Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.4.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Pip's Patch Pip Pointon's website ... for all things Pip! ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.pipspatch.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Thornton Rust Bulletin, minutes and history](https://www.pipspatch.com/2026/02/13/thornton-rust-bulletin-minutes-and-history/) - [Presentation at Thornton Rust](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/04/25/presentation-at-thornton-rust/) - YDNPA cheque and interpretation board presented at Thornton Rust - [Aysgarth Cemetery](https://www.pipspatch.com/2026/02/13/aysgarth-cemetery/) - [YDNPA - Planning committee November 2025](https://www.pipspatch.com/2025/12/06/ydnpa-planning-committee-november-2025/) - [YDNPA - planning committee October 2025](https://www.pipspatch.com/2025/10/19/ydnpa-planning-committee-october-2025/) - [YDNPA - Planning Committee September 2025](https://www.pipspatch.com/2025/09/11/ydnpa-planning-committee-september-2025/) - [YDNPA - Planning Committee July 2025](https://www.pipspatch.com/2025/08/15/ydnpa-planning-committeejuly-2025/) - [War Memorials and Graves at Aysgarth Church](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/09/01/war-graves-at-aysgarth-church/) - [YDNPA - planning committee September 2024](https://www.pipspatch.com/2024/09/22/ydnpa-planning-committee-september-2024/) - [YDNPA - Kidstones Gill Bridge](https://www.pipspatch.com/2024/12/05/ydnpa-kidstones-gill-bridge/) - [Exhibition of Talents at Bainbridge](https://www.pipspatch.com/2025/06/23/exhibition-of-talents-at-bainbridge/) - [VE Day in flowers at Aysgarth church](https://www.pipspatch.com/2025/06/23/ve-day-in-flowers-at-aysgarth-church/) - [YDNPA - Planning committee May 2025](https://www.pipspatch.com/2025/05/30/ydnpa-planning-committee-may-2025/) - [YDNPA -planning committee April 2025](https://www.pipspatch.com/2025/05/01/ydnpa-planning-committee-april-2025/) - [YDNPA - planning committee July 2024](https://www.pipspatch.com/2024/07/23/ydnpa-planning-committee-july-2024/) - [Water testing on River Ure](https://www.pipspatch.com/2024/09/03/water-testing-on-river-ure/) - [YDNPA - Planning committee meeting October 2024](https://www.pipspatch.com/2024/10/25/ydnpa-planning-committee-meeting-october-2024/) - [YDNPA - Planning committee November 2024](https://www.pipspatch.com/2024/12/05/ydnpa-planning-committee-november-2024/) - [Stop Ure Pollution (SUP)](https://www.pipspatch.com/2024/06/30/stop-ure-pollution-sup/) - [YDNPA, Aysgarth Falls Hotel and river pollution](https://www.pipspatch.com/2023/11/04/ydnpa-aysgarth-falls-hotel-and-river-pollution/) - [Oh for a clean River Ure!](https://www.pipspatch.com/2024/03/30/oh-for-a-clean-river-ure/) - [Health of the River Ure](https://www.pipspatch.com/2024/05/09/health-of-the-river-ure/) - [Surfers Against Sewage at Aysgarth Falls](https://www.pipspatch.com/2024/06/22/surfers-against-sewage-at-aysgarth-falls/) - [YDNPA - Planning committee March 2024](https://www.pipspatch.com/2024/03/27/ydnpa-planning-committee-march-2024/) - [Tour de France in Wensleydale](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/07/03/tour-de-france-in-wensleydale/) - a diary about the coming of the Tour de France Grand Depart to Wensleydale - [David Pointon's Gambian adventures](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/06/07/david-pointons-gambian-adventures/) - [Milners of Leyburn](https://www.pipspatch.com/2008/11/13/milners-and-that-department-store/) - Milners of Leyburn TV programme in 2008 and an update in 2010 - [Remembering Aysgarth Methodist Chapel](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/04/12/final-service-at-aysgarth-chapel/) - [YDNPA planning reports February to December 2016](https://www.pipspatch.com/2017/01/20/february-to-december-2016/) - ARC News Service reports on YDNPA planning committee meetings in 2016 - [February to December 2019](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/02/19/february-to-december-2019/) - [Dales Countryside Museum - the Dales Kitchen](https://www.pipspatch.com/2016/02/02/dales-countryside-museumthe-dales-kitchen/) - Re-vamping the traditional Dales Kitchen at the Dales Countryside Museum at Hawes - [Farm shop, cafe and meadow walk in Wensleydale](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/03/24/a-meadow-walk-in-wensleydale/) - Photo story of Meadow Walk and Berrys Farm shop and cafe at Swinithwaite, Wensleydale - [Tom and Margaret Knowles](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/04/19/tom-knowles-an-obituary/) - A obituary about Tom Knowles, the founder of the Association of Rural Communities - [Waterfall of Poppies at Aysgarth church](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/11/04/waterfall-of-poppies-at-aysgarth-church/) - [Remembrance at Aysgarth Church 2021](https://www.pipspatch.com/2021/11/09/remembrance-at-aysgarth-church-2021/) - [YDNPA - planning committee August 2023](https://www.pipspatch.com/2023/08/28/ydnpa-planning-committee-august-2023/) - [Memories of War Time China](https://www.pipspatch.com/2008/08/08/memories-of-war-time-china/) - Peter Leyland's memories of the Friends Ambulance Unit in China - [Eileen and Bill Shuttleworth](https://www.pipspatch.com/2011/05/14/eileen-and-bill-shuttleworth/) - In memoriam of Dr Bill