Wetherby Townsperson of the Year!

Well, that was out of the blue and totally unexpected.  This morning, I was awarded the Wetherby Townsperson of the Year 2025 for my services locally and nationally to the freshwater environment over the last 35 years.  For once I was just about speechless!”

Mark Barrow, this year’s recipient seen with Lion President Martin Doxey, has been on BBC’s Countryfile in a programme about the Yorkshire Dales. He has been filming underwater for 35 years and, in the programme, he mentioned the wonderful variety of fish in the Wharfe but the worst part of his work is the sewage.  He called the situation in the river Wharfe ‘appalling.’