Whilst you were watching the mens final from Wimbledon, we had a day by (and in) the River Nidd near Harrogate. There's a spot known by a few as 'Bilton Beach' about half way along the path that takes you from Bilton in…
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Bilton Beach
Claro BeesOn my way back to the car after a beautiful dog walk around Birk Cragg near Harrogate this morning, unexpectedly, I ended up learning a whole bunch of stuff on the fascinating subject of bees. I spotted a modest little…
Kodak Ektar 100Marketed as a professional film, Kodak Ektar 100 35mm claims to be "The World's Finest Grain Color Negative Film". The quality of the result it is utterly unique. I shot a roll mainly last weekend - mainly outdoors…
Nel's Birthday CampWe're at Bobby Bee's campsite, Burton Flemming. We arrived mid afternoon to a full compliment of happy campers. We've had a massive game of cricket and are starting prep for an evening of food, fire and fun. A cracking…
GrassingtonDrawn by the some'uts 'appening in Grassington rumors ( Grassington Festival ), we set Fathers Day Outing coordinates for upper Wharfedale in The Yorkshire Dales yesterday. Grassington is one of my favorite places. Even…
- Litter on The Stray
Why is it that some people think it's OK to leave litter on The Stray? (A central public green space in my hometown of Harrogate, North Yorkshire). Not just the odd sweet wrapper, but the remnants of a whole…
- Atom Panopticon
I visited_ The Atom_ this evening. In Wycoller, Lancashire, near a row of gnarled old trees wrapping their limbs around what looked like a row of gravestones - slabs of rock forming ancient 'vaccary walling' (a sight…
- Bilton Gala
For over 30 years, a true community event called Bilton Gala has taken place on May Day Bank Holiday Monday, in the heart of one of the oldest and biggest suburbs of Harrogate called (you guessed it) Bilton. If this…
Majestic morning and treeWithout sounding like some old hippy, I had a beautiful experience of nature this morning. I walked up the upper reaches of the 'new' Nidderdale Greenway or the…
- More day
More day is great. Doing outdoor stuff after work at this time of year is still such a novelty and it's coming up two weeks since the clocks went forward. I'd got into such a habit over winter of finishing work and…
Harrogate - Killinghall - Ripley cycle pathA cyclist on the recently opened Bilton Viaduct section of the Nidderdale Greenway path earlier today UPDATE : NOW WITH MAP (see below) The Nidderdale Greenway. An unblemished by cars Harrogate to Ripley cycling and…
- Cracking morning
Embedded video Not quite cracking flags temperature yet, but a beautiful blue sky drive into work this morning across The Yorkshire Dales. As the schools are off, the roads were quiet and I got to enjoy the scenery.The…
- Geocaching event & Guinness
We went to a Geocaching event this morning at Marley Park (that I wrote about yesterday) in Dublin. A park that I've since been told is the second largest city park in Western Europe after Phoenix park, also in Dublin.…
- Dogs and spring sprung
It actually felt quite pleasant out today. A welcome change to the bleak drudge we've had weather wise recently. We've had a family day today - we were lucky enough to have a visit from Annie's great grand parents.…
Giz a go on your bike?I had one of those conversations earlier that triggered a warm glow of nostalgia. You know the feeling. The feeling you get when you and a bunch of approximate peers reminisce about stuff from when you were kids.…