Shuttleworth and Eileen Shuttleworth. - [Dales Festival of Food & Drink](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/05/02/leyburn-food-festival-of-food-and-drink/) - The early history of Leyburn's Dales Festival of Food & Drink. - [Schooling in Peshawar in the 1950s](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/01/20/schooling-in-peshawar-in-the-1950s/) - Safia Haleem's story about attending a girls' school in Peshawar, Pakistan, in the 1950s - [YDNPA and the importance of farmers](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/12/21/ydnpa-and-the-importance-of-farmers/) - [January to December 2022](https://www.pipspatch.com/2023/01/20/january-to-december-2022/) - [March to July 2023](https://www.pipspatch.com/2023/08/22/march-to-july-2023/) - [February to November 2021](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/01/19/february-to-november-2021/) - [YDNPA - Planning committee November 2023](https://www.pipspatch.com/2023/11/26/ydnpa-planning-committee-november-2023/) - [YDNPA - Planning committee October 2023](https://www.pipspatch.com/2023/11/04/ydnpa-planning-committee-october-2023/) - [Remembering Pte Thomas Spence](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/01/10/pte-thomas-spence/) - Pte Thomas Spence of Walden and West Burton who died during flu epidemic 1918 after being gassed during Battle of Somme in 1916 - [Bolton Hall Open Gardens](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/06/04/bolton-hall-open-gardens/) - report about the open garden days at Bolton Hall, Wensley, May 26 and June 2 2013 - [A Crime against the Yorkshire Dales](https://www.pipspatch.com/2023/04/05/a-crime-against-the-yorkshire-dales/) - [Banking in Leyburn](https://www.pipspatch.com/2023/02/07/banking-in-leyburn/) - [Remembrance Services at Aysgarth Church in 2022](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/11/16/remembrance-services-at-aysgarth-church-in-2022/) - [Aysgarth Church and a Gurkha Officer](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/12/18/aysgarth-church-and-a-gurkha-officer/) - story of Lt Colonel Alban Wilson of the 8th Gurkha Rifles - [Aysgarth's new Post Office](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/09/23/aysgarths-new-post-office/) - [Street Criers of London -2](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/08/28/street-criers-of-london-2/) - [Remembering Pte William Thomas 'Tot' Dinsdale](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/11/16/remembering-pte-william-thomas-tot-dinsdale/) - how WW1 affected a soldier - [Street Criers of London - 1](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/08/12/street-criers-of-london-1/) - [A Day in the Dales for asylum seekers](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/08/02/a-day-in-the-dales-for-asylum-seekers/) - [Saltburn instead of Scotland](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/07/01/saltburn-instead-of-scotland/) - [Patricia ‘Paddy’ Charlton](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/06/11/patricia-paddy-charlton/) - [Aysgarth’s Platinum Jubilee celebration](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/06/08/aysgarths-platinum-jubilee-celebration/) - [Aysgarth Church Flower Festival 2022](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/06/06/aysgarth-church-flower-festival-2022/) - [Enjoying Britain–the journey begins again](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/05/16/enjoying-britain-the-journey-begins-again/) - [YDNPA - Full Authority meeting March 2022](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/04/03/ydnpa-full-authority-meeting-march-2022/) - [Association of Rural Communities](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/04/01/association-of-rural-communities/) - [Dark Skies and Light Pollution](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/03/01/dark-skies-and-light-pollution/) - [Fundraising to save the Kennel Field](https://www.pipspatch.com/2022/03/01/fundraising-to-save-the-kennel-field/) - [Pen-y-ghent cafe](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/11/03/pen-y-ghent-cafe/) - Pen-y-ghent cafe, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, and the Three Peaks Challenge - [February to December 2020](https://www.pipspatch.com/2021/01/13/february-to-december-2020/) - [Quaker Legacy in Wensleydale and Swaledale](https://www.pipspatch.com/2021/09/13/quaker-legacy-in-wensleydale-and-swaledale/) - [White Rose Candles celebrates 50th anniversary](https://www.pipspatch.com/2021/08/13/white-rose-candles-celebrates-50th-anniversary/) - [Rambles of a Naturalist in March and April 1900](https://www.pipspatch.com/2021/04/09/rambles-of-a-naturalist-in-march-and-april-1900/) - [Rambles of a Naturalist, January and February 1900](https://www.pipspatch.com/2021/02/28/rambles-of-a-naturalist-1900/) - [YDNPA - Full Authority March 2021](https://www.pipspatch.com/2021/04/05/ydnpa-full-authority-march-2021/) - [Churches sprouting trees!](https://www.pipspatch.com/2021/02/27/churches-sprouting-trees/) - [Aysgarth Parish Magazine in 1900](https://www.pipspatch.com/2021/02/27/aysgarth-parish-magazine-in-1900/) - [5G masts - the best for connectivity?](https://www.pipspatch.com/2021/02/05/5g-masts-the-best-for-connectivity/) - [YDNPA–Planning Committee Review and