Sharing YorkshireHaving visited the Parsonage, we called into the church as well. Although only the tower remains from the one the Brontë family knew, there are memories from the Brontës both inside the church and in the surrounding graveyard. Below is the Brontë chapel within the church, paid for by an American admirer and dedicated in […]
My long-suffering husband John was kind enough to take me to Haworth today (hard to drive with a sprained ankle!) I have loved this place since my dear friend Claire got me into the Brontës when we were 8 years old! There is something special about visiting the home of someone famous. Walking the floors […]
The sprained ankle led me to a physiotherapy appointment today and en route I couldn’t resist a photo of the impressive entrance to the former International Wool Secretariat building in Ilkley. Created in 1968, this grade 2 listed public art scuplture graced the building for around 40 years. Called “The Story of Wool”, it depicts […]
Just a hobble with the crutch again today. It’s good to be close to the river and able to go down for a walk beside it. The Wharfe is known as a capricious, unpredictable river and should always be treated with respect, but it never fails to impress. This bridge was built at the site […]
Both sons came home this weekend, they are keener walkers than my husband and were happy to take me up to the edge of Langbar/Middleton Moors. It was so good to be back there after nearly 3 weeks of being restricted by the sprained ankle, I managed 2 miles along the lanes in the sunshine […]
A lovely morning in the Dales with my great friend Lucia Smith. We had a “hobble” round Hebden village and a really good brunch at the Old School Tearoom in a heated gazebo! Lucia is an artist and was taking photos for her paintings as we looked over the River Wharfe and Burnsall village from […]
I managed to hobble 1.1 miles on the crutches today surveying the aftermath of the River Wharfe flooding when Storm Eunice hit at the weekend. It was sad to see the park under water and the path turned into a causeway between the river and the new, temporary “park lake”!
I was walking on one of my usual gorgeous routes on Ilkley Moor with fantastic views over the valley when my right foot slipped on a muddy slope, the rest of me overtook it and left it twisted under me, with a distinctive snapping sound! I had to hobble back down (thankfully with the help […]
Whitby, my spiritual home and our number 1 family holiday destination, is the jewel in the crown of Yorkshire’s coast. History in spades, character and beauty in abundance, traditional seaside pursuits sitting side by side with the ancient harbour – what’s not to love?! We also had a mooch round the nearby village of Sandsend, […]
It’s always a nice change to walk with a group, and this one was a decent sized one. About 11 of us joined Jane, our instructor, for a 7 mile walk up behind the Cow and Calf to the Grubstones with the wonderful horse’s head carving, the hard to see Grubstones circle, and the intriguing […]