tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34655736297329411812024-02-20T19:50:27.748+00:00Yorkshire Dales National ParkWow! That’s the usual reaction from folks when they experience the Yorkshire Dales National Park and this blog explores the things that create that magical feeling. This is the official blog for the National Park, which was established in 1954 and covers a jaw-droppingly stunning 680 square miles of Cumbria and North Yorkshire in the UK. Posts are by National Park Authority officers and guest bloggers. We hope you enjoy reading them.Yorkshire Dales National Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07756164782153271321noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465573629732941181.post-31384609512038032802013-03-21T16:54:00.000+00:002013-03-21T17:25:53.354+00:00If you go down to the woods today...<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Did you know that today is the<sup> </sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">International Day of Forests?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Thursday 21 March is a day to celebrate the wonderful forests we have around the world and to raise awareness of their importance. It is also a day to be able to show how trees, forests and their surrounding habitats make a big difference to local communities. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So why do we, the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, support the International Day of Forests, and why do we think forests are so important? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Forests (or woodlands, as we more often call them) are home to many rare plants and animals. The Yorkshire Dales National Park has some incredible woodland including fine examples of upland ash, particularly where it grows straight out of limestone pavement - such as at Colt Park on Ingleborough National Nature Reserve.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Conifer woodland is a great habitat for our native red squirrel, providing a vital food source. Red squirrel reserves have been designated at Garsdale, Mallerstang, Widdale and Greenfield Forest to help ensure their long term survival.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We also have some rare ancient woodland, which is often merited as being the </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">UK's equivalent of rainforest, and is home to more rare and threatened species than any other UK habitat. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Freeholders’ Wood at Aysgarth Falls in Wensleydale has had tree cover since at least 1600. Ramson (wild garlic) and marsh marigold, nuthatch and speckled wood butterfly can all be found here. It is named for the ‘freeholders’ of the nearby village of Carperby who have an historical right (called ‘estovers’) to collect coppiced wood here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And following a reintroduction programme in 2008, dormice are returning to Freeholders’ after nearly a century’s absence,.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Known by their long bushy tail and sparkly black eyes, these tiny, elusive creatures, immortalised by Lewis Carroll in ‘Alice in Wonderland’, could fit easily into a small teacup.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dormice numbers have declined dramatically in the UK, mainly due to the loss and deterioration of their ancient woodland habitat, hazel. We were delighted to see the population at Freeholders’ Wood had expanded a year after our 35 adults arrived. Unfortunately, the endless deluge last year destroyed habitats and made food hard to come by for small mammals, leaving dormice monitoring results low. We are hopeful that 2013 will see an improvement - if the weather is kinder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Our woodlands are also places for relaxation and recreation.<span style="color: red;"> </span>Grass Wood in Wharfedale, managed by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, is a magical place for a quiet walk, listening out for woodpeckers. Strid Wood at Bolton Abbey has a path accessible for wheelchair users and is</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> renowned for its flora and fauna, particularly the carpets of bluebells in spring. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">And our wonderful Snaizeholme red squirrel trail from Hawes takes you right into the heart of their woodland habitat - on the right day you can catch the little white bus direct to the reserve.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Not only do woodlands provide a home to an abundance of life, and are great to look at and be in, but they also have many other useful functions. They help to reduce flooding, improve water quality and can help to buffer the effects of climate change. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Managed sustainably, a woodland can also provide us with many of the resources we need, such as timber for building materials, fuel for our fires and paper to write on. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">One of the major roles of the National Park is to protect and enhance these woodland habitats, as we do with all of our important habitats. Through the planting of new woodlands we can extend and provide crucial links between the existing fragmented pockets of woodland. Joining up existing woodland habitats can create much larger woodland networks than could be achieved by new planting alone. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By managing the existing woodlands, we can also improve their biodiversity providing a home to a greater number of species, and can also help to make our woodlands more resistant and resilient to climate change. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Last year we were able to assist in the planting of 60 hectares of new native woodland within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. That is almost the equivalent of 60 full-sized football pitches, containing up to 67,000 trees.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This year we aim to work with our partners to bring at least 50 hectares of ancient semi-natural woodland into good management, helping to improve that all-important biodiversity. We will also work with others to support planting of at least 50 hectares of new native woodland, with a particular focus on planting where forest habitat networks will be created.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Find out more about woodland in the National Park and what we are up to on our website at </span></span><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/woodlandsandscrub"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/woodlandsandscrub">www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/woodlandsandscrub</a></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">For information about the International Day of Forests and to see some great photos or projects going on around the world, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.fao.org/forestry/international-day-of-forests"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">www.fao.org/forestry/international-day-of-forests</span></span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">. You may even wish to upload your own photos to their website, showing off our beautiful woodlands and successful planting projects!</span></span></div>
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Sarah Nicholson, YDNPA Communications Officerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318573359653646779noreply@blogger.com2Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 3TH, UK54.294538 -1.983418000000028853.7003525 -3.2743115000000289 54.888723500000005 -0.69252450000002885tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465573629732941181.post-34575585804433733822012-11-21T16:17:00.000+00:002012-11-21T16:17:09.354+00:00In the dark of the Dales<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">As our memories of the dog days of summer fade like the afternoon light of autumn, it’s easy to see why at this time of year many of us turn to the habits of the animal world and find a cosy spot to hibernate in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">But there are some people who refuse to let the reduced sunlight reduce their enjoyment of the National Park.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">One of the simplest and loveliest things to do is just look up. The night sky is truly a wonder, and with so few street lights in the Dales there’s little light pollution to ruin the sparkle of a sky laden with stars and planets. The annual Orionid meteor shower in late October can be stunning on a clear night. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">If you’re not content with just stargazing, at points between dusk and dawn in the autumn you can also spot Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury and Venus. Plus there’s always the moon (made from Wensleydale cheese of course) to wonder at.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">And just think - the nights are at their longest, so there’s even more time to enjoy the night sky. Dust off your deck chairs and grab a blanket, some binoculars and a big mug of hot chocolate, and get stargazing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">But don’t get your twinkling lights confused! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">If it’s low and moving it might be a fell runner. The Swaledale Outdoors Shop in Reeth holds a monthly Full Moon Run through the winter. “Head torches essential”, they say. Local man Brian Stallwood loves a head torch fell run around Attermire Scar near Settle, while Tina Spence is out “rain or shine” every Sunday with Askrigg Ladies. She recommends some hi-vis clothing to go with the head torch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Or maybe it’s the front lights from a mountain bike? Our Facebook friend Jackie Cole says there are some great bridleways in the Yorkshire Dales to get out on, day or night. One of her favourites is the Settle Loop on the new Pennine Bridleway. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Another friend on Facebook, Paula Bray, likes nothing more than heading out on an evening with a full moon and hard frost to tramp over Lea Green and Yarnbury. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Although later in the year much of the wildlife of the Dales has migrated or started their hibernation, there are still opportunities to get close to nature. The distinctive hoot of an owl can echo across a dale after dark, foxes stay active year round, and in autumn red squirrels bury food to see them through the winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Now all of that lot may seem like fun, but it’s nothing compared to the pub. It’s seems the warming wood fires and even warmer welcomes of our local hostellers are amongst the favourite autumn evening activities in the Dales. And a few locally-brewed pints go a long way to keeping you warm on the walk home after closing time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: purple;">On Wednesday 28 November the National Trust is running a Moonlit Night Walk from Buckden in Wharfedale starting at 18:30. Please contact the National Trust to confirm details and book your place – call 01729 830 416 or email </span></span><a href="mailto:malhamtarn@nationaltrust.org.uk"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: purple;">malhamtarn@nationaltrust.org.uk</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: purple;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: purple;">And on Saturday 1 December you might like to pop along to Hawes in Wensleydale at 16:30 to see lights of another kind with the switching on of the village’s Christmas lights and the arrival of Santa!