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Pontefract Building Tourism
Pontefract has many fine buildings and a notable history to boot. Find out about them and lots more at the museum right in the center of town. It is housed in a fine looking red brick building built in 1904 … Continue reading
Shops in Leeds – The Cheap and The Dear
In a recent visit to Leeds, I was disappointed to see a growth in the number of bargain basement, everything for a pound shops, which always appear on the verge of closing down. Perhaps more sad, was the lack of … Continue reading
Walk Along The Leeds Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal crosses a wonderful part of the country, linking the two industrial cities of Leeds and Liverpool. Over a distance of 127 miles (204 km), it crosses the Pennines, and some of the best scenery in … Continue reading
Steepest Hills in Yorkshire
If you’re a cyclist in Yorkshire, you’re spoilt for choice if looking for some steepest hill. In the Yorkshire Dales, there are plenty of climbs which touch the dreaded 1 in 4 (or 25% in modern money). The steepest Hills … Continue reading
Yorkshire Independence Party
Today the party for an Independent Yorkshire State (PIYS) made a bold claim to stake complete independence from the UK. The Yorkshire Independence Party has vowed to stand up for the principles of honesty, truthfulness, hard graft and respect for … Continue reading
Tea Rooms in Yorkshire Gardens
Eucryphia growing above a hedge at Parcevall Hall North Yorkshire. The grounds contain several acid loving plants and the under planting included several Hydrangeas. Whilst the gardens are nearly 1000 feet above sea level the shelter of the dales hills … Continue reading
Interesting Facts about Richmond
With Museums galore, a Norman Castle, Georgian streets and a route on the Coast to Coast walk there is a lot of exploring to do in and around Richmond. Warnings If you arrive by car beware that parking is controlled … Continue reading
Brian Clough at Leeds United F.C
Take a great club and a great, if temperamental manager, and you have one of the most explosive 44 days in British Football. After leading unfancied Derby County to the top of the English division One, Brian Clough was brought … Continue reading
York Railways
By the ntime you see this I will have made another pilgrimage to The Railway Museum – more photos later York Station at dusk. Busy station with GNER and Trans-penine trains Split in lines.
Knaresborough Nidd Viaduct
The present Knaresborough Viaduct was completed in October 1851. The first effort collapsed 3 years earlier. It is 338 ft in length and is 90 ft high. The 4 arches span the River Nidd forming a bridge that is still … Continue reading