Category Archives: Yorkshire Trips and Places
Three Yorkshire Castles
Clifford Tower York Castle York has had a castle since 1068 and some parts of the complex can be studied at the Castle museum. In March 1190 there was a massacre when 150 local Jews died in Clifford Tower the … Continue reading
See Where You Are Walking
Reflections show where you are walking, well something to reflect on Continue reading
Fishy Goings On Deep in Hull
For Yorkshires best aquarium visit the Deep at Hull Marina… Continue reading
Ribblehead Train Trips
The viaduct is photogenic at the worst of times but this picture was definately not taken during the worst of times. Chantry Bee (using creative commons from flickr) explains ‘In August I came across from Brussels to visit my granny, … Continue reading
Visit Rodley Nature Reserve
Set in an oxbow on the river Aire near Leeds is Rodley Nature Reserve. Close by is a section of the Leeds Liverpool canal and these two waterways attract wildfowl and waders in great profusion. Created on a floodplain this … Continue reading
Clapham Gate Way to the North
The Dalesman History in Clapham The Dalesman or the Yorkshire Dalesman was founded in March 1939 by the Leeds journalist Harry Scott. It was produced in his home until 1955 when it finally outgrew his home, at Fellside, Clapham. New … Continue reading
Ripon Of Men and Fishes
The founders of Ripon St Eata and St Wilfrid were fishers of men in the Middle Ages. The Cathedral, containing one of Europe’s oldest crypts, was founded on the ruins of St Wilfrid’s Abbey about 672 AD, the small crypt … Continue reading
Pickering Day Out with Murals
Pickering takes its name from ‘the settlement of Picer and his people’ or Piceringas. Arriving in Pickering by the old North Yorkshire Steam train or by road, you will see the church spire of St Peter and St Paul atop … Continue reading
Folly or Sculpture at Harlow Carr
It isn’t a folly to link sculpture with a classic garden like the Royal Horticultural Society ‘s Harlow Carr. The former Doric columns were part of the entrance to Harrogate’s Cheltenham Pump Room and later the Spa Concert Hall. Now … Continue reading
Seven Yorkshire Castles
We are not a war like race but Yorkshire folk have long stood up for what is right. Sometimes it has been necessary to stand inside a castle to repel t’other side and here is a selection of Yorkshire Castles. … Continue reading