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The Falconer and the Whorlton Elves
Prepare to be delighted and delectated by another tale from that master wordsmith of the North Riding of Yorkshire: Richard Blakeborough (1850-1918), writer, poet, and dramatist. Now, I did have a notion to modernize this story for you, but I quickly found myself struggling by how to handle some of the terms, such as "dark-faced" and "drawf," which are no ...
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An earlyish wander around Scarth Wood Moor
Overcast with a patch of heavy drizzle.
This is the famous Sheepwash. Where the Hambleton Drove Road fords Crabtree Beck. A popular honeypot in the post-war car boom, but that was before the Cod Beck Reservoir was built.
The grassy footpath opposite is not shown on the O.S. map as a Right of Way, but I am pleased to see that an Application for a D ...
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Neil’s Howe
It was pleasing to see the Nelson Stone restored to its correct postion. Or should I say the 19th-century boundary stone.
One of the last times I was here, in 2017, it had vanished. I learnt later it had unceremoniously been dumped in a nearby pond. That act of vandalism must have taken some doing.
Although the larg ...
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