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    Muker Literary Institute – a place of Victorian self-improvement in Swaledale
    timbarber
    • Jan 19
    • 3 min

    Muker Literary Institute – a place of Victorian self-improvement in Swaledale

    On my Yorkshire Dales tours, I often drive along the many traditional Yorkshire villages along Swaledale. Small quaint stone cottages,...
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    Simonstone Hall - a great all round experience for a post New Year break
    timbarber
    • Jan 3
    • 4 min

    Simonstone Hall - a great all round experience for a post New Year break

    I regularly stop for lunch at Simonstone Hall on my way up and over Buttertubs during my tours of the Yorkshire Dales. My guests are...
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    Bedale Leech House – the UK’s only surviving leech house
    timbarber
    • Aug 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    Leeds Bridge House – a bit of New York in Leeds
    timbarber
    • May 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    The Chapel of St. Mary Magdelan - a Medieval Hospital and Leper Chapel in Ripon
    timbarber
    • Apr 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    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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    A Moorish Masterpiece - St.Paul's House on Park Square, Leeds
    timbarber
    • Mar 9, 2021
    • 3 min

    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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    I'm Tim Barber and since 2015 I have been running Real Yorkshire Tours - offering chauffeur guided small group tours for visitors to Yorkshire..

     

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