Playing a significant role in the Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War, Sir Thomas Fairfax is still far less well known than...

Needing to head up to the North York Moors to recce a walking route for a future tour, myself and my wife decided at short notice to head...

I regularly pass the little round tower known as Barker Tower just to the edge of Lendal Bridge in York whilst taking clients out on...

I’m just back from walking the Herriot Way, a 52 mile hike through Wensleydale and Swaledale. Doing the walk in late May we were blessed...

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...

I’ve been meeting with a group of old mates from Leeds University for a number of years for an annual walking weekend, but this year 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...

Masham, the town on the edge of the Dales next to the River Ure, famous for its two breweries is also famous for its swifts! Come May...

Whilst doing a recce of Little Germany in Bradford with a fellow guide recently, we stumbled upon a huge artwork up on a wall showing one...

As part of my mission to climb Yorkshire’s 30 Highest Peaks, we had found a route on Jonathan Smith’s great Where2Walk website which...

For a vibrant city the size of Leeds, you would expect it to have more than just one Michelin starred restaurant. But The Man Behind the...

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...

With this years Michelin Guide 2022 launched on 16th February – it is great news that in a year when we still experienced the after...

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner – I decided to give some thought as to why Love and Yorkshire go hand in hand, plus how and...

The Magpie Café in Whitby is a bit of a Yorkshire Institution and its popularity can be seen by the queues which form outside most...

A guest blog article by my friend, Yorkshire Society colleague and acclaimed author Colin Speakman Even amongst people who love...

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...

The Yorkshire Wolds is often over looked in favour of Yorkshire’s better known National parks – The Yorkshire Dales & North York Moors....

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,...