Author Archives: Hortoris
Re-homing Hens and the Cock of the North
Yorkshire is a significant producer of eggs and chickens. It is also as humane as practical in the way it treats the flocks including some re-homing of aging birds. The British Hen Welfare Trust have regional co-ordinators to help with … Continue reading
Yorkshire’s Community Forest Expansion Plans
White Rose Forest plans are in place even if the trees aren’t yet but the plans are inspirational. In fact it will be many years before the plans are complete but by then there will be a continuous belt of … Continue reading
Skipton Facts Updated for 2018
A History of Skipton Skipton is Anglo Saxon for Sheep Town. There is still a Sheep Street and an aptly named pub on it called The Wooly Sheep Inn. Full sized, ornamental, painted sheep are used to promote events around … Continue reading
Through the Arch Window – Views at Fountains Abbey
Easter warrants the simplest of crosses in the hall at Fountains Abbey The complexity of the construction at Fountains Abbey makes you consider what might have been without the dissolution in the 16th century. Arch way lead to arch and … Continue reading
Quirky Knitting Facts in Yorkshire
Old Shop Baa Baa Brighouse has teamed up with a number of Yorkshire based indie dyers to bring you the Yan Tan Tethera Yarn Club. They produce specialty yarns, that have been reared, sheared, spun or dyed in ‘God’s Own … Continue reading
Teach Your Budgerigar to Speak Yorkshire
I remember my father saying he breed budgies before WWII in his attic at home. It was more than a hobby as he then sold them to Luther Wrights pet shop and any budgerigar fanciers. There was a skill when … Continue reading
Your Yorkshire Environment – Case Studies – Rivers
Yorkshire Environment For All River Ouse York on a Foggy Winter The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly to say nothing of the downright diabolical! Do we care about the environment where we live, work and spend our recreation time? … Continue reading
Yorkshire Carrier of Pigeons
A racing pigeon needs a carrier and a carrier pigeon needs a boy racer in a silver car to help transport them. Fancy That : Pigeon Facts There are over 300 species of pigeon and dove or columbines as they … Continue reading
Interesting and Unusual Facts about Castleford
Navigate around the Plastic in the Aire & Calder On the banks of the river at Castleford is a deluge of plastic and other litter waiting to be washed down stream to the sea. It may take some time waiting … Continue reading
Wrong Sort of Plastic on the Line
Train companies do not need an excuses for late running trains but nevertheless here is a new one. Not the one about all staff are too busy clearing the rubbish dumped by passengers but ‘the wrong sort of plastic on … Continue reading