Impartiality](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/12/21/ydnpa-planning-committee-review-and-impartiality/) - [A Farmer’s response to a YDNPA consultation](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/11/02/a-farmers-response-to-a-ydnpa-consultation/) - [Peace and Remembrance](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/10/30/peace-and-remembrance/) - [Aysgarth church windows](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/10/22/aysgarth-church-windows/) - [Parish council gifted Aysgarth's Edwardian Rock Garden](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/09/22/parish-council-gifted-aysgarths-edwardian-rock-garden/) - [Backyard Chickens in the 1890s](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/08/22/backyard-chickens-in-the-1890s/) - [For the love of horses - 1894](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/07/23/for-the-love-of-horses-1894/) - [First workshops at Immanuel Kindergarten, S Sudan](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/07/22/first-workshops-at-immanuel-kindergarten-s-sudan/) - [A Railway Engine ride in 1894](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/07/20/a-railway-engine-ride-in-1894/) - [Call for help from Immanuel Kindergarten](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/07/04/call-for-help-from-immanuel-kindergarten/) - [Immanuel Kindergarten, South Sudan - a story of hope](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/02/29/immanuel-kindergarten-south-sudan-a-story-of-hope/) - [Death of Local Democracy in National Parks?](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/07/04/death-of-local-democracy-in-national-parks/) - [Herring fishing in 1894](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/07/04/herring-fishing-in-1894/) - [Lighthouses with Paraffin lanterns in the 1890s](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/06/20/lighthouses-with-paraffin-lanterns-in-the-1890s/) - [Connections](https://www.pipspatch.com/2017/02/02/connections/) - [Mary and Graham Watts](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/03/19/mary-and-graham-watts/) - short article about lives of Mary and Graham Watts - [A Book to Dance to](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/06/11/a-book-to-dance-to/) - [Out with the Fire Brigade in 1894](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/06/09/out-with-the-fire-brigade-in-1894/) - [Bouquets for Waifs and Strays](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/04/26/bouquets-for-waifs-and-strays/) - [Memories of a beetle collector](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/04/07/memories-of-a-beetle-collector/) - [The Telegraph Messenger Boy in the 1890s](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/05/29/the-telegraph-boy-in-the-1890s/) - [VE Day 2020 celebrations in Aysgarth](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/05/11/ve-day-2020-celebrations-in-aysgarth/) - [Light Pollution near Aysgarth](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/05/07/light-pollution-near-aysgarth/) - [New 'village' in Bishopdale](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/02/06/new-village-in-bishopdale/) - [The Doctor's Window](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/03/20/the-doctors-window/) - [Emigrating to Canada in 1892](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/04/18/emigrating-to-canada-in-1892/) - [Nightingale Duet](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/04/16/nightingale-duet/) - [A Mothering Sunday story](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/03/22/a-mothering-sunday-story/) - [Children's Playtime early 1890s](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/03/24/childrens-playtime-early-1890s/) - [Aysgarth church - a personal view](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/01/12/aysgarth-churcha-personal-view/) - a personal look at St Andrew's church, Aysgarth - [Thornton Rust Country Show](https://www.pipspatch.com/2017/07/24/thornton-rust-show/) - 35 years of Thornton Rust Country Show - [Kennel Field Trust update](https://www.pipspatch.com/2020/02/29/kennel-field-trust-update/) - [Adam Hurn–an obituary](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/12/21/adam-hurn-an-obituary/) - [New vicar for Penhill Benefice](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/11/07/new-vicar-for-penhill-benefice/) - [Remembrance stories](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/11/04/remembrance-stories/) - [Remembering a father and a great uncle](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/01/11/remembering-a-father-and-a-great-uncle/) - Remembering Major Donald Rose MC of the Essex Regiment and Sgt Ernest Moore of the Durham Pals during WW1 - [Hard Banks Barn Ice Cream Parlour](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/09/25/hard-banks-barn-ice-cream-parlour/) - [Aysgarth Church Harvest Festival 2019](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/10/05/aysgarth-church-harvest-festival-2019/) - [YDNPA and John Blackie](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/09/26/ydnpa-and-john-blackie/) - [YDNPA and farming in the Dales](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/09/27/ydnpa-and-farming-in-the-dales/) - [Steam engines from Masham to the North York Moors](https://www.pipspatch.com/2017/07/29/steam-engines-from-masham-to-the-north-york-moors/) - Enjoying