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Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Kay Theyve not learned to hide their curiosity because they dont want to look foolish.
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Alastair Humphreys The back bedroom probably had no window! And big crowds, if you have certain difficulties.
There was not a settlement we would describe as a village (see Figure 5)! But she can be very, very unsteady on our feet. And massive self sense of satisfaction, I just, I just having a job that I enjoy is a massive achievement for me, really.
It is meant to be a place that is fun, where those with learning disabilities can grow, and not have to hide away.
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The buildings down in the valley were still standing, without rooves, and presented us with the same safety issue. Please do subscribe to my channel if youd like to see more. Kay Willis is the director at Beyond Boundaries, an organisation that provides opportunities for people with learning disabilities in the beautiful setting of Commondale, North Yorkshire. We usually managed to find somebody who can answer them.
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And one thing I noticed this morning was that the younger I cant remember who was asking a lot of questions about the rabbits and the ducks. Well, when I first left, I took a redundancy payment and spent a year doing not very much really trying to work out what I wanted to do, I met up with a lovely lady called Lucy, who ran a business very similar to the one that we run now, at the same place that we run it, who needs somebody to help her out and we get.
And they often have a real pulse about them. Yeah, pretty much as decided that 55% retention early, do a bit of part time work, maybe to top it up? So when you about being a teacher, did you ever anticipate that you would stop that? The last question I want to ask you Is it is this if you had one extra hour a day all to yourself every day?
The second Hidden Context film shows our teams coming to grips to remove of the concrete from the 1927 / 1952 house and path leading away from the house and the sheep dip. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn (Alexa, please play the Living Adventurously podcast) or on your favourite podcast platform such as Overcast, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Breaker, Soundcloud, Castbox, Castro. Like many parts of the North York Moors, Commondale had a strong industrial heritage. By the double house phase of 1919, access to the house(s) was from the northwest via todays road. Kay And I think its a very happy place. Get the latest news, updates and happenings via my shed-based newsletter. Kay described the work of Beyond Boundaries, which she runs along with her husband Anthony.
Your digging led you this far, but let me prove my worth and ask for references! We also provide a service for people of school age who are perhaps finding school very difficult and need a day or two of practical work. Yet down in the valley, we had our little microclimate that made you feel safe. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Theres a lot of energy here, but but it feels to me, like a totally different world to life as a teacher in normal school. Our first film introduced the Beyond Boundaries team (see Figure 6). And to have a good a good time and just to be to be nice to people. They were either coming with a support worker or were able to arrive under their own steam.
There are currently no comments. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. "Rabbits regularly scattered on hearing our approach, while we also passed the llamas, goats and donkeys which are all under the care of Beyond Boundaries. Our service users and staff enjoyed each walk and looked forward with anticipation to the following one. If they didnt come and do out outdoor things like that, some of them would be inside quite a lot. 88100 - 
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Alastair Humphreys And I think that adventures linked to being outside as well.
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Kay Alastair Humphreys It also seems that the fire brick and pottery works were added to the map after the survey in 1853, as the company did not come into being until 1861. You are not receiving notifications about this company. Kay It was a happy, kind and inspiring spot, nestled into a beautiful Yorkshire hamlet. My ride to the farm took me up and over impressive, empty moorland. In the case of the Dowsons father and son were employed at the brickworks. Kay What can the dog is up to the woods can be adventure, building a shelter in the woods can be an adventure, it cannot be very simple things, but things that theyve never done before. Out of all of this.
Private Limited By Guarantee without Share Capital, BUSINESS ACTIVITY (SIC) Much more exciting. Kay working with animals, and the cycle of farm life. whats whats the purpose of that in there? Alastair Humphreys (6 years and 1 months old), CONFIRMATION STATEMENT MADE UP TO So Ive, Ive met you now on this day three of my adventures cycling around Yorkshire.
This blog will be expanded to form a little booklet, in which we will look at the archaeology and see it in the more extensive view of the development of Commondale as a village and the industries around.
