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EASTER ACTIVITIES YOUR OWN FOREST SCHOOL NEWS FROM THE AREA
Advertising Index Accountants Gillbeck Assoc Peter Howard Alarms PGK Security Animal Care Clifford Moor Farm Fosters Dog Grooming Architects McNicholas Architects Bed & Breakfast Four Gables Building Materials Kirbys
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Contact: Emma Shellard, 07903 632590 emmashellard@outlook.com Computers The PC Crew
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Hardware Douglas Yeadon
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Curtains, Furnishing Lou’s Threads
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Holiday Cottages Priory Cottages
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Ironing Services The Ironing Service
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Kitchens Aberford Interiors
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Newsagents Supershop
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Decorators Mark Hatfield Oliver Willard The Decorating Centre
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Elderly Support WiSE
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Business Support Small Business Marketing Coach
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Carpet Cleaning Wetherby Carpet
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Electrical services PC Collier Edmunds Electrical
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Opticians Andrew Morgan Cameron Beaumont
Estate Agents Beadnall & Copley
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PA/Secretarial Concierge David Bransby 27
Flooring Services Thorner Flooring Floor Design Wetherby
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Plumbing and Heating Peter Norman 30
Funerals Tony Barker
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Restaurants Fox and Hounds
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Retail Parks Thorp Arch Retail Park
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Tree Services Bardsey Tree Services
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Cars/MOT Boston Spa Garage Westmoreland Cars
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Furniture Hue Interiors
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Chimney Sweep Mooring Brothers
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Gardening Lawn Keeper MK Landscaping
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Chiropody Boston Spa Chiropody
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Hairdressing Ian Blakey
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Front Cover - Whitby Abbey by Rachel Bentley Causeway - Chair Ian Hall | Editor Rachel Bentley | Designer John Pendleton | Advertising Emma Shellard Distribution (Thorp Arch) Jane Clayton (Walton) Gay Childe and David Spencer. Big thanks to the entire distribution team. Please refer to the Contacts Page for contact details. The Editor and Management Committee do not endorse any content of articles or advertisements in this magazine nor shall they be liable directly or indirectly for any damages which may arise from information or views contained in these pages.
Emails please to causeway.editor@gmail.com
Dear Reader, Over the past few weeks the days have become longer, the nights shorter and the clocks have sprung forward. Spring flowers are colouring our gardens and buds decorate the trees and shrubs in the hedgerows. Spring lambs are peppering farmers’ fields and the rolling Yorkshire moorlands. With Easter holidays approaching, trips out to our coastline will be on the cards - everything is as it should be. In our extraordinary times it is good to have some constancy and this is often found in family traditions. What’s your family tradition at this time of year?
in the Awards’ A4 category. The organisation had been seeking volunteers for some months. There comes a point where there simply are not sufficient numbers to keep a community venture running. It is a reminder that Causeway’s future continues to hang in the balance (in spite of having a healthy number of volunteers overall) after several years of struggling to replace key members of the production team.
In our household, the Easter Egg Hunt became a tradition which followed us to grandparents’ homes as well as our own - the Easter Bunny having an uncanny knack of finding our children wherever they were. Although not always the Easter Bunny: on a wonderfully sunny Easter Sunday at a holiday cottage in Criccieth, I announced that the Easter Dragon was seen to vacate the now egg-strewn garden…A twist on our tradition, and much more fitting for a little town in the top right-hand corner of Wales!
Do you find this magazine a fantastic way to keep in touch with your community either as an organiser or as a reader? And would you like Causeway to continue into 2020? We still need to have a new Editor in place by autumn (or an editorial team) so if you are in a position to come on board in one of those particular roles (or anything else you can offer) please email causeway.editor@gmail.com, thank you.
There is an alternative sugar free REVERSE Easter Egg hunt in this issue plus a quiz and nature activities for all the family to take part in.
