Scruton News
Latest news from Scruton village and surrounding area. See here for the latest parish newsletters.
Virtual Screen Scruton – April
In lieu of the usual SCREEN SCRUTON which would normally have taken place today at the Village Hall, I have instead produced an alternative Virtual Screen Scruton.
Support Local Business
It’s important that we all do whatever we can to support local businesses for their survival through this crisis. The Coore Arms can provide take-away food and home delivery. Spring House Farm is also doing take-away and food-for-collection. Whites Butcher is open and supplying, and the Egg Shed is open for collections. Malcom Barker sells…
Footpath along Station Road
The Parish Council have been notified that North Yorkshire County Council have rejected the request for a footpath from the A684 to the Scruton Station. The Parish Council has offered to provide Hi-Viz vests to any one who needs to walk this road, particularly during the hours of darkness. Please contact the Clerk to request…
Frank Burns
It is with great sadness that we learned recently about the death of Frank Burns, age 87. He was a long-time resident of Scruton until moving into sheltered accommodation in Bedale and then into care in York. Frank lived in Meadow Drive with his wife Barbara, and initially with their 3 children, Stephen, Sally and…
Sky at Night – April 2020
Venus continues to dominate the western sky throughout April and will be very close to the open cluster of the Pleiades from 1st to 5th of the month with the best view being on 2 April. Through binoculars this will be a fantastic sight with the many stars of the cluster, and you should be…
Nature Notes – April 2020
Spring has finally arrived, the dawn chorus is well underway and skylarks are singing. Daylight is rapidly increasing, encouraging the re-birth of plant and animal life. Those of you with ponds will no doubt have plenty of frog spawn (photo thanks to Liz Davies) which will be followed by toad spawn towards the end of…
Welcome to Scruton
A a new village information booklet has been delivered to every house in the parish along with this newsletter. The plan had been to launch this publication at the newcomers Welcome Evening on 27 March, which of course is now postponed until after the coronavirus crisis. In the meantime, you may be interested to see…
Scruton WhatsApp Group
Because its so important to keep in touch as this pressing time, Fiona Fawcett (Plewsy) has set up a WhatsApp group purely for the exchange of key information and facts to help us all through the stressful time during the Coronavirus restrictions. If you think this would be useful or you want to be included…
Informal Walking Group
A group of us are going to try to get out walking regularly, until we’re completely locked down perhaps. Weather permitting, if you’re interested in a short stroll, in ones or twos in accordance with latest guidelines, meet on the Village Green at 10 a.m. any Monday, Wednesday or Friday morning. Take all the precautions…
Recent Notice of Corona Cancellations – corrected email
We have heard that the following have been cancelled for all the reasons you’d expect and in line with government guidelines and until further notice
Covid-19 Advice
Do you need someone to help you with food shopping, prescriptions, posting mail, or any other urgent essentials?
Ham Hall Lane
The Parish Council have been notified that Ham Hall Lane is now officially closed for a six month period. This is a formal/official closure rather than the informal arrangement which was the case previously.
Scruton Sky at Night – March 2020
The second of this year’s ‘supermoons’ will occur on the evening of 9 March. On the morning of 19 March at around 6 am there will be a very thin crescent moon with several planets adjacent as shown in the image below. You should at least be able to see Jupiter & Mars.
Nature Notes – March 2020
February has proven to be an extremely wet and windy month with the Swale breaking its banks on three occasions. The large areas of flood land have attracted blackheaded and herring gulls, together with lapwing, golden plover and curlew, all of which will be dispersing to their breeding grounds within the next week or two.…
Vote For Scruton! Wonderful Village Photo
The Coore Memorial Hall committee have entered the picture shown below into Allied Westminster’s “Wonderful Village” competition. The theme of the competition is Village Life – a photo which characterises the value of community in your village. The competition aims to celebrate village life and especially the contribution that village halls and people doing things make to…
Scruton History Group
An ‘inaugural’ gathering of Scruton History Group is set for Friday 28 February, 10:30 am at the Old Rectory.
Dog Fouling on Footpaths
Dog owners are reminded that it is a criminal offence if a person in charge of a dog fails to remove the faeces when their dog defecates on designated land.
Pedestrian Safety
Please take extra care during winter months around Scruton and especially along Station Road to the Lane End where there is no pavement or street lighting. Remember: Face the oncoming traffic. Where there is no pavement, keep to the right-hand side of the road, facing oncoming traffic. If you come to a sharp right-hand bend,…
Scruton helps to End Polio
Many villagers have supported Janet Crampton’s fundraising efforts for Rotary Charities, including the End Polio Now campaign which aims to see the worldwide eradication of polio.
Scruton Sky at Night – February 2020
On the evening of 8 February we will witness the first of four “supermoons” occurring in 2020. Supermoons are also know as wolf moon, hunters moon or harvest moon but the astronomically correct name is perigee full moon.
Nature Notes February 2020
Winter has been very mild and wet, resulting in large pools of water in fields attracting Little Egrets.
Nature Notes – Jan 2020
At this time of the year with darkness dominating the day, most birds spend much of their time roosting. Larger birds such as rooks, jackdaws and pigeons will often form huge roosts both for protection and warmth. Many birds have the ability to sleep with one eye open, i.e. shutting down half the brain while…
Speeding
An increase in speeding through the village has been noted in recent weeks and motorists are reminded of the importance of keeping strictly to the speed limit.
Christmas Tree Disposal
Christmas trees will be collected in January if they are chopped up and put in the green bin. Note: this service is for garden waste subscribers (see above).