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: purple;">For more events in the National Park visit </span></span><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/events"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: purple;">www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/events</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Please remember to exercise common sense if you decide to explore the Dales after dark and follow the Countryside Code as you would during the day. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Our tips? Make sure you tell someone where you are going; wear suitable clothing as it can get very cold at night (consider high visibility clothing, particularly if your walk involves some roadside sections); take suitably bright torches with spare batteries so you can see the path and avoid falling down a hole or into a river; have plenty of navigation options – including maps, compasses and GPS equipment – if you are going out on rights of way, as things can look pretty different after dark; and remember your personal safety at night time, too. For more info see </span></span><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/beingsafe"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/beingsafe</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If I were to ask you to conjure up a picture of a Dales resident what would that person look like? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Chances are we probably all thought of someone different, and it’s little wonder as the National Park is home to a wide variety of people of very different heritages. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And this has been the case for centuries. From the Anglo-Saxons and Scandinavian settlers, to the Romans, Vikings and Normans, and to more recent settlers from across the <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> and further afield, the Dales has been a melting pot since 100 BC when the first outsiders, the Celts invaded from <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Some people have come by force, some to escape or find freedom, and others to enjoy the location or seek economic success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">October is UK Black History Month and we thought, with the help of the <st1:placename w:st="on">Dales</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Countryside</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype>, we’d explore the people and places of the Dales that have been connected with Africa, the Caribbean and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">For centuries, profits from transatlantic trading contributed to the development of the Western European economy, including that of the Dales. There was direct trade between <st1:country-region w:st="on">Britain</st1:country-region> and Africa, the West Indies and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Americas</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Knitted stockings and ‘bump caps’ made in Dent were exported to the West Indies and sugar and other goods were imported to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1:place>. There is evidence of servants - enslaved and free - who were seemingly brought here by people living in the Dales and surrounding areas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Local people also travelled along the shipping routes. They filled various roles including ship’s surgeon, captain of a slaving vessel and slave trader. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Several Dales families owned plantations in the <st1:place w:st="on">Caribbean</st1:place>. Property names such as ‘Grenada House’ in Askrigg and what was known as ‘Africa House’ in Sedbergh provide tantalising clues to the history of their past owners. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Other people from the area worked in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Jamaica</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Dominica</st1:country-region>, <st1:city w:st="on">Tobago</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Grenada</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Barbados</st1:country-region></st1:place>, in roles such as overseer, surveyor, millwright, doctor and book-keeper. George Metcalfe of Rigg House near Hawes was a sugar plantation owner and president of the counsel in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Dominica</st1:country-region>, while William Hillary, born at Birkrigg near Hawes, moved to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Barbados</st1:country-region></st1:place> in 1747 to work on climate and disease. He wrote a tropical medicine book on his return. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The contribution that <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place> and enslaved Africans made to the wealth of certain Dales families must have been significant. For some, the inheritance of estate, property and trading interests raised both financial and ethical issues. <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">William Place</st1:address></st1:street> of Spennithorne for example, became a planter in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Jamaica</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Thomas Place</st1:address></st1:street>, his son, “born of the body of a Slave of the name of Sherry Ellis on the Greencastle Estate in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Jamaica</st1:country-region>” in 1823, was freed and came to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1:place> in 1835, eventually inheriting his father’s property in 1844. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We also know that women were brought to the area as servants. William Findlay of Thorns Hall, Sedbergh, came back to the area with a servant known as ‘Black Jenny’ and the Robinson family of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Newby</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>, near Topcliffe, Thirsk also employed a “malloto servant”. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There were many cotton mills in the Dales and <st1:place w:st="on">Yorkshire</st1:place> area, all processing and generating income from a slave-produced product. Greenholme Cotton Mill at Burley-in-Wharfedale employed children from St. Margaret’s Workhouse, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place>. A letter from the Mill dated 3 November 1797 requests more children, “we ... rely upon you ........ for sending healthy Children.... Sophia the Black Girl is greatly improved in her industry.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thomas Rutling was born into slavery in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>. He came to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Britain</st1:country-region></st1:place> as a member of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, a group established to raise money for the building of a University for African-Americans, at a time when American universities were strictly for “Whites only”. Rutling eventually settled in <st1:place w:st="on">Harrogate</st1:place> in 1891, living there for at least 20 years. A linguist, he taught Italian, French and German in several local schools. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">For some, the experience of living in other countries had a profound effect. On their return from the <st1:place w:st="on">Caribbean</st1:place> to the Dales, some individuals chose to stand against slavery and to support the right for freedom and respect. They gave evidence at the House of Commons enquiries into the slave trade. Others also chose to stand in support of the abolition of slavery. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">On 7 April 1798, a <st1:place w:st="on">Leeds</st1:place> newspaper reported “the collection of £18 for supporting the application to Parliament for repeal of the [slave] trade ‘raised by voluntary contributions in a small part of the high end of Wensleydale... The contributors (being chiefly farmers) were informed of the injustice and inhumanity of the slave trade by pamphlets circulated previous to the collection.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Robert Boucher Nicholls, Dean of Middleham, was born in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Barbados</st1:country-region></st1:place> and together with several other Dales people, gave evidence in 1791 to the House of Commons Select Committee which was enquiring into the slave trade. In 1787 he wrote a letter of support to the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, which they considered important enough to be printed. He was a supporter of the Cambridge-educated African Caribbean poet, Francis Williams. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Henry ‘Box’ Brown was an ex-slave who spoke in favour of emancipation and travelled throughout the north of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1:place>. He is known to have spoken in Keighley and may have visited the Dales area. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The information uncovered about the Black history of the Dales by the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Dales</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Countryside</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place> and North Yorkshire County Council Record Office as part of our ‘Hidden History’ project in 2007 only revealed the tip of the iceberg. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There are many stories of enslaved Africans being brought to villages which as yet have no supporting archival evidence. There are families for whom we can find no modern day link and people that we have not yet discovered. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Can you help? Have you traced your family tree and discovered some ‘hidden history’. You could contribute to the research of the Museum by getting in contact and making sure we have a full picture of the history of the Dales and the many people that have helped shape it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Jenny Thornton was one of those people who got in touch. She’s a descendant of the enslaved African John Yorke. Mrs Thornton was eager to offer new information about her family history and was able to exchange research with Museum staff and add photographs of Yorke and her other descendants to the display.