The Falconer and the Whorlton Elves

Prepare to be delighted and delectated by another tale from that master wordsmith of the North Riding of Yorkshire: Richard Blakeborough (1850-1918), writer, poet, and dramatist. Now, I did have a notion to modernize this story for you, but I quickly found myself struggling by how to handle some of the terms, such as "dark-faced" and "drawf," which are no ...

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The Enigmatic Charm of Scarth Wood Farm — A Love Nest?

Scarth Wood, located above Ingleby Arncliffe, can be a perplexing place to navigate. The footpaths in the area are challenging to follow, which led me to take an unusual route down to Scarth Wood Farm. I have only passed through this area a few times in the past.

Scarth Wood Farm is an intriguing building. Local legend has it that it was b ...

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An earlyish wander around Scarth Wood Moor

Overcast with a patch of heavy drizzle.

This is the famous Sheepwash. Where the Hambleton Drove Road fords Crabtree Beck. A popular honeypot in the post-war car boom, but that was before the Cod Beck Reservoir was built.

The grassy footpath opposite is not shown on the O.S. map as a Right of Way, but I am pleased to see that an Application for a D ...

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An earlyish wander around Scarth Wood Moor

Overcast with a patch of heavy drizzle.

This is the famous Sheepwash. Where the Hambleton Drove Road fords Crabtree Beck. A popular honeypot in the post-war car boom, but that was before the Cod Beck Reservoir was built.

The grassy footpath opposite is not shown on the O.S. map as a Right of Way, but I am pleased to see that an Application for a D ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31620

#NorthYorkMoors #ScarthNick #Whorlton #AccessRights

Neil’s Howe

It was pleasing to see the Nelson Stone restored to its correct postion. Or should I say the 19th-century boundary stone.

One of the last times I was here, in 2017, it had vanished. I learnt later it had unceremoniously been dumped in a nearby pond. That act of vandalism must have taken some doing.

Although the larg ...

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