Category Archives: Food and Drink & Yorkshire Products
Adelphi Window Reflections on a Meal Deal
If you are eating a steak from a horse that had a very long neck and a small head ‘You’re Avin’ A Giraffe’ The Adelphi Leeds is tucked away at the bottom of Leeds City Centre just over the Leeds … Continue reading
Dandelions in Yorkshire
Weeds you may think! but connoisseurs think Dandelion think drink! or think wine to be more precise. Dandelion wine is made from the flower petals and you are recommended to pick flowerheads mid- to late-morning. Remove the bitter stalks and … Continue reading
Beer that is Gluten Free and from Yorkshire
Gluten free beer and pastry in Yorkshire helps combat coeliac problems Continue reading
Bah Humbugs Sweetie Shop
Masham is really for beer not sweets but in the corner of the market square is a shop to treasure. Not only because they offer Licourice sweets from New Zealand, Holland and Pontefract but because they seem to be going … Continue reading
Barden Tower and Priest House
Twixt Appletreewick and Bolton Abbey is Barden Tower the former residence of Lord Henry Clifford. Built in the 15th century it has suffered several periods of decay and decline and is the ruin you now see. Nearby is Barden Bridge … Continue reading
Yorkshire Imperial Measures
€ No half measures Yorkshire was a part of the British Empire that adopted the system of imperial units or the imperial system first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824. Unfortunately the EU tried to confuse … Continue reading
York-Settle-Carlisle Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
A couple of years back we had a nostalgic trip by steam train with the Railway Touring Company. Joining at Shipley the 12 coaches had already picked up passengers at York and Leeds so engine no. 45231 had a full … Continue reading
Grubs Up – Come and Get It
For those with a sweet tooth out table tennis club provided handsomely. The pork pies were an added bonus. If you want to keep up with local developments on all things foody check out some of these links Hello Yorkshire … Continue reading
Yorkie Ware™ The Mugs
I am not over keen on the name ‘Yorkie’. It smacks of a dog and I do not think that is what Yorkie Ware™ have in mind from their Moorland Pottery. Another beef, but a minor one, is the super … Continue reading
Conviviality at Rhythm and Booze Your Offie
Protect your off license or ‘Offie’ and you can save money too at Yorkshire’s Rhythm and Booze Continue reading