BEYOND BOUNDARIES NORTH YORKSHIRE LIMITED, for BEYOND BOUNDARIES NORTH YORKSHIRE LIMITED (10231767), Companies House does not verify the accuracy of the information filed. And this is running around. contact the editor here. Outside the 1927 / 1952 house, we found a path and drain, but the path did not run from front door but the sheep dip. There appears to have been an outside privy at the southwest end of the old house that might have still been in use in 1927 / 1952, but we have not been able to connect the two, see the plan in Figure 12. my purpose is to get to give them really the best experience that they can have. So the and also done it for so long, I got to a position where I was a little bit bored. So how do those bits of the puzzle come together? Theyve not learned sometimes to hide their curiosity because they dont appear foolish.
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Future plans, financial benefits and timing can be huge factors in approach. And I think for a lot of people, there are two big barriers, but the guys youre working with here, thats not thats not really the issue of their life, or money. They all see different things in the activities that we do. An image taken by Google Earth in 2018 shows the spaces that we had excavated clearly (see Figure 10). https://otter.ai/s/r6ZEdxD-SWm8WhbxuJf6sw. My ride to the farm took me (after a terrible nights sleep in a gale in a wood) up and over impressive, empty moorland and the first massive hills of my trip.
The valley of Commondale beck cuts down into the areas geology, exposing good whinstone for quarrying downriver to the east. They also discuss of the families at Sand Hill, the Dowsons (who had a son), and another family who had a daughter. Alastair Humphreys Can you compare the life of certainty you had them to this life of uncertainty now? Conventional lives. The place only had two windows at the front (facing southwest), one window presumably in the front bedroom and one in the kitchen/dining room. Fowl Green Farm Commondale Ive still got my teachers pension. What do you think I could learn from the Beyond Boundaries thing that will help me as I go off on my adventure around Yorkshire. Alastair Humphreys document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thank you to the many people who have kindly "bought me a coffee" for just 2.50 as encouragement to keep this blog going. I've Never Really Noticed Things Before, Because I Haven't Looked - Living Adventurously #2. I was invited in for a cup of tea amidst the busy bustle of getting ready for the day; choosing activities to get stuck into and preparing to feed all the farm animals. My clients come from a diverse background, some are new to the process and others are well seasoned. Alastair Humphreys Kay Alastair Humphreys A Gannett Company. This difficult event has eventually led to a new life for Kay, of uncertainty and fun. And then look after them. So So what are the sort of barriers that they face. The final stage of use was in the 1960s and 70s when the east end house was built into a sheep dip (see Figure 8). Antony and Kay were developing, with the help and support of farmer Sandy Muir and his daughter Lucy Muir, a business based on a small valley side farm at Commondale on the North York Moors. So were the guys who taught you, that would have been really helpful for you to know 20 years ago when you were normal teacher, normal life normal job. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. So which is actually I think, actually a nice things. Ive never really noticed them before, because Ive never looked. And how do you plan your talk?
In the 1853 first edition map, it was one of several scattered farms or homes. Oh, good.
A short film about building a log raft on a river in Sweden, [] How I got Started as a Professional Speaker. And a lot of the guys here got quite severe. We walked the farm and saw several field barns/houses like that shown in Figure 1 above. I mean, we do have that safety net. In the olden days? We talked about it. And so, you know, just by going off and collecting the eggs and counting them and putting them on the cart for everybody. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Yorkshire Community archaeology Facebook page. And these guys just dont, they just if youre nice to them, theyll be nice back.
I didnt like all of the paperwork that goes with it. Chaos, but happy chaos.
The walks were designed to enable service users and support staff to become more acquainted with the district surrounding the Commondale farm where they are based. A screed of concrete covered the house floor with channels moulded into it to run water and dip fluid back into the dip. So I thank you for inviting me or welcome unless you did invite me Thank you for letting me come after invited myself and I really admire what youre doing. So yeah, its much more fun. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account.
