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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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