HPS…. dates for your diary

President’s outings - make sure you can enter the coming season’s “Outings” competition category

This month’s undated outing, go anytime in June, is “Aspects of Airedale”. urban & rural, the Industrial Revolution. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airedalehttps://www.visitbradford.com/explore/saltaire

There is a further dated outing on 21 June, ‘Cold War wheels’ (Cars & bikes of the 60s, 70s & 80s) at the Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington,near York. Tickets available online see -https://yorkshireairmuseum.org/plan-your-visit/events/  On 27-28 June, there is ‘Skipton in the 14th Century’ . Reenactors in action at Skipton Castle. Tickets available online - see https://www.welcometoskipton.com/events/skipton-during-the-14th-century/  On 28 June, there’s the additional attraction of Skipton Sheep Day - see https://www.welcometoskipton.com/events/sheep-day/

JULY

The Undated outing is ‘Saltburn and Paddy’s Hole’. Saltburn always provides good photo opportunities and Paddy’s Hole is good to visit –https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/places-to-go/saltburn-by-the-seahttps://fabulousnorth.com/paddys-hole/

Durham Coach trip, organised by Mike Hudson – 18 July

The “Gravity Games’ at Harewood Hill Climb – 25-26 July – Soapbox racing – Tickets can be bought online - https://www.gravity-games.co.uk

AUGUST

No undated outing in August, but a bumper bundle of dated ones. For English Civil war enactment fans – Skipton Castle – ‘The Trayned Bandes, the English Civil War’ – 1-2 Augusthttps://www.welcometoskipton.com/events/trayned-bandes-the-english-civil-war/ Tickets can be bought online.

Ripley Show – a local event – 9 August – https://www.ripleyshow.co.uk - Tickets can be bought online

‘G-George 1940s Weekend’, Breighton Airfield, near Selby - 15-16 August – A Spitfire evening display is scheduled – Rare vintage aircraft in the air and on the ground – reenactor village – tickets can be bought online - https://temp.realaero.com/bugle.html