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This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. unconventional work? Its about never ending stream questions, some of which I cant answer. Because so and so climb Mount Everest, and one thing Im really interested in is people trying to do adventure of their own levels. Okay, well follow up them what what book should I go and read that will help me become more wild and bold and curious was a good book for me to read? So collecting the money in counting it up at the end of the day, thats given them a real purpose. Some of our guys, quite a few of them have autism, and find crowds difficult. A Limestone quarry also sits on the slopes to the west of Commondale along with kilns. And Im one of the pension prospects.
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This location of the path suggested we might have a bit of a step down from the the front door when used as a house. And its just full of lovely, bubbly, loud, kind, cheerful laughing people. And in that, because we both got teachers pension and in that way, were very fortunate that weve been able to, I suppose take a bit of a risk on something, but knowing that we had something to fall back on if need be, yeah. The first site that came to mind was the ironstone mine located on the Fowl Green farm (previously Foul Green!). Im never bored now. We will have to see.
So you went from being a teacher in a normal school, being a mom as well, for 20 years pretty normal routine kind of life with its the excitements and dramas of being a teacher.
To look at walks around the area, see OS Explorer 1:25000 map OL26 North York Moors western area. Yeah.
Kay And helping them to not to enjoy being in a crowd, but being able to accept being in a crowd, sometimes without panicking.
This is so much more interesting phone. What was your life? Congratulations to Will, the farm manager, for picking out the difference between the stone-built walls (with mortar) and the dry-stone walling that is probably built over the old building.
You've rejected analytics cookies. I loved how much Kay had learned from working with such a variety of characters, and the lively cheerful banter of the farm. Kay Kay Tenant rights in Ontario can limit and leave you liable if you misstep. And just being able to cycle in circle could be an adventure for some of them, because theyve got a very lack of good balance, and theyve never ridden a bike before. Contact Us
She no longer wants to take time off, loves coming to work, and is enjoying this new chapter of her life now that her own kids are leaving home.
And why is adventure important to the people youre helping here. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles.
And I guess thats something you experience here is each of them have different needs and skills Dont be so adventurous, different from all. Brandon Talbot | Sales Representative for Cityscape Real Estate Brokerage, Brandon Talbot | Over 15 Years In Real Estate. The best way to get the ball rolling is with a no obligation, completely free consultation without a harassing bunch of follow up calls, emails and stalking. So, we decided to head up the hill and investigate the house at Sand Hill. The information and experience they gained inspired productive discussion and a deeper appreciation of the great outdoors. Yes. The farm at Beyond Boundaries Picture:Scott Beveridge. And I dont have to do the bits and pieces that I didnt enjoy with teaching. I was convinced this would be a fantastic community project. Alastair Humphreys I am sorry to say that I do not know very much about the world of profound mental and physical disabilities.
As volunteer walk leaders with the North York Moors National Park, John and Joan Roberts collaborated very happily with Beyond Boundaries in 2019, renewing their contract early in 2021 in order to lead some walks specifically for them, independently from their work with the National Park. Introduce yourself. Why? Im Kay. Yeah. PREVIOUS NAMES Kay
Now. And what does, Alastair Humphreys I was very intrigued, after an initial meeting, in the pub, of course, I went to meet everyone out at Fowl Green Farm in Commondale.
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Whitby Alastair Humphreys Thats completely gone out the window. So, what would be the best place to make a start?
So I think its about getting out there and doing things that are different. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
The district is ideal for walking, with its network of public rights of way and open access land there to discover.
We recorded our discussion with young Oren and sandy Muir; the farmer appears in the film clip in Figure 11. Beyond Boundaries, set on farmland in the heart of the North York Moors, provides training, activities and opportunities for team work for a wide age range of people with special needs. I want to achieve. Not that I didnt meet interesting people as a teacher, but I meet people who are very different now come from all different kinds of backgrounds to me, who coordinates volunteers, who just passed by and popping for a chat. I found that when we when we take them out, I have actually been really, I think pleasantly surprised at how many people are kind to carry with them, to the talk to them, they lack the chat with them. Kay What can people do to help the work youre doing? So Im not nearly as nice person, you.
Thank you very much for coming. And that can be adventure to them.
I was a teacher in mainstream education, and I taught business and economics for 21-22 years, something like that.
