Tickets for the 2013 Ryedale Festival (12-28 July) go on sale to the general public on Tuesday 21 May.

This year there will be 36 events at 23 venues across Ryedale.

We advise you to act early, as many Festival events get booked out quickly (especially those at the major venues such as Castle Howard, Duncombe Park, Hovingham Hall and Sledmere House).

For full details of the programme and how to book tickets, follow the link to the Ryedale Festival Website: http://www.ryedalefestival.co.uk/

Ryedale Festival Box Office: Tel. 01751 475777. Opening times Monday to Friday 9.30am – 12.30pm. At other times please leave a message on the answerphone and your call will be returned.

This poster shows some of the faces of the Festival:  RF Poster

This is Slingsby’s Steph Robson competing at the Grassroots championship held at Badminton on 1 and 2 May 2013.

She is riding ‘Tina’s Gold’.  Steph bought him as a young unbroken horse and trained him herself.

Steph came fifth in her class at the Grassroots championship, which is open to qualifying winners from eventing trials from all over the country. It takes place over the course on the first three days of Badminton Horse Trials.

Our thanks to Margaret Mackinder for this story.

Acknowledgements to Badminton for the photo (which is subject to copyright).  Follow the links for more about the Grassroots and main event at Badminton.

MARS Badminton Horse Trials 2024

Here are the dates for the upcoming car boot sales in Slingsby for 2013

• Monday 27 May
• Sunday 16 June
• Sunday 30 June
• Sunday 14 July
• Sunday 28 July
• Sunday 11 August
• Monday 26 August
• Sunday 8 September

These dates are also listed on the Sportsfield  page car boot section and contact details for any queries can be found there too.

Here’s a small selection of the scarecrows from the Slingsby Scarecrow trail 2013 that took place last week.
The standard was very high as usual and I’d have to say that my favourite was a tartan wearing Nessy who had travelled all the way from Loch Ness to Slingsby just to take part 🙂