Your Causeway Editor
The Causeway team were sad to read of the demise of a fellow winner of the National Parish Magazine Awards 2018. Heckington Village Magazine closed this January after 50 years of publication in spite of winning the Best Magazine
Advertisers’ index Editor’s letter Easter Quiz News from our Churches Letter from the Clergy Sunday Services and Occasional Offices Thorp Arch News
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News from Spa Surgery Village Diary and Notice Board Alternative Easter Egg Hunt Create your own Forest School Birds in Your Garden Village Contacts
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Easter Sweet Quiz £1.00 entry Prize: Easter Egg Hamper Rules: As many questions answered as possible. Closing date Sunday 13th April 2019. Winner announced on Sunday 21st April 2019. If more than one winning entry, names will be drawn after the Church Service on 21st April 2019. £1.00 must be handed in with the entry sheet to one of the ‘drop off’ locations. The winner will be notified by telephone to arrange collection of prize
CLUE 1. Talk Quietly
ANSWER Wispa
2. Wobbly Infants 3. Dark Mysterious 4. Difference Shapes and Sizes 5. Delicious Fastenings 6. Clever Clogs 7. Right Side of Town 8.Royal Sport 9.Pirate Treasure
Drop off locations -The Old School House, Clifford Road, Bramham -16 Firbeck Road, Bramham -All Saints Church, Bramham (a box at the back of Church) -Parish Office at St. Mary’s Church, Boston Spa -Hand to one of the Church Wardens
10. Conversation Killer 11. Caveman’s Weapon 12. Mr. Parton’s Wife’s own concoction 13.Nines 14.Singing Insects 15.Snow 16.Worm’s Glue 17.They Pick on Little Malcolm 18.45,760 Yards
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19.Lots of Stars 20.Crossing— Stick
Name: ___________________
21.Eat Al Fresco
Contact number: __________________________
22.Sovereign Maker
Once the draw has taken place all forms will be destroyed and no personal information kept
24.Istanbul Harem
The winner, and correct answers will be announced in the Bramham Parish News
23.The Red Planet
25.Have a Break 26. Big Bus
All Proceeds to All Saints’ Church, Bramham The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lower Wharfe Reg Charity Number: 1131909
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News from our Churches Curry and Quiz for St Peter’s Church
Churches Together Ceilidh 2019 Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together?
The event was spearheaded by the VCC team aided and abetted by numerous supporters who helped by designing and printing tickets/posters, setting up, cooking, washing up, clearing up, taking rubbish and a multitude of bottles and cans to the tip, then cleaning the Village Hall and leaving in a pristine condition!
Bramham Village Hall was the perfect setting for our annual Ceilidh event with the wonderfully talented Lairum Rise providing the music with dancing instructions for those less familiar with the routines. It was amazing to watch a dance that looked so incredibly difficult with everybody having two left feet at the start to then finish looking as if they had been doing it for years!
What was really good for us all to see were new faces and young faces attending who actually volunteered (yes, volunteered) to help us cook at our Harvest Supper event! We will most certainly wlecome that. The amount raise was £935 and will go towards maintaining St Peter's Church. The church needs new pipework and radiators and needs painting, all very expensive work and we are hoping that the Cider and Gin festival on 7 September will make us lots of money!
The young and not so young having so much fun, so much laughter and for those not wishing to dance, there was clapping and the tapping of feet to the rhythm of the beat.
GAY CHILDE
Meanwhile in the kitchen the Churches together team were preparing the pie and pea supper for the interval when the raffle was drawn. There was a wonderful sense of church community within the wider community, for whilst we may worship at different churches, we had all come together on this occasion not to raise funds for our own churches but to generously give to other charitable causes. The total raised from this event was £1,300 and these proceeds will be divided equally between Help the Refugees and St George’s Crypt. The Churches Together would like to thank all those too numerous to mention who freely gave their time and energy into making this yet another successful event. A dark blue scarf with a boats design was left - if it is yours please contact church office. GAY CHILDE
SAVE THE DATE
St Peter's Cider and Gin Festival Saturday 7 September 2019 Walton Village Hall Watch this space for details.
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Letter from the Clergy point of the Wharfe, and the beck in Bramham meant that it was able to thrive as an important crossroads of trading routes.
The River Wharfe begins its journey high in the dales above Kettlewell amid a wonderful landscape of sheep, dry stone walls and trees which grow at jaunty angles in the teeth of fierce winds.