Britain at Masham Steam Engine road rally, at Sandsend and on the NYMR - [Remembering David](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/07/15/remembering-david/) - Funeral tributes to David Pointon - [YDNPA Planning Committee, John Blackie and "cherry picking"decisions](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/07/16/ydnpa-planning-committee-john-blackie-and-cherry-picking-decisions/) - [John Blackie - the Rural Summit and that complaint](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/11/29/john-blackiethe-rural-summit-and-that-complaint/) - [John Warren](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/05/18/john-warren/) - Obituary of John Cecil Turnbull Warren - [David Pointon and a special celebration at Thornton Rust](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/06/03/a-special-celebration-at-thornton-rust/) - The Kennel Field Trust and Thornton Rust remember David Pointon - [Dales Countryside Museum - young archaeologists and mining](https://www.pipspatch.com/2016/11/08/dales-countryside-museum-young-archaeologists-and-mining/) - [Jemima and the Hudson Taylors](https://www.pipspatch.com/2011/04/03/jemima-and-the-hudson-taylors/) - [February to November 2018](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/11/02/ydnpa-planning-reports-february-to-november-2018/) - ARC News Service reports of YDNPA planning committee meetings in 2018 - [Communication masts in the Yorkshire Dales](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/04/18/communication-masts-in-the-yorkshire-dales/) - YDNPA planning committee to make decisions on communication masts in Swaledale - [YDNPA - Barns and Yurts](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/12/12/ydnpa-barns-and-yurts/) - ARC News Report of December meeting of YDNPA planning committee - [Frank Knowles' Photography Exhibition](https://www.pipspatch.com/2019/01/16/frank-knowles-photography-exhibition/) - [Poppies for Aysgarth church](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/10/01/poppies-for-aysgarth-church/) - [Aysgarth Festival of Remembrance](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/11/16/aysgarth-festival-of-remembrance/) - [Remembrance Service at Aysgarth](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/11/16/remembrance-service-at-aysgarth/) - Remembrance service at Aysgarth 2018 - [Peace and Remembrance Poppies at Bainbridge](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/12/31/bainbridge-the-peace-and-remembrance-wall/) - A peace and remembrance wall created at Bainbridge Quaker Meeting - [Aysgarth parish and WWI](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/12/24/aysgarth-parish-and-wwi/) - [Remembrance - John Leyland and the FAU](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/11/16/remembrance-john-leyland-and-the-fau/) - [YDNPA - Planning reports February to December 2017](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/01/20/february-to-december-2017/) - ARC News Service reports on YDNPA planning committee meetings in 2017 - [YDNPA and the cost of the boundary extension](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/12/21/ydnpa-and-the-cost-of-the-boundary-extension/) - Association of Rural Communities AGM 2018 - [YDNPA and Swinden Quarry](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/12/16/ydnpa-and-swinden-quarry/) - [In Remembrance](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/09/09/in-remembrance/) - story of Leyland family of Bainbridge and World War I commemorations in mid Wensleydale - [The Albion and our wedding blessing](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/09/07/the-albion-and-our-wedding-blessing/) - wedding blessing with the wherry Albion - [Our Quaker Wedding - 2](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/07/23/our-quaker-wedding-2/) - Quaker wedding of David Pointon and Pip Land - [Loss of houses to rent](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/08/04/loss-of-houses-to-rent/) - energy performance certificates equals loss of rented homes - [Our Quaker Wedding - 1](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/06/30/our-quaker-wedding/) - plans for our Quaker wedding at Countersett - [NHS day](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/07/05/nhs-day/) - my family and the NHS - [A Memorial to Jim Cunnington](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/05/14/a-memorial-to-jim-cunnington/) - [In memory of Jim Cunnington](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/06/12/in-memory-of-jim-cunnington/) - plaque installed to remember Jim Cunnington - [Stephen Butcher - a son's tribute](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/05/14/stephen-butcher/) - A tribute to Stephen Butcher - [YDNPA and the conversion of traditional barns](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/04/18/ydnpa-and-the-conversion-of-traditional-barns/) - Is the YDNPA policy on converting roadside traditional barns at a watershed? - [YDNPA - Barn conversion appeal decision](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/04/16/ydpa-barn-conversion-appeal-decision/) - ARC News Service report on Appeal decision regarding Tug Gill Lathe barn conversion in Wharfedale - [Easter fun and a farewell at Aysgarth church](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/04/04/easter-fun-and-a-farewell-at-aysgarth-church/) - Easter