ON Sunday, October 4, there will be a craft and table top sale in Gilsland Village Hall in aid of Gilsland Methodist Church and the Campaign to Open Gilsland Station.

It starts at 10am and finishes at 4pm. Light lunches (and some lovely puddings) will be available, as well as afternoon teas, and, of course, some interesting and delightful bargains.

There is a small entry fee and if you want to set up a table, there will be larger fee. For further details telephone Sheila on (01697) 747263.

The campaign to reopen the station has begun to move steadily forward, with Network Rail engaged in a preliminary exercise to examine the project in close detail.

PUBLIC transport is an issue of conversation in Gilsland and the new timetable for linking the village to Haltwhistle is now available.

Northumberland County Council is attempting to continue some sort of bus service, in spite of the complete absence of any subsidy from Cumbria, but the results are complicated!

A list of the new 185 link to Haltwhistle is available in the village hall.

To work out how to connect with buses going to Brampton, Hexham, Newcastle or Carlisle, a complete set of timetables will be required – and a very clear head.

It will still be very hard to reach the health centre at Haltwhistle by public transport.

A volunteer is needed to put all the timetables together in a helpful manner on one large sheet of paper so that people can work out their journeys.

Meanwhile, the company hoping to run an electric taxi service for the village as a social enterprise continues to seek funding to get started.

ON Saturday, October 10, from 10am until 4pm, in Greenhead Village Hall, the wonderful Calico Hinnies quilting group will celebrate its 10th birthday with a dazzling exhibition and an opportunity to win one of their lovely quilts.

ON Sunday, October 11, the farmers’ market completes 10 almost unbroken years – one January, when snow at the farm gates was so deep stall holders could not get out, the market had to be cancelled!

ON Monday, October 5, Greenhead and the Tipalt Burn are the destination of walking festival walkers, who will be following the permissive path developed by our community from Thirlwall Castle up the river and on to the Wall.

Festival walks have to be pre-booked, but this is an opportunity not to be missed by anyone who has not yet discovered the delights of our river.

On Saturday, October 10, there’s an exciting walk in Coanwood with a difference.

It will take in an art installation by Cumbria University lecturer and artist Dr June Livsey in the precious eighteenth century Quaker chapel, which nestles in the woods often completely unnoticed.