Posts tagged 'walk'
21 March 2022
Boroughbridge Celebrates the 700th Year Anniversary of the Battle of Boroughbridge
700 years ago there was a battle fought at Boroughbridge and we've just celebrated its anniversary. It was the first time that the longbow was used in battle, 24 years before the decisive English victory at Crecy.
Read more11 August 2015
A Walk Along A Country Lane In North Yorkshire
Last night whilst Sophie was playing tennis with our son, Jamie, I went for a walk along the River Ure with our daughter, Poppy. It was a beautiful evening with swallows and sand martins out in abundance and only a few others around. The river flow...
Read more02 August 2011
Walk Around Some Of Glenkiln Sculptures (16 July 2011)
Sometimes you come across something truly beautiful. Something simple, yet seemingly perfect. So it was the other day when, on the way from a week near Kirkcudbright in Dumfries & Galloway we turned off the A75 near Dumfries to Shawhead and the...
Read more12 June 2011
Ripon's Flood Alleviation Scheme
Around a year ago, I wrote a few blogs about walking along the Rivers Skell and Ure in Ripon. The rivers run through Ripon and circle around the ever looming presence of Ripon Cathedral on the mount at Ripon's heart. The rivers bring the countrysid...
Read more03 July 2010
North Yorkshire Walk - Thornborough Henge
On Thursday 1 July 2010, I did one of Axel's Random Walks near Nosterfield and Thornborough in North Yorkshire. I recently bought myself an Ordnance Survey Explorer Map of Ripon & Boroughbridge (#299) and in the top left corner you can just find...
Read more23 June 2010
Short Walk In Boroughbridge - Yorkshire
Saturday evening saw the roads quieten off as everyone hunkered down to watch England in their first match at the South African World Cup. The constant background noise from the A1 disappeared as it only ever does on Christmas Day - England hoping f...
Read more11 June 2010
Ripon Water Walks - Walk Along Ripon Canal
Ripon is blessed with lots of fabulous waterways and green corridors through the city. One of the most noticeable is Ripon Canal, which cuts a straight caesura into the centre of the city, with the canal sitting on your left as you come in along Bor...
Read more26 May 2010
Water Walks In Ripon - Alongside The Skell
As you walk through the centre of Ripon alongside the River Skell, you get an appreciation of how many bridges there are. Sure, Ripon isn't Venice with its profusion of quaint, romantic curve bridges that play on the imagination nor the strong, engi...
Read more19 May 2010
Water Walks In Ripon - A Walk Along Borrage Lane
I have been spending a few minutes every day exploring the waterways of Ripon over the last month as part of some course work. It has been really enlightening and an abject lesson in what you can miss on your doorstep when you keep your eyes closed...
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