With many schools finally breaking up this week, this weekend sees the start of summer holiday events at a number of places. As I'm away in Holland next week I thought I'd just pick out some ideas of what's on over that period and then will do a weekly round up when I'm back.
The first of the summer shows kicked off last weekend with the Malton Show. If you missed that one here's some alternatives taking place over the holidays:
The Ryedale Show is on Tuesday, July 27th at Welburn Park, Kirbymoorside. Advance tickets are available from Cundalls in Malton. This show advertises itself as 'probably North Yorkshire's biggest and best one day agricultural show'. We went to this one last year and had a good day out.
I think this year we'll try the Thornton le Dale Show which is on Wednesday, August 4th from 9am-8pm. Sheepdog, falconry, gun dog and mountain bike stunt displays are just a few of the events going on.
Boon Hill Show at Newton upon Rawcliffe is on Saturday, August 14th starting at 12 noon. Tel 01751 472410 for details.
Rosedale Show is on Saturday, August 21st. Tel 01751 417740 for details.
Farndale Show is on Monday, August 30th.
Otherwise, here are a few other events happening over the next week or so:
Love in Shakespeare is a medley of Shakespeare's most popular plays and will be performed outdoors by Heartbreak Theatre Co. at Mount Grace Priory on Thursday, July 22nd at 7.30pm. Gates from 6.45pm.
Cheer on fully armoured knights as they head into mounted combat in a medieval jousting event at Scarborough Castle on Saturday and Sunday, July 24th & 25th from 11am-5pm. We went last year to this event and the kids really enjoyed it. The castle is well worth a visit even if only for its unique location. It boasts breathtaking views across Scarborough's two bays and the old town with its lovely Georgian architecture is the town's hidden gem.
Time Travellers Go....Pirate Academy is on throughout summer at Whitby Abbey from Saturday, July 24th to Friday, August 27th from 11am-5pm. Again, we must have been doing the rounds of English Heritage properties and events as we also ended up at one of their pirate events. The kids got to take part in sword practices and see real canon fire.
Time Travellers Go....Medieval Knight and Princess School takes place at Scarborough Castle weekly throughout the holidays but not weekends from 11am-5pm. Kids can undergo some squire training, arts, crafts and storytelling and try on some knight's armour.
Rievaulx Abbey has a Herb Hunt, a children's trail around the ruins. Again this is a lovely place to take a picnic and the kids seem to spend hours enjoying themselves discovering all the different areas of the ruins.
An Ideal Husband is Heartbreak Theatre Company's open air performance at Helmsley Castle on Wednesday, July 28th at 7.30pm. Doors at 6.45pm.
Fighting Knights is on at Scarborough Castle every weekend from July 31st to Bank Holiday Monday, August 30th. See a pair of fully armoured medieval knights embark on hand to hand combat with sword and poleaxe plus other medieval-themed events.
The Dinosaur Coast team at Scarborough Museums Trust which includes the fantastic Rotunda Museum has a great range of events on including Dinosaur discovery days, Fossil hunts and Evening strolls. Events are £3 each. My husband took the boys on one of their fossil hunts last year and they all really enjoyed it. The leader explained what to look our for during the hunt and they were able to break open rocks with hammers to find hidden fossils.
This year the team has divided their days up into areas starting off with Middle Jurassic in The North York Moors National Park from Monday, July 26th to Friday, July 30th. Then comes Upper Jurassic in Scarborough and Filey from Monday, August 9th to Friday, August 13th.
Finally there's Lower Jurassic in Whitby from Monday, August 23rd to Friday, August 27th.
Ryedale Folk Museum is holding a Yorkshire Archaeology Weekend and Yorkshire Day on Saturday, July 31st & Sunday, August 1st.
Scarborough Art Gallery has 'Mog' themed workshops throughout the summer from Tuesday, July 27th. Mog's author, Judith Kerr, will visit the gallery on Sunday, August 8th to read one of her favourite stories. The events tie in with their current exhibition, From the Tiger who came to Tea to Mog and Pink Rabbit - A Judith Kerr exhibition. This runs until September 17th.
The art gallery is such a charming place. It is slightly shabby, a bit crumbly in parts but well worth a visit if you are in Scarborough. There's a dressing up area for kids and basic refreshments on offer. They really do put on some impressive exhibitions too. You can get a joint ticket for the Rotunda which is next door too.
National Parks Week runs from July 25th to August 1st with events at the centre at Danby and Sutton Bank. There are a number of events to coincide with this including art and crafts, woodland walks, archaeology tours, climbing events, archery, fossil identification, pot making, candle rolling etc.
Mini Beast Mayhem is at The Bridestones on Wednesday, July 28th at 1pm. Meet at Dalby Forest car park. £2 each. Booking essential on 01723 870423.
If there is anything else you see going on that you would like me to include please leave me a comment.
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