We happened to stop off at Terrington one Sunday whilst training for the 2008 Great Yorkshire Bike Ride. For those in the know, Terrington is the GYBR lunchtime stopping point, so we set off from Easingwold and decided to follow the official route via Crayke, Stillington and Sheriff Hutton which worked out about 14.5 miles [...]
Located beneath the White Horse in North Yorkshire is the small hamlet of Oldstead, home of one the best and well hidden pubs in the county. The Black Swan is an old sixteenth century building located on the Kilburn to Byland Abbey road at the junction of the back lane to Coxwold and serves some [...]
Situated on the main street in Ampleforth just down the road from the White Swan, is the White Horse Inn, a lovely unspoilt more traditional pub in complete comparison to the other pub, the White Swan, which I thought was a bit snooty and full of the “ok ya” type that blight these Yorkshire villages. [...]
Leeds 1 Carlisle United 2
If you are a Leeds United fan, then the place to be this Thursday is Brunton Park, Carlisle, for the second leg of the Coca Cola League One Play Off Semi Final. Last night’s game at Elland Road finished Leeds 1 Carlisle 2 in front of over 36,000 fans. It could [...]
Ripon Racecourse is nicknamed “Yorkshire’s Garden Racecourse” and on a warm summer’s day, it is one of the most enjoyable race meetings to go and race at. Racing has been going on in Ripon for over three hundred years, and Ripon is supposed to have run the first race for women jockeys in 1723. The [...]