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Sandal Castle – believed to have inspired a nursery rhyme and its link to the War of the Roses
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...
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Dec 14, 20214 min read


Ribblehead Viaduct - the fascinating story behind this Yorkshire icon
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...
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Dec 11, 20214 min read


Shedding some light on Beamsley Beacon
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...
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Nov 23, 20212 min read


Masham's Rare Anglo Saxon Cross Shaft
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...
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Nov 18, 20212 min read


Leeds Wagon Lifting Tower - remnants of Leeds railway heritage
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...
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Oct 17, 20212 min read


The Mystery of Otley's Vacca Wall
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...
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Oct 4, 20213 min read


Bedale Leech House – the UK’s only surviving leech house
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...
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Aug 2, 20212 min read


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 23, 20213 min read


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 8, 20212 min read


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 30, 20213 min read


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, 20214 min read


The Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge - 65,000 steps in a day!
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...
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May 15, 20216 min read


Leeds Bridge House – a bit of New York in Leeds
I’ve been lucky enough to have visited New York, most recently in 2019 with Visit Britain on a trade mission to promote Yorkshire to US...
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May 2, 20212 min read


The Chapel of St. Mary Magdelan - a Medieval Hospital and Leper Chapel in Ripon
I had read about a Leper Hospital in Ripon, so last summer having dropped off some overseas visitors at The Old Deanery next to Ripon...
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Apr 28, 20213 min read


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 14, 20215 min read


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 5, 20213 min read


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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Apr 3, 20215 min read


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 20, 20213 min read


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 9, 20213 min read


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 7, 20213 min read
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