Tim Barber's

Real Yorkshire Blog

Bringing "God's own county" to life

As the owner of Real Yorkshire Tours, I am always out and about in "God's own county" showing visitors the history, heritage & culture of the area. With this Real Yorkshire blog I hope to share some of this information and bring to life the best of Yorkshire.

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Heritage & Landscape

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Eat, Drink & Stay

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timbarber

3 days ago
5 min

Roseberry Topping & The Captain Cook Monument – walk from Great Ayton

The distinctive hill on the edge of the North York Moors has become an iconic landmark, particularly after part of the previously flat...

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Apr 5
3 min

The Multangular Tower - an insight into Roman York

With lockdown restrictions starting to ease, I have been lucky over the past week, to have completed 3 virtual tours of York for US...

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Apr 3
5 min

A desolate past industrial lead mining landscape – a loop walk from Gunnerside

With the stay at home restriction being released on the previous Monday, I was desperate to get out and back up to the Yorkshire Dales....

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timbarber

Mar 20
3 min

Whitby’s "Snakestones" and the legend of St.Hilda

I have loved fossil hunting since being a child and over the years with my kids I have spent hours scouring the beaches around Staithes...

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Mar 14
3 min

Bridgerton in Yorkshire

Riding on the coat tails of smash-hit period dramas such as BBC’s Downtown Abbey and ITV’s Victoria, Netflix released its own romp...

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Mar 9
3 min

A Moorish Masterpiece - St.Paul's House on Park Square, Leeds

One of my favourite buildings in Leeds is situated just on the edge of Park Square near the Town Hall. Having taken my son into Leeds for...

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Mar 7
3 min

A circular walk up Sharp Haw with a well-deserved beer!

A recent socially distanced afternoon walk with my old rugby pal Tim and his vizsla Max involved a walk I had not done before, up to the...

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Mar 3
7 min

Markenfield Hall - A hidden medieval moated manor house near Ripon

The story of Markenfield Hall is a fascinating one. This medieval moated manor house situated on the outskirts of Ripon, really is one of...

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Feb 20
2 min

Yorkshire Chorizo Jam – too good to be true…

I’d bought a jar of Chorizo Jam whilst conducting a food tour of the Yorkshire Dales for some clients during the summer during a stop off...

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