People with learning difficulties and mental health issues came to help on the farm or help develop the farm as a visiting stop for walkers to have a look around. Alastair Humphreys And until my daughters were grown up, when I felt I needed a change.
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Ive never really noticed things [slow worms] before, because I havent looked. contact IPSO here, 2001-2022. Call today: 9am - 5.30pm, NAME to not worry about the little things. I mean, theres always a business like this money is always important, but its the time people give that is much more important. Interestingly the map in Figure 2 was surveyed in 1853 and published in 1856. Why are they more curious than. Forcing the sheep into the dip and out again in the 5m-by-5m footprint of the 1927 and 1952 house (see Figure 8). Im so bad at these podcasts. We worked with Beyond Boundaries to create a museum for our finds. to her. Kay Are you sure youre using the best strategy to net more and decrease stress? Theyll just ask.
There is even more to be said about the larger house from 1853, it was wider than the others, and the eastern end was a narrower part back then, according to the maps. I like being able to decide that maybe next week, well go out on a trip or do something different.
And the first time she did it with help from some of the other guys, the sense of achievement was just amazing. - Present (6 years and 1 months). HP10 9TY. The 1853 house was accessed from the medieval track or trod that took a direct route up the hill to the houses southeast. YO21 2HN. We were amazed to reveal the kitchen/dining room of the house and two bedrooms, all enclosed in a 5m-by-5m footprint (Figure 9).
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We were never far from one of the watercourses that pass through this area which meet to form Commondale Beck. Pete added: There is no doubt that Commondale is benefiting from the TLC given by Beyond Boundaries and everyone at Northern is excited to see what they do next!. Since becoming station adopters Beyond Boundaries have painted the waiting room in preparation for Commondale Art Week. We looked at the iron mine first, but it would be a health and safety issue. VOLUNTEER walk leaders have come together with an inclusive educational activity centre to help people with special needs become better acquainted with the surrounding environment. Dont judge people and be nice. Change). I like the uncertainty out like the unpredictability. (LogOut/ by and large, cope with society lies to society. (LogOut/
And what was we had a straight we had a stream, I should say, and were trying to build bridges across it. 0207 608 5516 The service users of Beyond Boundaries have adopted the station and make sure it always looks its best. Sandy Muir, the farmer today, remembered the tiny house with a large fireplace and two small bedrooms. We got to thinking about what historical aspects of the farm would interest the clients visiting in getting the whole Fowl Green experience. And you just feel welcome straight away. a pause that then and ask you one more question about about beyond boundaries, which would, which is what do you need here? So far, I have only shown the house in 1853; we do not know when it was built. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times.
And I think thats all linked to the kind of great times and the adventures we have together. It seems the railway was included on the map before it was officially opened in 1861. Yeah, holidays do very little.
It felt like an agricultural idyll (see Figure 1), tucked away in a lush valley that sloped up to high moors on either side. So what is whats the importance of trying to stretch them and help themselves grow and become more ambitious with the things theyre trying to do? So I still will retire at some point.
Yes, it absolutely.
Or did you do was your life mapped out towards through teachers pension? And I am as my kids are leaving home. And and I find that such an important thing is people, the kind of world I live in its normal and veterinary stuff. As an archaeological excavation, of course, we started with the most recent activity at Sand Hill House.
And shell I forgot anything. We have a lot to learn about the building and the 1919 houses, was the last part of the place to be occupied a mere storehouse in 1919? One popular activity is cycling and we have a range of inclusive bikes so that everyone can have a go.
From its base on a farm in the North Yorkshire Moors, Beyond Boundaries has already masterminded a number of projects at Commondale Station and Northern customers are reaping the benefits.
How do you go about getting your first speaking gig? And having been number two, one of the main things I wanted to talk about, which I completely forgot, is that you reminded me of that, because the two things that stopped me doing things in life, usually time or money. This business idea was more than farm diversification; it was a whole new approach that allowed people with leaning difficulties to visit them on a daycare basis and experience life on a farm.
