Monthly Archives: July 2012

Yorkshire Festival of Women’s Writers

The third Bronte Festival of Women’s writing weekend takes place 31 August – 2 September 2012. It will feature readings, workshops, talks and more from prominent and emerging women writers! Main Attractions Sadie Jones discusses her latest novel The Uninvited … Continue reading

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Bradford – What a Way to Treat Architecture

How many good buildings has Bradford got that it can allow this great 1930’s edifice to fall down around the politicians ears? For 12 years there has been deriliction in more ways than in architectural terms. The unique building has … Continue reading

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Yorkshire Cottage Staycation Ideas

Yorkshire folk are not shy and retiring when it comes to extolling the virtues of ‘God’s Own County’ and we encourage visitors to share some of our passion. But there is more to a stay in Yorkshire for your holidays … Continue reading

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Assassin of Bradford – A4

It is not an authors job to run down my home city of Bradford! Tom Cain manages to do just that by casual, throw away references in his book ‘Assassin’. Preface to Yorkshire Book Club (A4) ‘Assassin’ is a fast … Continue reading

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South Pennines Walk & Ride Festival

If you want to stretch those leg muscles on a bike or long walk then the South Pennines may be the place to go. If you prefer to ride in style on horseback then you could do worse than try … Continue reading

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Dalby Forest North Yokshire Moors

Walk or cycle amongst the 8000 of God’s Own Acres of woodland in Dalby Forest just north of Pickering A169 or on the A170 Thornton Le Dale road towards Whitby. There are 55 miles of cycle trails starting from the … Continue reading

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Farmers Rural Enterprise

photo credit Sutton Bank by alh1 CC BY-ND 2.0 Economic times are hard and Yorkshire farmers are a major force for the economic good of Yorkshire and the country. Perhaps that is why there are several support schemes to encourage … Continue reading

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Yelp for Yorkshire

Yelp is another web directory created by social networkers. Yelp claims to be ‘the fun and easy way to find and talk about great (and not so great) local businesses’ but it is not so great when it comes to … Continue reading

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Who Are You Looking at?

This picture is taken from Embsay moor. Straight ahead is the direction of the lower wharfe Valley and Bolton Abbey. To the right is Skipton This is in the direction of Barden and Burnsall

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Yorkshire, The World, Milky Way, Universe No Post Code

When you were at school did you give your address as number X, some street, Your Town, Yorkshire, England, Europe, The World, The Milky Way, The Universe or something equivalent. Did you get a reply even with no post code? … Continue reading

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