Sunday at Aysgarth church 2018 and farewell to Dr Richard Wilkinson - [Wema - an inspirational centre in Mombasa](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/03/18/wema-an-inspirational-centre-in-mombasa/) - A tour in February 2018 of the WEMA centre for the rehabilitation of street children in Mombasa, Kenya - [Thornton Rust Outgang project](https://www.pipspatch.com/2017/11/27/thornton-rust-outgang-project/) - renovation of car park at the Outgang, Thornton Rust - [She can't do that - she's a girl](https://www.pipspatch.com/2018/02/06/she-cant-do-that-shes-a-girl/) - how the suffragette movement inspired a girl to become a trainee journalist - [Anne Barlow - Aysgarth's centenarian](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/07/20/anne-barlowaysgarths-centenarian/) - Anne Barlow of Aysgarth celebrates her 100th birthday and the Tour de France - [February to December 2014](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/12/28/february-to-december-2014/) - Middlefield Farm Melmerby, ARC News Service reports on the meetings of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority's planning committees in 2014 - [Right to buy and rural communities](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/09/07/right-to-buy-and-rural-communities/) - how Government extension of Right to Buy will undermine rural communities - [Reg Harrison of Thornton Rust](https://www.pipspatch.com/2009/10/01/reg-harrison-of-thornton-rust/) - obituary of Reg Harrison of Thornton Rust - [Pioneering girls' education in India](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/03/08/pioneering-girls-education-in-india/) - How the Society for Promoting Educating in the East developed its work in India in the 19th century - [YDNPA - planning meetings 2011](https://www.pipspatch.com/2011/12/20/ydnpaplanning-meetings-2011/) - [YDNPA - Camping and Caravaning](https://www.pipspatch.com/2008/12/06/touring-caravans-tents-in-national-parks/) - need to protect camping and caravaning pitches in the Yorkshire Dales - [Family history, gravestones and topple testers](https://www.pipspatch.com/2010/07/23/family-history-gravestones-and-topple-testers/) - Aysgarth church in Wensleydale is one of the first to re-erect gravestones toppled by topple testers, which is helping those researching family history. - [A Yorkshire Terrier memorial](https://www.pipspatch.com/2010/05/13/memorial-to-a-yorkshire-terrier/) - In memory of Yorkshire Terriers and a mut. - [Eco friendly transformation](https://www.pipspatch.com/2010/05/31/eco-friendly-transformation-carbon-footprint-geothermal-heating/) - Transformation of barn into eco-friendly dwelling with geothermal underfloor heating and low carbon footprint. - [YDNPA - planning committee March 2015 (West Witton)](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/03/12/ydnpaplanning-committee-march-2015/) - ARC News Service report of meeting of YDNPA planning committee, March 2015 - [A visit to Leyburn and Swaledale](https://www.pipspatch.com/2017/12/11/a-visit-to-leyburn-and-swaledale/) - Visit to Tennants in Leyburn and Swaledale - [Thornton Rust's Kennel Field](https://www.pipspatch.com/2017/11/27/thornton-rusts-kennel-field/) - [Enjoying Regent's Canal](https://www.pipspatch.com/2017/11/16/regents-canal/) - A Jason'sCanal trip from Little Venice to Camden Market along the Regent's Canal - [Sophia Cooke's Mission to China](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/10/02/sophia-cookes-mission-to-china/) - Description of the eight CGS graduates from Singapore who went as missionaries to China in the 19th century - [Public access defibrillators in mid Wensleydale](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/09/15/public-access-defibrillators-in-mid-wensleydale/) - report about availability of public access defibrillators in mid Wensleydale, especially Thornton Rust - [Mission to save rural communities](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/09/26/mission-to-save-dales-communities/) - Responses to John Blackie's call for a mission to save rural communities in Richmondshire - [Hilary Davies](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/04/10/hilary-davies/) - Rev Canon Sue Whitehouse's thanksgiving address for the life of Hilary Kathleen Davies - [Enjoying Britain along the North Suffolk coast](https://www.pipspatch.com/2017/05/06/enjoying-britain-along-the-north-suffolk-coast/) - Visiting Southwold, Aldeburgh, and other parts of North Suffolk - [Topless in the Yorkshire Dales](https://www.pipspatch.com/2017/04/09/topless-in-the-yorkshire-dales/) - Two 'topless; outings in the northern Yorkshire Dales in a Mercedes E320 cabriolet - [Harold Brown retires from the YDNPA](https://www.pipspatch.com/2016/09/06/harold-brown-retires-from-the-ydnpa/) - longest serving parish council representative on the YDNPA retires - [Enjoying Britain on the Embsay to Bolton Abbey railway](https://www.pipspatch.com/2016/11/05/enjoying-britain-on-the-embsay-to-bolton-abbey-railway/) - A day out on the Embsay to Bolton Abbey Railway - [Upper Dales Area Partnership - September 2016](https://www.pipspatch.com/2016/09/24/upper-dales-area-partnershipseptember-2016/) - ARC News service report of the UDAP meeting on September 21, 2016 - [Enjoying Britain - Kiplin