Winter’s last stand?

The brief return to Winter didn’t last long, but the last stubborn snow patches are hanging on for dear life on the fields of Aireyholme. But Roseberry Topping’s sandstone cap is clear, anxious to let go of winter fashion.
Ah, Roseberry Topping, the hill that thinks it's a volcano. With its unique shape, it's the diva of the Cleveland hills, always demanding attenti ...

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An echo of the past silenced as hawthorn trees are felled — a loss for nature and history

Three years ago I lamented on the felling of a patch of semi-open woodland on the southern flank of Roseberry Topping.

It was a parcel of scattered trees, mostly Hawthorn, the felling of which was a significant loss, not only in terms of its wild beauty but also its ecological importance. Hawthorn t ...

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A lesson for us all: beware of the tallyman

A few scattered hawthorn trees mark the vestiges of an old hedgerow. Little Roseberry and Black Bank in the distance.

The massive credit facility needed by our former Prime Minister has been making the headlines recently. A lifestyle that demands this amount of money 'on tick' is incomprehensible to me.

At the turn of the ...

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On this day in 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor, the head of the German government

A short wander up Cliff Rigg this, reflecting on happenings 90 years ago today,

Then, the elderly Weimar President, Paul von Hindenburg, was persuaded by the conservative elite to appoint Hitler as chancellor, the head of the German government. An appointment that was entirely legal and constitut ...

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It took me a while to realise that something was missing from this pastoral scene

Normally the tranquility would have been broken by the hissing of the resident flock of geese irritated by my presence here at Aireyholme Farm.

But today there was silence. And back home, it came to me: the geese are under lock down, housed indoors by order of DEFRA to prevent the spread of the av ...

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