by Admin | Apr 20, 2018 | Blog
Tour de Yorkshire, 3rd – 6th May 2018 Ask any Yorkshireman – or woman – where he or she was, and what they were doing, on the first weekend of July 2014 and I’m pretty sure he could tell you. That was the weekend our spectacular county, with...
by Admin | Apr 6, 2018 | Blog
Tour de Yorkshire 2018 Inspired by Yorkshire’s hosting of the Tour de France in 2014, the fourth edition of the Tour de Yorkshire cycle race has been expanded from three to four stages and will take place between 3-6 May 2018. It encompasses all four corners of the...
by Admin | Mar 30, 2018 | Blog
Thomas Chippendale – Son of Otley, Cabinet Maker and Forefather of Interior Design This enigmatic, uniquely talented man was born three hundred years ago in Otley in June 1718, the only son of John and Mary Chippendale (Nee Drake). Baptised in All Saints, Otley...
by Admin | Mar 15, 2018 | Blog
The appreciation that natural spring water could cure sickness and disease dates back to Roman times and beyond. With the conversion to Christianity ‘taking the waters’ developed into a religious rite until the reformation, when Henry VIII’s...
by Admin | Mar 5, 2018 | Blog
Want to meet a dinosaur called Alan? Then head to The Yorkshire Museum in York. The Museum is set to showcase it’s many finds from the Jurassic period in a brand-new exhibition, Yorkshire’s Jurassic World. During the Jurassic Period, approximately 150...
by Admin | Feb 20, 2018 | Blog
If you’re out for a stroll on Ilkley Moor – a great place to head for is the Twelve Apostles Stone Circle. It’s not quite to the scale of Stonehenge but it is a delightful circle which dates back to the Bronze Age (4500 – 2700 years ago) and is...
