Monthly Archives: May 2006

Cross Keys and Cowslips

Posted on May 29, 2006 by John

Bus to Malton, then up and away on the fold­ing bike to Settring­ton — lost my nerve at the ford with small wheels and a gravel bot­tom — then up onto the Wold to Settring­ton Beacon — almost 300 degrees … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Bluebell Woods

Posted on May 27, 2006 by John

Fer­ro­equi­no­lo­gists will think at once of the Blue­bell Rail­way, in Sus­sex, but in North York­shire we have our own dis­plays of this won­der­ful wood­land flower.  Walk­ing from Cram­beck into Castle Howard Woods and up onto the ridge which over­looks the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Trygve Seim and Frode Haltli

Posted on May 14, 2006 by John

What does it mean ? These are the names of a couple of Nor­we­gian musi­cians who I saw at a con­cert recently. Try­gve plays sax­o­phone, an obvi­ous dis­ciple of the great Jan Gab­arek, and Frode has a sym­bi­otic rela­tion­ship with a … Con­tinue read­ing →

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