And just as rivers bring life to communities and landscapes, the light and love of God revealed in Jesus is the source of life for all who draw upon it. This life is what we celebrate at Easter: the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death which offers life in all its fulness.
I was driving that way last year and was struck by how different life must be up there. Public services are distant, shopping is a challenge, employment opportunities for young people are limited and public transport is a rarity. The churches of the Upper Wharfe will have a perspective on their faith moulded by this environment and by their local experience of life.
Our local parishes have their annual meetings in April. Lower Wharfe Parish’s meeting (for the village churches of Boston Spa, Bramham and Walton) is on Tuesday 23 April at 7.30pm in the Parish Room at St Mary’s Church, while Thorp Arch’s meeting is in All Saints church after our Easter Day Communion service (on Sunday 21 April) which starts at 9.30am.
By the time the Wharfe has wended its way down to the Lower Wharfe and Thorp Arch parishes, the landscape has changed, the challenges and opportunities of life have changed, and the way that faith is lived out will be expressed differently to what goes on many miles upstream.
These annual meetings are a chance to give thanks for all that our churches have been up to over the past year, and to look forward to the year ahead. In a sense, it’s like standing at the side of a river and looking downstream to where God has already been at work and looking upstream and considering what God will do with us next.
My family and I moved here towards the end of last year from a landscape which included the River Ure rather than the Wharfe: the lower dales around Masham. Historically, sheep, beer and animal feed provided the basis of the local economy up there, and all these relied on the water.
Whether you are a regular at church services or not, you are very welcome to pop along and find out how our churches are seeking to be bearers of God’s living water to our villages. May we refresh one another and be refreshed by God’s living water as we love God and love one another this Easter and beyond.
The River Ure was the source of prosperity, the foundation of life and the local economy, and there are parallels here: Boston Spa only became a twinkle in Bramham’s eye once the spa movement got going and the leisure potential of the River Wharfe could be tapped into. Even prior to that, Thorp Arch flourished as a strategic fording
THE REVEREND NICK MORGAN
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Services Time
Date
Sunday Service, All Saints’, Thorp Arch
Coffee
9.30am
7 Apr
Lay Led
Y Hetherington
8am
14 Apr
Group Holy Communion
9.30am
14 Apr
Holy Communion Joint @ Walton
9.30am
21 Apr
Easter Day Holy Communion Followed by AGM
10am
28 Apr
Benefice Service @ Walton
9.30am
5 May
Lay Led Joint
Time
Date
Sunday Service, St Peter’s, Walton
9.30am
7 Apr
Holy Communion
8am
14 Apr
Group Holy Communion @ Thorp Arch
9.30am
14 Apr
Holy Communion Joint
9.30am
21 Apr
Easter Day Holy Communion
10am
28 Apr
Benefice Service
9.30am
5 May
Lay Led Joint @ Thorp Arch
J Bentley
J Leonard
Occasional Offices - All Saints’ - Thorp Arch BAPTISMS WEDDINGS FUNERALS
No Baptisms No Weddings No Funerals
Occasional Offices - St Peter’s - Walton BAPTISMS WEDDINGS FUNERALS
No Baptisms 15th February - Sam Waller and Sarah Dalton No Funerals
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pa$$word (password) or @pple (apple). > Make sure they have up to date antivirus software on computers, tablets and smartphones. > Check age ratings of games to ensure your kids aren’t accessing inappropriate content.
Thorp Arch Parish Council March 2019 report
> Tell them not to respond to bullying or other abuse on social media and when gaming and to tell you straight away if they are experiencing this.
The following is a summary of some of the work the Parish Council (PC) has undertaken over the last few weeks. Visit www.thorp-arch.org.uk for more information about the Parish Council, including minutes from meetings and agendas:
> Set privacy settings to the maximum. > Remind them that what goes on the internet stays on the internet.
Police Report – February
Make sure they:
Only one crime reported for February: One theft from a vehicle on the Trading Estate. Other news: There were 44 crimes in February for the whole of Wetherby ward, 8 of these were burglary residential. There were 29 crimes in Harewood ward, 8 of these were burglary residential.
