#Ripon

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Red deer stag bellowing on a cold autumn morning

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A Night at the Cricket

I'll be honest, it wasn't our first choice destination on Wednesday...but as I turned into the entrance of the chosen game, we were confronted by a roller sitting in the middle of the pitch and not a sight-nor-sound of leather on willow.

So, there was a quick re-evaluation of our destination and the decision was made to go to Dacre Banks for their crucial game against Killinghall - both teams finding themselves in danger of relegation on this last day of the Harrogate & District Amateur Evening Cricket League.

Now anyone reading these few words wanting a match report - I'm sorry, that's not what is going to happen here. Huge spoiler alert - Killinghall won to retain their Division Two status, and Dacre Banks had the ignominy of ending the season at the bottom of the table.

Sorry about that...but I didn't want to bring you here on false pretences. So why the words?

Well, I think that after about 14 years of covering the local leagues, I have to admit that the HDAECL is probably my favourite league to cover.

Why? It isn't taken that seriously...well, that's probably a little unfair. It is taken seriously, but it is the league that is probably enjoyed the most by the players that take part.

They seem to enjoy it more partly because it isn't one of the Saturday leagues, or Sunday cup games...the teams can relax and enjoy playing cricket, for playing cricket's sake.

That's how it comes across to people sitting on the boundary - there are smiles, jokes, friendly goading, players winding each other up, and generally fun being had.

So it is with some sadness that this last Wednesday evening was the final round of games for 2024. Roll on 2025.

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//The great survivor! 1,349-year old crypt in Ripon Cathedral

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Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire, ENGLAND

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Great east stained glass window of Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire, England

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Members of the congregation take part in a candlelit procession as they attend the Candlemas festival Eucharist service at Ripon Cathedral

Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters

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3rd August

St Wilfrid’s Procession

Source: Visit Ripon website

On the first Saturday in August, the St Wilfrid Feast Procession takes place at Ripon in North Yorkshire. Wilfrid had been exiled from England and returned in triumph in 686. As he approached his former bishopric of Ripon, he fell ill and nearly died. After five days hovering on the brink, the bishop recovered and said that during his illness, he had had a vision of a holy procession going through the town. The people of Ripon duly obliged by commencing an annual parade on or about 3rd August in the saint’s honour. A selected man, attired in bishop’s robes, leads the parade through the streets and to the church. The delicacy of the day is Wilfrid Pie, made up of apples, sugar and cheese. Whatever the actual origin of the tradition, it does appear to be as much as nine hundred years old.

Today was also the day when Bell-Belt Day, a raucous event which had its origins in enthusiastic bell carrying monks seeking to drum up church goers by running through the streets at midnight, clanking, was celebrated in Congleton, Cheshire, during the Congleton Wakes. For some reason the bells, attached to a leather belt, eventually fell into the hands of the local sweeps, who soon turned ithe tradition into an excuse for extreme drunkenness. As a result the town corporation eventaually shut down Bell-Belt Day in the mid-19th century.

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Sacramento Great Room Kitchen A picture of a medium-sized, elegant, open-concept kitchen with a farmhouse sink, shaker cabinets, medium-tone wood cabinets, quartz countertops, colored appliances, an island, and white countertops is shown with a vinyl floor and a brown floor.

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One Last Time

Saturday was the final day of the Theakston Nidderdale League for 2024...and I headed to Sicklinghall.

You can read all about the day on John Fuller's Cricket Yorkshire - it features some exclusive images as well.

Follow this link to go directly to the article.

It was great to be at a game involved in promotion...and with so many potential outcomes for Thornton-le-Moor, Ripley, and Sicklinghall - it was a tough one to decided where to go!

I think it was lucky to be involved at the game that mattered, with Sicklinghall going up by the difference in the net run rate.

North Stainley played their part in what was a competitive game of cricket and a season finale.

The season may have just finished, but planning for the indoor winter leagues is underway and so is the planning for summer 2025.

If I've visited a game you've been involved in and taken photos, they are available to purchase either as a social media download or in print format.

Take a look at our prices and FAQs on our website here.

A article about the season just gone is currently being written and a larger pictorial look-back is being put together for later on this year...keep an eye out for both!

So, with the games scheduled for this Sunday all marked as conceded...my outdoor grassroots season appears to be at an end. Thank you to all the clubs that welcomed me this summer - the final count hasn't been completed, but it it certainly over 60 games!

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''Ripon Millenary, A Record of the Festival'', 1892 Source

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A former monastery, Ripon Cathedral is going strong after 1350 years

Yorkshire's Gothic gem was founded by St Wilfrid in the 7th century

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Will McDuffie, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, and Fritz Farrow at ABC News:

MADISON, Wis. -- Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney introduced Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in Wisconsin on Thursday, citing the “critical moment in our nation’s history” which has led her to vote for a Democrat for the first time in her life. Cheney, the former co-chair of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, laid out former President Donald Trump's actions on that day before telling the crowd, “I don’t care if you are a Democrat or a Republican or an independent. That is depravity, and we must never become numb to it. Any person who would do these things can never be trusted with power again.” “What January 6 shows us is that there is not an ounce – not an ounce – of compassion in Donald Trump," Cheney said. "He is petty, he is vindictive, and he is cruel, and Donald Trump is not fit to lead this good and great nation." Cheney is among a handful of prominent Republicans, including her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, who have pledged to support Harris' bid, but her endorsement, as one of former President Donald Trump's most outspoken critics within the party, is one that Harris hopes to leverage in crucial states like Wisconsin, whose margins are expected to be razor thin.

Cheney represented Wyoming in the House for three terms, but she lost her 2022 primary against Trump-backed Harriet Hageman, a one-time Cheney adviser. As she addressed the crowd Cheney said, "we are bound together by the one thing that matters to us as Americans more than any other, and that's our duty to our Constitution and our belief in the miracle and the blessing of this incredible nation." "We have a shared commitment as Americans to ensuring that future generations live in a nation where power is transferred peacefully, where our leaders are men and women of good faith, and where our public servants set aside partisan battles to do what's right for this country," she added. [...] The location of Thursday's event was symbolic: the central Wisconsin city of Ripon, where an 1854 meeting at a local schoolhouse helped form the Republican Party.

Anti-Trump Republican Liz Cheney spoke at a Kamala Harris rally in the Republican Party’s birthplace of Ripon, Wisconsin on Thursday introducing Harris.

Cheney told the rallygoers the about the threat of Donald Trump taking back the White House that “he is petty, he is vindictive, and he is cruel.”

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Restless in Ripon - Now Complete!

Summary:

Scorpius Malfoy wants his father to be happy again and as his grandfather often told him, a Malfoy always gets what he wants. A nosy radio host, well-meaning friends, and fate will help bring two lonely souls together. Well, that and one tenacious eight-year-old.

A Dramione fic inspired by Sleepless in Seattle.

Read it here!

Chapters 4 thru 8, plus the epilogue are now up on AO3. It only took me 4 years. 😅