Organised by Claire Barber, Head Teacher at Fylingdales Primary School, Fylingthorpe, to tie in with the pupils work projects on space and the night sky.
It was such a shame for all concerned that the weather conspired against us for the duration of the visit. The prefab room was full to overflowing - standing room only for the indoor presentation. Outside, the forecast intermittent light rain, fell as persistent, heavy rain! No observing then, but there was still plenty of enthusiasm to perform the scale solar system demo... [Read more about The Fylingdales School Event on 2nd March]
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We still not have resolved the venue issue with regard to the Paul Money lecture. The powers that be at the Museum obviously are not interested in local groups using the facility, given the price hike and other stipulations We are hoping to locate a venue in Town, but may have to look further afield depending on hire cost and capacity etc. It does though look we will have to postpone Paul until later in the year. 
Then on the 29th (although this is yet to be confirmed) we shall be hosting an event at Whitby Youth Hostel for a visiting Schools group from Middlesbrough. Not sure on exact time, but i expect it to be around 18:30-19:00h. Again, the usual format will be adopted.
This event had been planned last year, and coincided with the centre being awarded ‘Dark sky status’ making it three sites in the North York Moors area. Richly deserved it is too, as we consider it the best ‘observer friendly’ venue of the three.
An Unexpected Journey and A Very Expected Return
Hope you managed to catch the BBC Stargazing live shows in January. With Major Tim Peake’s stay on ISS already a month old, the emphasis was very much on the work he is doing, astronaut training, and the future direction of manned space flight... 
Well, err, mmm, very little to report really, just about every Sunday night has been rained off, clouded out or blown away. But don't despair... 
