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A few years ago I was kindly given some old documentary stuff, generally about the Humber Estuary in some context or another. One item was an A3 magazine published in August 1923, one of a long-running series entitled Blackwood’s Magazine. Its remit seems to have been stories from around the world, these with good provenance […]

The photo above is of St. Peter’s church, Rowley, taken from the south-east corner of the churchyard. The church stands 200 yards east of the Manor house and comprises west tower, nave south and north aisles, the Ellerker chapel and the chancel.For about a century the Ellerker family were based at Risby Hall, also in

Recently revisited here for a mini afternoon tea. The interior has not been radically updated and has real charm and elegance.The view above taken from the lawn to the south-east of the building shows the south-facing front of the original rectory of the early 18th century. It is of five bays, two-and one-half storeys high

At the end of the public access road running down the western edge of King George Dock is this ‘installation’. It is large in size and initially weird until it becomes clear what it is. It is a representation of a curlew (possibly a whimbrel, but less likely) and appropriately shows it penetrating the Humber

Having not posted a blog for two months and given that the revised website is not up and running yet, I have, long overdue, decided to continue here and then the posts can be transferred when it is ready. Also have only found time to walk one further section of the Humber bank, which I

The photo above shows the view north-east from the patio of Clock Cafe, South Bay, Scarborough (s.p.b.). South Cliff Gardens is in fact an amalgamation of a number of ‘garden’ areas that were created below the Esplanade at various points of time. To catalogue these separate points from north to south: the gardens above and