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Museum Manager <st1:personname w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Fiona Rosher</st1:placetype></st1:personname> said, “Suddenly, John Yorke went from being a name on a piece of paper to a living, breathing person with a very real and direct link to the present-day. That’s what’s so interesting about local history – the effects are all around you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Inspired by a new interest in her family history, Jenny went on BBC Radio 4’s programme “Tracing your roots” to talk about her family history. She even got to travel out to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Jamaica</st1:placetype></st1:country-region></st1:place> with another BBC series, “Who Am I?”, to find the tombstones of her family. “Who Am I?” was broadcast on BBC Local Radio and released as part of the BBC website’s UK Black podcast. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Yorkshire Dales National Park54.1962686 -2.163206253.899035600000005 -2.7949202 54.4935016 -1.5314921999999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465573629732941181.post-28994748744401418452012-10-24T18:11:00.000+01:002012-10-30T17:44:31.919+00:00Life through a lens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">I fell in love with the Dales twenty five years ago when my grandparents moved to the area - and because of this ten years ago I moved here myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">As well as looking after the IT systems at the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority I’m a professional photographer and spend a lot of my free time out on the hills at first and last light trying to capture the beauty and strangeness of this extraordinary landscape.<o:p></o:p></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">Last year I took the opportunity to reduce my hours and finally pursue a photographic project I had been mulling over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">I work at the Authority because I believe in the valuable work the organisation does and, through my time here, I have become aware of the wide range of amazing people who also spend their time caring for the area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">So I decided to put together an Arts Council grant bid to produce a book and exhibition celebrating the work they carry out. When completed, 'Working the View' will include the favourite views of forty people who work on the landscape - from farmers to landowners to employees of environmental organisations – all photographed by me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">However, images on their own can only show the beauty of the landscape – they don’t reveal the work which goes on behind the scenes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">Fortunately my sister Sarah is a professional writer (and soon to become a famous novelist!), so the second half of the project involves her interviewing these people to find out why they love that view, as well as learning more about the work they do to make it look the way it does.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">Over the last year in my search to get the best photograph from these viewpoints I have witnessed the sun rise from spectacular locations such as the top of Barden Moor in Wharfedale and above Hawkswick in Littondale. I have watched it set from the top of Addlebrough in Wensleydale (image, top right) and the side of Ingleborough in Ribblesdale. I have discovered new locations to visit and have viewed familiar ones in different ways.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">The light is magical and, apart from the struggle to leave my bed in the morning and the complaints from my legs as I spur them up steep hills before I've had breakfast, it has been a joy to experience the views at these times of day. As long as you research the <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/outandabout/planningyourvisit/weatherforecasts">weather</a> well </span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">I would encourage everyone to try it at least once.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">Sarah has gathered a wealth of interesting new facts - including how to sex a <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/natureinthedales/species/plants/limestonecliffandscreeplants/juniper">Juniper </a>tree. Fran Graham, the Authority’s Wildlife Conservation Officer, discussed <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/natureinthedales/wildlifeprojects/juniperconservation">threats</a> to the plant’s population and collecting seeds to propagate and use in regeneration projects. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">One of the best things about working at the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority is that you are reminded of how much there is to see in this beautiful part of the world – something you often forget when it’s all just down the road. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">With that in mind, I headed out this summer with Craven Pothole Club on their annual winch meet at Gaping Gill. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">With its enormous main chamber – big enough to fit St Paul’s Cathedral – Gaping Gill is one of the National Park’s most spectacular natural features, but it can be hard to access even for experienced cavers, often being filled with water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Enter the Craven Pothole Club, who ran their traditional meet for members of the public this year from 18 to 27 August. They set up a chair on a winch on a little platform at the mouth of the cave, and for a small fee (£15) they’ll lower visitors down to the cave floor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My day began with a nice 3 mile walk up from the <st1:placetype w:st="on">village</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Clapham</st1:placename> past Ingleborough show cave and onto the flanks of Ingleborough itself, one of Yorkshire’s own <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Three</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Peaks</st1:placetype></st1:place>. I arrived to find a little tent village had sprung up around the entrance to Gaping Gill. I handed over my money, got a wristband and joined the queue.</span></div>
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At the bottom I found myself in a gigantic chamber. For a while it was pitch black apart from the twinkling lights of people’s torches and the shaft of light coming down from the top. As my eyes adjusted, the full splendour of it became clear. Apparently the floodlights weren’t working that day because of a problem with the generator, but it hardly mattered – the place is impressive even without lights, perhaps more so as your senses take over and you feel the enormity of the space. A Club volunteer took us on a tour of the chamber to get a real feel for it. </div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: #741b47;">The <st1:placename w:st="on">Yorkshire</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Dales</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">National Park</st1:placename>’s cave systems are some of the most dramatic and extensive in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Exploring caves takes knowledge, the right equipment and experience and it is best to gain these either through a course run be a qualified guide or by joining a local club. Alternatively, you can gain a taste of the experience by visiting one of our show caves. Find out more at </span><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/caving"><span style="color: #741b47;">www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/caving</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Once a year, on Heritage Open Days, a large number of historically and </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">architecturally interesting </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">buildings open their doors to members of the public all over <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country>, allowing people to see British building gems for free. Perhaps more interestingly, many buildings open up areas that visitors normally don’t get to see. Some of them may not be open at all for the rest of the year. This makes Heritage Open Days a great weekend for anyone who’s interested in architecture or local history and heritage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">And there's still time tomorrow to absorb some fascinating Dales stories, get hands on with interactive displays and explore some amazing exhibits - including a gold Viking ring found in Sedbergh - at our own <st1:place w:st="on"><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/dcm" target="_blank"><st1:placename w:st="on">Dales</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Countryside</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></a></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial;">The aim of Heritage Open Days is not only to raise public awareness of some beloved and important buildings, but also bring people together by opening these local landmarks up for people that might otherwise not have visited them. Whether you’re hoping to learn more about local history and tradition or you just want to try something different, this weekend is a great opportunity you shouldn’t miss out on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">If you're interested in the historic buildings of the Yorkshire Dales National Park take a look at our webpages and </span><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/lookingafter/caringfor/historicfeaturesbuildings" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">learn how we help care for them</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">. While you're there don't forget to delve into the curious world of our </span><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/lookingafter/caringfor/historicfeaturesbuildings/featureofseason" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Feature of the Season</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> - highlighting some of the smaller, hidden gems of this special place!