Molescroft & Walkington Secure Dog Walking Fields

03/10/2024

Too much news to wait any longer for the next newsletter - ANOTHER dog field in planning, rule of the month (!), and a lovely visit to the Dogs Trust in Leeds. Oh and Howloween at Butt Farm Butt Farm Caravan, Camping & Glamping Site plus the latest field improvements.
https://mailchi.mp/23c50c5e8e33/too-much-news-to-wait-any-longer-for-a-newsletter

10/09/2024

More exciting news in our latest newsletter including... https://mailchi.mp/619e44e8f355/more-exciting-news

29/07/2024

Latest Newsletter
https://mailchi.mp/729037f10d82/dog-fields-newsletter

23/07/2024

Charity dog show this weekend!

Run by Trish Lazenby who did a great job helping us run our dog show for the farm open day this spring.

Please share!

04/07/2024

Carr field is back open from 9am tomorrow after the parking and track work was finished early! I have opened up the bookings again so it is fine to book for tomorrow if you have some free time. It looks amazing and we are so happy, hope you all agree. Thanks for Chris Foreman.

Photos to show the car park and access. You'll have to visit to see the rest!

28/06/2024

Want to win a slot AND support a local charity? Slots in other fields coming up too 👍

Week 2 - Raffle 2...

We have a 60 minute session at Walkington secure dog field for 1-3 dogs to win!

Molescroft & Walkington Secure Dog Walking Fields

50p a number - numbers given at random.

Once paid, comment with how many numbers you'd paid for and your name will be added!

Please send your money across too...

S BARKER
20-26-23
73395278

PayPal. - [email protected]

Good luck and THANK YOU.

Winner will be drawn next Thursday!

18/05/2024

The latest field update

https://mailchi.mp/2bd4df9b3cdb/the-fields-are-finally-drying-up

18/05/2024

New dog friendly days out! I can’t wait to visit 😍

Good evening everyone we have some extremely EXCITING and slightly daunting news 😅

WE ARE RE OPENING FORT PAULL 🏰😎

Gulp!

Date tbc (There’s a lot of work to do) - We will be re opening this wonderful site again for the public to enjoy! ❤️

We will be starting from scratch and hoping to save the fort and re build the museum for generations to come.

To do this we will be opening the Fort one day a week (this will hopefully change when busier) for a small fee so that the public can have a wander around the Fort, bring a picnic and see our starting point on this journey (dogs allowed 🐶)

To also help us on this journey we will be looking to run numerous events throughout the year 😎

We have already lined up the ghost tours to re start, classic American car shows, some fitness based events 💪 and hopefully a fright night event for Halloween 👻 If possible a Christmas market 🎄🎅

What we would really love to host this year is the first of hopefully very many ‘Fort Fest’s” 🤘what an incredible venue for a music festival 😎

We would really love to know what sort of events the public would like to see at the fort?
Would anyone like to run their own event here?

We are also looking for the following vendors, if you would like to be involved in our events please get in touch 🍔🍻

Food
Drink
Crafts
Xmas Stall Holders

If anyone fancies lending a hand, there’s plenty to get stuck into 😅

Please bear in mind that we are starting from scratch and this is a huge undertaking! There will be teething problems but.. we will be trying our best to make this a wonderful museum to visit, a cracking events venue and the best of all, the longevity of this incredible Fortification ✌️

Thanks for reading
The Two Nicks 😎

12/05/2024

(GONE but the odd 30 mins left later on)). Last minute gap in Ings at 11 today if anybody wants a visit? And it’s dried up! Hurrah!!

In other news we are about to pt another field into planning in a drier area to help spread the load if we get another winter like the last one. More news soon hopefully.

Rubbish photo of non existent northern lights, even though we were staying in a remote cabin in Cheshire. Did anyone actually see them??

05/05/2024

Gone! Last minute resceduling at 4pm today in the Carr field if anybody fancies a quick walk in the sun ☀️ First come first served - I will edit this post once it’s booked.

There are still some muddy patches but the majority of the field is fine. Wellies still recommended though!

28/03/2024

A week on Saturday!

21/02/2024

https://mailchi.mp/0569fb0bd7aa/new-dangerous-dogs-booking-rules

We are glad to still be able to let our fields to dogs which are listed under the dangerous dogs rules (XL Bullies etc), however there are some things which our insurers have asked for.

20/02/2024

Beautiful couple of hours today planting some trees in the Manor field. Hoping area will be a sanctuary on the top of the hill during hot summer days ☀️

You’ll also see some on other fields. Hoping for a kind spring so they have chance to grow quickly.

There has also been a Western Red Cedar hedge planted alongside the road to give privacy & shelter from the road.

23/01/2024

Dog show & agility!

Please share, thank you xx

01/01/2024

XL Bullies
Our insurers do not have any specific rules for the fields use by XL Bullies so we are pleased to say that our fields can still be used by XL Bullies, as long as the government rules are stuck to (link at the bottom).

The fields are private land and the use of the fields are for the users exclusive use, however the car park is a public area so muzzles and leads need using in the car park. We would advise using the infield parking - the parking inside the locked area.

The field rules are there to keep everybody safe and as usual need adhering to. As previously, remember to report anybody not sticking to the rules please - from not having dogs on the lead in the car park to overstaying, as this means we can ensure rules are kept to.

We opened these fields in the first place (I think we were the first in East Yorkshire?) to give dogs a chance to run free who wouldn’t otherwise get a chance to, and we don’t want to exclude XL Bully dogs when it could be the only freedom they get outside their homes.

I will be adding a point to the FAQ's section in the New Year with XL Bully guidance. If anybody has any questions please ask me - Tamara on [email protected]

Happy New Year
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/prepare-for-the-ban-on-xl-bully-dogs -if-your-dog-is-an-xl-bully-dog

(Photo from the RSPCA website).

16/12/2023

Despite our best efforts the neverending rain has finally beaten us & the mud has won😖 From now until it dries up we are going to limit Carr field bookings to 2 hours per day. We may also have to limit the other fields if it doesn’t dry up soon.

I have added a note to the top of all confirmation emails that if you would like to cancel your booking please forward the confirmation on to us at [email protected] - please bear with us but we will process the refunds.

Resceduling will be hard due to such limited availability so again please email for a refund in this case.

Everything crossed for an early spring! And we have pencilled in adding a hardcore track around the field in time for next winter 💪

Photo to show the first part - wellies essential and it is still wet in the main field.

12/12/2023

First newsletter from the dog fields! - https://mailchi.mp/c6389f8b4f10/7b1rb97hv9

04/12/2023

I’ve never got round to posting this - it was found by a metal detector on the farm just before covid. It is a wax seal from 12-1300 & belonged to a woman called Amarillo, wife of Stephen of Molescroft. The last pic shows a clay impression of the seal. I love the fact it was found on the farm, it says Molescroft and it belonged to a woman.

Cottingham metal detectors come every year and raise money for charity in exchange for detecting.

Link to the find here: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/996218