In hay for hunters or racehorses, the two extremes must be carefully avoided—over-fermentation, producing mowburning; or under-fermentation, producing mouldiness.

Who had been tapped for the new society, and why, had become a topic of local gossip, conjecture, and even cattiness.

In August 2019, Redcar & Cleveland and Middlesbrough councils announced details of a joint project, supported by TVCA to build a new park and ride station on the Whitby line between Nunthorpe and Great Ayton. The two councils say the station would have a population catchment of 70,000 from local towns and villages.

One battalion was to mop up the Japanese on Hill Xray-Yoke and in the gulch to the south of it while the other two were to move up the ridge itself.