> NEVER share images, send pictures or do anything on a webcam that they wouldn’t want family or friends to see and never share images of friends and family without their permission. > NEVER share rude images as you could be breaking the law (even if you didn’t take it, it was just sent to you).
Security Advice: Keeping children safe online – tips for parents:
For non-urgent issues and to pass on information, call West Yorkshire Police on 101.
> You have to be 13 years old you set up an account with YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook or Twitter without parent permission. You have to be 14 for LinkedIn and 16 for WhatsApp.
In an emergency (if a crime is in progress or you think the offenders are nearby), call 999. To give information anonymously, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
> Place the computer in a central area of your home where you can monitor it frequently. Get your children used to involvement early. Ask what they're looking at and finding, or who they're visiting.
Remember you can report crimes and ASB online at https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/report-it . Annual Parish Meeting – Save the Date!
> Warn your children frequently about the dangers of the internet, just as you warn them about the dangers of drugs, talking to strangers etc.
This year the Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Monday 29 April 7.00pm at LEH school. Local organisations will be in attendance to talk about their work. The evening will provide the village with an opportunity to celebrate achievements throughout the year. With this in mind, refreshments will be provided including wine, beer and soft drinks. Please put the date in your diary and join us.
> Explain the importance of keeping personal information a secret - real names, home address, phone number, sports clubs etc. > Tell your children never to respond to an angry, obscene or threatening message. Remind them to call you or another trusted adult if they come across something that makes them feel uncomfortable. Let them know that it’s not their fault if they receive bad messages.
Elections 2019 This year all Parish Councillors have to re-stand in the elections should they wish to continue. The elections will be held on 2 May. There are five Councillor places. Four of our current Councillors intend to re-stand, one will not.
> Make sure they have safe, strong and memorable passwords. Use symbols such as 10
interesting landmarks in Thorp Arch and provides a map for local walkers.
Anyone can apply to be a Councillor, providing they have lived or worked in the area for a minimum of a year. There are some other minor stipulations that the Parish Clerk can advise on. If you would like to join the PC and make a difference in your community, please contact the Clerk on clerk@thorp-arch.co.uk 20 MPH Zones in Thorp Arch Leeds City Council plans to roll out 20 mph speed limit zones across the city. The map below shows the current proposals for Thorp Arch. A four-week consultation period with communities has commenced. The Parish Council has been consulted and has submitted some amendments to the proposals including:
War Memorial Improvements
> Obligatory speed limit of 15 mph or 20 mph on Thorp Arch Bridge with new and better signage.
The map is available to view on our website.
Many residents will now have seen the splendid improvements to the War Memorial. The improvements have been funded through a successful grant application made by the Parish Council. The area in front of the Memorial has been increased and laid with new paving to allow more space during memorial events.
New Fencing around The Green
Dog Fouling on Dowkell Lane
Following consultation with residents on The Green, the Parish Council agreed to reinstate the chain link fence to help protect both the Memorial and the grassed area from visiting vehicles, who have occasionally parked inappropriately or driven over parts of it. We are grateful for the many positive comments we have received about the new look Green!
The Parish Council have had a number of complaints about uncollected dog foul on Dowkell Lane. Please ensure you clear up after your dog. Fines are applicable for those who don’t.
> 30 mph speed limit on Dowkell Lane should be extended to junction with Walton Road/Church Causeway, rather than introducing a 40mph along the stretch of Dowkell Lane.
Date of Next Parish Council Meeting The next meeting will be held on Monday 8 April 7.00pm at: All Saints Church, Thorp Arch.
Heritage Board
Website
The heritage board and map have now been installed. Located on the Lower Green next to the bench, the board provides information about
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News from Spa Surgery Doctors Dr Louise Boyle is on maternity leave and her duties are being covered by Dr Bond. Nursing Team Sarah Rushworth has joined the team. She is an experienced Practice Nurse who is also a prescriber. A new Health Care Assistant, Carla Donahue, has been appointed to replace Samantha Battye who decided to pursue nurse training.
Thorp Arch Village Society Update Village Litter Pick A big thank you to everyone who came to help with the Thorp Arch village clean up. Armed with gardening gloves, litter pickers and extra strong black bin bags our team gathered the assorted rubbish thrown into our hedges and verges. As usual it was an eclectic mix of nappies, fast food wrappers and, worryingly, beer cans and wine bottles.