Hall](https://www.pipspatch.com/2016/07/08/enjoying-britainkiplin-hall/) - a visit to Kiplin Hall near Brompton on Swale, North Yorkshire - [Enjoying Britain - South Dorset](https://www.pipspatch.com/2016/06/08/enjoying-britainsouth-dorset/) - A visit to Christchurch, Beaulieu and other locations in South Dorset in March 2016 - [Aysgarth church - the Jervaulx Screen](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/01/15/aysgarth-churchthe-jervaulx-screen/) - illustrated post about the Jervaulx Screen at Aysgarth church - [Upper Dales Area Partnership - May 2016](https://www.pipspatch.com/2016/05/14/upper-dales-area-partnershipmay-2016/) - An ARC News Service report on the Upper Dales Area Partnership meeting in May 2016 - [February to December 2015](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/12/17/february-to-december-2015/) - ARC News Service reports on YDNPA planning committee meetings 2015 - [February to December 2013](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/12/24/february-to-december-2013/) - ARC News Service reports on the meetings of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority's planning committees in 2013 - [YDNPA - an extension too far](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/10/30/ydnpaa-boundary-extension-too-far/) - comment on the extension of the boundary of the Yorkshire Dales National Park authority - [Bringing Superfast Broadband to West Witton and beyond](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/11/07/bringing-broadband-to-west-witton-and-beyond/) - installation of microwave broadband service to West Witton, Wensleydale - [Burning of the Bartle](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/08/11/burning-the-bartle/) - article about the Burning of the Bartle tradition in West Witton, Wensleydale - [Norfolk - Poppy Line, priest hole and workhouse](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/09/17/norfolk-poppy-line-priest-hole-and-workhouse/) - visits to the North Norfolk Railway line, Oxburgh Hall and Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse - [St Margaret's School, Singapore - the early days](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/07/03/st-margarets-school-singapore-the-early-days/) - story of the development from 1842 to 1870s of what became St Margaret's School, Singapore. - [A Bunch of Herbs](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/08/15/a-bunch-of-herbs/) - a bunch of 26 herbs, many often seen as weeds - [Enjoying Britain - North Wales](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/06/01/enjoying-britain-north-wales/) - visit in May 2015 to North Wales - [Mary Ann Aldersey's Mission](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/12/29/mary-ann-alderseys-mission/) - the mission work of Mary Ann Aldersey in and around Ningbo, China, mid 19th century - [Enjoying Britain - Down memory lane](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/04/23/enjoying-britaindown-memory-lane/) - [YDNPA - Authority meeting March 2015](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/04/07/ydnpa-authority-meeting-march-2015/) - reports from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority's meeting in March 2015 - [Enjoying Britain - a brief visit to London](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/03/09/enjoying-britaina-brief-visit-to-london/) - A visit to Spitalfields and the Science Museum in London - [Upper Dales Area Partnership - January 2015](https://www.pipspatch.com/2015/01/27/upper-dales-area-partnershipjanuary-2015/) - reports from the Upper Dales Area Partnership in January 2015 - [Mary Ann Aldersey and the "first school for girls" in China](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/12/29/mary-ann-aldersey-and-the-first-girls-school-in-china/) - Mary Ann Aldersey and the creation of the first girls' school in China - [Rural Summit - devolution and partnerships](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/11/29/rural-summit-devolution-and-partnerships/) - a report from the Rural Summit in Leyburn, November 2014 - [Rural Summit - affordable housing](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/11/29/rural-summit-affordable-housing/) - a report of the Rural summit in Leyburn, November 2014 - [Rural Summit - the start-up obstacle race](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/11/28/rural-summitthe-start-up-obstacle-race/) - a report from the Rural Summit in Leyburn, Novemer 2014 - [Rural Summit - employment and transport](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/11/28/rural-summitemployment/) - a report from the Rural Summit at Leyburn in November 2014 - [Rural Summit - health and education](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/11/28/rural-summithealth-and-education/) - a report from the Rural Summit in Leyburn, November 2014 - [Rural Summit - helping young people](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/11/28/rural-summit-helping-young-people/) - a report from the Rural Summit in Leyburn, November 2014 - [Skipton to Saltaire by Narrow Boat](https://www.pipspatch.com/2010/11/02/skipton-to-saltaire-by-narrow-boat/) - narrow boat cruise in October 2010 from Skipton to Saltaire, including five-rise and three-rise locks at Bingley - [Enjoying Britain - Hardwick Hall and Trams](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/04/05/enjoying-britainhardwick-hall-and-trams/) - visits