10 posts published by margaret21 during June 2025| From Pyrenees to Pennines
I bet you didn’t know this. Yesterday, the World Jam Festival was held for the fifth time. It was at its new home, Newby Hall in Yorkshire. Somehow, about a month ago, I heard about it. I thought I had nothing to lose by entering. Sure, I had to pay a modest amount to do … Continue reading "The World Jam Festival"| From Pyrenees to Pennines
Someone has called this place home, since 1499. Current tenants? Apparently a garden gnome and a penguin. Spotted last summer in Bishop’s Castle. For Debbie’s One Word Sunday: Home| From Pyrenees to Pennines
This year Bradford is the UK’s City of Culture. This might seem unlikely. Once a town prosperous thanks to the textile industry which thrived there in the 19th and early 20th century, its vitality decreased thanks to the collapse of this industry during the mid 20th century, not long after the time that thousands of … Continue reading "The Railway Children"| From Pyrenees to Pennines
I mentioned the other day our habit of having with us at all times an au cas où bag, foraging for the use of. At this time of year, this bag is a completely necessary accessory. Here’s my haul from last Thursday. Here we are. Crab apples; cooking apples; windfall pears; red mirabelles. These have … Continue reading "Au Cas Où"| From Pyrenees to Pennines
Or is it two benches? Either way, it/they could do with a lick of paint to keep up with the cheerful shop front behind. And that, Jude, is me done with benches I think. Unless I spot anything inter…| From Pyrenees to Pennines
Saudade is a Portuguese word, introduced to us by Egidio, who proposes it for this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge. Here’s what it means: ... an emotional state of melancholic or profoundly nostalgic longing for a beloved yet absent someone or something. It is a recollection of feelings, experiences, places, or events, often elusive, that cause a … Continue reading "Saudade for Our Little Corner of France"| From Pyrenees to Pennines
My diary, revived from my trip to India back in 2007. Only this bit isn’t my diary. It’s the notes I wrote back home: because diary writing, even if I’d been well enough, would never have been permitted during my hospital stay. Lie back and get better! Sri Balaji Hospital, Chennai 3rd – 8th December … Continue reading "Indian Friday: Sri Balaji Hospital, Chennai"| From Pyrenees to Pennines
The Alahambra in Granada has a history going back to the 11th century. It was a Zirid fortress, then a 13th and 14th century Nasrid royal palace and fortress complex. Like all Nasrid palaces, it’s a harmonious blend of space, light, and water, featuring intricate decorations and inscriptions, and it’s quite wonderful. Despite the crowds … Continue reading "The Eternal Symmetry of the Alhambra"| From Pyrenees to Pennines
Back when I lived in Leeds, its waterfront was emphatically not A Thing. It was certainly not called The Waterfront, being a disregarded area of town rotting behind the station, with long-closed mi…| From Pyrenees to Pennines
On May morning, I got up at 4.30, to celebrate daybreak, sunrise and the dawn chorus. Here is the bench I found almost at the end of my walk. And here is the story of my walk, from my home in North…| From Pyrenees to Pennines
My diary, revived from my trip to India back in 2007. This second part details my solo travels during the last three weeks or so. From now on, increasingly exhausted, my entries become terser and frustratingly light on detail. Last Day in Chennai Monday 3rd December I woke up with a high fever and sore … Continue reading "Indian Friday: Last Day in Chennai"| From Pyrenees to Pennines
Ours is a land of rivers. Nearby, the Ure, the Skell and the Laver all course through Ripon, and the Ripon Canal peacefully splices the town in two. Local gravel pits end their working lives transf…| From Pyrenees to Pennines
Spotted on a recent trip to Leeds. The Bourse is a refurbished courtyard business area, its windows cleverly designed to slice up the reflections of the buildings opposite. Sit awhile on one of its…| From Pyrenees to Pennines
4 posts published by margaret21 during September 2025| From Pyrenees to Pennines
My diary, revived from my trip to India back in 2007. This second part details my solo travels during the last three weeks or so. From now on, increasingly exhausted, my entries become terser and f…| From Pyrenees to Pennines
10 posts published by margaret21 during May 2025| From Pyrenees to Pennines
We went to France ..... and then we came back.| From Pyrenees to Pennines
This wasn’t the post I intended to make. But an accident turned into an opportunity.. Yesterday morning saw me with a friend, completing our tour of duty as volunteer Roaming Rangers in the D…| From Pyrenees to Pennines
I went to London last week. But it wasn’t all about seeing family. I enjoyed a few hours with Sarah of Travel with Me fame, and the day after that, walked part of the Thames Path. This route …| From Pyrenees to Pennines
Sunday afternoon. Sunny, warm, breezy. Just the time for a bike ride (‘im Indoors) or a solo walk (me). Marfield Wetlands suited us both as a starting point, though we went our separate ways …| From Pyrenees to Pennines
This week, A Canadian blogging pal, Rebecca of Rebecca’s Reading Room reflected on re-reading Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. It made me think of a post which I wrote six years ago, i…| From Pyrenees to Pennines
On the first Saturday of every month, a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. Readers and bloggers are invited to join in by creating their own ‘chain’ l…| From Pyrenees to Pennines
I'm retired and live in North Yorkshire, where I walk , write, volunteer and travel as often as I can.| From Pyrenees to Pennines
Perhaps only British readers will be interested in this one. Let’s see. We’re going to visit Masham, our neighbouring market town: population – just over 1000. Main employers: two…| From Pyrenees to Pennines