LOCAL GEOLOGY TRUST AT THE 2010 ROSEDALE SHOW
This year was pretty special for North East Yorkshire Geology Trust (based in Robin Hood’s Bay) at the Rosedale Show. They celebrated the launch of three new Secrets in the Landscape trail guides, one for Slingsby Hovingham and two in Rosedale: North Rosedale and South Rosedale.
They had a presentation and celebration lunch for 50 in a marquee with the Rosedale community, their members and Christa Ackroyd from Look North as their special guest. They presented members of the local community with 1000 of each of the Rosedale trail guides which will enable them to fund further projects to discover their local heritage.
They all enjoyed the lunch, particularly the home made quiches and the sumptuous chocolate cake.
The Trust’s involvement with the Rosedale community will continue in years to come and they will be launching their Earth Heritage booklet and interpretation posters at the Heritage Open Days on the 11th and 12th of September at Updale Reading Rooms. They will be taking joint walks with the Rosedale History Society on both days at 2pm and will have a display in the Reading Rooms. In the next year, the Geology Trust will
undertake more research in the fascinating geology of Rosedale.
The Rosedale Show has been a terrific success, with superb weather all day and for the walk that Mike Windle led for the Whitby Naturalists Group in Rosedale Abbey.
40 people won fabulous prizes at the stand and learned a little more about the Trust and Rosedale in the process.
Many hundreds came to the marquee, took part in the Rock & Fossil road-show, admired Mike Styles’s museum-quality exhibits. Children made their own dinosaur or discovered what killed our baby Triceratops.
All visitors talked to members and discussed their family history with the Rosedale History Society who were sharing the marquee for the third year running. They met the Trust’s new partners in the project “Geodiversity in Quarries”, Basics Plus and Esk Valley Railway. Basics Plus is a social enterprise helping people with learning difficulties with employment and they will be helping then with active geoconservation at Betton Farm near Scarborough. With Esk Valley Railway, they will be leading walks and producing trail guides in the Castleton and Danby area.
All in all, Rosedale Show was a wonderful day of celebration for your local Geology Trust!
EXTREME CELLO PLAYERS FINISH THE COAST TO COAST
One of the most unusual Coast to Coast trips ever was undertaken last month by three
Sheffield-based musicians who call themselves “Extreme Cellists”. They completed
the crossing of England by Alf Wainwright’s classic route on 6th August, and gave
the last of their impromptu concerts in the Dock.
They raised over £4,500 for their chosen charities, Aspire and PACT.
You can find out more about their exploits and support their fundraising by visiting
their website at www.extremecello.com
