It’s not often that one gets to draw parallels between the world of motor racing and birding but on this occasion I might just be about to pull it off. As a little bit of background I should mention that we headed to Yorkshire last weekend for a few days Read more…
Following our outing to Pen Y Fan we headed off to Leeds for the final few days of December where, as hoped for, there were still significant amounts of snow. Much of it however was patchy with one hillside completely barren only for its neighbour to be under a good Read more…
Holy Saturday found us ‘up north’ with Leeds as our base and the world famous limestone landscape of Malham Cove just a short distance away. Having not walked the Yorkshire Dales for several years it would have been rude not to make the most of some lovely weather, an idea Read more…
We spent the final few days of December in Leeds visiting family and I was pleased (!) to see that the recent Welsh climate of torrential rain and strong wind was not left behind. As a result long walks were out of the question but we still managed some very Read more…
A new month, a new year and seemingly a new sort of weather if the strange glowing orb in the sky was anything to go by yesterday. Having spent the last couple of days in December tramping across Ilkley Moor whilst enduring driving rain, hail and the occasional upwardly flowing Read more…
I find Red Grouse to be fascinating creatures. I saw my first one last year and spent the rest of that day running around the moors in what seemed like increasingly futile attempts at getting a decent photograph. Being a game bird they are incredibly wary of people which meant Read more…
With the Christmas season fast approaching (already!!) we made a long overdue visit to Leeds last week to stay with Emma’s family. A great time was had by all and I got the opportunity to indulge in two of my favourite Yorkshire activities; searching the moors in the vague hope Read more…
Ilkley Moor is a great place to see Red Grouse. That is what my internet search came back with when looking for somewhere to go walking on the last day of our Leeds trip. Having never seen Red Grouse (even though I have walked on Ilkley Moor before) it seemed Read more…