Meadows and Moorland ~ A Guided Farm Walk ~ 9th June 2013

Guided Farm Walk

 

Sunday 9th June 2013

 

11.00 - 13.00

 

Please meet at The Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre at 10.45 a.m.

 

 

 

Join local hill farmer, Chris Calvert, for a pleasant yet informative walk through hay meadows and onto the moor and discover more about farming and the way of life of a dale's farmer.

The walk finally meanders through pastures adjacent to the River Swale where you will see the Swaledale ewe with her twin lambs.

 

Please visit www.tkrc.org.uk for full details, contact Glenda Calvert glenda_calvert@hotmail.co.uk  to reserve a place or just arrive at The Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre at 10.45 a.m. on 9th June.  All welcome.

The A-Z of Upper Swaledale; a Swaledale Alphabet

The second project undertaken, jointly, with the Keld Resource Centre and Reeth & Gunnerside School was an A-Z of Upper Swaledale. 
The children chose to use the school colours, purple and gold, for the block letters of the alphabet.  To describe the leaflet they chose the line 'Beautiful dale, home of the Swale' taken from the dale's most popular & evocative song 'Swaledale'.

Year 5 & 6 pupils with their original pen and ink drawings


After listing everything the children could think of that makes Swaledale special, each child was allocated a letter and they worked on creating a pen and ink image.

 

 The Keld Resource Centre is very grateful to school staff member, Mr Robbie Kelly who gave his time to format the children's artwork for the finished leaflet.

The A-Z guide will be available in tourist information points, pubs, hotels & cafes between Keld and Reeth and at The Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre.

Forging Links with Young People in The Dale

Its always heartening to see young people in Keld.  During the school holidays there are often lots of children here on holiday; camping, caravanning or in holiday cottages. 

 

But what about our own dale's children?  Where do they go school?  Certainly not in Keld as the village school closed in 1973.  For many years the children travelled to Gunnerside for their primary education and then to Richmond (a good hour by coach for some).  They still do go to Richmond for their secondary education but recently Gunnerside Methodist Controlled Primary School confederated with Reeth Primary School and now children are educated on both sites.

 

  Since 2012 The Keld Resource Centre has developed close links with Reeth & Gunnerside Primary School and worked with the children and staff on two projects.  The first being....

Showing You The Way........ 
A Children's Guide from Keld to Muker

There are plenty of maps, leaflets and literature available for adults in any tourist outlet but very few to interest children so together with the Year 6 pupils we set about producing a children's guide of the walk between Keld and Muker.





 On 11th June 2012 the Year 6 children came to Keld and we followed the River Swale to Muker only branching off the path to explore Crackpot Hall.  As we walked, the children made notes and sketches and took photographs of what interested them and what they thought visiting children might like to know more about. 

 

Crossing the River Swale at Ramps Holme Bridge

 

Finally making our way through the famous hay meadows at  Muker Bottoms.

 

Back in the classroom the children used their recorded notes and observations to create the illustrations for the map, made contributions to the text and decided upon a name for the guide,

Showing You The Way.........  

 



The guide was completed and printed in time for the summer holidays.  These children, about to start the walk with their parents, were delighted to find a guide especially designed with them in mind.

If you are in Keld please pick up a copy of Showing You The Way.... from
The Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre