Buckden Parish Community Web-site

The parish of Buckden lies on the Dales Way, at the northern end of Wharfedale and consists of the village itself, nestling under the impressive bulk of Buckden Pike, as well as the hamlets of Cray, Hubberholme, Raisgill, Yockenthwaite, Deepdale, Beckermonds, Oughtershaw and Greenfield. Set in the heart of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales National Park, Buckden is a popular destination for walkers and holidaymakers, with excellent walking and many delightful places to eat, drink and stay!

There is a thriving local community with many events taking place throughout the year. The principal commercial activities are farming and tourism with many businesses catering for the visitor, as well as for local residents. 

This web-site has been created under the leadership of the Parish Council to provide a source of information about the village and the area, for both visitors and local residents.

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Buckden Singers sing "The Messiah (Part 1) Eleven members of Buckden Singers sang the ‘Messiah’ in a massed choir in Knaresborough yesterday - Sunday. They helped to raise £4,000 for the Air Ambulance. It was a fantastic event which was excellent preparation for next month when 14 of them descend on Paris to sing in the Messiah once more in the Madeleine Church.

Kettlewell Primary School Christmas Fair. 24th November 2013. 1 pm to 4:30 pm at school. Mr and Mrs Santa will be In their V8 Grotto, Wonderful Raffle, lucky dip school stalls and much more. Warm up with a mince pie and mulled wine, tea and coffee.Hot dogs and carols in the play ground. A lovely afternoon for one and all.

Tour de France  The Tour de France co-ordinating committee is meeting at the Village Hall on Tuesday 19 November at 7.30.  As before although this is the committee meeting it is informal and anyone who wishes to attend is invited to come along.  Peter Katic of the National trust is hoping to attend and may have some useful information to give.

Village Hall Keys Would anyone who has a Hall key they no longer need please give it to Richard Barlow.  Regular users may find it more convenient to keep their keys and if any regular users have not got a key please ask Richard for one.  All committee members will soon have keys and so anyone needing access can approach any committee member.

Sunday lunch at the George From Sunday 11th November, The George are offering a full Sunday Roast Dinner from 12 noon until 4 pm, instead of their usual lunchtime menu of soup and sandwiches. Please note that as per their website they will be closing at 5 pm following service of Dinner.

Email problems at The Buck Message from Michelle: Our email system has not been working fully for a time which has resulted in a couple of things happening. 1. People have tried e mailing us and the e mail bounces back 2. I have e mailed out and the e mail has not reached its destination but we will not be aware of the problem. As a safeguard I have now set up another e mail address to use or also cc into - michelle1edwards@hotmail.co.uk This should solve our problem for now. if you are waiting for a reply and you haven't got one send me an update on the new e mail address and I will reply directly Many thanks - Michelle

This speed test was done at Pike Foot in Buckden on 24th October. Click here for details and to register.

Home Farm Trust Christmas Cards The 2013 range of Home Farm Trust Christmas cards on sale at West Winds Tearoom. If you spend £10 or more on cards during a single visit, you can ask for a free coffee and freshly made scone with home-made damson jam. The Home Farm Trust is a national charity providing care for people with learning disabilities and support for their carers and families.  For more information, visit the Home Farm Trust at www.hft.org.uk

Buckden Singers Christmas Concerts will take place on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st December at 7.30pm in Buckden Village Institute. The first half will include traditional carols, readings and choir pieces. In a departure from previous years, we shall, in the second half, be attempting our version of CINDERELLA. Tickets which include light refreshments are £7 for adults and £1 for children and are available from Megan Lightfoot on 760399 or email tickets@buckden.org

High speed broadband - The broadband mast on Buckden Raike is now running on mains power thanks to a grant from YDNPA. Superfast broadband is well and truly here. The speed test below was done at Pike Foot in Buckden on 10th October. Click here for details and to register.

The George Inn - Winter Opening  With effect from Monday  7 October 2013 the opening times for The George will be as follows:

Lunch - Wednesday to Sunday 12.00 until 2.30 pm; Dinner - Monday and Wednesday to Sunday 6.00 until 8.00 pm

Home Farm Trust Christmas Cards  at West Winds It’s not long to Christmas now... This year’s range of Home Farm Trust Christmas cards can be seen in the tearooms at West Winds with many attractive designs to choose from. And if you spend £10 or more on cards, you can ask for a free coffee and freshly made scone with home-made damson jam. The Home Farm Trust is a national charity providing care for people with learning disabilities and support for their carers and families and provides day-care packages and supported living arrangements. For more information, visit the Home Farm Trust at www.hft.org.uk

North Yorks Police At 0200 hours Wednesday 2nd October 2013 an alarm was activated at premises in Kettlewell, the police were not contacted at the time. If you do hear an alarm or see anything suspicious please call the police immediately as we will always attend as fast as possible.

