Monthly Archives: March 2017
Newby Hall Gardens for Cornus & Interesting Plants
Back in 2009 I took a trip to see the Gardens and plants at Newby Hall. This photograph fails to do the gardens justice but see them in full flower on their web site. Sylvia’s garden area was in fine … Continue reading
The Shepherd Lord Fact or Fiction
A Bank holiday read or a book for Fathers Day, this Faction is an interesting cross between fact and fiction. The historical embellishments are entertaining. Product Description from Amazon ‘Young Henry Clifford, heir to vast estates in the North of … Continue reading
More Books than Bookings for Mike Pannett
He may have been a great copper for 20 years until he took up writing, about the police, about his life and crimes in the Yorkshire Countryside. However his books are coming to book shops thick and fast and he … Continue reading
What is it about Scarborough and Fiction
The Last Train to Scarborough is a Jim Stringer Steam Detective novel by Andrew Martin. Hot on the heels of our review of the murders in Scarborough in ‘The Other Child’ by Charlotte Link is another book in Andrew Martin’s … Continue reading
Original Boundaries of Yorkshire
Association of British Counties Map of Yorkshire. Published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK On a map of Yorkshire from the Domesday book the ‘county’ was a significantly larger region taking in parts of Cumberland Westmoreland and Lancashire. Yorkshire … Continue reading
Marine Conservation in Yorkshire
‘You can please some of the fish some of the time but not all of the piscene critters all of the time.’ Of the original 27 conservations zones none were on or near the Yorkshire coast. The nearest is the … Continue reading
Jump on a Yorkshire Bus
Pictures of some older Yorkshire buses run by Yorkshire bus companies have been preserved by Ingy the Wingy and others for us to enjoy. Even more important is the buses themselves are being preserved! Others are still in service. Use … Continue reading
Bluebells of Yorkshire
In your garden bluebells are fine in April and May and disappear underground for 8 months of the year. However the leaves can be a soggy mess for one month after flowering. If you want tips on how to keep … Continue reading
Yorkshire’s Richest People
Five years ago we commented on the then wealth generated by various people of Yorkshire 1st Eddie and Malcolm Healey. Combined weatlh of £1.5 billion (UK – 42nd) Eddie Healey was the developers of the Meadowhall shopping centre, in Sheffield. … Continue reading
Air Ambulances of Yorkshire
Overhead Chopper at Leeds-Bradford Airport ‘The Leeds-Bradford airspace seemed to be full of budding pilots on the afternoon when I passed by. This helicopter was on a training session run by private aviation company Multiflight, a business which is based … Continue reading