Mull is probably my favourite of all the Scottish Isles. There is a strange magical prescience there for me. So to find a special place, on a special island, really is a rare find.
Having landed at the ferry terminal a Craignure, we [...]
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It seems a lot of people are under the impression that the sell off of publicly owned forests has been cancelled and the fight has been won.
Unfortunately, this is not the case.
Yesterday, I joined a group of people at a protest rally at Hamsterley Forest, in Teesdale, County. [...]
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The English are known as a nation of eccentrics. Whether you think that is right or wrong, if you look closely enough, you can usually find evidence to support that claim. I can’t think of any other country where, when it’s pouring down with rain, it is not regarded as odd that someone says, come [...]
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Joseph Pease was a leading 18th century industrialist who lived in Darlington, in the county of Durham. Born on 22nd June 1799, he was the second son to parents Edward and Rachel Pease. Joseph was educated at Tatham Academy in Leeds and on completing his education went to work for his father, as a manufacturer of worsted [...]
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Grace Horsley Darling was born in her grandfather’s cottage in Bamburgh on November 24th 1815. Whilst others were fighting the battle of Waterloo, the Darling family dedicated their lives to the safety of seafarers as lighthouse keepers.
The childhood of a lighthouse keeper’s daughter was a tough introduction into the harsh realities of life and [...]
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Nestling on the moors, a few miles south west of Whitby, the village of Goathland achieved world fame as the backdrop to the television series “Heartbeat”.
There are several landmarks in the vilalge that are all used in the TV series. The Goathland Hotel becomes [...]
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Every now and then, it is time to do something a little bit crazy, perhaps something you wouldn’t normally do.
Today I did something that fits that description. I went to the pub. Now that probably doesn’t sound like anything out of the ordinary to most people, but this was a pub with a difference. [...]
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Hawes in North Yorkshire. A beauftiful little town lying slap on the A684 is home to Hawes Creamery, makers of the Wensleydale cheese made famous by Wallace & Grommit amongst others.
It is a bustling town, always busy, whether with tourists travelling along the [...]
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Lockerbie in Scotland lies just off the A74(M) motorway in Dumfries & Galloway.
On 21st December 1988 the town hit the headlines world wide for all the wrong reasons. Pan Am Flight 103 had exploded [...]
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Buttertubs Pass can be found on the road between Thwaite and Hawes in North Yorkshire. If that sounds a little vague for a location, that is because roads in the area are unclassified, so if you want to travel the pass, we’ll have to give [...]
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