Rosedale
Abbey

The coffee morning held in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research at the Coach House Inn on Saturday 3 March raised the magnificent sum of £512 from a combination of cake and coffee sales and the ever popular raffle on the day and the proceeds from the Sunday Night Quiz.

As ever, thanks to Sue and Jim Austermuhle for sponsoring the event on behalf of YCR, to Carol, Janet and Margaret for running the raffle and to Dave and Ali from the Coach House Inn.

The next coffee morning will be on Saturday 7 April from 10.00 to 12.00 am – details later.

Heavy snowfall makes our dale look even more stunning this February  Update Natural History Recorder

The next coffee morning in the Coach House Inn on Saturday 3 March 2018 from 10.00 to 12.00 am will be in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research.

All are welcome to come and support this very important charity – donations of raffle prizes, cakes for sale would be also be very welcome.

Look forward to seeing you at the Coach House next Saturday.

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

To see five brown hares together recently on a morning which brought a hard frost was a real treat.  Who knows boxing might start soon! Updale Natural History Recorder

For those who were wondering, work is under way in the current bad weather to build 20 new hard standings for caravans at the Caravan Club Site at Bridgefoot, Rosedale Abbey.

A six axle HGV on its way to Updale on 13 February, having come down Chimney Bank and discovering that there was no way through the narrow High Bridge at Bridgefoot. As usual, satnav was the excuse for the driver not reading the warning signs at the Spaunton Moor road junction and again at Bank Top. The result was he had to reverse all the way back up to the Lookout and then drive up Chimney Bank!