Category: Days out

  • 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…

  • Birthday at Harewood

    Birthday at Harewood

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    Splendid morning at Harewood. Had a walk around the lake, into the walled kitchen garden and up to the courtyard. Coffee and bun with the penguins and then into the house. Always sunny on my birthday!!

  • Day out at Old Moor

    Day out at Old Moor

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    Lovely trip to RSPB Old Moor today (http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/d/dearne-oldmoor/). Firstly, we saw a Reed Bunting which we’d not seen before. Secondly, the Bitterns are breeding (very rare!!!) and so part of the site was shut off to protect them. Lots of swifts flying around catching insects and it chucked it down half way round but luckily…

  • Nostell’s Lost Rhododendrons

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    An outing for us to Nostell Priory is hardly a rare thing, but there are two main issues to report from there today. The first is the long-awaited opening of the new cafe in the courtyard complex. This complex has been in development for at least two years and the previous cafe was a small,…

  • Love Nature at Harewood House

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    This week at Harewood House, there was a Love Nature week. This included a few tents with RSPB, alpacas (which were very cute!) and ones with children’s activities in. There were some activities where woodcraft could be made as well. For us, we kept out of the way of the hoards of prams and wandered…

  • Ilkley

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    Had a train trip to Ilkley today. Not been there since I walked from Ilkley to Harrogate one day. Our main intention was to visit Betty’s to spend some vouchers bought for us at Christmas, and as usual it was superb! I did a little search on Bing Scout on my phone and we were…

  • A Bracing Walk

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    Ian and me decided to get some fresh air and have a walk from RSPB Bempton Cliffs over to Flamborough Head. The cliff path was very muddy so we only got to North Landing but it was a good workout and very enjoyable. It was also very bracing, especially when the wind picked up on…

  • Old Moor

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    After having quite a lot of fresh air at Wetherby Races over the past couple of days, we decided to have some more today and go to RSPB Old Moor. ‘Twas rather windy but it was sunny and not too cold. As usual it was extremely relaxing, and we managed to see lots of different…

  • Anne’s Birthday at Harewood

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    Normally we go down to Chatsworth on Anne’s Birthday but she decided a change was in order so we went up to Harewood House (www.harewood.org). They don’t normally open in the winter and they’d decorated some of the state rooms, though the most interesting part was a collection of Royal Christmas cards sent to them…

  • Chatsworth at Christmas

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    Today we popped down to Chatsworth in Derbyshire (www.chatsworth.org) for our usual trip to look at the house in it’s Christmas adornments. Because of the ice and snow last year we couldn’t make it and it was a marked difference; mild, grey and rather miserable. Never mind, it was good to get here. The rooms…