Author Archives: Hortoris
Drink Ingleton Dry
Ingleton is a lively place to visit for a weekend or short holiday. We chose the folk festival time when the fields were full of campers and the streets full of crows. There are some very good pubs in the … Continue reading
Google Can’t Talk Tyke
Google helps direct readers to our Gods Own County website. Several hundred people a day were able to read one of our pages that related to the words or phrase they had searched for using Google’s search engine. We were … Continue reading
King Henry VIII, a York Glazier and a Good Read
Do you want a good autumn read of over 650 pages? If so then look no further than C N Sansom’s ‘Sovereign’. The Setting King Henry VIII has set out on his ‘Progress to the North’ to seek a submission … Continue reading
About Mastiles Lane Twixt Malham and Kilnsey
Yorkshire’s three most important lanes are Kirkstall Lane at Headingley, Bramall Lane at Sheffield and Mastiles Lane in t’dales. Sporting links to cricket, football, rugby and rambling bring the three together in this short tribute focused on Mastiles Lane. If … Continue reading
Stone the Crows but not the Dancers
‘Stone the crows’ I exclaimed with incredulity, what is happening in Otley at the Maypole. Regulars will know that each September for the last 21 years there has been a folk festival in Otley and it now attracts some of … Continue reading
Folk Dancing with an Exotic Touch
Folk festivals bring out a growing diversity of dancing teams and styles and none are more exotic than the Four Hundred Roses. ‘Four Hundred Roses’ is a group of belly dancers from Leeds, Bradford, Keighley, their current base. They have … Continue reading
Hard Reading? I Think I Am OK
A sad indictment of some family folk and the inappropriate care system in West Yorkshire. Yet an uplifting story of a hard life that seems to be turning out OK. I Think I’m OK by Christopher Kenny In Christopher Kenny’s … Continue reading
The Grand Steve Earl
Leeds Grand Theater is hosting a Steve Earl concert on Tuesday 3rd November 2009 and it sounds as though it will be a great event. After an outstanding performance at The End of the Road Festival this last weekend Steve … Continue reading
Amaranthus Plants – Not Very Yorkshire
Your usual Yorkshire allotment is not full of Amaranthus at this time of year or any other for that matter. There are over 60 varieties of amaranth grown as cereal or for the production of fancy flowers and flashy foliage. … Continue reading
Yorkshire Proficient at Cycling
Those guys at Cycling Info always seem to have a camera on them when cycling or walking and are proficient photographers to boot. These results from York show some of the fun of cycling. Photos from York Cycle Festival 2012 … Continue reading