history
HEPTONSTALL – A Walk around a Secret Village
Pictures from a walk around HEPTONSTALL: An ancient village in the Pennines which is one of Yorkshire’s best kept secrets.
Empty Chairs
Empty Chairs: Pull up a Seat in Leeds.
Empty chairs are always so welcome on an action-packed, 36-hour city break. We recently visited the city of Leeds in Yorkshire. The main reason for the trip was to go to a performance of La Bohème by Opera North in the wonderful and traditional Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. Read more…
humour
Knaresborough: An Illusory Pink Door
All is not what it seems in Knaresborough….. I spotted this wonderfully vibrant door when I was heading to the market in the town square. I did laugh when I got close enough to photograph it: Some things in Knaresborough are real…. …….like this view from Read more…
Architecture
KNARESBOROUGH: A 12th Century Castle
Knaresborough Castle Knaresborough Castle in Yorkshire stands high on a cliff above the River Nidd. The castle was first built by a Norman baron in c. 1100 on a cliff above the River Nidd. There is documentary evidence dating from 1130 referring to works carried out at the castle by Henry Read more…