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As Access Development Officer, I’ve had the privilege of working with some amazing people with all levels of ability. With the Paralympic Games upon us, it got me thinking about some of the memorable experiences I’ve had with some of our less able visitors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A few years ago, I was contacted by a man called Steve Higgins who wanted to get out into the Yorkshire Dales on his Tramper. At the time, I knew very little about Trampers but learnt that they are all-terrain mobility scooters capable of steep gradients and rough terrain and which are legally allowed to go anywhere you can go on foot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In 2005, Steve was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease and when I first met him, he was unable to walk far, but felt that his Tramper had given him a whole new lease of life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now living in Bedfordshire, Steve had grown up in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Halifax</st1:place></st1:city> and felt his true home was his old playground of the Dales. He had heard about the <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/outandabout/gettingactive/promotedroutes/penninebridleway">Pennine Bridleway</a></span> – the <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">UK</st1:country>’s newest National Trail, 52 miles of which crosses the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Yorkshire</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Dales</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">National Park</st1:placename></st1:place> – and so we agreed to give the first section completed, the <span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Settle Loop</span></span>, a go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We met on a cold, wet day. Steve had brought his friend Dick and I brought back-up in case of emergencies. We set off and I was soon amazed at what Steve’s Tramper could do, and what he was prepared to try. There were a few occasions when we had to push him up rocky sections - and when his Tramper gave up and ran out of battery power we had to freewheel it back to Settle – so we concluded that the Settle Loop was for hard core disabled ramblers only. But Steve – a really funny character and great companion - had a brilliant day and the look of achievement on his face is something that will last with me for quite some time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">On the back of his experience with us, the <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://disabledramblers.co.uk/">Disabled Ramblers</a></span>, a charity offering hikes for people with disabilities, added the National Park to their list of annual events and its members have been visiting us for two or three days a year ever since. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Steve also continued to come – it was his second home really – and he always brought a team of supporters known as Team Higgi, close friends and neighbours. M</span>eeting up with him had become one of the highlights of my year - especially the copious amount of liquorice allsorts he would provide!<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sadly, in December 2011, Steve passed away aged 69. When he was diagnosed he was given three years to live and I really believe that because he could continue to go to the places he loved on his Tramper his life was extended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We did three routes over the weekend, ending with the tough 10 mile Settle Loop on the final day in Steve’s memory. I’m convinced he was watching us, laughing as we plodded on in the miserable, wet weather. He was much missed.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I recently found out that after he trailblazed the Settle Loop with us on that gloomy Dales day four years ago, Steve told his friends that he had actually done it all on his own, got stranded on the top with no battery power and that we had stumbled across him and helped him back to his car. His friends all thought this was hilarious and he never told them the truth. Whoops, they know now!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: purple;">We believe that everyone should be able to enjoy some access to the countryside, no matter what their level of ability.</span></span><span lang="EN"> </span>To find out about opportunities to enjoy the Yorkshire Dales National Park, whether you are a wheelchair user, are less mobile, have a young family or even have an elderly four legged companion for whom stiles are increasingly difficult, start by visiting our <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/outandabout/accessforall">access for all web pages</a> </span>for advice on trails, viewpoints, accommodation and facilities</span>.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Our fancy was tickled this week - along with many other people’s, judging by the tongue-in-cheek chatter online - by a comment made by Yorkshire Radio reporter Jonathan Buchan, ahead of heptathlete Jessica Ennis’s Olympic victory on Saturday. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Jonathan said on Twitter that if <st1:place w:st="on">Yorkshire</st1:place> were a country it would currently be 11th in the medal table.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This was all down to the number of Olympic competitors from Team GB who actually hail from our region.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This fun stat – at that time Yorkshire athletes had achieved four golds, two silvers and three bronzes - placed us above the likes of <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country> on the virtual chart!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Medallists include rower Andrew Triggs-Hodge, raised in Hebden right here in the National Park, and Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, triathlon champ and bronze medallist respectively, from <st1:place w:st="on">Leeds</st1:place>.</span></span> <br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And we’ve a few ‘champions’ amongst our very own team. Cathy Bradley – Access Technician and fell runner – blogged earlier this month about how training here exhilarates and inspires her, while Recreation and Tourism Manager Mark Allum described how he prepared for a recent cycling trip to the Pyrenees in his beloved Dales hills. Click on the links on the right to read their experiences.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">With summer finally arrived, now is the time to take in a few gulps of <st1:place w:st="on">Yorkshire</st1:place>’s award-winning, champion-building air. We’ve got loads of <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/outandabout/gettingactive" target="_blank">ideas for getting active</a> whether hiking, horseriding, climbing or caving is your thing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The glorious 52 mile Yorkshire Dales National Park section of the <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/outandabout/gettingactive/promotedroutes/penninebridleway" target="_blank">Pennine Bridleway</a> - the first National Trail designed specifically for cyclists, horseriders and walkers - opened this summer so be among the first to try it out. And for a breather you could take in the ‘Sporting Spirit’ exhibition at the <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/outandabout/see/dcm" target="_blank"><st1:placename w:st="on">Dales</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Countryside</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></a> in Hawes - which we’re excited to learn features the <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/outandabout/winning/torch" target="_blank">Olympic torch carried at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Aysgarth</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Falls</st1:placetype></st1:place></a>. It runs until 4 September.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Fell running has a strong tradition in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, particularly with its link to local shows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While it's just one way that the contrasting landscapes can be enjoyed, the National Park provides the ideal training ground for a fell runner. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">It also doesn’t matter about level of ability. For example, the sheltered flat river bank between Bolton Abbey and Grassington, along the Dales Way, provides an easy run out or a recovery run after a hard race, while the huge mound of Elbolton Hill reef knoll near Thorpe is ideal to increase climbing strength.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Fell running in the Yorkshire Dales to me is a myriad of things – it’s exhilarating, inspiring and stimulating –it takes you to remote places and lets you see hidden gems.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">And, despite the physical exertion when you are sometimes pushing yourself to the limit, it can be very therapeutic, releasing anxieties, giving you confidence and providing an escape from everyday life. And, of course, it’s free!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">On the steep run out of Kettlewell onto the top of Old Cote Moor on a late summer’s evening you are rewarded with a long view up into lovely Littondale, with Pen-y-ghent and Ingleborough poking up in the distance.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">An evening run around the Ingleborough massif finishes off with the descent to Little Ingleborough in the dark and you know you have been the last person on the summit plateau to watch the blazing red sunset over <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Morecambe</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Bay</placetype></place>. It’s an experience not to be missed and I make sure I do it every summer.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Running home from work across Threshfield and Linton Moor up to Rylstone Cross, across Barden Moor bridleway to Embsay Crag, I take a quick stop on the top of the Crag from where I can see home.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">On other days I look forward to leaving my car at Ribblehead to set off for a long day of running into the quieter dales – Kingsdale, Barbondale and Dentdale – getting back exhausted, but content.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">I always get butterflies in my stomach at the thought of the scree descent and infamous ‘chimney’ in the Kilnsey Crag fell race – it’s soon over with though! And every year I get the same giddy feeling upon reaching the summit on Ingleborough in the Three Peaks Fell Race, with the thought that you have cracked it and it’s just a case of keeping on your feet for the final three miles to the finish line!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">But whatever the occasion – whether it’s a run or a race – it’s just a fantastic feeling to be out in the landscape of the National Park – it really is the perfect, beautiful green gym.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>Find out more about 'Getting Active' in the Yorkshire Dales National Park </strong></span><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/outandabout/gettingactive" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>on our website</strong></span></a><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>.