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Recently had short holiday to Worcester/Malvern area staying in cottage (which I would recommend) in Hallow village, just north of Worcester. From the cottage it is possible to walk the public right of way alongside the River Severn into Worcester. From Worcester’s road-bridge over the River the broad, all-weather riverside walks southwards are much recommended. […]

Saturday 9th July, once rain had passed by just after lunch-time set off for Blacktoft on the south bank of the lower R. Ouse. Parked just inland of the flood defence bank near the ‘jetty’. However found that access west to the flood-bank was prohibited as initial survey work being carried-out ahead of a plan to improve

On Saturday 18th June a party of 13 members of the East Yorkshire Local History Society came, on the Society’s annual church studies day, to visit the five ‘Low Village’ churches. The sequence of guided visits, dictated by needing to work round other bookings, was; South Ferriby, Worlaby, Bonby and then after lunch Horkstow and

Two separate events that I hope will be of some interest; Saturday 18th June is the annual church studies day for the East Yorkshire Local History Society. This year we are targeting the five Low Village churches in North Lincs. in the order South Ferriby 10-15am, Worlaby, Bonby, then lunch at the Hope and Anchor

Recently Will. Jennings and I, once work colleague and ex-Head-teacher at Cottingham High School, undertook one of my favourite short circular walks. Starting in Paull village we followed the ‘dockside’ where fishing smacks and shrimp boats once tied and below the outer rampart of Paull Fort. Having looked at the, now redundant, ‘high and low lights’ (see Landmarks and

Thirdly I wanted to re-visit St. Nicholas church, north Lynn. A few years ago this church passed into the care of the Churches Conservation Trust and extensive repairs have recently been completed. Often called a ‘chapel’ as for much of its existence it was a chapel of ease to St. Margaret’s church (as Holy Trinity, Hull