1. Mon 11 Apr: Craven Speakers Club, 7.40pm Skipton
2. 12 Apr Tue: 9.30am: Slimming World – Settle Social Club
3. 12 Apr Tue: 7pm Slimming World – Settle Social Club
10. Mon 18 Apr: Voyage to Antarctica talk. St John’s
11. Wed 20 Apr: Amnesty Int Letters 5pm to 8pm. Friends MH
12: Fri. 22 April Scandinavian music & Dance – Clapham 8pm
16: Sun 24 Apr. Scandinavian music Concert – Clapham 2.15-3pm.
17. Sun 24 Apr: Service at Anley Hall Care Home 2.30pm
18. Mon 25 April CCG Event: Upper Aire Land Management Project
19. April 29 Tour de Yorkshire
20. Wed 4 May: Econite. Royal Oak
21. 6 May: Open meeting,”the EU and You” organised by Settle Quakers
22. 7 May: Springtime around Bentham CCG Walk
30: Sat 14 May: 10.30 – YNU trp to Swaledale.
31: 15-21 May: Christian Aid Week: Volunteer collectors needed.
32: Wed 18 May 18:30 Walk in Oxenber Woods CCG – Please book
33: Sat 21 May 10.00 CCG walk by canal . Meet East Marton.
34: Sat 21 May: Giggleswick & Settle Brass Band Concert: St John’s
35: Sat 21 May: Intro to Lichens at Malham Tarn -Allan Pentecost
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EVENTS IN DETAIL:
1. Mon 11 Apr: Craven Speakers Club, 7.40pm Skipton
www.craven-speakers.org.uk
I am so lucky to be able to attend Speakers Club. The other members
are helpful and friendly. We learn lots from hearing two people speak
for 7 min each, on fascinating topics, then hear more experienced
people analyse good points in the way they gave their speeches.
It is stimulating. Maybe I am a “self improvement” junkie.
www.the-asc.org.uk
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2. 12 Apr Tue: 9.30am: Slimming World – Settle Social Club
3. 12 Apr Tue: 7pm Slimming World – Settle Social Club
www.slimmingworld.co.uk
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4: Scottish Dancing St John’s Meth Church 7.30pm Settle
www.settle-scottish-dancing.org.uk
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5. Tue 12 Apr: Swimfix with Andy 8pm Settle Pool.
Special Session on breathing tonight!!
Six sessions £45: (But you can pay per night if necessary)
details: andy@doingbigandscary.com
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6. Tue 12 Apr: Churches Together Planning Meeting for Churches reps.
Friends Meeting House Annex. 7.30pm
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7. Wed 13 April: Settle Soup: http://settlesoup.co.uk/
(Also 24 May): 6pm – 8pm. Victoria Hall
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/settle-soup-8198225659
Come and hear about and vote on 4(?) local projects. Find out what is
going on in Settle. The talks only last 4 min each.
The winning project takes the door money .. but all benefit from the
publicity. The soup we drink whilst discussing the projects is
delicious.
– Alan Smith for — Settle Swimming Pool
– Claire Holliday for — Settle Dementia Action Alliance
– John Launder for — Refugee support project
Other info available at the soup:
– Margaret Parker from Leeds City Credit Union is coming along –
they now offer a range of different savings, budgeting, current
accounts and loans to Craven residents and businesses..
Settle Timebank:- will have a laptop so can sign people up or show
them how the software works.
http://www.timebanking.org/location/settle-timebank/
If anyone want to pitch on Weds please call Jo today (Mon) 824704 or
07932 159099.
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8. Wed 13 Apr. Settle Justice and Peace. 7.30pm Judy Rogers will
talk about Craven and Refugees. settle Friends Meeting House.
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9. Sun 17 Apr: Messy Church for families: run by Churches Together in
Settle. Details: 01729 825285 edithd@abtsound.co.uk. St John’s Church
Hall 3.30pm
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10. Mon 18 Apr: Illustrated Talk on Voyage to Antarctica by Margaret
Smith – St John’s Methodist Church, Settle – 7.30pm
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11. Wed 20 Apr: Amnesty International Letter writing
Sessions: Call in between 5pm to 8pm. Friends Meeting House
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12: Fri. 22nd April Concert of traditional Scandinavian music given by artists
performing and teaching at the annual Scandimoot gathering. This will be
followed by a dance. Clapham Village Hall, 8.30 pm. £4 (concessions) and £6
(full price) for others.
www.scandimoot.org.uk or Pat Goodacre 01721 722539
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13. 22 Apr: Settle Sessions Launches 2016 programme
Well known Settle based poet Jean Stevens will be launching her new
collection at the Folly in Settle ion Friday 22nd April at 7.30pm.
Also reading from new work during the evening will be Anne Caldwell.
A poet and literature consultant, Anne works for the British Council
as their Literature Programme Manager. Her latest book of poetry is
out with Cinnamon Press this spring: Painting the Spiral Staircase.
Full details available at www.settlesessions.co.uk
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14. 23 Apr: Give and Take Day: Victoria Hall. Settle 9.30am-2.30pm
Make some space in your house! Find something to chuck out.