Morning at Beyond Boundaries was fun, informative and thought-provoking. it can be something very simple, weve just got bought some bikes, and three, some of them are trace, of course, some of them, the ones that you sell pedal with your hands.
I run a small business called Beyond Boundaries, where we look after people with learning disabilities and physical disabilities. So yeah, its a massive change.
So some things that we might feel is very, very simple. And then by 60? Whats that? Commondale is at NZ 663 105. Get helpful tips on how to use company credit reports when making potentially critical business choices. Kay and Anthony Laffan, the directors, set out to create a place where what they call, the invisible people, could come and be made welcome and be allowed to be themselves.
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Once upon a time I went around the world by bike. Today, and I only just met you this morning. And you mentioned purpose a few times in that answer, whats whats your purpose, Kay
Theres not so much for the guys that come here. Rarely. They that they. Yeah, yeah. Kay The archaeology, I assumed, would be all about the development of a rural moors village. No matter their experience level they agree GTAHomeGuy is THE only choice.
We met in new person, a new volunteer today.
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And this seems to be quite a thing of measuring your adventures people worrying that or what this thing Im doing now is not that amazing? There are a lot of people who are nice, and some of them are here today. Absolutely. "Yes, I too would like to donate a couple of pounds to this site..!". to view this information.
Anthony and Kay had named the project Beyond Boundaries, which brilliantly encapsulated the opportunities visitors would get-helping on the farm, supported by Anthony, Kay, and Will, the young farmer employed to make sure that the farm still operated as a small business.
Being next to nature and having opportunities to work with animals and on the land, has drawn high praise from the service users, and Anthony and Kay saw an opportunity to enrich their lives further, by organising walks in their environment.
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All this industrial history gave us lots we could look at with the guys from Beyond Boundaries.
So youve been youve been working here for about four years or so. This is one of these, those lovely places that you turn up to occasionally. I hope you enjoy them. And every day life, we do judge people a lot. And they dont care. living adventurously me, what would that phrase mean to some of the guys that. They also commissioned a beautiful piece of artwork which now has pride of place in the station waiting room. And MOD Thats tough. It was a stunning location and extremely peaceful. Go explore more with, The personalised planning and navigation tools ensure you plan the adventure thats perfect for.
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An Iron Mine arrived in 1863, bringing more workers and a railway built to link up Iron production sites across the moors (see Figure 3). It turned out that Anthony and Kay Laffan had made a change from working in formal education to developing an outdoor, farm-based experience for people with learning difficulties. HTML tags you can use: After a couple of miles or so, this beck flows into the River Esk near Castleton.". I want to get up in the morning and I want to come to work. Join the newsletter.
Maybe not the safest environment for a group of untrained archaeologists (or any archaeologists come to that) to be working. But for some people that we meet, one go into schools, facilities, change the facilities and things that that can be a massive barrier, that if there arent correct changing facilities for people who are severely disabled, it will stop them getting to where they want to go on to, to doing what they want to do as well. Comments have been closed on this article. BEYOND BOUNDARIES NORTH YORKSHIRE LIMITED, Find what you need at the touch of a button, Create a professional website the simple way, Flexible London desk space for your business. He sometimes stairs over here.
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I just dont want to yet. Also, maybe that they havent got access to some of the facilities and clubs that other people would have. Theyre just more spontaneous, perhaps. How Did I getStarted as a Speaker? Kay It helps to build their confidence, because it can sometimes be daunting to go out. Working with a community team allows for team involvement in our interpretation, as we saw in the fourth and final Hidden Context film (see Figure 13).
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Im sure you are nice to people, but thats what I took from them. How could people the wider world or the millions or dozens of people listening to this?
And I think one of the things that Ive taken from the people I meet is that theyve taught me to stop being so judgmental, they, they dont judge anybody at all and how they look, if youre nice to them, theyll be nice to you. Between April and June 2021, the walks combined an exploration of the local village with a look around the surrounding countryside.
We have donkeys, pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, pygmy goats and llamas which our service users help to look after, there are also cows on the farm.. It was means getting out and about doing different things, meeting different people, and meeting interesting people.