A Ramble through the Solar System at RIND 2025

After last year’s sell out success, we’re excited to welcome back Martin Lunn OBE to take us on celestial journey at Rind.

Join us for an evening of cosmic exploration as you indulge on the Yorkshire Dales finest wood-fired pizzas topped with the best seasonal British cheeses from our next door neighbours at The Courtyard Dairy.

Martin will take us on a journey to explore the Sun and the Northern Lights. Our local star, the Sun, dominates everything in the solar system. Worshipped as a god from the earliest of times, at one stage astronomers believed that lived inside the Sun! The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are caused by flares from the Sun striking the Earth. The lights are astonishingly beautiful!

If the weather is kind, we will go outside and see the magic of the stars ourselves or observe them from the warmth and comfort of the restaurant itself. Either way, the evening will be an astronomical experience that transcends the ordinary – where heavenly food meets celestial wonders.

Ticket Price: £28pp
Time: 17.30 – 21.00
Arrive: 17.30 – 18.00
18.00 – 19.00 Pizza & a Dark Skies family quiz!
19.15 – 20.30 Martin Lunn will talk us through The Sun and The Northern Lights, including a short walk to view the night sky (weather permitting)

Ticket price includes a drink + pizza

Any other drinks, sides or desserts will need to be paid for separately. Drinks included are house red/ white wine, soft drinks & lager.

Please wrap up warm as, if we’re able to head outside it’ll be chilly! Bring binoculars if you have them. Torches with red filters are preferable – any torches with white lights will need to be switched off when viewing the night sky.