C.C.G. NEWSLETTER 51 SUMMER 1999 ... and winter,

CRAVEN CONSERVATION GROUP
NEWSLETTER 51 - SUMMER 1999
... and WINTER 1999

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Note this is an online events list, and events keep getting added occasionally. Last updated 12 Oct 1999 Newly added events marked on fuchsia background

(Click here for the Spring 2000 CCG Newsletter No 53)

EVENTS 31 MAY TO NOVEMBER 1999

Monday 31st May
Tuesday 1st June
Monday 7th June
Tuesday 8th June
Monday 14th June
Tuesday 15th June
Monday 21 June
Tuesday 22 June
28th and 29th June
5th and 6th July
Plant Surveying with Judith Allinson.
Bowland Knotts on 31st May,
Near Langcliffe village on 1st , 8th, 15th and 21st
Near Otterburn on 7th and 14th June
Bank Newton Lochs 22 June (7.00pm)
Meet at Settle Swimming Pool on all dates at 6.30pm to share transport and get lifts. Beginners welcome.

Tuesday 13 July
Tuesday 20 July 6.30pm.
Plant Surveying with Judith Allinson.
Near Langcliffe. Meet at Settle swimming Pool Car Park to share lifts. 6.30 p.m. BRING WELLINGTON BOOTS AS WELL AS WALKING BOOTS/ SHOES ON BOTH EVENINGS. Locations are yet to be decided.. but we've had some super trips recently to a variety of places. so I'm sure you'll enjoy these.

Sunday 13th June
2.00pm.
Guided walk at Winskill Stones. Joint meet with Plantlife, led by Judith Allinson. Meet at reserve car park, 2 kms uphill from Langcliffe on Malham road, grid ref. SD 835660.

Thursday July 22nd
Moths Evening The Moths Evening has kindly been arranged by Dr Steve Sutton to be held on Thursday July 22nd at his house, Heigh Head, Keasden, from about 8 o'clock. Please pass the word on! We said in the newsletter to look out for a notice on the Settle Co-op noticeboard for this event BUT the Co-op is about to close for a week for "re-furbishments" !! Please telephone Helen Sergeant 01729 860379 if you need directions.

Sunday 25th July
10 a.m.
Looking at Landscape - the geology and geomorphology of Crummackdale . Meet Jo Light at Settle Swimming Pool or phone 01729 825973 for details. Bring stout shoes or boots, waterproofs and packed lunch.

Saturday 31st July
11 a.m.
Guided walk at South House Pavement The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust invite you to a Guided walk at the YWT Reserve of South House Pavement on the side of Ingleborough. led by Judith Allinson. Meet at South House Farm, 1 mile SE of Selside, 2 miles N of Horton, grid ref. SD 787741. Bring packed lunch, drink, stout shoes and waterproofs for 3 mile walk. The pavement is not easy to walk on so reasonable agility is required. If the weather is wet we will spend more time looking round the periphery of the pavement. Details about shared transport: 01729 822138 - or take the train and walk! Details. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, 10 Toft Green York YO1 6JT 01904 659570

Saturday 14th August
9.30 a.m.
Birdwatching at Stocks Reservoir with Gerald Light. Meet Settle Swimming Pool or phone 01729 825973 for details. Bring packed lunch.

Saturday 27th November
9 a.m.
Birdwatching trip to Lancs Coast with Gerald Light,for waders and wintering wildfowl. Meet at Settle Swimming Pool to share transport, and bring packed lunch and waterproofs

Monday 29 November
7.30pm
Craven Conservation Group AGM
Linton Court Gallery (opposite the Golden Lion) Settle

Now you can find out about events run by the Yorkshire Naturalists Union (YNU) and by some of the forty or so other natural history societies throughout Yorkshire which are affiliated to the YNU
Yorkshire Dales National Park Guided Walks.
Guided Walks in the the Yorkshire Dales, on various natural history topics. Run by the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Events for Summer 1999 Although aimed primarily for tourists, These are very good value for money for locals too.
Natural History and other courses at Malham Tarn Field Centre. It is sometimes possible to attend these courses as a day student.