to Hardwick Hall and the National Tramway Museum - [Olympic torch at Aysgarth Falls 2012](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/06/22/olympic-torch-at-aysgarth-falls-2012/) - short report on the Olympic Torch at Aysgarth Falls - [Queen's Jubilee celebrations in Aysgarth and mid-Wensleydale 2012](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/06/06/queens-jubilee-celebrations-in-aysgarth-and-mid-wensleydale-2012/) - [In appreciation of Easter](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/04/22/in-appreciation-of-easter/) - why is Easter important - [Mars and Carperby's New Sports Pavilion](https://www.pipspatch.com/2011/01/28/mars-and-carperbys-new-sports-pavilion/) - [Wensley Flower Festival 2014](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/09/09/wensley-flower-festival-2014/) - report and photographs of the flower festival at Wensley church, Wensleydale, in August 2014 - [Enjoying Britain - A Scottish Journey Part 2, the Great Glen](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/06/20/enjoying-britaina-scottish-journey-part-2-the-great-glen/) - pictorial diary of visiting the Great Glen in Scotland, including Loch Ness and Fort William - [Wensleydale's ancient Freeholders coppice wood](https://www.pipspatch.com/2010/05/31/wensleydales-ancient-freeholders-coppice-wood/) - Freeholders hazel coppice wood in Wensleydale, spring flowers, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority - [A Walk from Aysgarth](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/03/07/a-walk-from-aysgarth/) - Describing a walk from Aysgarth village to Aysgarth church and Aysgarth Falls. - [Irene Morton](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/03/23/irene-morton/) - [S India's first female teacher training institute](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/11/11/s-indias-first-female-teacher-training-institute/) - how Caroline Giberne set up and ran the first teacher training institute in South India from 1843. - [Enjoying Britain–part 4, The Hill House and Culzean Castle](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/06/25/enjoying-britainpart-4-the-hill-house-and-culzean-castle/) - [A Scottish Journey– part 3, from Glencoe to Helensburgh](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/06/25/a-scottish-journey-part-3-from-glencoe-to-helensburgh/) - [Enjoying Britain - A Scottish Journey Part 1](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/06/18/enjoying-britain-a-scottish-journey-part-1/) - description of part of a visit to Scotland in May 2014. - [The inspirational Dorothy Walker](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/04/08/the-inspirational-dorothy-walker/) - a tribute to the late Dorothy Walker of Bellerby - [Elizabeth Anne Brett](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/02/27/elizabeth-anne-brett/) - [Pioneering Girls' Schools in South Africa](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/04/03/pioneering-in-south-africa/) - story of first Society for Promoting Female Education in the East - SPFEE - agents in South Africa - [YDNPA - February to December 2012](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/12/14/ydnpaplanningfebruarytodecember2012/) - reports of YDNPA planning committee meetings February to December 2012 - [John "Peter" Leyland](https://www.pipspatch.com/2010/07/01/john-peter-leyland/) - Quaker memorial to John 'Peter' Leyland of Bainbridge, Wensleydale, including his association with the Friends Ambulance Unit in China - [A Bainbridge family: Peter Leyland and the Tipladys](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/02/28/a-bainbridge-family-peter-leyland-and-the-tipladys/) - story of the Tipladys and the Leylands who ran shop in Bainbridge, Wensleydale - [Reflections on K Satthianadhan's "Saguna"](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/02/12/reflections-on-k-satthianadhans-saguna/) - how Krupabai Satthianadhan's 'Saguna' resonates with working classes in England - [Enjoying Britain - from Woodbrooke to Corbets Tey](https://www.pipspatch.com/2014/02/05/enjoying-britainfrom-woodbrooke-to-corbets-tey/) - Visiting Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, Gloucester Docks and onto Corbets Tey - [Anna Satthianadhan: her schools and her legacy](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/11/23/anna-satthianadhan-her-schools-and-her-legacy/) - story of Anna Satthianadhan in Madras (Chennai) in mid to late 19th century - [Aysgarth Church and the "Heroine of Cawnpore"](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/12/06/aysgarth-church-and-the-heroine-of-cawnpore/) - Aysgarth church and Ann Fraser, the Heroine of Cawnpore, and Lt Thomas Fawcett Wray - [Enjoying Britain - Southend pier and a nuclear bunker](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/12/05/enjoying-britainsouthend-pier-and-a-nuclear-bunker/) - visits to Southend Pier and the Secret Nuclear Bunker at Kelvedon Hatch - [Mary Ann Cooke Wilson and her Kolkata schools](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/04/17/mary-anne-cooke-wilson-and-her-kolkata-schools/) - Mary Ann Cooke Wilson's career opening and supervising schools in Kolkata 1820 to around 1840. - [Sophia Cooke's Mission](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/08/07/sophia-cookes-mission/) - Sophia