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What is really the best thing about canal boat­ing, apart from being in a cosy float­ing shoe­box, is being in a boat and look­ing down on the coun­tryside.  And nowhere bet­ter than on the Leeds and Liv­er­pool canal above Gar­grave, … Con­tinue read­ing →

Can you believe main city streets with wide cycle tracks at each side and deliv­ery lor­ries unload­ing and not park­ing on the cycle track ?  Can you believe streets lined with full cycle racks all day and well into the … Con­tinue read­ing →

One of the more irrit­at­ing effects of the reces­sion or credit crunch or bankers’ toi­let or whatever we are going through is the axing of pleas­ant ways to travel in favour of less pleas­ant ones.    One used to be … Con­tinue read­ing →

Pos­sibly the longest gap in the his­tory of blog­ging — but it’s been a busy sum­mer.  So posts will fol­low, in vari­ous categories.

The Royal Show has ceased but the Great York­shire goes on and on — and seems to have more and more for every­one.  We always say that to really under­stand rural shows you need to go to the Great York­shire … Con­tinue read­ing →

25 years ago the PSP went out one even­ing to Elving­ton and Sut­ton on Derwent on a won­der­ful col­lec­tion of ancient and mod­ern cycles, leav­ing the pub late into a July even­ing, and as we ped­alled along, a stately and … Con­tinue read­ing →

Pond has 4 fish. 2 gold­fish, Mar­shall and Snel­grove. 2 shubunkins, Hunted and Small­page. So far so still alive

York Spice, on Bish­op­thorpe Road. Best Indian Res­taur­ant in town, I’m sure. Excel­lent vari­ety, well cooked and all dishes dis­tinct­ive. (So unlike an appalling take-away in Shef­field, some years ago, where each of the 4 dishes we ordered was an … Con­tinue read­ing →

Alas, ice and lack of oxy­gen have got to the fish. There were four, then three, then one — now no more. RIP.