</strong></span></span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03901066356716189994noreply@blogger.com0Yorkshire Dales National Park54.1962686 -2.163206253.899035600000005 -2.7949202 54.4935016 -1.5314921999999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465573629732941181.post-24297326602210410222012-07-26T08:00:00.000+01:002012-07-26T10:34:22.557+01:00A good spot for sport<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">In 2012 we will be holding up a torch to national parks as Britain’s ‘winning landscapes’, exploring their long connection with recreational pursuits and competitive spirit. Our beautiful winning landscapes have inspired mountaineers, sailors, cyclists, runners and Olympic athletes to aim higher and train harder – sometimes to record-breaking effect.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">A quick count in and around the Yorkshire Dales uncovers upwards of 35 high-performing sports people – retired, active or stars of the future – who have a connection with the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From horse riders to wind surfers, footballers to skiers, many undoubtedly have taken to the hills, roads and water of the National Park to improve their fitness and hone their skills. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Known as ‘green gyms’, national parks provide considerably more interest than the four walls of your local fitness centre or professional training facilities. Both may improve physical fitness, but research shows that exercising in the natural environment could also improve mental fitness. </span></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">Those that choose the outdoors may experience greater feelings of revitalisation, increased energy and positive engagement, together with decreases in tension, confusion, anger and depression. With winning being as much about mental attitude as physical ability, it is little wonder so many sports people are training outdoors in national parks.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">Exercising outdoors is not a modern trend. For generations the </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">competitive spirit in the Yorkshire Dales has come to the fore at the many annual</span> <span style="color: #444444;">shows, festivals, sports and events. This year’s summer exhibition at Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes explores the subject further and will be looking at the </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">people and communities who have used the rugged outdoors to challenge and inspire themselves.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #444444;">You may also wish to join us on </span><a href="http://twitter.com/yorkshire_dales"><span style="color: #444444;">Twitter.com/yorkshire_dales</span></a><span style="color: #444444;"> during National Parks Week where we will be hosting a live chat with climber extraordinaire John Dunne, who learnt his craft and blazed new trails up many of the limestone and gritstone rock faces of the Dales. <strong>Thursday 2 August 2pm to 4pm, mark your posts #yorkshiredales</strong></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Read articles like this in our monthly ‘National Park Notes’ column in the </em><a href="http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #b45f06;">Darlington and Stockton Times</span></em></a><em>.</em> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Yorkshire Dales National Park54.1962686 -2.163206253.022237100000005 -4.6900616999999993 55.3703001 0.36364930000000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465573629732941181.post-76213953440575556362012-07-20T17:32:00.000+01:002012-07-20T17:32:36.422+01:00Stone me! That's a lot of archaeology<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We often think about archaeology as hidden history - digging to uncover the mysteries of the past that lay buried beneath our feet. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The intricate pattern of stone barns and walls in the Dales show how farming has helped shape this landscape. Along with associated features such as stiles and gateposts, as well as curiosities like sheep creeps and pinfolds, they are a fascinating part of the National Park story to look for on a day out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scattered around the moors and valleys, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sheepfolds</b> are stone enclosures used when gathering sheep for treatment or transportation. Washing the sheep before taking them to market meant the price of wool would be increased, so some sheepfolds were built near becks and gills. The beck would be dammed to raise the water level and the sheep pushed in and under with sticks for a thorough drenching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Until the eighteenth century, two stone posts cut with sockets and grooves respectively was a common design for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">gateposts </b>(or stoups)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. </b>Removable wooden poles were then fitted to close the gap. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smaller than field barns, compact stone buildings known as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hennery piggeries</b> housed pigs below and hens in the loft above, with stone or wooden steps leading to the upper level. Usually sited close to the farm house, the reason for this alliance was that foxes do not like pigs and thus were kept away from the vulnerable hens.</span><br /> </span> </div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">This month sees the national Festival of British Archaeology with fun family events taking place all over the country. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">At the <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/dcm" target="_blank">Dales Countryside Museum</a> in Hawes there is still time to catch an illustrated talk by local historian David Johnson with artefacts available to handle (21 July, 2-4pm), and an all day drop-in session with Annie Hamilton Gibney making coil pots using archaeological finds for inspiration (28 July).</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;">You can also explore the historic features of the National Park - from churn stands to turbary stones - online on our <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/lookingafter/caringfor/historicfeaturesbuildings/featureofseason" target="_blank">Feature of the Season pages</a>.</span></div>
</div>Sarah Nicholson, YDNPA Communications Officerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318573359653646779noreply@blogger.com1Yorkshire Dales National Park54.1962686 -2.163206252.9997191 -4.6900616999999993 55.392818100000007 0.36364930000000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465573629732941181.post-43144833062702114572012-07-06T11:00:00.000+01:002012-07-06T11:00:05.854+01:00A wheely good time<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">This June, I was lucky enough to spend a week cycling from coast to coast in <country-region w:st="on">France</country-region> through the Pyrenees – from <city w:st="on">Biarritz</city> on the Atlantic to Argeles-sur-Mer on the <place w:st="on">Mediterranean</place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Not surprisingly, this wasn’t a flat ride as it takes in many of the cols* made famous by the Tour de France - <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">taking place right now over the Channel</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Although I am not new to climbing big hills, dragging yourself out of bed at 7.30 for breakfast to do it the next day, and the one after, and the one after … did become distinctly distressing! It was certainly a massive relief to crest the final col and know it was all downhill and flat to the sea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We were a group of 21 cyclists from all over the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">UK</place></country-region>, as well as a smattering of Australians, and one thing was clear - how lucky I am to have the Dales to do my training rides in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The mountains here may not be on the same scale as the Alps or Pyrenees and the climbs not as long, but they are a great place to prepare, often having steeper gradients and still with those great views on reaching the top. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The scenery in the National Park just inspires you to get on your bike, and I love the climbs between the dales as each valley is so different as you cross between them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We are also fortunate to have plenty of pubs and caf<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">é</span>s to stop at in the area, and most towns and villages have a shop so you can keep stocked up on bananas and Eccles cakes – they sell plenty of other things but that’s what I go for!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Dales has so many great climbs to chose from as a cyclist – Buttertubs Pass between Wensleydale and Swaledale, Fleets Moss between Langstrothdale and Hawes, Park Rash from Kettlewell to Coverdale, the climb to Tan Hill Inn (the highest pub in England), or the brutal Coal Road between Garsdale and Dent. And there are many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It would be great to see the professional cyclists take some of these in if <place w:st="on">Yorkshire</place> is successful in its <a href="http://www.yorkshire.com/back-the-bid" target="_blank">bid to get the start of the Tour de France in 2016</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If you are new to the area and want to pick up some ideas of routes to do, then have a look on </span><a href="http://www.cyclethedales.org.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">www.cyclethedales.org.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> – you may be glad to know that not all the routes are hilly. There are great routes to start with that follow the valleys, such as the Wharfe up from Ilkley or peddling along Swaledale from Reeth, and then there is the more rolling countryside in the east of the Yorkshire Dales.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The other thing to think about is going on one of the many cyclosportives - rides with signed routes and feed stops - that take place in the area. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The most famous is the 112 mile and wonderfully named ‘Etape du Dales’ held every May. The president Brian Robinson was actually the first British rider to complete the Tour de France in 1955 and to win a stage (1958). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There are normally 10 to 15 similar rides throughout the year that come into the Dales, many of which are less fearsome whilst still a challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As with any cycle challenge you need to prepare body and bike. Make sure your brakes are in good fettle and you have some low gears to get you over the hills. There are some great local bike shops if you want help to get your kit into shape - preparing your body might take more time but will probably cost you less in the end!