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  1. Went into a shop in Goathland today, which was selling a very offensive doll, one that used to be a certain jam's label. They asked people not to take photos and said they that didn't want to offend anyone. Well, I think most people who saw that were offended.

    #Goathland

  2. Goathland: A Nice Little Earner

    A misty start and a downpour overdue from June left little chance for photography this morning. So here is another one from yesterday: the tourist-magnet village of Goathland. Avoiding the coachloads is nearly impossible. The village spreads around a broad common where sheep graze as if unaware they are in a postcard.

    A posh sign, complete ...

    fhithich.uk/2025/07/02/goathla

    #Goathland #NorthYorkMoors #history

  3. Saint Julian’s Park: a testament to the passage of time

    A view across West Beck reveals the medieval Saint Julian’s Park, now known simply as Julian Park. Once a striking landscape feature, this park has transformed greatly over the centuries. Eight hundred years ago, visitors would have encountered a circular boundary enclosing the park, a segment of the so-called 'Roman road'  crossing it, a grand ...

    fhithich.uk/?p=36023

    #Egton #Goathland #NorthYorkMoors #mediaeval

  4. Thomason Foss

    With Loftus gracing the BBC news this morning, having recorded the highest rainfall in the UK yesterday at 16.0 mm, it is hardly surprising that Thomason Foss would be in full flow. Earlier, we had abandoned our attempt to reach Mallyan Spout near Goathland, as the path along West Beck, another tributary of the River Murk Esk, was impassable without wet feet.

    The region is replete with waterf ...

    fhithich.uk/?p=35849

    #BeckHole #Goathland #NorthYorkMoors

  5. The Tarn, once a winter playground

    On Two Howes Rigg, south of Goathland, is a dainty pool named "The Tarn." It is manmade, built in the early 20th century. The early O.S. map show the area with marsh symbols.

    Between the wars, this pond transformed into an icy playground during severe winters. Goathland, it seems, morphed into a local St. Moritz boasting news of available pastimes like skating, skiing, and to ...

    fhithich.uk/?p=34400

    #Goathland #NorthYorkMoors #1920s