Wild Uplands is a temporary public art and sculpture trail situated in Penistone Hill Country Park above Haworth in West Yorkshire. There are 4 large scale installations to be discovered across the country park which were created in response to the natural landscape in which they sit. Remaining in situ until 12th October, the sculptures owe their creation to nearby…
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Chasing rats around East Yorkshire – now there’s a sentence I never thought I’d have cause to say! And yet, that’s what I spent a few June days of 2025 doing! Not the ugly disease infested ones though thankfully, but a trail of 45 over-sized colourfully painted ones in the form of a…
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Stone circles, standing stones and rock formations have always fascinated me – the stories surrounding them, how the heck they came into being and the mysticism and romanticism that often accompany their sites. Not to mention the textures in the stone surfaces themselves, something I’ve always been drawn to in my artistic practices. On a recent stay in the Boroughbridge…
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Lumb Hole Falls is an enchanting waterfall situated approximately 3 miles north of the town of Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire. Whilst there is an opportunity to park in a layby on Old Road to walk down to the falls, the nicest way of arriving at Lumb Hole falls is to walk via one of the numerous paths from Hebden…
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Sometimes the least planned days out yield the most surprises, joy, excitement and happiness. My most recent of these was the day I spent in Easingwold and Beningbrough towards the end of April. Having taken a girl’s weekend away with my mum to the sleepy little Yorkshire town of Easingwold, a quick look at the National Trust website showed…
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Surely one of the most magical things in the world is waking up to a scene you look at every day and seeing it covered in a blanket of pristine white snow. This comes from a place where snow is not a regular occurrence. Normally I’m in the camp where the thought process goes: “it’s beautiful as long…
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The iconic image of the city of Wakefield is the cathedral’s spire as it is visible from all over the city and from miles around. Yet there are many that are unaware that Wakefield is even a city, let alone that it has a cathedral. It certainly doesn’t rank high amongst the UK’s most popular cathedrals when…
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It’s that time of year again where the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire gets super excited as they welcome the fabulous Rhubarb Festival. Organised by Wakefield Council, the festival celebrates the city’s long history with the sour, sweet pink vegetable. It takes place every February and features a huge variety of market stalls selling a wide range…
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Autumn is my favourite season of the year for lots of reasons. The heat of the summer is over and the long cold nights haven’t drawn in yet either. It’s one of the shoulder seasons for travelling which means lower prices and quieter tourist areas (always a bonus!) However, my main reason is the fact the trees turn…
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Garden Centres are great places aren’t they? Cream teas and coffee catch-ups, gifts and local artisan products. I rarely go to buy compost, plants or anything for my actual garden. As a child I used to get dragged round a variety of garden centres by my parents as they searched for the perfect bulbs or garden tools. Only…
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For many years, I’d heard people talk about the impressive Ingleton waterfalls, and like many things in life once I’d finally experienced them for myself, I couldn’t believe I’d not walked the trail sooner. There is a well known trail that takes in all the waterfalls in Ingleton, situated on the Western edge of the Yorkshire…
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The Millennium Galleries in Sheffield are one of the three galleries that make up the Museums Sheffield Charity and a must on any Sheffield itinerary. On my visit last week, I spent a fair bit of time exploring the many small galleries that make up the museum and was impressed with the variety of exhibitions on and their pertinence to…
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