ASKRIGG parish council, which has been asked to nominate a trustee to serve on the board of the Low Mill Outdoor Education Centre, should look for somebody strong, outspoken, and probably female, members heard at their recent meeting. “There are no women at all on that board. It needs somebody local, somebody really strong who’s not afraid to speak their mind,” said Councillor Greta Kirkbride. Clerk to the council Karen Lynch said Low Mill had told the council it wanted to strengthen ties, and although the nominee need not be a council member, he or she would be a representative and report back to members. Anyone interested should contact Mrs Lynch on 01969 650909, email karenaskriggpc@sky.com or see any member of the parish council.
A RESIDENT who was knocked down by a car in the main street of Askrigg asked Askrigg and Low Abbotside Parish Council to take seriously the problem of “illegal” pavement parking in the village at a meeting conducted via Zoom. Tony Hutchinson of Brecon Bar said in an email that “sooner or later someone will get killed. No more procrastinating; this illegal parking on the pavement throughout the village has to be taken more seriously and addressed as a matter of urgency,” he wrote. Another resident, Cathy Gosling of Silver Street, raised the difficulty of exiting the street into the main road. Many people drove too fast down the hill and if vans or large cars were parked outside Skeldale House on the right or the village shop on the left, it was “virtually impossible” to see what was coming.