List of Yorkshire Ridings posts

I explore my home county of Yorkshire by bike whenever I can, and when I visit somewhere I find particularly interesting, I blog about it. All Yorkshire Ridings posts (107 in total) are listed below. Incidentally, all these trips are undertaken by train or bus (if necessary) and bike; I don’t have or use a car.

  • Thornborough: Henge fund
    In early 2023, the ‘Stonehenge of the North’ was being hyped in the media: a trio of neolithic earthworks by the village…
  • Masham: The genuine fake Druid’s Temple
    Every list of ‘quirky sights of Yorkshire’ includes the Druid’s Temple, a few miles west of Masham on the edge of the…
  • Swanland: Thinking outside the phone box
    You know you’re getting old when the Grade II listed buildings are younger than you. And if, like me, you grew up…
  • Goodmanham: Fired up
    I retraced a historic ride today. It involved arson, miracle wells, religious wars, Britain’s tallest man, a nineteenth-century LGBT film-star, another £2…
  • Helmsley: Star line-ups
    And another two-quid trundle, thanks to the 31X York to Helmsley bus and folding bike. This one featured a mighty ruined abbey,…
  • Ripon: Up secret valleys, down Cathedral rabbit holes
    Another two-quid trundle – that is, a £2-flat-fare bus trip with a folding bike – took me to Ripon. It’s famous for…