Category Archives: Villages, Towns and Cities

Locations of interest, history or special merit

Drink Ingleton Dry

Ingleton is a lively place to visit for a weekend or short holiday. We chose the folk festival time when the fields were full of campers and the streets full of crows. There are some very good pubs in the … Continue reading

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Sorry Harrogate You Smell but Your Flowers Do Not!

As an infrequent visitor to Harrogate I had not previously been caught by the noxious pong or town centre smell until last Saturday that is. I pooh-poohed my wife’s idea that it was farmers muck spreading and wanted to blame … Continue reading

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North Yorkshire Moors Railway and Pickering

Pickering is the perfect start to your steam train adventure, leaving the charming village the trains to Whitby go through stations evocative of an earlier era. Levisham is an 1912 style station, accessible by one solitary hill road and suitable … Continue reading

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Otley Recognises Our Diamond Queen

A celebration of the written and spoken word will take the form of a competition on the theme of Diamonds to recognise ‘The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee’ in Otley, West Yorkshire. The closing date for entries is 20th January 2012 so … Continue reading

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Rights of Way – Rights of Bradfordians

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Chimneys and Salt’s Mill Saltaire

A nice evocative photo of the old chimney’s in Saltaire. By: Tim Green Flickr Saltaire village is now a Unesco World Heritage site Walks along Leeds Liverpool Canal

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