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...

Let's see how many you get right! - Scroll down for the answers... 1. Name 2 stately homes in Yorkshire which featured in Downton Abbey...

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...

The popular BBC TV series Gentleman Jack has just been re-commissioned for a series 2 which is sadly on hold during to the Corona Virus...

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

I was lucky enough to take a tour of the Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery in Hunmanby on the Yorkshire Coast early in 2019. It was a great...

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...

Very controversial I know, but there has been a gradual move for cheese enthusiasts to suggest that beer works better with cheese than...

Every year for over 17 years, Harrogate has held the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival. Sadly this year (2020) the event has...

Downton Abbey, the British historical drama created by Julian Fellows has captivated audiences across the world since it first aired in...

Industrialist Titus Salt will forever be remembered as a Yorkshire industrialist who pioneered the use of the model village for his...

A few years ago on the way back from a good yomp over Ilkley Moor to the 12 Apostles stone circle, I took a slight detour on my way back...

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...

Named after one of the northern Yorkshire Dales, Wensleydale cheese has a long history with the Dale. The cheese itself has been made in...

Yorkshire has some strange traditions but perhaps one of the strangest is the fictional sport of ferret legging The imaginary sport...

Whenever I have friends up to visit particularly from down South, its always good to put together a bit of a Yorkshire cheeseboard. There...