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Geordie Shore
If you were asked to list the nicest beaches in Europe, you’d probably stick with the Med, the west coast…
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Leicester – yes, I didn’t know a lot about it either …
Leicester. One of those British cities (and I class Bristol in the same category) which to me … just ‘exist’.…
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Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain
I’ve always been interested in history. But history on my own terms, about topics I can relate to, not necessarily…
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More Than Coal – An Overview Of South Yorkshire
See, South Yorkshire has a reputation. It’s not necessarily a *bad* reputation (we’re not dealing with a Luton here), just…
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Winter Hill – Unseasonable Climbing
It’s funny – no matter where I am in the world, I always feel a bit ‘short-changed’ when climbing hills.…
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Stand on the Side of the House of Love
London Islington. I don’t know what image the phrase brings up, but in my head it’s a confused sort of…
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Underground, Overground, Wombling Free …
As you may know, one of my ‘aims’ is to visit every county, unitary authority blah blah in the UK.…
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Newark & Southwell: Of Apples And Kings
“You scruffy man; next time I see you I hope you’re wearing socks.” If I’d ever had doubts about my…
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Pendle Hill – Religion, Witchcraft, and Meteorology
Part of the Pennine range of Northern England, and geologically part of the same branch as much of the Peak…
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Snip Snip Snip – the Cragg Vale Coiners
“I heard the coiners took the scissor to the Union Jack, with a snipper and a clipper and a bloody…
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Don’t You Know There’s A War On?
As already noted, Haworth is most famous for the Brontës. However, on my visit there, they were a mere side-note…
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Out on the wiley, windy moors …
Yorkshire. The word conjurers up a myriad of images, from rolling moors to seaside cliffs, from cricket to rugby league,…
