VIRTUAL BRITSBURGH FESTIVAL - Yorkshire: A Love Affair with James Herriot’s Moors and Dales

Virtual Britsburgh Festival Live presents.... 

New Travel Society Launch! - Yorkshire:  A Love Affair with James Herriot's Moors and Dales

Vaughn and Debbie Gilbert’s love for dogs and curiosity in the setting for author/veterinarian James Herriot’s beloved books popularized in the TV series “ All Creatures Great and Small” fuel their enthusiasm to return almost annually with friends and family for 30 years to North Yorkshire, and in partiular the North York Moors National Park. They marvel at newly-discovered beauty atop the heather-covered moors, through the sun-bathed green dales to the rocky North Sea coastline. They invite you to have a pint as they share tales and photos of their favourite villages, historic sites and pub fare. Also, Yorkshire B&B owner and entrepreneur Carol Swift will lend her native insight and give an update on current tourism. 

York’s towering Minster (the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe) may top most day tours of this region but Debbie and Vaughn have learned to linger for days and explore the villages within the North York Moors, Yorkshire Dales and on the rugged coastline.  They will share their favourite stops including the market town of Helmsley, including its castle pictured here, the James Herriot Museum in Thirsk, the ruined Gothic Whitby Abbey detailed in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” and Ravenstonedale with its bucolic pastures divided by century-old stone walls.

Members:  During the Britsburgh Festival only, all events are free. Please encourage your friends to events to enjoy fun society events and consider joining as members. To become a member, visit the Britsburgh membership page.

The event is free but donations to Britsburgh to cover festival costs are very welcome.  Thank you.

Britsburgh members and hosts VAUGHN GILBERT and DEBBIE POPP GILBERT both started their careers with Scripps League Newspapers. Debbie retired after 35 years as editor of an award-winning, community newspaper. Vaughn retired as director of global communications for Westinghouse. During his 35-year career there he traveled and managed public relations and marketing communications in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, China and Japan. Vaughn is a former Britsburgh board member while Debbie is currently serving as a director. Both are active with the Elizabeth Township Historical Society and its efforts to restore an historic 1790 log house in their neighborhood of Greenock, named after the seaport in Scotland.

About Virtual Britsburgh

Starved of theatre, literature, cultural activities during the pandemic? Yes? Then this is for you. Britsburgh is taking its Festival into the virtual realm! In a series of live events during the Festival week of September 7-13, programs will be streamed daily online using the Zoom Video Conference App, You will experience aspects of theatre, readings, history, literature, interviews and more. Once you log on, your Virtual Host will make sure you can see and hear us, but we can’t hear or see you. The events are live and the experience is remarkable!

How to watch Virtual Britsburgh?

1. Register for the event - It's free!
2. Please donate what you can. We suggest $10 per person. The pandemic has necessitated that Britsburgh, like so many organizations, temporarily pause its in-person programming.  Your much appreciated contribution will help us cover our Festival costs, keep Britsburgh's programming strong when we return to live programs and the organization viable for the long-term.   Registered and forgot to donate? No worries click here. Thanks.
3. Please consider becoming a Britsburgh member, which will help us through the next year and entitle you to member discounts for our future events (live and virtual) and a select number of member-only events.
4. You will receive a registration confirmation with a link to the event and a password.
5. We suggest you join the event 10-15 minutes before the event start time. You will be placed into a waiting room where your event host will check you against your registration. If you have not registered you won't be allowed into the event.
6. The audience will be able to watch but your event host will make sure we can't see or hear you. If you wish to ask a question you can do so by using the chat function or in the Q&A section you can raise your hand and the host will unmute you.
7. Adjust your Zoom settings. To fully enjoy the performance you will need to adjust the settings on the Zoom app so you can only see the performers, and not the whole audience. Here are the instructions on how to do it. But don’t worry, we’ll make sure everyone is ready before starting the event! 
8. Important: Please make sure your Zoom name is your full name so that you can be ticked off the registration list. If the host cannot identify you, you will be ejected from the event.

This presentation is open to everyone.

Explore fascinating British-themed topics with the guidance of experts and enjoy the company and conversation of fellow enthusiasts as a member of the Britsburgh Society. Society members enjoy our Britsburgh Arts Society, the Britsburgh Beer Society, the Britsburgh History Society, the Britsburgh Literary Society, the new Britsburgh British Mystery Lovers Society, the Britsburgh Tea Society, and the new Britsburgh Travel Society. If you are not already a member, I would like to invite you to consider becoming a Britsburgh Society member. To become a member, visit the Britsburgh membership page.

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