Knit & Natter – Would you like to spend a sociable morning, once a week, joining in a fund raising project for Hubberholme Church?  If so, please come along to 11 Dalegarth, Buckden on Tuesday 10th September at 10.30 am. when all will be revealed.   Everyone very welcome – even non-knitters; if you can’t come, but would like to help, we would love to hear from you.    Contact:   Sue Lusted 760877

World's Biggest Coffee Morning Come & join in The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning at Buckden School Room in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support  - Friday 27th September, 10 am to noon.   (Contributions for the cake stall would be very welcome)

Howden Jones - Folk Band - Saturday 28 September – folk band Howden Jones will be performing at Buckden Village Institute at 7.30pm.  Kate Howden and Paul Jones are songwriters who have been travelling all over the country, touring Village Halls, Small Theatres and Arts Centres.  Creating their ‘beautiful music in beautiful places’ Tour, they have been sharing their music and stories, often meeting friendly and fascinating people and visiting some wonderful, unusual venues in sometimes remote and always beautiful areas along the way. They write about life and their observations of it, often poignant, sometimes humorous, and gathering new material as they travel, they captivate an audience in a unique intimate atmosphere. Their show has been described as, ‘relaxed and enchanting’ and ‘an absolute delight’, ‘their joy, talent and good humour were infectious’, ‘music for all ages’.  Tickets £7 (accompanied children under 16 free), available from Sarah Vetch (760882) or Debbie Roe (761024).  Jacobs Join supper in the interval.  Bring your own drinks. Raffle. Click here for poster

Message from Ed & Jackie at The George 'Thank you so much for the warm welcome we have received.  It has been great meeting so many of you in our first few days here and we hope that we will get to meet more of you over the coming weeks. We have decided that for the time being our opening hours will be: 

Monday: Open from 4.00pm
Tuesday: Closed 
Wednesday - Sunday: Open from 12.00 through to 11.00pm

We will be serving a light lunchtime menu of sandwiches, soup and baskets of chips between 12.00 and 2.45 Wednesday through to Sunday, and will be providing an evening menu of home cooked fayre from 6.0 to 8.30 pm everyday (except Tuesday).

We are happy to welcome dogs in the bar area but not the restaurant and if we are busy with diners in the bar we may have to limit dogs to outside the pub -if you could please bear with us on this we would be very grateful.

Thank you again for your welcome and support.'

Person wanted to help with washing up in the kitchen on Friday & Saturday nights – 7pm – about 9pm 

Housekeeper help Saturday & Sunday mornings 10am till about noon to help with bed making etc."

Congratulations to everyone involved in the Gala The treasurer has announced that the approximate figure for the Gala profit is £3,267.83.  It may be subject to minor alterations if any more income or expenditure comes to light later but that is a fantastic figure and represents a considerable achievement for the whole community.  Thanks in particular go to Debbie Roe the Gala Secretary and to Bev Owen the field organiser.  Thanks must also go to everyone who helped but there are too many to mention them all here.  

There will be an open meeting at 7.30 on Tuesday 25 June in the Hall at which any comments criticisms and suggestions for improvement for next year's Gala will be aired.  We have decided that it is best to have such a meeting soon after the Gala while thoughts are still fresh in people's minds and this meeting is intended to be a constructive and frank exchange of views so please anyone who has any ideas or anything they want to say do come along and we will see if next year's Gala can be even better than this.

Congratulations to Margaret & Ted on the occasion of your Golden Wedding anniversary - from all your friends in Buckden

Buckden Gala Poster - Please download the poster and display in your car. Click here

New landlords at the George A very warm welcome to Ed & Jackie Yarrow from Leeds who moved in yesterday as the new landlords at the George Inn at Hubberholme. They are hoping to be able to open to serve drinks by Sunday and will start doing food later in the week. We wish them every success in their new venture.

01/06/13

Vandalism on a grand scale Anyone watching yesterday's business news will be delighted to have seen that Yorkshire Water made profits of £330 million pounds last year (that would be from us!) Unfortunately they seem to have decided to spend most of it destroying one of Yorkshire's best loved and unique landscapes - Langstrothdale, not to mention the disruption caused to the lives of those living and working in the dale. It is a complete mystery why Yorkshire Water are allowed to get away with it - and we can only hope that once the work is finished, they will resurface the road and repair the damage caused to the landscape. If you haven't been up the dale lately, click here for pictures of what has been going on.