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Work parties at Grass Wood
New Volunteers welcome. Contact: Chris Alder, 46 Badger Gate, Threshfield, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 5EN.
Sat 23rd Oct
Wed 13 & 27 Oct
Sat 6 & 20 Nov
Wed 10 & 24 Nov
Sat 4 & 18 Dec
Wed 8 & 22 Dec

NB The Annual Coffee Morning in Grassington's Church House will be on February 2000 Saturday 26th. This will be organised by Margaret and Tom Chalmers, as previously. They can be contacted with offers of help on 01756 752939.
(Click here for the Spring 2000 CCG Newsletter)

Craven Conservation Group Home Page . contact us

Craven Conservation Group Home Page .

Monday 31st May Tuesday 1st June Monday 7th June Tuesday 8th June Monday 14th June Tuesday 15th June Monday 21 June Tuesday 22 June 28th and 29th June 5th and 6th July	Plant Surveying with Judith Allinson. Bowland Knotts on 31st May, Near Langcliffe village on 1st , 8th, 15th and 21st Near Otterburn on 7th and 14th June Bank Newton Lochs 22 June (7.00pm) Meet at Settle Swimming Pool on all dates at 6.30pm to share transport and get lifts. Beginners welcome.
Tuesday 13 July Tuesday 20 July 6.30pm.	Plant Surveying with Judith Allinson. Near Langcliffe. Meet at Settle swimming Pool Car Park to share lifts. 6.30 p.m. BRING WELLINGTON BOOTS AS WELL AS WALKING BOOTS/ SHOES ON BOTH EVENINGS. Locations are yet to be decided.. but we've had some super trips recently to a variety of places. so I'm sure you'll enjoy these.
Sunday 13th June 2.00pm.	Guided walk at Winskill Stones. Joint meet with Plantlife, led by Judith Allinson. Meet at reserve car park, 2 kms uphill from Langcliffe on Malham road, grid ref. SD 835660.
Thursday July 22nd	Moths Evening The Moths Evening has kindly been arranged by Dr Steve Sutton to be held on Thursday July 22nd at his house, Heigh Head, Keasden, from about 8 o'clock. Please pass the word on! We said in the newsletter to look out for a notice on the Settle Co-op noticeboard for this event BUT the Co-op is about to close for a week for "re-furbishments" !! Please telephone Helen Sergeant 01729 860379 if you need directions.
Sunday 25th July 10 a.m.	Looking at Landscape - the geology and geomorphology of Crummackdale . Meet Jo Light at Settle Swimming Pool or phone 01729 825973 for details. Bring stout shoes or boots, waterproofs and packed lunch.
Saturday 31st July 11 a.m.	Guided walk at South House Pavement The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust invite you to a Guided walk at the YWT Reserve of South House Pavement on the side of Ingleborough. led by Judith Allinson. Meet at South House Farm, 1 mile SE of Selside, 2 miles N of Horton, grid ref. SD 787741. Bring packed lunch, drink, stout shoes and waterproofs for 3 mile walk. The pavement is not easy to walk on so reasonable agility is required. If the weather is wet we will spend more time looking round the periphery of the pavement. Details about shared transport: 01729 822138 - or take the train and walk! Details. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, 10 Toft Green York YO1 6JT 01904 659570
Saturday 14th August 9.30 a.m.	Birdwatching at Stocks Reservoir with Gerald Light. Meet Settle Swimming Pool or phone 01729 825973 for details. Bring packed lunch.
Saturday 27th November 9 a.m.	Birdwatching trip to Lancs Coast with Gerald Light,for waders and wintering wildfowl. Meet at Settle Swimming Pool to share transport, and bring packed lunch and waterproofs
Monday 29 November 7.30pm	Craven Conservation Group AGM Linton Court Gallery (opposite the Golden Lion) Settle