Easingwold Community Spirit at its best

Starting 2021 in lockdown number 3 isn’t ideal. But add to that freezing conditions and it makes it really hard to feel upbeat. And for those of us brave enough to face the cold, we were greeted with slippy footpaths that made it dangerous to be out.

The responsibility to grit the roads and paths lies with NYCC, however due to presumably budgetary and resource constraints they are not currently able to grit the footpaths in our area.

Seeing what trouble it was causing to the locals, especially those not so able bodied, action was taken by a group of volunteers, headed up by Louise Hughes.

Over the duration of two days locals had raised nearly £1,000 – quite an achievement I’m sure you will agree. And with this money they purchased pallet loads of grit, along with 3 pallets funded through Easingwold Town Council.

Locals were volunteering left right and centre on social media to distribute the grit all over the town. People from the surrounding villages also joined in, showing what Easingwold really means, not just to those in the town, but to all of us from the surrounding villages who use the shops in Easingwold on a regular basis….