Author: nealpp

  • A Trip Home – Part 2!!

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    After leaving the centre of Sheffield I was rather early for my meeting so I decided to park up outside Norton Church and have a wander into Graves Park. The first part of the walk should have been the Rare Breeds Centre but there didn’t seem any signs to indicate this, but there were a…

  • A Trip Home

    A Trip Home

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    Since moving to West Yorkshire fifteen years go (gulp, that’s gone quick!!) I’ve hardly made a visit to the centre of Sheffield, though have regular fortnightly visits to Hillsborough and regular visits to my BB company in Gleadless. So, as I had a BB meeting and was calling at Hillsborough on the way, I thought…

  • RSPB Leighton Moss

    RSPB Leighton Moss

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    We last visited Leighton Moss (http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/l/leightonmoss/) in 2008 and had a great day so we decided to spend another day as we were pretty close to it staying in Kirkby Lonsdale. The weather was meant to be rotten and the below short video was taken from a hide with grey clouds and the wind blowing…

  • North Yorkshire

    North Yorkshire

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    We travelled up to Middleham to stay at the White Swan Hotel (www.whiteswanhotel.co.uk) and firstly called at Newby Hall (http://www.newbyhallandgardens.com/). Newby Hall has fantastic gardens as can be seen in the photos, and a very fine Georgian hall. The hall itself is entrance by guided your only which is a bit of bind when it’s…

  • RISC OS on the Raspberry Pi

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    Since getting my second RasPi I’ve been eager to give the old Acorn operating system RISC OS a bash on it. Acorn’s processors (ARM) are of course now the most used chips in the world, all Apple iPads and iPhones as well as most other smart phones use ARM chips as they are low power…

  • Yorkshire Lavender

    Yorkshire Lavender

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    Anne had a surprise day off today and she suggested we went up to Yorkshire Lavender (http://www.yorkshirelavender.com) near Castle Howard, north of York. We’d often seen the signs for it, and the temptation of lavender cake was too much! After a scenic journey (due to a big queue on the A64 near York) we arrived to…

  • East Riddlesden Hall

    East Riddlesden Hall

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    Splendid little trip over to the National Trust’s East Riddlesden Hall near Keighley. We have been before, but not for a while! Quite a small property but busy! Very friendly guides around the rooms who made a point to engage with visitors and gave really interesting little pieces of information about the place. In fact…

  • York on Yorkshire Day

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    1st August is Yorkshire Day so we had a trip up to York. We fancied going to the National Trust’s Treasurer’s House which was the first fully furnished property they acquired. History on the Treasurer’s House is here: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/treasurershouse/. It is a real mixture of styles, and incredibly close to the Minster which one of…

  • Clumber Park

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    For our wedding anniversary we went to Clumber Park Hotel and Spa. Anne had a treatment at the spa and I had a swim, all very pleasant! We had a wander into Clumber Park yesterday, and walked around the walled garden which since we last went has matured greatly, and today had a good walk…

  • The Hepworth Wakefield

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    Due to the weather our ‘holiday at home’ took us to The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield, and is only 15 mins from our house. This very new gallery is named after the Wakefield sculpture Barbara Hepworth. It’s a very modern design, and as you can imagine cause some negative comment but is a really iconic…