Sally, Sally, Pride of our Valley

Sally, Sally, Pride of our Valley

No-one has done more to bring  the Calder Valley to our TV screens than Sally Wainwright OBE. Her brand includes Scott and Bailey, Last Tango in Halifax and Gentleman Jack in addition to the somewhat misnamed Happy Valley, the location for murder, suicide and...
How to experience the Ribblehead Viaduct

How to experience the Ribblehead Viaduct

The key words are “slow” – “imagine” – “listen” Perhaps journey from Ingleton to Hawes along the B6255 – by car, bicycle, motorbike, or coach, and maybe accompanied by a Blue Badge Tourist Guide.  You’ll be travelling along a road that was once an old coaching...
Peaky Blinders in Yorkshire

Peaky Blinders in Yorkshire

The British period drama Peaky Blinders created by Steven Knight follows the exploits of the Shelby crime family and is loosely based on a gang of the same name who supposedly sewed razors into the peaks of their flat caps whilst controlling the betting and...
Unusual Photographic Opportunities In and Around York

Unusual Photographic Opportunities In and Around York

At the West Front, where the visitors’ entrance can be found today, is a 1990’s version of an original Genesis cycle decorating the ceremonial doors.  God’s hand wraps around the globe in his first act of creation and then encircles Adam and Eve.  Noah is...
A Mediterranean Garden in Yorkshire

A Mediterranean Garden in Yorkshire

Beningbrough Hall, an 18th century manor overlooking the river Ouse near York has an exciting addition to its historic landscape: a Mediterranean Garden designed by award-winning landscape architect Andy Sturgeon. Created as part of a long-term masterplan for the...
Toast Art in Haworth

Toast Art in Haworth

I regularly stop at St.Michael & All Angels Church in Haworth on my Bronte tours. The church is next to the Bronte Parsonage Museum, but all that is left of the church from the Bronte sisters time is the tower, the rest of the church being re-built after Patrick...