Spanning the Years
This week’s picture is of St. Gregory’s Minster, near Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire. The minster dates from Anglo Saxon times. The...
This week’s word is another northern english dialect word you don’t hear much of nowadays. A ginnel is a narrow...
Here’s one from the archives, when holiday making was a serious business Now that we’re in the middle of the...
Getting up close in Pickering Castle Lunchtime on my first full day’s shift at Pickering Castle was a leisurely stroll...
Looks like this blog’s had a touch too much sun Yot? This week’s word is actually a commonly heard question...
A new adventure in some interesting places. I’ve always fancied living in a castle, and now I’ve found the next...
Seeing as we’re in the middle of a heatwave, I thought this Derbyshire dialect word was most appropriate. A Ganzi...
…with words and pictures. I’m a writer and photographer living in North Yorkshire, England. I write about family and community history, the world around me and how literature and the arts bring the story of the past to life.
