: cricket In order to reduce the ongoing costs for putting on 8. Provide for stone column: caterpillar the firework display, the Upper Dales Fireworks Committee have been working on installing a power 9. No, we’re good!: weevil supply from the Museum building (thanks to Matt 10. Could be!: mite Neale and his team for this permission) to the com- 11. Female relation spoken up North: ant munity field. This will be a tremendous asset to the community 12. What to do if the nearby conversation field as it will be a permanent connection that will - sounds better than your own table talk: earwig be left in situ for anyone to use in the future. Power 13. “Although she wer a long way off, and my will be available at both the practice pitch and down eyes aren’t so good, I ———-” : spider by the old skate park and will be capable of meeting 14. NS back, back: nit the power demands of most of the biggest events that are held on the field. NS back = SN; SN = chemical symbol for TIN; If anyone would like to make use of this supply in TIN back=NIT the future, please let us know as we will be respon- 15. Sounds like an escape: flea sible for coordinating it for you.