Category Archives: Transport and Travel

Get around Yorkshire with transport old and new

Jowett the Yorkshire Javelin Ahead of Time

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Hortoris

The two seater soft top Jowett Jupiter was developed from the success of the Javelin in 1950. The streamlined shape implied speed and was a well engineered car with stronger brakes and new features. It had a steel tube frame … Continue reading →

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Betwixed Leeds and Shipley Along the Canal

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Hortoris

‘Leaving Leeds and heading towards Shipley’. The first 10 miles of the Leeds-Liverpool canal hold a lot of interest for walkers, fishermen and historians. It is a good 10 mile linear walk with pubs enroute at Newley, Rodley, Baildon and … Continue reading →

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Frizinghall and It’s Mucky Railway Station

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Hortoris

Frizinghall is now a suburb of Bradford but boasts it’s own railway station on the Ilkley and Skipton lines. The station strikes me as unique for a suburban station. The west bound platform shown in the photo is well west … Continue reading →

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Flying Scotsman or Not

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Hortoris

Sorry I need to get out and find a photograph of the real thing. Flying Scotsman in Yorkshire A free exhibition until 19th June in The National Railway Museum Gallery. It is focusing on the celebrity of arguably the world’s … Continue reading →

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Twirlies on Doncaster & Bradford Trolley Buses

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Hortoris

Twirlies you know are the OAP’s and people who stand at bus stops with their free passes and ask ‘are we too early’ because it is not yet 9.30am. So that is how we get our name ‘Twirlies’, it is … Continue reading →

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Scenic Railway Journeys Yorkshire

Posted on February 12, 2016 by tejvan

I am sure you never doubted that Yorkshire has some of the most scenic railway settings in Europe. Here is just a selection of some old but still working railways that arrange journeys into a steam driven past. Ribblehead Viaduct … Continue reading →

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Wallace Arnold Old Coach Holidays

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Hortoris

Do you collect ‘Nobbies’, in the red livery of Norbert Dentressangle or ‘Stobbies’, in the green livery of Eddie Stobart on long road Journeys? It can keep me and children amused for miles and miles spotting and counting the lorries. … Continue reading →

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York Railways

Posted on July 30, 2014 by tejvan

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.

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Leeds Bradford ‘Costa Packet’ Airport

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Hortoris

Parking charges and trolley costs rip off LBA travellers to boost private equity Continue reading →

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Knaresborough Nidd Viaduct

Posted on July 26, 2014 by tejvan

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 →

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