CRAVEN CONSERVATION GROUP EVENTS             Oct-Nov 2002

Thu 3 Oct 9.30am

Conservation Work Party See below

Fri 4 - Mon 7 Oct 9.45am	Fun with fungi. Joint meeting with the Mycological Section of the Yorkshire Naturalists Union. Some members of the Mid Yorkshire Fungus Group will also be present. We will go for a foray (walk to find fungi) each day starting at 9.45am. We will examine the fungi in the late afternoon and evening based at the Methodist Church Hall, Settle. Come for a morning, a day, an evening or for all the sessions. Please contact J Allinson EVERYTHING FOR THE 4-7 OCT BELOW IS PROVISIONAL If you are considering coming by train, here are the approximate train times. Do check at your local station too: Leeds 8.49 , Bradford FS 8.49 Shipley 9.02 .. Arrive Settle 9.49 Depart Settle 18.01 …Arrive Shipley 18.48, Leeds 19.05 Brad 19.01 Lancaster 7.15 Carnforth 7.24 ……Arrive Giggleswick 7.57 Depart Giggleswick 17.53…. Arrive Lancaster 18.36 Carlisle 8.58 ………Arrive Settle 10.34 Depart Settle 18 55 ……… Arrive Carlisle 20.34
Fri 4 Oct 9.45am. 4.30pm ish 7.30pm for 8pm	Fungus Foray: Meet at Settle Meth Church Hall ready to go to Hesley Moss SD 784 603 (Park SD 785 601). Later in the day we will visit Hollow Gill Wood SD 803 503 and maybe later try the moorland at Rathmell Common SD 775 616 Please contact J Allinson before coming to confirm details of site visits. WELLINGTON BOOTS, are vital for Hesley Moss and hiking boots recommended for the woodland site. Settle Meth Church Hall to spend time identifying the specimens. Come and share your finds with the experts.. and learn from them the names of some of your specimens. We will have a beginners' table Coffee and biscuits and look at fungi ready for.. Slide show: FUNGI part 1. Open to the public. Settle Methodist Church Hall
Sat 5 Oct 9.45am. 4.30pm ish 7.30pm 8pm	Fungus Foray Day 2: Meet at Settle Methodist Church Hall ready to go to Cleatop Park SD 818 611. A wood/plantation with oak and pine, owned by the National Park which is getting local Nature Reserve status. (on Millstone Grit) Later in the day we will visit grassland nearby, Please contact J Allinson before coming to confirm details of site visits Settle Meth Church Hall to spend time identifying the specimens. Come and share your finds with the experts.. and learn from them the names of some of your specimens. We will have a beginners' table Please contact J Allinson before coming to confirm details of site visits Coffee and biscuits and look at fungi ready for.. Slide show: FUNGI part 2. Open to the public. Settle Methodist Church Hall
Sun 6 Oct 9.45am. 4.30pm ish	Fungus Foray Day 3: Meet at Settle Methodist Church Hall ready to go to Limestone Grassland Location to be confirmed, But will include Winskill Stones Nature Reserve. and several other places.. Please contact J Allinson before coming to confirm details of site visits Settle Meth Church Hall to spend time identifying the specimens. Come and share your finds with the experts.. and learn from them the names of some of your specimens. We will have a beginners' table
Mon 7 Oct 9.45am.	Fungus Foray: Day 4: Meet at Settle Meth Church Hall ready to go to Black's Plantation SD 828 625. Please contact J Allinson before coming to confirm details of site visits

Thu 17 Oct 9.30am	Conservation Work Party at Lord's Pasture See below
Sun 27 Oct 10.00am	Conservation Work Party with John Osborne. See below
Thur 31 Oct 9.30am	Conservation Work Party at Lord's Pasture. See below
1 Nov 7.30pm	Natural history slide show at Linton Court Gallery, Settle (Opposite the Golden Lion)
Sat 9 Nov 8.00am	Birdwatching trip to Morecambe Bay, for wintering wildfowl and shorebirds, with Gerald Light. Sites visited will probably include Heysham and Hest Bank. Meet at Settle swimming pool car park to share transport, and bring waterproofs, boots or stout waterproof shoes and packed lunch.
Sun 10 Nov 10.00pm	Conservation Work Party with John Osborne. See below
Thur Nov 14 9.30am	Conservation Work Party with John Osborne. See below
Sun 24 Nov 10.00am	Conservation Work Party with John Osborne. See below
18 Nov 7.30pm	AGM and Members slides at Linton Court Gallery Settle
Dec 7.30pm	Social event ... still being planned
14 Jan 7.30pm	Planning Meeting All members of Craven conservation Group welcome - indeed, needed.. Come and enjoy planning this year's events and meeting other members of the group
Sat 1 March 2003	Yorkshire Naturalists Union Conference at Harrogate: (at The Swallow Hotel) In 2003 the theme will be Natural History of the Yorkshire Dales

EVENTS OF OTHER GROUPS

Now you can find out about events run by the Yorkshire Naturalists Union (YNU) at their website and by some of the forty or so other natural history societies throughout Yorkshire which are affiliated to the YNU

English Nature Conservation working parties in Craven Conservation Group local area:

Contact John Osborne 07967 971523 for details

Thu 3 Oct 9.30 Lord's Pasture, Giggleswick Thu 17 Oct 9.30 Lord's Pasture, Giggleswick Sun 27 Oct 10.00 Colt Park Barn Thu 31 Oct 9.30 Colt Park Barn Sun 10 Nov 10.00 Colt Park Barn Thu 14 Nov 9.30 Colt Park Barn Sun 24 Nov 10.00 Colt Park Barn for the Lord's Pasture Events meet at Settle Swimming Pool car park at 9.30 am. for the Colt Park Wood events, meet at Colt Park Barn. By PRIOR ARRANGEMENT ONLY It is also possible to meet at Settle Swimming Pool Car Park half an hour earlier than the stated times If you have not been on a conservation work day before, it is doubly necessary that you contact John beforehand for insurance purposes. Work will involve tree planting, checking recently planted saplings and sycamore scrub control. Contact John Osborne 07967 971523 for details. Bring waterproofs, boots, packed lunch, and make sure your tetanus vaccination is up to date. .