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This time last year my town-dwelling nephew, Oli, came to stay with me in the <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Yorkshire</placename> <placename w:st="on">Dales</placename> <placename w:st="on">National Park</placename></place> for three weeks. My initial excitement quickly turned to horror when I realised I knew very little about keeping a sixteen-year-old boy entertained for very long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Panic set in as I stared at my modest collection of console games and ‘girlie’ CDs, DVDs, and books. Then I looked out the window – “why was I trying to create a home from home for him, he’s coming to a national park,” I said to myself, “get out and help him discover this magical place for himself.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">With gusto I grabbed my highlighter pen and a copy of <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/outandabout/planningyourvisit/visitornewspaper" target="_blank">The Visitor</a> and got down to work, circling all the family-friendly events happening during his visit, as well as ideas for things to do and places to visit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We climbed hills, played Pooh sticks (no one is ever too old or too young for Pooh sticks), skimmed stones, visited local attractions, and gave every last thing a go at the local agricultural shows and game fairs. We also went on a few of the <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/outandabout/whatshappening" target="_blank">events</a> organised by the National Park Authority. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Back at his home he couldn’t stop talking about the introduction to geocaching session we had attended near Malham Tarn. He had loved it - working with the GPS gadget, walking across a beautiful landscape, hunting for the cache box that contained prizes that he could swap – the challenge of this modern day treasure hunt had played right into his competitive and active nature. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Intrigued, my sister Judith agreed to take Oli out geocaching again that summer. She bought a cheap ‘pre-loved’ GPS to get them started, and signed up to geocaching.com so they could find the co-ordinates of nearby caches and log the ones they find.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A year on and the pair have logged nearly 250 caches and hidden seven of their own. They have found them in phone boxes and by harbours, deep in forests and high on hills, and the whole family have even been out on mass caches with other enthusiasts. For my birthday last month they even sent me ‘Log My Dog’ tags so I can turn my two greyhounds into walking caches! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Calling themselves the ‘Dales Golden Girls’, Janet goes out with friends from work searching for caches. She said “It’s such a fascinating hobby. It keeps me active and I get to visit places I’ve never been to before. There are caches out there as small as your fingernail to the size of a crate, and they are everywhere - from cities to fields to mountains. It’s so exciting and fun.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Her enthusiasm for the pastime spills over into her working life. On her recommendation a couple from <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Derby</city></place> visiting the National Park Centre whilst on holiday, rented a GPS and found their first cache. A year later, remembering Janet’s geocaching.com pseudonym, they got back in contact to let her know that they had found over 800 caches since their holiday. The most recent was one that Janet herself had found only weeks earlier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Next time you visit <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/</a>, think about the behind-the-scenes guy, Stuart, who even had his own geocaching coins minted. He now tracks their progress across the world as geocachers collect them from one cache, deposit them in another, and record their finds on the internet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You can try geocaching for yourself at the upcoming National Park event for beginners on 7 July </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">or learn more about the craze, where to hire GPS equipment and National Park caches from our website <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/geocaching" target="_blank">www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/geocaching</a> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A moderate 6 mile (10 km) walk that introduces geocaching - a 'treasure' hunt</span> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">using handheld GPS units - as a new outdoor activity. If you have a GPS </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">please bring it along - we have a limited number to borrow, please reserve in </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">advance.</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952, the Act that led to the creation of the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">UK</place></country-region>’s National Parks had been passed just three years before.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Five National Parks had already been created and the boundary of the <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Yorkshire</placename> <placename w:st="on">Dales</placename> <placename w:st="on">National Park</placename></place> was being pondered over by the local authorities. Nearly seven hundred glorious square miles were eventually designated - and in 2014 it will be celebrating its own diamond jubilee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It seemed a good excuse (as if we needed one) to enjoy some <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yorkshiredales/sets/72157630042184341/" target="_blank">super old photographs</a> supplied by good friends of the National Park, looking back at how we lived, worked and played here when the young Queen was taking on her first duties. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: purple;">We hope you enjoy these photos from our </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/yorkshiredales" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">Yorkshire Dales National Park Flickr page</span></a><span style="color: purple;">. Please do share yours with us, of all your experiences of this special place - we would love to hear from you!</span></span></div>Sarah Nicholson, YDNPA Communications Officerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318573359653646779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465573629732941181.post-67573786618320497072012-06-01T17:13:00.000+01:002012-06-01T17:26:36.819+01:00A grand day out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are you and your family up to this half term? Busy running a website offering everything you need to know about things to do with children under 5 in and around Skipton as well as being a mother of two, our guest blogger Kate Taylor can’t think of anything better than a grand day out in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Moving from <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">London</place></city> to Rylstone on 24 December last year was without doubt the very best Christmas present our family has ever given itself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We’ve been smitten in all weathers. We’ve watched as mists have rolled in and completely covered Hetton, barely a quarter of a mile across the fields. We’ve seen frosts glittering across the dry stone walls. We’ve watched giant hailstones bounce and skid across our lane. We’ve watched transfixed as carpets of thick snow quietly fell. We’ve seen a rainbow arc over the escarpment up to Rylstone Cross. We’ve watched as winds whistled and whipped through the trees. Needless to say, we’ve also seen rain like we’ve never seen before. And we’ve been out in it too. All of it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When the farmer turned the cows out last week, it heralded the start of summer. And, as if on cue, we pulled back our curtains and saw our amazing view of green field after bright green field lit up by glorious sunshine. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">She twit twoo’d her way onto the accessible path that the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) has resurfaced. It’s great for pushchairs and means that, with relative ease, families can get up close to one of the jewels in the crown of God’s own county – if not the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As Ted snoozed on oblivious to the stunning scenery around him, we three breathed it in getting ever more excited as the cove which had seemed so tiny started to loom before us. Every single time, I am struck by how magnificent the sheer wall of limestone is. I wasn’t expecting my little girl to be quite as enthralled; but she was. She seemed even smaller and it seemed even bigger with her standing at its foot. We couldn’t drag her away from playing among the rocks, messing around in the stream and staring up, and up, and up trying to fathom what she was seeing. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As we began the walk back to the car, stopping off for a quick ice cream and sit down at the village green, we decided we’d be back again soon. And the posters for the forthcoming <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.malhamdale.com/safari.htm" target="_blank">Malham Safari</a></span> played their part in tempting us! Running from 2 – 7 June, people are invited to hunt for the crowns hidden around the village as well as a host of other entertainments like the coconut shy, stream dipping with the YDNPA, archery and rifle range and duck races every day. This is a delightful event every year and this looks to be one of the best yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">So, our first family trip to Malham was a date to remember in our ongoing love affair with this amazing part of the world, that we’re so privileged now to call home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><strong><span style="color: purple;">Kate (33), and friend Angela Appleby, run a not-for-profit website called </span></strong><a href="http://www.moobaakids.co.uk/"><strong><span style="color: purple;">www.moobaakids.co.uk</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: purple;"> for families highlighting places to go and things to do with children aged 0-5 in Skipton and the surrounding area. The site has had overwhelming support since it launched in July last year – attracting on average more than 4,000 hits per month with an active community on Facebook and Twitter.</span></strong> </span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14996013962795051615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465573629732941181.post-22830353680835748532012-05-25T15:46:00.000+01:002012-05-25T16:12:08.177+01:00Chaffage...who needs it!