Author Archives: Hortoris
Roughing It Around Yorkshire
You do not need a Rough Guide to Yorkshire to have a stonking time but it may help with the excellent maps and fine detail in a concise volume. Continue reading
Site for Sore Eyes Yorkshire Dales National Park
The Yorkshire Dales National Park was established in 1954, and covers an area of 1, 680 square miles straddling the central Pennines through to Cumbria. It is 50 miles north east of Manchester; Leeds and Bradford lie to the south, … Continue reading
Top Ten West Riding Churches
To select but 10 churches for a ‘best of’ list was impossible so I tried to find 10 varying churches in each Riding and this is my effort for the West Riding of Yorkshire. I would be happy to consider … Continue reading
Rylstone for Local History, Walks & Calendars Girls
St Peter’s church in Rylstone stands above the village made famous in recent times by the Alternative Womens Institute calendar. As the church and graveyard can testify there has been a vibrant community in the locality for many centuries. Perhaps … Continue reading
Adam Sedgwick of Dentdale and Cowgill
Dent Village and Dentdale ‘The Dent Fault cuts across the valley close to the village of Gawthrop, marking a geological boundary between the carbonferous limestone of Deepdale and the Craven Dales to the south and the older Silurian and Ordovician … Continue reading
Norber Erratic Boulders Near Austwick
‘A quick course in geology will take eons or longer.’ Is an erratic one of the ‘Rock of ages cleft for me?’ Twixt Austwick and Clapham in Crummackdale lies a group of erratic boulders called the ‘Norber Boulders’ up on … Continue reading
Village Shops
Old fashioned, some village shops may be but they are an important part of our heritage. Keep using village shops and speciality retailers in your area or you know what will happen. This Hull location may have been intended as … Continue reading
Train Spotting at Bolton Abbey
The 12th century priory at Bolton Abbey is a great place to visit. The estate on the banks of the Wharfe has been owned for centuries by the Duke of Devonshire. Things to Do at Bolton Abbey Inspect the Church … Continue reading
Pork Pies and other Growlers
Just a 2017 reminder not to forget your ‘Christmas pie’. Stand pie, Gala pie or large pork the variety will not matter but I shall pass on a Melton Mowbray. Yorkshire folk are not fetishists but we do love or … Continue reading
Ledsham from Fairburn Ings
Fairburn Ings is a great nature reserve and RSPB sanctuary near Castleford that covers 700 acres and includes open water, marshland, wet meadows, feeding stations and small areas of reed bed. On a grey winters day a walk around the … Continue reading