CFFC
In an English Country Garden.
We took a quick trip over the Pennines to Yorkshire recently. We had an overnight at Holdsworth House, a Jacobean mansion house which was built in 1633 and is now a hotel. The house has featured in various television programmes, most notably “Last Tango in Halifax”. In fact it will 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…
countryside
Smile on Saturday: The Little White Bus Stops Here.
Stop the bus! I want to get on! I chose this picture for this week’s Smile on Saturday as it encapsulates my memories of a couple of days spent in the Yorkshire Dales this summer: the signpost to the Pennine Way the footpath to the village of Hawes the blue skies Read more…
Architecture
From Booze Moor to the Land of the Prince Bishops
Booze Moor, Whaw, High Faggergill, Low Faggergill, Hoove and Stang…. ….how I love Yorkshire Place names. This small section from my road atlas covers an area of about 5 square miles (that’s out of the 4,500 square miles which the County of Yorkshire covers): The dotted line at the top Read more…