<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">What are you doing this hot late May weekend? How does a 100km trek over 30 hours (yes – that is non-stop, day and night) across the Yorkshire Dales National Park appeal? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">While we ponder the epic size of that task over an ice cream, it's got us thinking about some of the challenges endurance events like this throw up and how best to prepare for this, and any hill walking - from what to pack to how to deal with blisters. </span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">As you would imagine, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority staff are keen, outdoorsy types, so who better to ask for some top tips on that ultimate horror: chafing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">For Ranger Matt – who, in 2010, ran an incredible </span>190 miles from coast to coast in just over 61 hours for charity – <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">the solution is fundamental: “Vaseline all over your feet and E45 cream for your nether regions - nowt worse than undercarriage chaffage...”.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">The thing about blisters is to stop them before they form, says Mark, our Access and Recreation Manager and a keen cyclist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">“You normally get a ‘hot spot’ often on the heel when going uphill – that is the time to put on tape to stop the rubbing from getting worse. Stopping and sticking your feet in a cold stream works wonders.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">He has a few words to say about saddle sores, too: “Cycle shorts are the answer and, if you don’t like the look, wear another pair of shorts or skirt over the top. </span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">“Nappy rash cream after the event sorts you out for the next day.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Media Officer and walker Nick has a cheekier solution: “Sneak your kit into your companion’s bag, that’ll take the weight off your own feet!”</span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Whether you’re after a gentle stroll or a real leg stretcher, the National Park offers some truly spectacular hiking and has its fair share of famous long-distance routes. Did you know the UK’s first National Trail was our own Pennine Way which opened in the Dales in 1965? </span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This summer the newest and the first designed specifically for horse riders, mountain bikers AND walkers - the<span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/outandabout/gettingactive/promotedroutes/penninebridleway" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">Pennine Bridleway</span></a> - will be launched, 52 miles of which cross the Yorkshire Dales National Park so there’s no better time to hit the trail.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And if you are one of the noble number taking part in <a href="http://www.oxfam.org.uk/trailtrekker/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">Trailtrekker</span></a> this weekend, we salute you and wish you a chafe-free adventure!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Even the most experienced walkers can end up in trouble if they don’t pay attention to a few simple rules – thinking about your clothing, equipment and, of course, the weather before you set out can ensure that your day is great not grim. For some handy advice, see </strong></span></span><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/outandabout/planningyourvisit/beingsafe"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"><strong>www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/outandabout/planningyourvisit/beingsafe</strong></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Turns out it’s British Sandwich Week 12 to 19 May and ever since hearing the news we can’t stop thinking about what makes a great Yorkshire Dales sarnie. And you see that started the hunger pangs, which started the tummies rumbling….</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The name ‘sandwich’ is British – born and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bread</i>! – and we have taken it to our hearts and into our countryside as a perfect accompaniment to lazy riverside afternoons and as fuel for days rambling or mountain biking on the fells. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">No two sandwiches are ever the same and in the Dales we have our own preferences. To really experience a great Yorkshire Dales sandwich, leave your supermarket shop at home and call in to a local deli, café or pub when you’re in the National Park and get your chops around the real deal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">For the most heavenly sandwich try fresh local bread, or even beer bread using ale from one our many local micro breweries, a good spread of butter made from the milk of local cows that graze on our sweet limestone pastures, and wash it all down with lashings of elderflower or dandelion and burdock cordial. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If your favourite sandwich using produce from the Yorkshire Dales hasn’t made our list, post it in the comments below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>For a list of farmers markets in and around the National Park visit our website </strong></span><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/markets"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/markets</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It’s just possible looking outside the window on this, the last day of April, that May could – could - begin warm and sunny. And this would be very welcome for any May Day revelries in the Dales this bank holiday weekend.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">England</place></country-region>, May Day (1 May) was associated with the blooming of the may tree (hawthorn) but since the calendar changed in 1752 flowering now takes place a week to ten days later. </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Having been out ‘a-maying’ the night before to gather what was needed, homes and villages would have been decorated with flowers and greenery in the belief that this would bring good fortune. Young women washed their faces with morning dew to make themselves beautiful for the rest of the year and would create garlands of flowers and foliage – with one girl chosen as May Queen to be crowned during the celebrations. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On a darker note, country people lived in fear of evil spirits, devising many ways of keeping them out of their houses, and May Day was no exception with faeries and witches said to be particularly busy. Surrounding your home and garden with plants known to repel them and send a firm warning message was a good start. The two most powerful trees were rowan – known as witchwood in Yorkshire and <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cumbria</place></country-region> - and hazel, and it made sense to pin branches to the front door and tie twigs to the milking pail in case they tried to turn the milk sour. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">And if you’ve an inclination at this time of year to make some vitamin-packed nettle tea or soup, folklore </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">states that the leaves should be picked before 1 May because after that the Devil uses them to make his shirts. You have been warned.</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Finally, don’t forget, ‘ne`er cast a clout till <strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">May</span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>is out’. In other words, don’t take off your winter clothes until the end of <strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the month</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"> -</span></strong> or until the <strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">mayflower</span></strong> has finished flowering. Whichever way you interpret it, even the sturdiest of <place w:st="on">Yorkshire</place> folk might want to wait a few weeks before breaking out the shorts! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>For more on rural traditions and way of life in Yorkshire, why not pay the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes a visit this bank holiday weekend? Opening times and info at <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/dcm">www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/dcm</a> </strong></span></span></div>Sarah Nicholson, YDNPA Communications Officerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318573359653646779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465573629732941181.post-76592693561529732802012-04-24T12:43:00.000+01:002012-04-24T13:44:22.576+01:00Clashes on the road to right to roam<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;">
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Eighty years ago today perhaps the most significant – and certainly the most iconic - event in the story of UK National Parks played out on the moors of the Peak District. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On 24 April 1932, ramblers took part in a mass trespass on Kinder Scout, the highest point in the area, publicly declaring their belief in their right to roam in open countryside.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The trespass had a far-reaching impact. It led not only to legislation giving walkers freedom to roam over open country and common land - finally achieved by the Countryside and Rights of Way (CRoW) Act of 2000 - but also to the creation of our National Parks, the Peak District being the first in 1951.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The first national parks had been set up in <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">America</country-region></place> in the 18<personname w:st="on">60</personname>s when the government saw the need to protect wilderness areas from exploitation and make them available for all to enjoy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">At Kinder Scout, the trespassers were motivated by the issue of access. The moor was used for game shooting for just a few weeks each year and deserted the rest of the time, with walkers not allowed. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The protesters wanted a public path, allowing ramblers access when the land was not in use. At that time less than 1% of the Peak District had public access rights and if walkers strayed onto private land they would be chased off by gamekeepers with sticks and dogs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">At the end of World War II, the government set up committees to examine long term land use and ‘nature preservation’ became part of the post-war reconstruction effort. In 1949 the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act was passed and ten national parks were created over the following decade, the <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Yorkshire</placename> <placename w:st="on">Dales</placename> <placename w:st="on">National Park</placename></place> in 1954.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #666666;">Malham Youth Hostel, opened in 1938, was designed by architect and rambler John Dower, and was the first purpose-built Youth Hostel in <place w:st="on">Yorkshire</place>. Considered the founding father of National Parks, John – as Secretary of the Standing Committee on National Parks - was asked to prepare a report on how they could work in <country-region w:st="on">England</country-region> and <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Wales</place></country-region>. John believed passionately that the countryside should be there for all to enjoy, whatever their background, and the Youth Hostel movement was one of the ways that young working class people at that time could access these beautiful places. The hostel was dedicated to John’s memory in 1948.</span></span></span></span><br />