Fast Broadband - Look North Report on Upper Wharfedale's Fast Broadband project. Filmed on Buckden Raike and in the village. Click here to view

Buckden Walkers Monday Walk Monday, 3rd June 2013. Barden Bridge and Bolton Abbey. Along the River Wharfe, through Strid Woods, hopefully at bluebell time. Departure:  Buck Inn, 10:30am. Click here for details

Hubberholme  Festival of the Fleece June 28/29/30. Remember to buy your ticket for the preview evening which includes displays, demonstrations, punch and nibbles, & musical interlude, at 7.30pm on Friday June 28th costing £6. Tickets from Judith Adejumo (760480 and Jayne Sayer (760463)

Changes to garden waste collection service Click here for details

Tour de France Meeting The TdF co-ordinating committee will be meeting at 7pm in the Village Hall on Wednesday 5 June.  The meeting will be informal and there is no set agenda. If anyone has any points they would like to raise with the committee or information to share we are keen to hear from them either at the meeting or by letting Richard Barlow know on 01756760870 or (richardbarlow@btinternet.com). We are particularly keen for someone from up the Dale to join the committee as this is a Parish enterprise not just a Buckden Village one - any volunteers, please let Richard know.

Buckden Gala is taking place on Saturday 15th June from 12.30pm onwards. Events will include the annual sheep show, two Championship fell races, children's fun races, dog show, live music, hot and cold food, and the usual assortment of craft, book, plant, and cake stalls, tombola and grand prize draw etc. An exciting new feature this year will be a dog scurry organised by Langstroth Gun Dogs. Book the date in your diary now for a guaranteed fun
day out! Visit www.buckdengala.co.uk for regular updates and news of additional features. As usual donations towards the raffle, tombola, cake, book and plant stall will be gratefully received!

Festival of the Fleece is to be held in St Michael and All Angels' Church over the weekend of June 28th - 30th. On Friday, June 28th the preview evening of displays, with punch and nibbles as well as entertainment, will start at 7.30pm. Tickets for this evening, costing £6, are available now from Judith Adejumo (760480) or Jayne Sayer (760463). On Saturday and Sunday the church will be open to view between 1Oam and 4.30pm, with a service of thanksgiving at 6pm on Sunday, June 30th.

Morning Coffee and Afternoon Teas at Buckden School Room on August 26th (Bank Holiday Monday) in aid of Hubberholme Church Funds. Come and browse, chat, and find a bargain as we will be selling good quality donated household items such as ornaments, pictures, glass ware and china, books and small, manageable furniture. As you are spring cleaning, moving, or de-cluttering, think of this event and contact Megan (760399) with anything you think would be appropriate.

Also, a reminder that there will be National Trust presentation and slide show also on Wednesday 8 May at 7pm in Buckden Village Institute.– Cassie Williams, Peter Katic and Peter Welch from the National Trust will be giving a presentation on their roles and work here in Upper Wharfedale and their plans for the future.  This will be followed by a Jacob’s Join supper to give you the chance to talk to them afterwards.  Everyone welcome.

Buckden Walkers Wednesday Evening Stroll  1st May 2013. This walk is focussed on the Fox & Hounds at West Burton.The 2-mile walk was marginal for shoes when trialled, but boots may be advisable if it is not dry for several days before (localised mud). Dogs are welcome – usual proviso re leads applies at times. Meet outside the Buck for departure no later than 6.30pm or ready for walking at the Fox by 6.50. Non walkers can meet at the pub at 8.00. Click here for menu. Please let Stella & Robin know of meal choices by 7.00 on Tuesday night so that order can be placed. For further information, please contact Robin or Stella on (01756) 761320. Added info.: Sunset 20:40; Dusk 21:21  …. But we hope to eat at 20:20

On Friday 12 April the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire Julia Mulligan will be holding a surgery to hear your views and issues relating to policing in North Yorkshire, at the Skipton Youth and Community Centre in Skipton, from 3pm until 5pm. If you would like to book an appointment with Julia or for further information about other surgeries, please telephone 01765 641839 or email pccsurgeries@northyorkshire-pcc.gov.uk

National Trust presentation and slide show – Cassie Williams, Peter Katic and Peter Welch from the National Trust will be giving a presentation on their roles and work here in Upper Wharfedale and their plans for the future, on Wednesday 8 May at 7pm in Buckden Village Institute.  This will be followed by a Jacob’s Join supper to give you the chance to talk to them afterwards.  Everyone welcome.

Buckden Village Institute AGM – the AGM will be held in the village Institute on Friday 26 April at 6.30pm. All residents of Buckden Parish are welcome to attend. Please join us at this meeting to share your opinions on how the village hall and its activities could be improved.

The Queens Arms in Litton are hiring! Full-time and part-time vacancies for staff in the kitchen, front of house and housekeeping. For more information please contact Emily at The Queens Arms – email: info@queensarmslitton.co.uk, tel: 01756 770096, web: http://queensarmslitton.co.uk/jobs/ or call in.

