These Allen Valleys, East and West, are blessed with the most idiosyncratic, and lovely, places for events. And sometimes, because the places are so fetching, the events grow up around them. Something like that has happened at The Garden Station,…
The flu jab . . . an autumnal routine
As the autumn rolls in, it’s time once again for the annual flu jab, if you’re part of the population for whom such a preventative strategy is deemed cost-effective by the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). That…
Isaac’s Well flows again!
It may not look like much, the little fountain just left of the roadway entrance to Arnison Close, and it might typically be parked up as well, but Isaac’s Well, a Grade II listed structure, is part and parcel of…
‘Music in Allendale’ — last concert of the season
It’s hard to believe that the group promoting chamber music in Allendale has been going since 1992. A brainchild of members from the Northern Sinfonia, the idea caught on and helped to place Allendale on the musical map of the…
Old idea, new venue: Car Boot Sale at the Sports Ground
I haven’t been to very many Car Boot Sales, but I have a fair idea what to expect: lots of cars or tables spread out over the area, and lots of people ambling about looking at the offerings, hoping for…
Rounding out the season . . . The Allen Valley & King’s Head Leek Club Show
Offering that extra bit of time for the super vegetables to increase in size, the Allen Valley & King’s Head Leek Club Show entries are on display tomorrow late afternoon, some three weeks after the ‘Allendale Flower Show.’ I may…
The Spice Mill: Indian Takeaway
Early in July, on the 10th actually, the Spice Mill posted a succinct notice in Allendale area notices: effective immediately, the business was consolidating into a take-away enterprise only. There was some consternation, but mostly folks were glad that the…
Planning for the last third of the diary’s year . . .
Suddenly, we’re into the last third of the year, as a kind soul reminded me just as we turned into September. And since it’s a work term, maybe a prospective look at what’s coming up in this last big slice…
River upland reforestation
Several years ago, we saw the new green anti-rabbit/deer/sheep protectors standing tall on the river bank. It must have been a new environmental venture, with some tangible financial reward for the landowner, but we scoffed: they’ll fail; the sheep will…