Two miscellaneous points before moving on – the now disused Polar Bear public house on the corner of Derringham St. and Spring Bank is, presumably, so called because east of this point and on the north side of Spring Bank was Hull’s Victorian ‘Zoological Gardens’ with a polar bear as one of its prized possessions. […]

The route of the Hull and Hornsea rail-line is a fine example of what can be done with a disused rail-line, this in both urban and rural environments. The Hull and Hornsea rail-line was opened in March 1864 and, as an independent rail-line started as a spur off the pre-existing Victoria Dock Railway (opened 1853),

A single blog off our current theme – Dewponds. On the recent walk in the south-west Yorkshire Wolds came across this man-made dewpond (see above and yesterday’s photo), although now much overgrown. The purpose of a dewpond was to provide a water supply for grazing animals by harnessing natural processes. This dewpond was formed by

(Continuing the route of the Hull and Barnsley Railway from previous blog). The route of the rail-track cutting through the southern part of Skidby parish was also not adopted as a public right of way, this cutting becoming more shallow as the route reaches the lower dip-slope of the Yorkshire Wolds. At Albion Mill, now

A classic example of opportunity lost in terms of our title is the route of the Hull and Barnsley rail-line through the Yorkshire Wolds and parts of west Hull and west Hull suburbs. Although sections of the line across the Vale of York have been adopted as public rights of way most of the route

Just a one blog break from ‘Disused rail-lines as public rights of way’. Started at Drewton just east of the A1034 South Cave to Market Weighton road. Walked up past the working limestone quarry  and then turned left down Comber Dale (see photo above, view north from top of Comber Dale) this part of the