Welcome to the Rosedale blog. This is where we share news and information about events in Rosedale and the wider community throughout the year. You’ll also find news about the village timetable, our micro enterprises, school events, clubs, and lively socials.
Image: Rosedale Show By Patrick Chambers
For details of services in the five parishes of the Benefice see the calendar at the following link – https://www.lastinghamparishchurch.org.uk/calendar/
There will be a Midnight Mass in St Lawrence Church, Rosedale Abbey on Christmas Eve at 10.00pm – all are very welcome to attend and celebrate the arrival of the Christ Child together.
Father Christmas paid his customary visit to Rosedale on Wednesday evening where he was welcomed by an enthusiastic crowd of local children.
The Ryedale Lions who escort Father Christmas around the villages and dales hope to collect around £10,000 for charitable causes this Christmas, so if you see the red suited one around elsewhere don’t forget to drop a few coins in the collecting jar. Happy Christmas!
Regrettably, the Tea and Chat meeting of the History Society planned for this Sunday has been postponed because of the bad weather (snow, frost and fog). However, the meeting will now go ahead on Sunday 10 December in the Updale Reading Room/Village Hall from 2.00 to 4.00pm.
Please pass on this news to anyone you know who might have intended to come this Sunday.
The Wool Board truck turned up in Rosedale Abbey on Saturday 5 November 2022 to collect the dale’s wool clip for the year.
Parts of a second series of the comedy soap opera ‘Bad Move’ are being filmed in the village on Wednesday 16 May. Principally, the action will concern a village parade, hence the straw sheaves on the school railings, the bunting and other items on the village green. The location managers ask that locals do not stand around and watch the proceedings and to avoid parking in the indicated areas.
The transmission dates are not yet known , but will be passed on here when the production people have decided on them.
Tawny owls are very vocal in late autumn and throughout winter but we don’t often get to see them in all their splender. How lucky local residents Bob and Janet Morton were to have a tawny owl in their garden recently, on two separate occasions. Bob has captured the warm chestnut brown feathering, distinct facial disc and somewhat dumpy appearance beautifully. Very many thanks Updale Natural History Recorder
Stunningly beautiful walk in the snow at dusk along the old railway line at Rosedale East. The low mist adds to the atmospheric conditions as the light fades. A pair of stonechats break the silence with their presence as do three wrens flitting together in the rushes Updale Natural History Recorder
