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FRIENDS EVENTS

The Friends of Dalby Forest organise events to add to the enjoyment of visitors to the Forest. This page gives information on these events, some are regular annual events, and others sometimes lasting several days are less frequent. Watch this space for all the latest information

Halloween 2009

Everyone seemed to enjoy the free fun and games in and around the education room (see news item) and the new idea of a Best Costume Competition attracted 67 entries. The winners and runners up are shown below

Dalby Duck Dash

This is now held every Easter Monday at Staindale Beck. Yellow plastic ducks are released into the winding beck, each one numbered and keen to win the race! It's a fun day out for all the family.
The first race will be at 1pm and tickets will be on sale during the morning at the Friends marquee, where other attractions can be found.
Refreshments will be on sale throughout the day so come along and have some fun.

Halloween

The Friends of Dalby Forest volunteers entertain the children and adults when they return to the visitor centre after the scary walk. Lots of the old favourites games will be here and a few new ones too.
The scary dip will be there and a new costume competition for children and adults. We'll also have Splat the Rat, shove halfpenny, memory game, Hoopla and knock off the witches hat, among the games
Our games are all for free, but please note that the Forestry Commission do charge for this event whch is organised in conjunction with Scarborough College.
Watch out for more information - as Halloween approaches we'll be updating this page with more information.

Woodland Festivals

The last Woodland Festival took place on the 14th, 15th and 16th of September 2007. The first Woodland Festival took place in 2005 and proved very successful. You can read more about it by clicking on the link 2005 Woodland Festival. We currently have no plans to hold another festival but watch out for more news in the future.

CONTACT US
To contact The Friends of Dalby Forest you can
email the webmaster
put your suggestions in the box in the Visitor Centre
or write to us The Friends of Dalby Forest, c/o Forestry Commission, Outgang Road, Pickering, YO18 7EL. .

Dr Janet Sumner, BBC Science and Nature presenter, expert Volcanologist was the 2008 Celebrity Guest.
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Dr David Bellamy - now Patron of the Friends of Dalby Forest at our Geology Day in 2007

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DUCK DASH 2009

A fine day on Easter Monday was a pleasing sight after the disappointing weather which forced the cancellation of last year's duck dash. Over 400 little ducks raced down Staindale Beck on Easter Monday in 5 races between 12.30 and 3.30.

A large crowd thoroughly enjoyed the event and Scarborough Evening News sent a photographer.
The Friends of Dalby Forest are grateful to them for an extensive photo report. Here one of the Friends gives a commentary on the race as spectators watch to see how well their duck is doing. Cash prizes of £15, £10 and £5 for first ,second and third in each of the races were all claimed on the day.

There were no Easter bunnies at the event but The Duchess of Dalby amused the children and posed for photographs with many of them. She was also the subject of a name game where parents and children were able to guess the name of the Duchess. The winner was Rosie from Scarborough and her prize was a ticket for a duck in the last race.

The Easter Egg Tombola proved very popular and sold out before the last race took place.

All profits from the event will be used by the Friends to enhance facilities in the Forest for the benefit of all visitors.

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