1.A request to imminent retirers for new volunteers to operate the recycling programme in aid of Settle swimming pool funds.
2. To show their appreciation of the efforts of the volunteers, would anyone like to contribute raffle prizes for our annual dinner on September 22nd? These could be left with volunteers at the containers, when deliveries of card/paper are being made. Could the name of the donor company be left with the gift, so that credit can be given on the evening of the dinner.
Enjoy an après-ski drink here at Settle Swimming Pool (this picture taken 6 Jan 2025) or an après-swim or après-barbells/senior circuits refreshments Dear Mark,Happy New Year 1-4 Jan: New Year Plant Hunt. Wherever you live in Britain, you can take part in this. See the New Year Plant Hunt website – You record plants on your mobile […]
Last weekend was Settle’s annual Christmas Market and light switch-on event. It is lovely to see the town come together every year. Schools, businesses, residents and visitors all mingle in the market square to mark the start of the town’s festive period. As usual, there were plenty of proud parents as the local schools all […]
“FiPL” brings upland farm into profit 2 December 2025 A hill farmer in the Yorkshire Dales has credited a grants programme funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for making his farm “sustainable and profitable”. James Newhouse produces beef and lamb on gritstone hills above Long Preston in Craven. He […]