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		<title>Coach Trip &#8211; Nosterfield</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our February Coach Trip, on Saturday 14th, includes two reserves for the price of one! The small village of Nosterfield is bordered by two nature reserves. To the south lies one of the most important inland wetland sites in North Yorkshire which is managed by the Lower Ure Conservation Trust (LUCT), while to the north [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[This month&#8217;s coach trip, on Saturday 11th October, takes us to Clapham, in the Yorkshire Dales. A delightful area of limestone scenery and many specialist species. There will be a choice of walks of different levels of difficulty. All will start by entering the Ingleborough Estate, formerly home to the Farrer family, its most famous [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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