Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire, England lies to the south of Whitby and north of the town of Scarborough.
For the most part, it a picturesque little village where tourists walk down the hill and feel as though they are stepping back in time.
However, if you spend any amount of time by the [...]
Continue Reading →Rievaulx Abbey today is a shadow of it’s former glory as a Cistercian Abbey near Helmsley in North Yorkshire, though it remains an impressive view from the road approaching the site.
It was originally intended to be a mission [...]
Continue Reading →Hawes in North Yorkshire. A beauftiful little town lying slap on the A684 is home to Hawes Creamery, makers of the Wensleydale cheese made famous by Wallace & Grommit amongst others.
It is a bustling town, always busy, whether with tourists travelling along the [...]
Continue Reading →Buttertubs Pass can be found on the road between Thwaite and Hawes in North Yorkshire. If that sounds a little vague for a location, that is because roads in the area are unclassified, so if you want to travel the pass, we’ll have to give [...]
Continue Reading →Helmsley, is a market town that nestles on the southern edge of the North Yorkshire Moors.
As a small market town it can get very busy during the height of the tourist season, but visiting early one Saturday morning in September I had no problem getting parked in [...]
Continue Reading →Reeth is probably one of the most picturesque villages in North Yorkshire. It has the ideal layout with life revolving around quite a large village green.
A quick visit to the gift shop on the edge of the village green will equip you with a very reasonably priced leaflet showing three circular walks in [...]
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