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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5 days ago
4 min

Stonebeck Cheese - a delicious raw cow's milk cheese made in Nidderdale

If you mention Yorkshire cheese – most people would immediately think of the crumbly Wensleydale cheese made famous by Wallace and...

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Jul 23
3 min

Toft Gate Lime Kiln - a window into Nidderdale's industrial past

On the road between Pateley Bridge and Grassington just outside Greenhow lies a curious structure with the remnants of a stack chimney...

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Jul 8
3 min

Ratcatcher Yorkshire Tweed Clothing – Designed, Woven and Made in Yorkshire

I recently came across Ratcatcher when I was tasked with ordering 100 flat caps for a corporate team building event in Ilkley which...

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Jul 8
2 min

The Druid’s Temple – Yorkshire’s Stonehenge or an 18th century Folly?

Nestled in the woodland close to Swinton Bivouac on the Swinton Park Estate lies a huge stone circle which looks like the sort of...

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Jul 1
2 min

The newly launched - Yorkshire Wine Trail

In late July there was a flurry of activity on social media about the launch of a Yorkshire Wine Trail. Whilst I was aware of Yorkshire...

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Jun 30
3 min

Barwick in Elmet’s Iron Age Hill Fort and Motte Bailey Castle

After visiting a friend in Barwick in Elmet, I remembered years ago he’d mentioned the remains of a motte bailey castle behind the local...

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Jun 21
3 min

Home – relaxed, informal fine dining in Leeds

I’d heard lots of people raving about the Leeds based restaurant Home, situated where the old Darbar Indian restaurant once was in...

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Jun 11
4 min

The Cragg Vale Coiners Walk from Christopher Goddard’s illustrated map

I’ve recently blogged about the infamous Cragg Vale Coiners, who in the 1760’s from the remote moorland above Mytholmroyd, embarked on a...

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Jun 11
3 min

The Gallows Pole – The story of the Cragg Vale Coiners

Nothing to do with the Led Zeppelin song of the same name, I stumbled on the book The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers in a book store in...

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