A fitting tribute

12:40pm Friday 11th April 2008

Middle-aged Skiptonians can remember when the Leeds-Liverpool canal was little more than a semi-stagnant rubbish tip, particularly the Springs section which connected the main channel with the old quarry workings by Skipton Castle.

Dawning of the age of contradictions

10:39am Friday 11th April 2008

The 18th century became known as the Age of Enlightenment. The 19th is remembered for the Industrial Revolution and the 20th, grievously, for its wars. It is a bit early yet to be sure, but is the 21st lining up to the Age of Contradiction?

	From the farm at Yockenthwaite
	3:35pm Thu 10 Apr 08
	Looking out of the window this morning it looks more like January than April. From where I am sitting, I can see Raisgill across the valley, the sycamore trees surrounding the house are stark and bare and the house itself almost disappears into the landscape.
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Volunteers preserve Dales history

4:14pm Monday 7th April 2008

Small pieces of Yorkshire Dales National Park history are being recorded for the first time.

Discover what lurks beneath the river

4:13pm Monday 7th April 2008

Creepy crawlies that lurk beneath the surface of the River Wharfe are to be put under the microscope at Bolton Abbey.

	Climate change threatens spring spectacle
	4:11pm Mon 7 Apr 08
	The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is encouraging people to enjoy one of the UK's most recognisable natural springtime spectacles while they can - as carpets of bluebells cover woodland areas during April and May.

War on motorists drives rural folk mad

4:09pm Monday 7th April 2008

There was a gentle and romantic Hollywood film made a few years ago called Sleepless in Seattle. As I write this, I would like to make an angry and hateful film called Toothless in Skipton, because I feel that the last of my teeth have just been kicked down my throat by this Government's total war on motorists - rural motorists in particular.

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	From the farm at Yockenthwaite
	2:40pm Thu 3 Apr 08
	I have been amazed how many people have commented since I wrote about oats a few weeks ago.

	From the farm at Yockenthwaite
	2:50pm Thu 27 Mar 08
	We are white with snow! The daffodils in the back croft are just poking their tops out onto the surface and it is still trying to snow some more.

	Mystery of the Bee-rmuda Triangle
	10:33am Fri 21 Mar 08
	The first bumblebee of the year seen in our back yard was trying to make its way to a forsythia bush that had just come into blossom. Sadly, it didn't get there because it was hit by a sudden gust of wind, quickly followed by a pounding shower of hailstones which proceeded to strip the bush of many of its so-welcome flowers.

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