Support Team Two encoder staff have been appointed to ease the burden of all correspondence having to be viewed by the doctors. These members of staff add a code to each piece of correspondence which ensures only essential correspondence is seen by doctors. This will result in more appointment time being available for patients.
Thanks to Richard West for taking all the bin bags to the Recycling Centre. AGM
New Services
The Village Society AGM is on Wednesday 17 April at 7.30pm in the Pax. All are welcome.
Telephone appointments are now available in the evenings with a pharmacist covering medication reviews/queries; a mental health practitioner to help patients who may be struggling with anxiety, bereavement or sadness; a physiotherapist to advise on new musculoskeletal problems. Limited access is also available for GP, Nurse and Healthcare assistant appointments on Saturday mornings at Wetherby Health Centre. All these bookings are to be made through the Surgery.
We would love to have more members – it’s a very small time commitment and is a great way of adding to the vibrancy of village life. Wine Tasting Tickets are now available for this fabulous event. Last year it was a sell-out so we have changed venue and are able to offer more tickets to this fabulous evening of wine tasting, with the expertise of Thorp Arch resident Tony Stones, owner of the Champagne Warehouse.
Telephone & Patient Online Services The new telephone system is working well and, generally, patients are more comfortable in explaining to receptionists their need for an appointment so that the appropriate clinician is identified.
The event, at 7.30pm on Friday 26 April, will be held at LEH school. Tickets are priced at £15 per person and include a cheese supper. Tickets are available from Gaby Morrison 07947390617 and Janette West 07952462029.
The patient online service is now used by almost a third of all patients and it is hoped that many more will sign up for this easy to use system for booking appointments with a doctor or with a nurse for a blood test. This online service also enables you to order prescriptions
GABY MORRISON
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social issues such as loneliness and isolation could be mitigated. Medication prompts to assist patients in ensuring medications are taken at correct times are being considered as is the problem of transport for housebound patients.
and allows you to access your test results. If you use a computer, do please sign up to this easy to use system. The Surgery communicates with patients wherever possible using text messages. Please provide the Surgery with your mobile number if you have one.
Telephone evening appointments via the Surgery can be made with a pharmacist to review repeat medications every 12 months with this review to take place during the patient’s birthday month. Similarly, patients with ongoing medical problems such as Asthma, Diabetes, and Heart Disease etc. should also book an annual review during their birthday month. A telephone evening appointment with a physiotherapist to discuss new musculoskeletal problems can also be arranged via the Surgery. A Healthy Minds service is being introduced for patients suffering from anxiety, stress or bereavement etc. Evening telephone appointments can be made through the Surgery. Furthermore, a Connect Well service offers patients a valuable introduction to a wide range of social services and Andrea Vickers, the social prescriber, can be contacted on Tuesdays via the Surgery.
Practice Patient List Whilst there has been pressure on the Practice list of patients, some patients outside the Practice boundary have moved elsewhere which has eased the position. On the other hand, recent housing developments in Boston Spa were not notified to the Practice nor has the proposed development of 68 houses and 10 flats off Church St been drawn to the attention of the Practice which of course will add to the Practice list.
Disabled Parking We are advised that a disabled parking bay should be in place on the main road opposite the Surgery entrance by the 31 March 2019. Summary Without doubt, there is a great deal of effort being made to ensure that patients are provided with as much medical and social help as possible given the limited resources available. We can help by providing the Surgery with our mobile numbers and by signing up to use the patient online service which I urge you to do please. As I have said previously, if I can use the online service then you can!
I understand that the planning authorities do not have to consider the impact of new developments on a GP Surgery as that is a matter for the NHS! I mention, in passing, that the former Primrose Hill Home site off Westwood Way has been purchased by Housing and Care 21 who will provide a mixture of 40 rented and owner-occupied units for the elderly. No details are available at present.
We are fortunate in having an excellent GP Surgery serving our villages and we must do everything we can to support it.
Additional Services Thought is being given as to how important
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including a cheese supper. Tickets from Gaby Morrison 07947 390617 and Janette West 07952 462029.
