Buckden Pike Circular – a hike up Yorkshire’s 7th Highest Peak
As I’m off in May to the Highlands of Scotland for a few days walking with some old friends, it has motivated me for the need to get a...
This section of my Blog covers Yorkshire's diverse culture. So included in this area I will be writing about everything from Yorkshire's many film and TV locations, Yorkshire's literary heritage, sports teams and their homes, theatre and dance, live music and festivals as well as cultural events.
Plus as there are so many famous Yorkshire Folk who have made their mark on the world - just think of the Bronte Sisters, David Hockney & James Herriot for starters, we will feature people who were born or predominantly lived in the county and who have left their mark on Yorkshire over the last 2,000 years.
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Buckden Pike Circular – a hike up Yorkshire’s 7th Highest Peak
Circle – Richard Farrington’s Giant Charm Bracelet on the Cleveland Way
Yorkshire Rewilding Network – enabling rewilding throughout Yorkshire
All Creatures Great & Small – Filming locations from Series 3
The symbolism behind the stunning mural on Bolton Priory’s East Wall
The Dales Detective Agency – gentle murder mysteries set in the Yorkshire Dales
Ravenscar to Robin Hood’s Bay Coastal Loop Walk
The Tansey Beetle – the Jewel of York
The Norber Erratics and Sulber Nick from Austwick
Masham and its Swifts...
Huge artwork depicting David Hockney made out of nails in Little Germany
Dodd Fell, Wether Fell & the old Roman Road
Is Yorkshire the most romantic place to celebrate Valentine’s Day?
The Yorkshire Wolds - soon to get Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and UNESCO Geopark status?
Circular walk from Thixendale to the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy
The Yorkshire’s festive celebrations through the ages
The Miner’s Bait Table sculpture on the Cleveland Way at Boulby
Ridge Walk – Gauber to Ingleborough via Simon’s Fell with stunning views
The Great British Talkshow Host – Sir Michael Parkinson
Enclosure Rights – an artwork inspired by the cultural landscape of the Yorkshire Wolds
Ratcatcher Yorkshire Tweed Clothing – Designed, Woven and Made in Yorkshire
The Gallows Pole – The story of the Cragg Vale Coiners
The Ilkley Moor Alien
War Horse - a powerful tribute to Featherstone's first world war fallen
Walk along The Yorkshire Wolds Way from Wintringham
Peaky Blinders in Yorkshire
Bridgerton in Yorkshire
The Story of Wool – Grade II listed Public Art Sculpture in Ilkley
Exploring the locations from Channel 5’s new All Creatures Great & Small
Percy Shaw – the Yorkshire inventor of the “Cat’s Eye”
Did you know Britain’s tallest ever man was a Yorkshireman?
So what is the link between an elephant, the artist JMW Turner and Otley Chevin?
The worrying decline of The Curlew – are we hearing their last calls
The Story of the Yorkshire Flag
Guy Fawkes and his Yorkshire connections
Sir George Cayley – “the father of aerial navigation”
All Creatures Great and Small – Channel 5 revives the James Herriot TV drama
Kes – an iconic piece of Yorkshire cinema now ranked 7th in the BFI Top 10 British Films list
Thomas Chippendale – “The Shakespeare of Furniture”
The background behind Yorkshire Day and its celebrations
Red Kites thriving in Yorkshire
William Wilberforce – The original Black Lives Matter Campaigner
Jimi Hendrix, Ilkley Brewery, Fish & Chips and a Nursing Home – what’s the link?
Yorkshire TV & Film Location Quiz
York celebrates Gentleman Jack...twice!
Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Writers Festival
The Marble Salon at Wentworth Woodhouse – a Downton Abbey – The Movie location
Titus Salt - How Alpaca and Donskoi wool lead to his success
The Poetry Seat on Ilkley Moor
Ferret Legging - the sport where the main skill is to "have your tool bitten and not care"!