Cooke of the Chinese Girls' School in Singapore and her mission in Singapore - [Wensley church - the story writer's church](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/10/12/wensley-churchthe-story-writers-church/) - about Holy Trinity church in Wensley, Wensleydale - [St Simon and St Jude's, Ulshaw Bridge](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/11/07/st-simon-and-st-judes-ulshaw-bridge/) - story of Ulshaw Bridge RC church and Danby Hall recusants - [YDNPA - Inconsistencies and gobbledygook revisited](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/07/17/ydnpa-inconsistencies-and-gobbledygook-revisited/) - [YDNPA - A Call for Justice](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/01/25/ydnpaa-call-for-justice/) - the injustice of how the YDNPA has dealt with a barn conversion at Hawkswick, Littondale - [Into the harems of Egypt](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/01/18/into-the-harems-of-egypt/) - in the 1830s Alice Holliday opened the first school for girls in Egypt and was invited to teach the women in the Viceroy's harem. - [Eliza Thornton - a singular success](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/02/09/eliza-thornton-a-singular-success/) - story of Eliza Thornton, sent to Batavia / Jakarta in 1836 by the Society for Promoting Girls' Education in the East (SPFEE), to run girls' schools. - [The Saga of Miss Wallace](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/02/01/the-saga-of-miss-wallace/) - continuing Pioneering Girls' Education with the story of Mary Christie Wallace, who also taught at Malacca Free School - [Single women not wanted](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/01/25/single-women-not-wanted/) - story of Maria Newell in Malacca and then as Maria Gutzlaff in Bangkok between 1827 and 1831 - [Pentecost at Aysgarth Church](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/06/09/pentecost-at-aysgarth-church/) - Pentecost mobile created for St Andrew's church, Aysgarth. - [Lakes to Dales National Park Boundary Extensions](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/04/16/lakes-to-dales-national-park-boundary-extensions/) - statement by Association of Rural Communities concerning the extension of the Yorkshire Dales and Lakes National Parks. - [YDNP - A call for justice answered](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/02/13/ydnpa-call-for-justice-answered/) - report on the decision of the YDNPA February meeting of planning committee regarding the lifting of a Section 52 agreement on a barn conversion in Hawkswick in Littondale, N Yorks. - [Enjoying Britain - West Mersea and Audley End](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/05/29/enjoying-britainwest-mersea-and-audley-end/) - a visit to West Mersea and Audley End in Essex - [Aysgarth Reflections](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/01/14/aysgarth-reflections/) - Personal memories of Aysgarth in Wensleydale - [Enjoying Britain](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/03/11/enjoying-britain/) - a travel blog of travels around Britain - [Enjoying Britain–Ironbridge](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/04/25/enjoying-britainironbridge/) - report of visit to Ironbridge, Shropshire - [Boris and Clare Anderson](https://www.pipspatch.com/2013/05/05/boris-and-clare-anderson/) - obituaries for the Rev Dr Boris Anderson and of Clare Anderson, friends of Taiwan - [YDNPA- inconsistencies and gobbledygook](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/10/12/ydnpa-inconsistencies-and-gobbledygook/) - further report on the October 2012 meeting of the YDNPA planning committee - [You're Joking!](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/01/04/youre-joking/) - a Yorkshire Terrier in lamb's coat and a cocker spaniel in knickers - [A charter for girls' education](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/01/16/schools-for-girls-the-world-over/) - introduction to the Society for Promotion of Female Education in the East which which pioneered girls' education in Africa, China and India - [The Quaker Inheritance](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/02/25/the-quaker-inheritance/) - How SPFEE was able to pioneer girls school overseas partly thanks to the Quaker inheritance. - [Camping in the Yorkshire Dales National Park](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/06/16/camping-in-the-yorkshire-dales-national-park/) - ARC News Service press release concerning debate at YDNPA planning committee about camping and touring caravan sites in the Yorkshire Dales - [Aysgarth Falls](https://www.pipspatch.com/2012/01/04/aysgarth-falls/) - Aysgarth Falls in spate and in drought - [YDNPA boundary extensions - a planning officer's view](https://www.pipspatch.com/2011/06/23/ydnpa-boundary-extensions-a-planning-officers-view/) - Mike Warden's comparison of National Parks with District Councils and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty - AONB - [YDNPA boundary extensions - a personal view](https://www.pipspatch.com/2011/06/15/ydnpa-boundary-extensions-a-personal-view/) - Cumbria County Coun Kevin Lancaster's view of the proposed extensions to the Yorkshire Dales National Park by Natural England ## Pages - 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