6 April Walton Village Spring Work Day 9.30am meet at Holly Cottage for bacon sandwiches, followed by refreshments in the Fox & Hounds about 1pm. Contact richard.prudhoe@gmail. com for numbers in advance.
29 April TAPC Annual Parish Meeting 7pm at LEH school. Local organisations will be in attendance to talk about their work and celebrate achievements with refreshments including wine, beer and soft drinks.
13 April Wetherby Choral Society April Concert Bach’s St John Passion 7.30pm St James’ Parish Church, Wetherby. Tickets £16 (under 18s free) available from The Ticket Manager 07860 454894, tickets@wetherbychoral.org.uk, Nicolla Florist, Chorus members or at the door on the night. (WCS pictured below).
MAY 11 May Harrogate Male Voice Choir Gala Concert 7.30pm Royal Hall Harrogate. Climax of the celebration of 50 years of Harrogate Male Voice Choir, tickets 01423 502116.
16 April Thorp Arch Village Society AGM 7.30pm at the Pax.
11/12 and 18/19 May Artists Around Wetherby Open Studios 10am to 5pm each day. 24 artists open their studios - donations to St Gemm's Hospice. www.artistsaroundwetherby.com.
21 April Thorp Arch Parish Meeting at All Saints Church after Easter Day Communion Service which starts at 9.30am.
SEPTEMBER
23 April Lower Wharfe Parish’s Meeting (for the village churches of Boston Spa, Bramham and Walton) 7.30pm in the Parish Room at St Mary’s Church.
7 September St Peter's Cider and Gin Festival in Walton Village Hall - more details to follow.
NOVEMBER
26 April Thorp Arch Village Society Wine Tasting 7.30pm at LEH School. With Thorp Arch’s resident wine expert, Tony Stones, owner of the Champagne Warehouse. Tickets £15
2 November Walton Village Hall 2nd Annual Bonfire & Fireworks Night and Thorp Arch Village Bonfire both TBC.
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Causeway Distribution Volunteers
The Walton team
In the Editor’s Letter we mention that Heckington Village Magazine has closed in spite of winning the Best A4 magazine in the National Parish Magazine Awards 2018. We are fortunate to have volunteers who take on many roles in the organisation of Causeway Magazine.
Gay Childe | David Spencer Chris Johnson | George Zizzler Eunice Zizzler | Audrey Fothergill David Taylor.
In the distribution alone we have many handson people taking part. Here is a (hopefully) comprehensive list. If we have missed anyone out please shout!
The Thorp Arch team
Jane Clayton (plus outer areas) Peter Turner | Susie Seldon Gillian Johnson | Janette West Ian Hall | Madeleine Whitworth Jennifer Bentley | Bosena Mitchel | Kathleen Sanderson Margaret Smyth | Sarah Priestley Norman Warren | Lee Shellard.
We are very lucky to have the help of these volunteers. The production team and committee are mentioned regularly in our pages so we won’t remind you who they are here! What we would like to mention is that we are losing our Editor at the end of the year and looking for a replacement editor and/or a new editorial committee (who’d share the job) to be in place by this autumn. Email causeway. editor@gmail.com to register any interest.
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The Alternative Easter Egg Hunt
Traditional Easter Egg hunts involve our tiniest people running around our garden with baskets to find chocolate eggs - lots of them for a marvellous treat!
the balloon, stick on the tissue like a mosaic brushing on the PVA, and remember to keep overlapping the pieces, keeping the knotted valve uncovered as a handy handle. Just add more layers to get the desired effect and thickness. Leave to dry thoroughly and snip the knot to burst the balloon. Gently cut in half and neaten the edges. These halves can be used to collect the items on your list - a cheap and handy receptacle for the Easter Treasure and NOT plastic.
Today, many families are reconsidering the sugar intake of their children - and there is a move against plastic packaging which is normal for larger Easter Eggs. Then there’s older kids who don’t want to miss out on the traditions of Easter. Agh! A PROBLEM! I have the perfect solution to all those issues, a new tradition you could try this year. This is an alternative, chocolate free, reverse Egg Hunt. The difference is that it STARTS with the egg! It is based on the concept of a treasure hunt and you can tailor it to the age of the children and the ‘props’ you have around.
