Good King Wenceslas looked out,
(recent memories of Prague)
On the Feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about,
Deep, and crisp, and even:
It must be Easter in Kirkby Stephen.

Why anyone, except the ’ man in the moon’, believes it is a good idea to have Easter this early, has obviously seen one too many March Hares

As children swapped ‘Easter Egg Hunts’ for sledging, the 10th annual Classic Commercial Vehicle Rally weekend with masses of exhibits at Brough, Kirkby Stephen, Auction Mart, Co-op and Stainmore Railway site, was underway.

Many had braved the weather even though the A66 over Stainmore had been closed intermittently.  Perhaps a little disappointing that a few vehicles didn’t make it through the snow.

Kirkby Stephen was still buzzing with excitement as everyone rode up and down on the splendid old buses with dedicated cheerful crews and buckets.  One of this year’s highlights was the 1932 Sentinal Steam Bus  gushing with atmospheric clouds of steam.

Our thanks once again to Will Hamer and his wonderful team for bringing Kirkby Stephen alive on yet another Easter weekend despite the weather.

The Market Square had many, mainly local stalls selling jewellery, garden statues, toys, books, china, cakes and tools.  The Rotary bookstall doing a roaring trade with its fluorescent jacketed members enticing customers in.

The Kirkby Stephen in Bloom stall