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National park team hits landmark
A GROUP of volunteers who have helped tend to one of Yorkshire’s national parks for the last decade have celebrated the landmark anniversary.
Three of the current group – Alan Bailey, Eric Lee and Vera Silberberg – attended the very first task to help maintain the North York Moors National Park. The Hobs, as the group is known, got together for a meal to commemorate 10 years of work looking after the national park’s rights of way and wildlife.
Founding member Mr Bailey said: “I saw an article regarding starting a volunteers group at around the time that I was about to retire and the idea appealed to me. My wife and I were, and still are keen, walkers particularly within the national park and it seemed a positive way of putting something back and saying thanks.”
The volunteers meet every Tuesday to carry out tasks including footpath clearance, drystone walling, tree planting and fence repairs. The Hobs are named after the mythical creatures that supposedly live in the national park and help with household chores and farm work. More information about volunteering is available from Jo Dowson on 01439 770657.
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