Farmer Vanessa Dobson with her daughter Beth and son Lewis at the family farm in Lythe. The Dobson’s have just launched a new milk vending machine serving fresh milk and milkshakes. Picture: Ceri Oakes
The farming family behind Lythe’s new milk vending machine
by Emma Ryan
Four farming generations ago, Lythe farmer, Eric Dobson, milked his own cows and sold the milk door-to-door in Sandsend. There were no supermarket contracts or price wars back then. On the back of what has been a turbulent few years for the farming industry, the same Dobson family farming business, some 80 years later, has… →
Aislaby Show returns after 40 year hiatus as local village show season gets underway
by Emma Ryan
A day off from the farm, a family day out, villages and communities coming together in the countryside – not to mention an award winning lemon curd or the best baked pie being shown with pride. The first agricultural and country shows to take place in Yorkshire date back to the late 1700s. Some 250… →
National Park having to build more houses because of second homes and holiday lets
by Emma Ryan
“For every house we are building, we are losing three to second homes and holiday lets.” This, along with “an explosion in Airbnbs” has become a priority problem for the North York Moors National Park (NYMNP), which says it is, “for the first time”, looking at expanding its villages with developments of housing on the… →
Lythe Shop warns it will close amid calls for new volunteers to help run it
by Emma Ryan
Lythe Shop is facing an uncertain future unless it can recruit new volunteers and committee members to keep it going. The current committee has said it can keep running it to the end of the year but is keen to hand over the responsibilities to younger people with fresh ideas, drive and energy. There has… →
Mulgrave Estate opens up new walking routes which have remained hidden for years
by Emma Ryan
A new series of walks have been created on the Mulgrave Estate – opening up paths, woodland, farmland and heritage features which have previously been private to the public. Around two thirds of the 17.4 mile combined network follow new concessionary paths, created especially for this project, which is the brainchild of Lord Normanby who… →
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