With an hour to kill before my guests were to board the North York Railway in Pickering for a trip to Whitby on the heritage railway I...

Having lived in Leeds or close by since my student days – one landmark in the City centre has always stood out. Sitting proudly on top of...

As a Tour Guide, I regularly guide in York and York Minster is always part of the itinerary. I spent weeks in there training for my...

One of the strangest and most interesting historic sites in the region is The Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag, a small chapel carved into...

Hidden away behind York’s library and just outside Museum Gardens is a real historical treasure which I discovered thanks to the author...

On my Yorkshire Dales tours, I often drive along the many traditional Yorkshire villages along Swaledale. Small quaint stone cottages,...

One of the most famous roads in Yorkshire is Buttertubs Pass, the high road between Wensleydale and Swaledale with fantastic views over...

Winter Solstice We have to look back much further than the nativity to start exploring the origins of winter festive celebrations. In...

Sitting a few miles outside Wakefield are the ruined remains of Sandal Castle. There is not much of the stonework left but the moat and...

One of the most iconic sights in Yorkshire has to be the huge viaduct stretching 400 metres across the Ribble Valley which forms part of...

Most people head out from Ilkley up onto the Moors above White Wells or The Cow and Calf, but walking up on the Moors over the other side...

On my tours of the Yorkshire Dales, I often stop in Masham sitting on the River Ure to show guests around the town before heading into...

My pal Glen has a restaurant just off Wellington Street called The Good Luck Club. The area is in a newly developed, vibrant part of...

I regularly walk my dog on Otley Chevin and walking up from the East Chevin Quarry Car Park to Surprise View, I often pass a long...

Whilst driving up to Bamburgh for a few days break with my wife, we decided to stop in Bedale for a bit of lunch. Looking at a tourist...

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

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

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...

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

One of the famous walking challenges in Yorkshire is The Yorkshire Three Peaks. It’s a walk of 24.5 miles but with 5200 feet (1585m) of...