The sterling effort of a group of green-fingered volunteers has ensured a crop of snowdrops will continue flowering for years to come. The plants were in danger of disappearing under a building site off The Bailey, Skipton, but are now re-settled in the Wilderness Nature Reserve, between Otley Road and Shortbank Road. It was just when the snowdrops were coming into flower that Wilderness volunteer Valerie Mason came up with the idea of Operation Snowdrop. Having got the permission of JN Bentley, currently developing the High Trees site, she organised a group of volunteers to dig up and carefully carry more than 1,000 plants to the Wilderness. “The snowdrops have enriched The Bailey for so many years and it is marvellous to think that they have now found a new home,” said Valerie. “Once they have become established they will form a beautiful carpet of flowers for visitors to enjoy for many years to come. Skipton Town Council’s Les Chandler, who took part in Operation Snowdrop, urged people to visit the Wilderness. “The Wilderness is a gem and the snowdrops from High Trees will make it even better,” he said.

* Young guitarists will perform a one off concert at Christ Church, Keighley Road, Skipton, on Saturday. The guitarists, all members of Skipton Music Centre, will perform a variety of pieces showing the instrument’s ability to adapt to classical, jazz, folk and pop music. The concert will finish with a massed guitar piece including all the centre’s guitarists. Geoff Stevenson, ensemble director said: “This is a great opportunity for our students. They have worked hard to put a programme together and we look forward to performing in this fantastic venue.” The concert starts at 3pm and will last for about an hour, with free tea and cake being served at the end. Tickets will be sold on the door at £5 for adults and £3 for concessions.

* A fair number of Skipton students were out and about last week doing work experience – including the teenage son of a colleague here in the office. What he hadn’t bargained on was being asked to use a vacuum cleaner – asked if he knew how to use it, he confidently answered yes. Some ten minutes later, he still hadn’t worked out where the on switch was. My colleague is mortified – clearly, she has missed a vital part in his education. He is now on a steep learning curve on household basics. This week, vacuuming; next week, the dishwasher.

* Those out and about in Silsden at the weekend may have spotted morris dancer Kirsty Smith. She was among bloggers and tweeters taking part in a local run as part of the 300-mile Team Honk relay for Sport Relief. She was easy to spot as she wore the costume originally worn by her mother when she was a member of Oakworth Ladies’ Morris team. However, Kirsty – who lives in Ilkley and writes an award-winning blog as Eeh Bah Mum – ditched the clogs for the run, which started in Ilkley and made its way to Silsden.

* A bit of confusion over the word “member” appears to have led to minutes of a meeting being sent to the wrong set of Craven councillors. At last week’s decision-making policy committee, there was much hilarity over the report of a meeting of the Conservative group being sent to all members of the council, and not just those of a Conservative persuasion. Not that it really would have mattered, apart from the use of the phrase “squirrelling away” money – just what the money was being “squirrelled” away for was the subject of much conjecture.

* In last week’s Craven Herald, we talked to Jim Howker of Skipton about the recent death of England football legend, Tom Finney. The pair were stationed together in Egypt during the North Africa campaign of the Second World War and Mr Howker remembered the footballer as being a terrific personality. Ninety-four-year-old Mr Howker was pictured holding a picture of Tom Finney, and we also printed a picture of Mr Howker in his army uniform. Unfortunately, the picture of Mr Howker in his army days was wrongly captioned as being Tom Finney. We do apologise.

* BBC Look North presenters Harry Gration and Amy Garcia are due to stop off in Skipton tomorrow as they tackle the 241-mile Tour de France route through Yorkshire. The pair, who will be riding tandem, will complete the ride in stages and their journey is expected to take a week. Tomorrow, they will set off from Leeds at 9.30am before heading to Harewood House, Otley and Addingham before arriving in Skipton at 4pm. And, on Tuesday, the pair are due to call at Silsden Methodist Church at about 2.30pm. The ride is in aid of Sport Relief and the pair will be collecting donations en route. “This is another fine mess our editor has got us into – but seriously – we’re really looking forward to the challenge and hopefully meeting loads of people as we go round Yorkshire,” said Harry. “I feel sorry for Amy – because of the view she’ll have from the back of the bike!” For more details, visit facebook.com/BBCLookNorthYorkshire.

* Viewers of Channel 4’s Four in a Bed programme may have spotted a familiar face. For among the four B&B owners taking part in this week’s contest was Grassington Lodge’s Diane Lowe. The show puts B&B owners up against each other to see who offers the best value for money accommodation. It airs daily at 4.30pm and, Tuesday’s episode was filmed at the Grassington B&B in November and featured a competition to create the best Victoria sponge, which was judged by one of the Calendar Girls.

* We have all seen the terrible flooding in Somerset, which has ruined swathes of farmland. Among those helping with the flood relief work is a Christian charity called the Farming Community Network. It offers pastoral and practical support to all farmers in need. To boost its funds, a coffee morning is being held at Trinity Methodist Church, on Westmoreland Street, Skipton, on Saturday from 10am to 11.30am.

* Charity knitters are going the “egg-stra” mile this Easter to raise money in support of Craven’s growing number of unpaid carers. And they have adopted a cycling theme to their annual fundraiser. Each year, the Carers’ Resource teams up with Cadbury’s to knit Easter chick covers for the chocolate giant’s famous creme eggs. The aim is to generate funds for sharing across charity’s offices at Broughton, Harrogate, Ripon and Shipley. To mark Yorkshire hosting Le Grand Depart of the Tour de France in July, the class of 2014 features chick covers modelled on the likes of Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome. Anne Wells, events and fund-raising co-ordinator for the charity, said it was hoped that the chick covers would prove a souvenir with a difference ahead of the Tour coming to the county. She said: “Thanks to our volunteers, we have knitted more than 1,800 covers this year in all sorts of styles and colours, many of them based on the Tour de Yorkshire. They will be sold at our four offices as well as through businesses, schools and other supporters in the community to raise much-needed funds for us. We hope, like Le Tour, the chicks capture the Yorkshire public’s imagination.”

* A woman, left devastated after losing a treasured bangle during a shopping trip to Skipton, is hoping Craven Herald readers may be able to help. The woman, who is from Bingley, is desperate to find her bangle – part white gold and part diamond – which was a gift from her son. “It has huge sentimental value,” she said. “I couldn’t stop crying when I realised it had gone.” She is offering a reward for its safe return. She thinks she lost it while moving between the town hall car park and Rackhams last Wednesday afternoon. Anyone with information is asked to contact Skipton Police, quoting reference number 12140035939.