Category: News

Do you know your Armitstead from your Amstrad? Or does the Grand Depart make you want to get up and leave?

No matter! Please read on about a couple of cycling events coming up in June, with a charity angle.

LORD  STONES
MOUNTAIN  BIKE
SPORTIVE CHALLENGE
SUNDAY   8  JUNE  2014
27.2 KM  CIRCULAR OFF ROAD ROUTE  WITH  2  OPTIONAL TIME  TRIALS
TROPHY  FOR  FASTEST CUMULATIVE  TIME

SPECTACULAR  VIEWS OF THE NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS

ENTRY FEE   £25             ENTRY ON THE DAY   £30

ENTRIES  FROM  9-30  am     LAST  ENTRY   11-00   am

FOR  CAMPING  GO  TO  LORDSTONES.COM   /    EMAIL   [email protected]

ENTRIES,   CONTACT     GEORGE     01439-798295       BRIAN   01642-778371

PROCEEDS   TO  BILSDALE  HUNT  SUPPORTERS  CLUB  &   DONATION TO  YORKSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE

REFRESHMENTS  AVAILABLE  FROM  LORD STONES  CAFÉ  AND  RESTAURANT

Bilsdale Hunt Supporters club Challenge Trophy for Best  cummulative time
For entrant living within the  Bilsdale  Hunt  Country.

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The Bike Ride Challenge

How many laps can you cycle in 2 hours?!
 
Saturday 28th June 2014, from1pm

Get on your bike in Yorkshire this Summer! Get into the spirit of cycling & Join Action for Children at this exciting event in June!
Join & compete with fellow cyclists to see who can complete the most laps at York Sport’s Village prestigious cycling track:
We are looking for cyclists of all ages and abilities to take part in this brilliant cycle challenge!Registration                 £10 per adult
                Under 16’s take part for free with a registered and participating adult
 
Sponsorship There is a minimum sponsorship of
                £50 for individuals
                £100 for families/teams
 
Action for Children is a charity that supports and speaks out for the UK’s most vulnerable and neglected children and young people and we’ve been doing so for 145 years. With 650 services we are at the heart of local communities – where you live and work.
For more information on this event please contact Lisa Morton:
[email protected]
0113 200 7066 Thank you.

‘Slingsby Then and Now,’

The recent book edited and masterminded by David Thornley which pulls together all the information we have collected about Slingsby businesses, has now sold out of its present print run. It raised £1,139.50.

This is a magnificent opening credit for our fund to create a permanent archive for village history. Very many thanks to David and Carol Thornley for all their work on this. People are still asking for copies, so it looks as if another small print run will be viable.

If you wish to order a / another copy please leave an order ( name and postal or e-mail address ) with Tony at the Village Shop.

Local History Group

It’s the busiest weekend of the year for Slingsby with a triple bill of events including the scarecrow trail, a car boot sale and the May Day celebrations taking place.

The Scarecrow trail launches today and continues over the bank holiday weekend, with the other events taking place on Monday 5th.

Commencing at 12 noon on Saturday, 3rd May Scarecrows will be on display around the village raising funds for the Friends of Slingsby School. Chairperson Rebecca Palmer-Bunting says “The designs are becoming more creative year after year. Families put such a lot of hard work into their scarecrows and having had a sneaky peak at a couple of them it is safe to say this year’s will not disappoint”  In recent years over 25 scarecrows have been entered into the annual competition.

Trails are available for £1 from Robin Hood Caravan Park, Tony’s Village Shop and Slingsby School Reading Rooms from 12noon on Saturday 3th May until 4pm on Monday, 5th May. Refreshments will be available 12noon – 4pm in the Reading Rooms on Saturday and Sunday.

This year, there will also be a prize draw for all those that vote for the winner of the scarecrow competition so you could win a £10 voucher just for voting for your favourite scarecrow.

Last, but not least, there is the first car boot sale of 2014 will be taking place this bank holiday Monday (May 5th) on Slingsby’s sports field, from 7 am to 2 pm (weather and ground conditions permitting, of course).

Spring has well and truly arrived and  David Thornley has sent in some more fantastic images of the feathery friends visiting his garden over April.

All of the images were taken using a clever little camera that automatically photographs any wildlife that turns up. I think you’ll agree that these bird portraits are pretty impressive.

The Drone Camera flying over Castle Howard – Photo by David Thornley

No photo of the month last month, but it returns with something slightly different for this month’s photo slot. David Thornley has sent this fascinating photo that he took earlier in the month on a visit to Castle Howard. As David explains:-

“A chance visit to Castle Howard today revealed Julia Bradbury doing a shoot for a forthcoming (next year) ITV series called ‘Wonders of Britain’. She was interviewing on the roof, out of shot.
I took two interesting shots, one of a fantastic piece of kit – the drone-cam, and the other of it hovering over the castle roofline. The drone-cam is about 36 inches diameter and no doubt VERY expensive!”

The Drone Camera – Photo by David Thornley

Do you have a great photograph you’d like to share with us?

If you’d like to submit an image for the photo of the month slot, you can send it to [email protected]

More details about how to submit photographs can be found HERE