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For ideas on where to walk in the Yorkshire Dales National Park go to <a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/walking">www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/walking</a></div>
</div>Sarah Nicholson, YDNPA Communications Officerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318573359653646779noreply@blogger.com0Yorkshire Dales National Park54.1962686 -2.163206253.899035600000005 -2.7949202 54.4935016 -1.5314921999999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465573629732941181.post-69847401878922595482012-04-20T09:30:00.000+01:002012-05-18T12:34:45.274+01:00Lights, camera, dales<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Nearly 10 years before being designated a national park, the unique beauty and charm of the Yorkshire Dales had been recognised by the film industry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The earliest feature film we have found was produced in the Yorkshire Dales in 1945. The open spaces of the southern dales were used to contrast the soot and grit of industrial northern towns, like <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Halifax</place></city>, in ‘We of the West Riding’ – a film portraying a West Riding textile family at work and play. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This unintentionally mimicked the national park movement of the time, where more and more people escaped towns and cities at weekends for clean air and spiritual refreshment, and ‘nature preservation’ was being considered as part of the post-war reconstruction effort. The Dower Report was published in the same year – laying a path for the legislation that created national parks in England and Wales. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Families in industrial towns surrounding the Yorkshire Dales escaped on bicycle to the countryside each weekend, and this is a common theme for many early movies. Cycling is still one of the most popular activities in the National Park, from road to mountain biking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">‘A Boy, a Girl and a Bike’ (1948) featured beauty spots, again in Wharfedale, as the <place w:st="on">Yorkshire</place> cycling club whizzed passed. The girl being pursued, in love and on two wheels, was Honor Blackman. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In 1972 Alan Bennett took us on ‘A Day Out’. A beautiful, simple picture of a <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Halifax</city></place> cycling club's outing to Bolton Abbey in the summer of 1911. Bolton Abbey remains a top destination for urbanites to escape for a day, particularly when the sun is out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">From the realistic to the mythical, the breathtaking landscape of the area often serves as a magical backdrop. Jim Henson’s puppets in ‘The Dark Crystal’ (1982) used the dramatic ravine of Gordale Scar as part of their distant planet, while Harvey Keitel and Peter O’Toole searched for fairies under the limestone cliff, Kilnsey Crag, in ‘Fairytale: A True Story’ (1996).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">More recently the unique limestone pavement can be spotted in ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1)’ (2010). The top of Malham Cove was filmed, with Daniel Radcliffe and the terrifying action added later using CGI. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Radcliffe visited in person later in 2010 to shoot thriller ‘The Woman in Black’. The remote – and seemingly unchanged – Littondale was used to propel the eerie tale of a scorned female ghost to maximum supernatural effect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The legendary Bette Davis has also sampled the famous Dales hospitality. In 1951 she did away with her husband (twice!) in Malhamdale as Janet Frobisher in ‘Another Man’s Poison’. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Over the past 66 years there have been 25 movies (and counting) that have recognised the intrinsic beauty of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the intangible sense of being here that seems so often perfectly caught on celluloid. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But no round up would be complete without mention of Wuthering Heights, which has seen three versions made in the Dales, nor the ‘Calendar Girls’, who not only raised millions for Leukaemia and Lymphoma research, but brought the beauty of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the personality of its residents to a worldwide audience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>More information about the National Park on screen can be found at </strong></span><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/movies"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/movies</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Read articles like this in our monthly ‘National Park Notes’ column in the </em><a href="http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #b45f06;">Darlington and Stockton Times</span></em></a><em>.</em> </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Yorkshire Dales National Park54.1962686 -2.163206253.899035600000005 -2.7949202 54.4935016 -1.5314921999999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465573629732941181.post-58154742033099060192012-04-17T14:09:00.001+01:002012-04-18T12:56:19.223+01:00Surveys! They can be a total pain in the – ahem – bottom.By Kate Green, Communications Manager, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In the past year, I’ve been asked to complete countless surveys. Whether it’s companies trying to drum up business, or organisations streamlining services, it boils down to me wasting time ticking boxes. I could, to be honest, be doing something much more enjoyable – like walking in the National Park. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But recently I’ve been on the other side of the fence, thinking about how to create a five-year plan that will affect many thousands of people, including myself as a resident of the National Park, and I’ve come to realise that ticking these boxes does make a difference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">It’s YOUR National Park, have your say.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The National Park is a living, working environment with more than 20,000 residents and hundreds of businesses. There are over eight million visitor day trips each year to an area that spreads across 680 square miles of some of the most jaw-droppingly scenic and scientifically important areas of North Yorkshire and Cumbria. It is a national treasure of which the vast majority is in private ownership. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So, when it comes to creating this five-year plan – the National Park Management Plan – we want to put the thoughts and opinions of the public at the centre of it. The ‘Your Yorkshire Dales National Park’ campaign has been created to help achieve this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We want to give as many people as possible the chance to participate quickly and easily, so – you guessed it – a survey has to be involved! We’ve managed to boil it down to three questions about the National Park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Taking part in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">another</i> survey could take up a few minutes of your time but it isn’t half as annoying as finding the things you value about the area disappearing and being lost – not only to you but to generations to come. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The landscape? Jobs? Recreation? Wildlife? Farming? The consultation really is your chance to tell us what you think and what type of National Park you want to live in, work in or visit in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">During the consultation we hope to hear from anyone who is interested in the National Park – from people who have lived in the area for generations to people who have never visited but think the area should be protected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So what happens when the consultation closes on 30 April? Well, the views of participants will continue to be represented by the steering and working groups that are putting the Management Plan together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">These groups are made up of representatives from a wide range of interest groups (the Dales Farmers Network through to Craven Council), as well as officers from the National Park Authority. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Together we will examine the results of the consultation and create a vision for the future. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Management Plan sets out how we will get there, and, likewise, it will involve all of us working together to implement it over the next five years.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><strong>You can find the survey, and more information, online at </strong></span><a href="http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/your"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><strong>www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/your</strong></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We also have paper postcards for people to send their views to the Authority Chairman and child-friendly questionnaires, both available at our offices and National Park Centres. People can also participate via </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/yorkshiredales"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial;">www.facebook.com/yorkshiredales</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anyone who may have difficultly getting involved or who doesn’t have internet access can call us on 0300 456 0030 to discuss alternative formats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Read articles like this in our monthly ‘National Park Notes’ column in the </em><a href="http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #b45f06;">Darlington and Stockton Times</span></em></a><em>.</em> </span><br />
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