For bigger kids with smartphones, instead of collecting little items, why not challenge then to ‘collect’ things they can snap - providing them with a decorative (maybe wooden) Easter Egg to include in the shot.
You need something in which the kids can collect their items, so what better than an egg! You can find card eggs, retro style, and craft eggs to decorate. I have another option, make your own.
If it suits your family, perhaps the kids can choose a little sweet treat at the end of the activity rather than a chocolate overload...
Collect a balloon, PVA glue (most important) and layers of coloured tissue. Simply inflate 20
SAFETY FIRST Whichever items you choose to collect or photograph make sure the activities and items to collect are age appropriate (for example, not going to break or be eaten by accident) and that children are safe and supervised at ALL TIMES! Here are some suggestions for children to collect in person, and these can be photographed by older kids’ for their ‘collection’ too:
Blue car
Lego Brick Flower
Envelope Marble
Pebble
Colouring pen cil
or crayon
Green Leaf
Cu p or mug
Adding for older children to photograph: Stairs Bird Spectacles
Black shoe
And so on…Make sure whatever you set as the challenge, your children can achieve it otherwise frustration sets in very quickly. This game is easy to adapt for indoor and outdoor use - including when you are away from home. Give your children and young people some rough instructions to get them started or how about writing some clues from the Easter Bunny!? Happy Easter! RACHEL BENTLEY 21
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Create your own Forest School
resources free to download, and which include ways of using nature to teach ‘standard’ subjects like maths. Take a look at the Woodlands Trust Nature Detectives website for inspiration.
Trees are essential to life, keeping our air clean and cool, whilst providing a home and food for wildlife. They are nature’s playgrounds, and from the 1950s starting in Scandinavia, have also been the home of Forest Schools. The Forest School Movement is a proven outdoor method to educate children in personal, social and technical skills through play in even the smallest woodlands and was introduced to the UK some decades ago as an alternative schooling method.
So where to visit? In our villages we have lots of little collections of trees, especially around the old Railway Lines. But what is better than a ‘proper’ wood in which to carry out Forest School activities? The Woodland Trust has an online map for you to discover woods which are free to visit by searching on a postcode or town - near to home or somewhere you’d like to visit. Just a quick look at LS23 brings a list of 50 woodland treasures - and there will be more of these which as locals we enjoy which are not on the list.
Though forest schools are becoming more popular with main-stream schools nowadays, many children still don’t get chance to explore the great outdoors. At this time of year, we have a wonderful opportunity to take our children and grandchildren into nature and look for the signs that spring is on its way. It’s a great way to teach the younger members of our families, and a chance to create your own Forest School experience.
The website states that to the organisation’s knowledge the woods listed are publicly able to be accessed though I would suggest you check yourself before setting off as well as make sure they are family friendly and suitable for your own family’s needs. For information about the Woodlands Trust, our local woods or more ideas to explore our area, see www.woodlandtrust.org.uk.
Opposite is a handy sheet for you to use, put together by Nature Detectives. This idea is offered as part of the Woodlands Trust and provides children and young people fantastic family friendly fun activities. This sheet is one of several learning Where Crossley Park Wood Grid ref: SE399483 OS map sheet: Explorer 289/Landranger 104 Wetherby Triangle Grid ref: SE400489 OS map sheet: Explorer/ Landranger
RACHEL BENTLEY
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Notes
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This small wood is a five minute walk from the centre of Wetherby and occupies a steep slope between the road and the river. It provides excellent views to the municipal park on the opposite bank and up the river towards the hills but is not generally used heavily.
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A wonderful back door resource for Wetherby, this wood is worth travelling to for full wheelchair access. It's on a national cycle route if you want to bring your own or the kids' bikes. Plentiful parking off Linton Rd and a play park over the road.
Hayton & Hazelwood Grid ref: SE440395 OS map sheet: Explorer/ Landranger Sawwoods Grid ref: SE386392 OS map sheet: Explorer/ Landranger
In private ownership but to the best of Woodland Trust knowledge publicly accessible woods, but check before setting out.
