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A Visitor's Guide to Yorkshire

Dear reader,

Robin Hoods Bay from the beach welcome to Yorkshire Guide. You may be pleased to know this is not one of those awful naff directories that clutter the web and exist only to make money from advert clicking. This is my website, reflects my opinions, and covers whatever I want to cover, and before anyone calls me a hypocrite, yes it has adverts, but not too many and they're fairly unobtrusive. If I ever get the shop concept working I'll take the ads off.

It's also incomplete, but it's not a dead site. It's updated and growing week by week, and will eventually cover all kinds of stuff. Think of it as a sort of giant blog. In the meantime I'm adding an average of about one or two pages a week. That's not a lot, but it should be of a reasonable size by about 2012. In fact, in 2012 I plan to be up the Dales for as long as it takes to avoid any mention of the Olympics whatsoever. One day I might even add an accommodation directory where people can review places they've stayed, but that's for the future as and when some of the other things in my currently very busy life drop off.

Lower Barden Reservoir A lot of this site is about walks I really like, and I've tried to illustrate them all with photos. The main reason being that I can't draw for toffee and I thought the Ordnance Survey license agreement was too onerous to accept.

And be warned, I have opinions, so if you're offended because I don't like organised religion, Yorkshire Water,  twee antique shops, poncy gastro pubs serving tiny portions of silly food or assorted other things including Kelda, then please accept a full refund and leave now.

If you like anything on the site, feel free to leave comments on any page or use the contact form.     Mick 2008

Comments (16)
Fantastic site! You've covered some parts of Yorkshire which are very close to my own heart.

I'd love to see you cover the Wolds in the same way!
posted by James 01/05/2008 11:08:26
thanks James, unfortunately I have a lifetimes work to do on this site first. But I will gert round to the Wolds one day.
posted by Mick 01/05/2008 12:59:03
lovely site, please keep adding more.
posted by Jane 07/06/2008 14:39:27
Any website that celebrates the very existence of the kingdom of Yorkshire is in my book bloody brilliant! For this is the centre of the whole universe, a land flowing with milk and honey and these broad acres are the finest acres in the whole of the British Isles... However, surely we don't want to encourage any of them southern ponces to visit do we?
posted by Yorkshire Pudding 11/06/2008 16:19:42
quite a way to go till it's a complete guide!
posted by Jeremy Cathcart 19/06/2008 10:51:05
enjoyed it, thanks
posted by A. Williams, Bingley 23/06/2008 13:05:36
Terrific site. will certainly refer to it first for my trip next spring. More please.


posted by Linda D 03/08/2008 21:34:21
I quite like those new flats in Scarboroughs North Bay....wish I could afford one!!
posted by Max - Scarborough 15/09/2008 19:22:57
Mick, I love the website. Not sure how old you are but you manage to combine the "youthful" sport of Quad Biking with old and curmudgeonly comments about fishermen (with which I totally agree!)

I have taken note of your walks which are detailed enough to allow ME the chance to set down the route on an OS map. Thanks for those, and good luck with increasing the site.

Best regards
posted by Allan 12/10/2008 23:29:35
thanks for the kind words Allan. The way the economy's looking I may well have opportunity to do lots of work on the site before long. As to age, well I'm pushing 50 but feel about half that
posted by Mick 13/10/2008 09:32:51
nice site
posted by Mary 20/11/2008 22:58:47
Liked the Flamborough page. Visited there many times in my youth, and it brought nack a lot of memories
posted by Jean Plowden 07/02/2009 11:00:21
An excellent site. Very informative, and I like your no-nonsense style. Look forward to info on other areas of the dales as well....
posted by Vernon 28/03/2009 22:26:58
Ilkley is a location where some people are unfriendly. Also as a wheelchair user and visitor, is a town with many shops which are not accessible to wheelchair users.
posted by John Matthews 11/04/2009 12:38:33
Had a great time looking through your comprehensive site and found some walks that I will definitely try out. Putting maps on sites is a problem, which I encountered when developing my own site - more a diary of walks I have completed than suggestions for others. My first love is the Lake District where I enjoy the high fells, but the second best place has to be the Yorkshire Dales.
posted by Lancashire Lass 14/04/2009 09:18:31
If writing a guide check your facts first or you will appear ignorant. Not a guide that will inspire people to visit Yorkshire.
posted by Carol Cuckow 14/10/2009 22:31:53
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