The Jay Walkers are coming back to Kettlewell  Village Hall If you enjoyed ‘Ladies’  Day’ and ’39 Steps’ you will want to see the latest Jay Walkers production -  Alan Ayckbourn’s   ‘Time of my Life’  for one night only on Friday 3rd May at 7.30 To book tickets costing £7 contact Pat Charlton  on 01756 760302 or email boxoffice@thejaywalkers.co.uk

Easter Lilies at Hubberholme Church  The Church Wardens would like to thank all who sponsored the lilies and therefore made the displays possible.  In addition, they wish to express their grateful thanks and appreciation for all the hard work and resulting wonderful arrangements created by The Team of ladies – yet again!  A special mention must be made of Philip (aged 5) and Lily (aged 7) who created the Easter garden around the base of the font. Click here to view the flowers

Wild Workshops in Langstrothdale In association with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Nethergill Farm near Oughtershaw is holding a series of Wild Workshops from April to July. On Saturday 20th April from 10am to 4pm experts from the Yorkshire Dales River Trust will lead a River Workshop, revealing secrets from the river bed and the art of willow bundling. £25 per person, including tea and coffee, a sandwich lunch and home-baked cakes. More details at www.nethergill.co.uk/field-centre/courses and by calling Nethergill Farm on 01756 761126

YDNPA Chiefs to speak at Buckden Village Institute  On Monday 8^th April David Butterworth - Chief Executive  & Gary Smith – Community & Conservation Director of Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority will be speaking at Buckden Parish Institute on how the Park will help to make the Upper Dale a better place to live, work & play. They will also be explaining how they aim to maintain the sustainability of the environment of Upper Wharfedale. This will be a short address followed by questions and hopefully some answers. Please come to this important meeting and have your say about the future of the dale.

Buckden Parish Council Electors Meeting – 11^th March 2013, 8.00 p.m. Mrs Sharon Hudson CDC will be present to advise what CDC will be doing in the lead up and during the Tour de France around Buckden. Review of Council’s business during 2012/13.All Parishioners cordially invited.

Click here to see photo of prolific fraudster Mark Chapman who stays in hotels and bed&breakfast accommodation throughout the country.  If sighted please contact North Yorkshire Police.  

Following several recent thefts from churches within North Yorkshire and other counties, please click here & also here to view photographs of two males suspected of being involved. 

North Yorkshire Police and Crime Plan  Julia Mulligan, Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire, has published a draft Police and Crime Plan. Julia is now asking the public for their views, so she can amend the Plan before final publication at the end of March. To read the plan and make a response please visit www.crimeplan.org.uk

Kettlewell Film Night - April The film is  "The Help"  6^th April (originally advertised as showing on 30^th March)@ 7.30pm.  Tickets are £4 and can be purchased from Caroline Hatton on 760378 or Kettlewell Village Store.  This is the last film of the season and local support is much appreciated as this will help secure future funding for film nights to continue in September.

The official Tour Media Brochure is also now available - click here to download. Don't forget that Buckden's own Tour de France website is at www.granddepart.co.uk 

St Patrick’s Night - Buckden Village Institute For the first time we are holding a St Patricks Night in Buckden - Saturday 16^th March, 7.00 for 7.30 p.m. Tickets are £12 and include a three course ‘Irish’ meal, entertainment, games and much, much more. Tickets are selling out fast so please order your tickets now from Peter at tickets@buckden.org or telephone on 01756 760882. Fancy Dress Optional – prize awarded for best costume.

New Year Caption Competition - Many thanks to all of you who submitted an entry in the New year Caption Comp. The winning entry was from Richard whose caption for the picture below was "So you think I should check with Margaret before I buy that lycra suit do you"?  

Future of the National Park Consultation on two important documents that will shape the future of the Yorkshire Dales National Park closes on Friday next week (11^th Jan) so you still have time to participate. The draft version of the National Park Management Plan, sets out a vision and objectives for looking after the National Park for the next five years. To read and comment on the Draft National Park Management Plan click here. The Local Plan highlights the key planning areas for the future of the National Park – including visitor facilities, local businesses, infrastructure and design. To read and comment on the Local Plan Issues report click here. Your response to the consultation will help YDNP draft the final version of the National Park Management Plan and prioritise the Planning issues that to be addressed in the new Local Plan.

Fast Broadband Update As you may be aware there has been a delay in the roll out of Fast Broadband to the Upper Dale. The cause of this is the wireless repeater mast at Moor End farm Kettlewell. The final location of this mast was the third choice as first the National Trust and then Natural England ruled out the preferred locations. Having trialled the mast for some weeks, it is evident that this location does not have sufficient access to clean wind and sun to maintain the power necessary to provide a reliable service. These issues will be addressed at the beginning of January and providing the alterations prove satisfactory then the roll-out to the upper dale will be resumed. The good news is that the remote wireless mast above Buckden has worked continuously since the day it was commissioned so when  the issues are fixed at Moor End then the roll out can proceed all the way to Cam Houses