Whist walking in the Yorkshire Dales recently I pointed out to a friend, some strangely round conical hills just outside Grassington and...

The Dalesway is a long distance trail between Ilkley and Bowness on Windermere in the Lake District. The walk is about 75 miles and is a...

From the middle of August large swathes of Yorkshire turn into a carpet of purple and lilac as the heather moorlands starts to bloom. I...

Just outside the village of Keld on a footpath which connects the village with Muker lies the curiously named Crackpot Hall. I recently...

This is a great 9 mile walk between two of my favourite coastal locations and follows a stretch of the Cleveland Way. As well as stunning...

With the weather forecast looking good, I decided to take my dog up to Swaledale and walk what for me is one of the most beautiful walks...

This distinctive rock out crop or Tor of Almscliffe Crag can be seen for miles around and is well known by the residents of Lower...

My blogs often come about from strange inspiration, but on a dog walk at the weekend my Apple Music shuffled to an old XTC album called...

After being blessed with great weather for the first couple of months of the pandemic, Wednesday saw the weather change and as we parked...

Last year, I was contacted by a property company who had just completed part of a new development of apartments in the Hungate area of...

With lockdown restrictions lifted I decided to get up early and take a hike up Whernside with my wife and faithful black lab Bronte. I...

An hours wait at Auto Windscreens in Middleton, Leeds was spent exploring the local area on foot and finally getting to visit The...

I often guide in Hull and Beverley, with the stunning gothic Beverley Minster a “must see” stop on my tours. Close to the Altar in the...

There are many similarities between our situation today with our Corona Virus pandemic and the Black Death of the 1300’s, not least the...

Being so close to the Minster – St Michael le Belfrey on High Petergate in York often gets overlooked, but it has a wonderful history in...

Whist training as a Blue Badge Guide and travelling along Blakey Ridge on one of our North York Moors training days – someone pointed...

Whilst in lockdown with the Corona Virus pandemic raging outside, I read an article in The Times on 7th April 2020 entitled “Ramblers...

In my past life as a marketing man, I once had to come up with a logo and brand for a syndicate of Bradford based surgeons called...

Driving around Yorkshire and particularly in the Yorkshire Dales, a pub name which keeps cropping up is the Craven Heifer. This is...

With dry January starting and the need to rid myself of a stone in weight I had managed to put on over Christmas, my wife and I decided a...