Dry Stone Walling - News
Frickley Park - 2026
We are pleased to have been working at Frickley Park again this year.
In a couple of sessions in May and June, we built a long, low wall by a water feature, and repaired a wall in the wood.
Training Courses - 2026
Our 2026 training course programme is now well under way.
We have run two courses so far at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, which went well.
The next course is due to be held at our venue at Hoylandswaine, which proved successful last year.
Penistone Show - September 2025
In 2025 we were once again at Penistone Show.
We built on from the last year's section, at the West end of the showground, and had a successful and productive build.
It was a cooler and windier day than 2024, and we had fewer sign-ups for courses, but we continued to attract significant interest.
Our thanks to the Penistone Show Committee, and of course our numerous visitors.
Owen Jones - Commemoration
This Summer, we installed a plaque in tribute to our late and much respected member and instructor Owen Jones.
The plaque was built into a wall at Hoylandswaine, close to the stretch of wall where Owen last instructed on one of our training courses. Our thanks to landowner Tim Wood for permission.
The plaque had been inscribed by Andy Norman. It was installed by John Alston, with help from a couple of branch members.
RHS Display Garden - Wentworth Woodhouse
The branch was recently asked to participate in building a dry stone wall round a display garden at the recent RHS Flower Show held at Wentworth Woodhouse.
Congratulations to all the participants, including branch members Rob Johnson and Gary Helliwell.
Training Courses - 2025
Our 2025 training course programme was completed successfully.
Most courses were conducted in Hoylandswaine at our new venue, which has proved very suitable.
The weather was dry for most of the courses, though not for the September course at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The rain did not dampen the enthusiasm of our trainees, and the course went very well.