Bilton to Ripley Bridleway – at last!
It has been over 40 years since it was possible (although probably illegal) to walk from Bilton across the Nidd Viaduct and along the disused Pateley Bridge railway line to Ripley.
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Urgent - Your help is needed by the RSPB
Help us the RSPB, to stamp out albatross deaths by giving us your used postage stamps - we can convert them to cash. In 2012/13 your stamps helped us raise £17,000!
Obituary: Jack Henry Bouckley
Jack Henry Bouckley
6th April 1919 - 19th June 2013
By the rivers of my memory...
“Oh those rides across the river
Where the shallow stream runs wide Where the sunset’s beams were crossing The sand on either side
They would cross the sparkling river
Barber Reconstruction Project – Progress Report - September 2014
The Barber Reconstruction Project undertaken by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society has progressed steadily with the main body of the locomotive being stripped and rebuilt at Bridgnorth in Shropshire.
Barber Project 2015
‘Barber’ left Keef’s Engineering Works last autumn and is now safely back in Alston, Cumbria on the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society line where it will be pulling passengers from April/May in time for the spring holidays!
Bird Feeders - Brightens Up Your Day
It's a cold, wet, windy Sunday afternoon at the end of December and my day has just been brightened by two male and female Bull Finch visiting my bird feeders.
Bilton Conservation Group volunteers receive awards in the Harrogate & District Volunteering Oscars
Rachel Green & Sandra Schiendorfer were awarded two 'Highly Commended’ awards in the categories 'wildlife volunteer of the year' and 'environment volunteer of the year’ This was for leading vol
The Bilton to Ripley Bridleway
The Public Enquiry into proposals for a Bilton to Ripley Bridleway was completed earlier this year and the Inspector has found in favour of the route.
