OUT and ABOUT: Mount Grace Priory
Continuing our occasional series of less well known things to do and see: contributions welcome. Mount Grace Priory is a monastic ruin often overlooked for a day out because at first sight it doesn’t...
View ArticleRare opportunity to visit Scotch Corner Chapel
The John Bunting Chapel at Scotch Corner will be open to the public on Saturday September 14, as part of Heritage Open Days. John Bunting was born in London in 1927, evacuated to Yorkshire in 1939 and...
View ArticleOUT and ABOUT: Markenfield Hall
The sun has shone once or twice recently and it seemed like a good time to resume our occasional series of less well known things to do and see. I didn’t expect to be posting this item on such a wet...
View ArticleOUT and ABOUT: York Quilt Museum
Clocks have gone back, and although it’s unseasonably warm we can’t depend on that lasting, so it’s time to think of where to go to avoid the rain and wind. York has so many beautiful places that it...
View ArticleOut and About: Ampleforth Abbey
Continuing our (very) occasional series of things to do and places to go. I’ve always known that Ampleforth Abbey was there of course, but assumed that it was, by its very nature, an other-worldly sort...
View ArticleOut and About: by train round the beautiful northeast
Continuing our occasional series of things to do and see on a day out. Recently we spent a day taking a train journey from York to Leeds, Leeds to Carlisle, Carlisle to Newcastle, and Newcastle back to...
View ArticleOut and About: heather, lovely but time limited
Continuing our occasional series of things to do and see in the local area The heather is out! And has been for some time, one of the best displays for some years, so pop out and enjoy it while it...
View ArticleOut and About: A day trip to Hull
Continuing our occasional series of things to do and see in the local area, we are delighted to have a guest contribution from Veronica Pearson. Following in the footsteps of Newcastle and Liverpool,...
View ArticleOut and About: Saltaire
Continuing our occasional series of things to do and see on a day out, with another post from our roving reporter Veronica Pearson. ‘An enjoyable day out in Bradford’ is not a phrase that would spring...
View ArticleOut and About: viewing snowdrops
Continuing our occasional series of things to do and see in the local area Snowdrops are raising their delicate heads in my garden, and all over town, with a promise of spring. Meanwhile, the weather...
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