Private
Bramham Park Woods Grid ref: SE416405 OS map sheet: Explorer/ Landranger Collingham Copse Grid ref: SE383459 OS map sheet: Explorer/ Landranger
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Ready to get detecting? Look for the first signs that spring is on its way
Frogspawn
Hazel catkins
Look for balls of jelly in ponds, ditches and slow-moving streams. The black specks are eggs.
These are the male flowers of the hazel tree. They’re sometimes called lambs’ tails.
Bird song Listen for birds like the song thrush tweeting that spring is on the way.
First signs of spring
Birds building nests
Snowdrops One of the earliest bulbs to flower. Look out for them in damp woods and by streams.
Bluebell shoots These pop up early to get as much light as possible before the tree canopy closes over.
Keep your eyes peeled for birds carrying materials for nest-building.
Elder budburst Lesser celandine Look out for shiny yellow flowers and heart-shaped leaves covering woodland floors.
Primrose Primroses like damp and shade; spot them in woods, meadows and hedgebanks.
Keep your eyes peeled during January and February – spring’s not as far off as it seems. Feel free to copy and share this for personal and educational use – and don’t forget there are loads more brilliant activities to download on our website! woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives | 0330 333 5301 | naturedetectives@woodlandtrust.org.uk 25 Search for ‘nature detectives’ | #NatureDetectives © Made in 2016 by the Woodland Trust (registered charity nos 294344 and SC038885)
The elder is one of the first trees to sprout leaves. Look out for its dark red buds bursting open.
The Birds in Your Garden
have vanished from parts of England, particularly where monoculture farming gives them no suitable alternative habitats in which to feed and breed. Add to all this the long-term reductions in habitat quality due to increased autumn planting and the ending of widespread manuring of the land, and the future looks bleak for many species.
We’ve all read and heard much about climate change and its effects, but what about our garden birds? What is likely to happen to them as the changes continue, probably at an ever-increasing rate? Earlier nesting
The lack of invertebrates has been in the news recently too, both in the UK and in Germany – when did you last have to clean flies off the bonnet of your car after a long journey? Secondary effects on birds due to human activities that reduce the availability of their food, such as pesticides and herbicides are becoming serious too. For example, years of herbicide use means that many of the broadleaved plants which used to support a range of insects as well as providing seeds no longer appear. Stubble and fallow land used to support large numbers of ground feeding birds too, both have long gone in most places.
Spring has been getting warmer at an increasing rate since the 1970s with leaves appearing ever earlier. Logically, insects that feed on foliage do the same, and as most garden birds depend on insects to feed their young, they have brought forward their laying dates to match. Great Tits for example are laying eggs around 11 days earlier than 40 years ago, and Blue Tits have shown similar trends. Species such as Blackbirds, Robins and House Sparrows which make several breeding attempts each year, also nest earlier, but are less likely to be seriously affected if they get it wrong.
Visit the BTO Garden BirdWatch website (www.bto. org/gbw) for information about getting involved or Mike Gray 07596 366342 or gbwmike@gmail.com.
Species changes Research predicts that European breeding birds will move north by an average of 300 miles in response to climate change. For example, Green Woodpeckers and Nuthatches will become more common hereabouts, and many southern species could appear in our gardens. Similarly, plants such as olive trees and Mediterranean herbs will be able to thrive here, paralleled no doubt, by the loss of some of our current plant species.
MIKE GRAY
An example of a European bird now nesting in Yorkshire
Since Blackbirds, robins, blue tits, greenfinches and the other 'top 10' species on the Garden Birdwatch list are found in the different climates across Europe from Spain to Sweden, a warming of three degrees is unlikely to affect their incidence in the UK much. Migrants
JOHN HARDING
Migrant birds too are changing their behaviour, with some species no longer coming here and others becoming residents, whilst autumn departures for warmer climes are delayed by up to a month. The UK breeding populations of Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs have both more than doubled since 1970. Average temperatures here have increased by almost 1°C in recent decades and familiar birds such as Swallows, have responded by leaving for Africa later. Others, such as garden warblers and whitethroats, are also enjoying warmer British weather for longer. The effects of these changes are compounded by those in farming practices. Some bird species 26
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