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15: 23-24 Apr: Langcliffe: VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE course £20 for the
weekend, no previous experience required. Contact Hannah
(Hannah.rose@ydmt.org) or visit YDMT for more information. This
course will be repeated on 9-10th July in Clapham.
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16: Sun. 24th April. Concert of traditional Scandinavian music with As
the Crow Flies, Josefina Paulsson and Petra Eriksson. St. James’
Church, Clapham. 2.15 – 3 pm. Free.
www.scandimoot.org.uk or Pat Goodacre 01721 722539
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17. Sun 24 Apr: Service at Anley Hall Care home 2.30pm
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18. Mon, April 25, Illustrated presentation by Don Vine,
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. At Townhead Court (across the road
from Townhead Surgery) in Settle, entrance £3 for non-members and £1
for members. All welcome. Upper Aire Land Management Project
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19. April 29 Tour de Yorkshire
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20. Wed 4 May: Econite. Royal Oak 7pm
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21. 6 May: Open meeting, organised by
Settle Quakers, “the EU and You” at the Meeting House the aim of which
will be to try to raise the tone of the current debate and as far as
possible to present accurate facts and figures.
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22. 7 May: Springtime around Bentham
Join David Fisher to explore this lovely area. Meet at Bentham river
bridge SD667687. A 5 mile walk exploring woods, meadows and becks.
Rocky and uneven ground but without difficult gradients. Contact David
on 01524 261449 to confirm and for further details.
www.craven-conservation-group.org.uk
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23. 1 May: See my article and pics on local rogation services held 2013
http://rainforest-save.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/rogation-sunday-in-craven.html
This year:-
1 May Austwick: Rogation and Pet Service 9.30am
1 May Clapham: Rogation and Pet Services 11.00am
1 May Horton in Rib: Lambing Service Sunday 3pm-Newhouses Farm. We give thanks for the lambs, feed them & then each other.
1 May Broughton Rogation Service & Procession 7.00 p.m. Preacher: The Rt Revd James Bell, Bishop of Ripon
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24. 7 May: YNU freshwater Meeting near Bainbridge www.ynu.org.uk
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25. 7 May: YNU Bryological Meeting in Teesedale
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26. 8 May Austwick Church Primrose Walk: 2.30pm
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27: 8 May Craven Speakers Club 50th Anniversary Dinne
Skipton www.craven-speakers.org.uk
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28: 11 May: Mothers Union Talk on Nepal. -The O’Briens
to speak about their trips / links with communities in Nepal.
This will be at Holy Ascension, on Wednesday 11 May at 7.30pm.
Giggleswick with Settle Mothers’ Union invites all members of
Churches Together to this meeting / talk.
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29: May 11th Talk by local climate change specialists Dr Julia
Hargreaves and Dr. James Annan – “ Climate Change and what we can do
about it”
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30: Sat 14 May: 10.30 – Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union
Excursion to Swaledale. All CCG members welcome as an affiliated
society of the YNU. Meet at Marrick Park (SE091981). Limited parking,
turn through gateway on the right as soon as the house gates are
reached and park tightly in the agricultural yard.
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31: 15-21 May: Christian Aid Week: Volunteer collectors needed.
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32: Wed 18 May 18:30
Evening Walk in Oxenber Woods
Join Roger and Liz Neale for an evening walk enjoying the spring
flowers. Singing Redstarts a possibility and other spring migrants to
be enjoyed. Meet in Austwick on roadside by bridge over Austwick Beck
at SD769682. Feel free to bring a picnic tea! BOOKING ESSENTIAL by
phoning Roger and Liz on 01524 241155.
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33: Sat 21 May
10.00
Wild Walk by the Canal
Join Melanie Fryer walking along the Leeds & Liverpool canal and back
via a lane and fields. Mostly flat, lane is stony and total distance
is about 3 miles. Easy to come back early if necessary, cafe and pub
in village on return. Meet in East Marton on A59, parking alongside
the village green (SD908508).
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34: Sat 21 May: Giggleswick and Settle Brass Band Concert at St John’s
Methodist Church, Settle
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35: Sat 21 May: Intro to Lichens Day at Malham Tarn: £40. Allan
Pentecost. http://bit.ly/1S17BXy
36: 24 May: Settle Soup
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37: Wed 1 June: 18.30
Grassland and Invertebrate Conservation on a Ribblesdale Hill Farm
Join Tom Lord at Lower Winskill Farm for a farm walk discovering
flowers and insects and catching up on Tom’s conservation work. Rocky
and uneven ground but without difficult gradients. Maximum of 20
places, please book with Tony Moverley at tony.moverley@gmail.com
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38. Wed 1 June
Illustrated talk: Flowers of Malham – Tarn by Dr Judith Allinson
Former tutor at Malham Tarn Field Centre – St John’s Methodist
Church Hall, Settle BD24 9JH – 7.30-9pm www.wildplants.org.uk
Adults £5 /child/stu £3 In Aid of Rainforest Fund
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List of 40+ Natural History Societies in Yorkshire:
http://www.ynu.org.uk/societies
e.g.
http://www.wharfedale-nats.org.uk/
http://forestofbowland.com/Friends-Bowland
http://www.upperwharfedalefieldsociety.co.uk/
Download Flowers of the Dales Events through 2016 here:
http://www.ydmt.org/festival2016