3. Mon 14 Feb: Craven Speakers Club
The Soroptimists Room, 28 Otley Street, Skipton, BD23 1EW
Arrive 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.
Come and enjoy an evening out,and improve your speaking skills. You don’t have to speak if you don’t want to – you can just watch. £5-00 Visitors. We meet fortnightly.
“How good are you at impromptu speaking?” Come and hear members of Craven Speakers Club in their annual Topics Competition, where participants are given a topic and then, with no preparation, have to speak on this subject for exactly 3 minutes plus or minus 15 seconds.
Enter the competition too if you wish!!
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Tue 15 Feb: Coffee, then Light Lunch – i.e. Soup or Baked potatoes at Settle Parish Church: c.10am-1.15pm
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5. Wed 16 Feb: Settle Slimming World: Settle Social Club, Duke St Settle
Weds 9am 10.30am & 6.30pm. No booking required. Details: contact Maxine 07713020736
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6. Wed 16 Feb: Coffee Morning at St John’s Church Settle 10.30-12 . held every week – Donations – Please tell friends who would like somewhere warm to go on a Wednesday morning..
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7. Wed 16 Feb: 12 midday: “Care of the Environment and the Bible” – St John’s Methodist Ch, Settle, BD24 9JH. It is run by the church, and led by Rev Tim Broughton of Settle Methodist Church.
http://settle-methodists.org.uk … Wednesdays until 23rd Feb.
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8. Wed 16 Feb: Chair Based exercise classes for older adults who wish to keep active: Wednesdays 11am at Limestone View, weekly classes at Austwick Village Hall day tbc or 1:1 in your own home. Please book by calling Jo Wulf at 07966 981985 or email jowulf@wolftracks.co.uk
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9. Thur 17 Feb: Scottish Dancing Class 7.30pm St John’s Church Hall, Settle BD24 9JH
Visitors, new members and beginners welcome. £3-00 per session and every Thursday
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10: Thur 17 Feb: Craven Conservation Group Illustrated Talk: on Ingleborough National Nature Reserve:
Ingleborough NNR, Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation, has recently been enlarged and the Wild Ingleborough Project is doing exciting work to restore its iconic landscapes and increase species diversity.
Andrew Hinde, Natural England Reserve Manager:
➢ how the whole reserve is managed
➢ the Selside wood pasture experiment
➢ the new “no-fence” grazing system for sheep and cattle
➢ woodland restoration through tree planting and natural regeneration
Prof Dominick Spracklen, University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment:
➢ monitoring vegetation types and species diversity ➢ carbon storage
➢soil-health ➢ the microclimate ➢water levels
Contribute your ideas to help refine the monitoring plan – St John’s Methodist Church, Church St, SETTLE, BD24 9JH
Entrance: non-members: £5; members: £1
craven-conservation-group.org.uk
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11. Mon 21 Feb to 6 March is Fair Trade Fortnight . What are you going to do for Fair Trade Fortnight?
Groups who use the Catholic Church Hall for activities (-e.g. the U£A Geology Group which meets the third Tuesday of the month) will notice the small display of Fair Trade goods for sale in the small entrance room to the church. Why not use this month as an opportunity to buy some?
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12. Tue 1 March: Churches Together and Craven Conservation Group – Walk for the Climate. Start 2pm. Location to be fixed – but book the afternoon in your diary 01729 822138
See my write up of 1st Feb – an Excellent walk from Giggleswick to Close House and back via the Ribble
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13. Fri 4 March: 2pm: Annual World Day of Prayer – For all in Settle – This year at St John’s Church, Settle BD24 9JH. – Note time: 2pm not 7.30pm. This year the service has been designed by women in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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14. Fri 4 Mar: Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union Zoom Chat Meeting. 7.30pm
Meet other naturalists from Yorkshire
This meeting is open to members of the YNU and members of a local Natural history group that is affiliated – e.g. Wharfedale Nats, Craven Conservation Group. Details at bit.ly/ynu-zoom-chat and ynu.org.uk/news-events/events/eventdetail/27/-/ynu-zoom-chat-meetings
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15: Thur 17 Mar: Craven Conservation Group Illustrated Talk: Ferns: their identification and Conservation by Alison Evans – at St John’s Church, Settle 7.30pm
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16. Settle Passion Play – Practices are taking place ready for the open air play on Friday 18 April. If you would like to help in any way please contact Sally Waterson 01729 822311
Best wishes
from
Judith Allinson
