This is a photo of the Petrifying Well at Mother Shipton's Cave in Knaresborough. Various objects are hung here and they literally turn to stone because the water has such a high mineral content. Many famous people, including John Wayne, have had items petrified. You can see them in the museum. Mother Shipton was a famous prophetess and it is rumoured, never proven, that she once shrieked 'In 2009 Ye Million Pounde Lake shall be immensely successful and all ye very best companies will want to advertise there'.
These are wild daffodils and thousands of people come to Farndale to see them each year. There is a maintained footpath and a riverside walk can be enjoyed at any time of year.
North Yorkshire Moors - Ordnance Survey - East & West
The Seagulls are not too keen on Captain Cook but they do like each other!
This photo was taken in the early 1950's at North Bay, Scarborough. I believe the Sinnington Hunt used to meet here annually. There are more photos of the vintage Sinnington Hunt meets at SINNINGTON HUNT PHOTOS
No visit to North Yorkshire is complete without a visit to the artist studio of Valerie Barnaby. North Yorkshire Cricket Tales
We won the cup! A Cricket tale that a Captain can never live down!
by R.E. Aconley Sport is all about winning and when you win you have to celebrate. One year, back in the 1970's, we beat our local rivals in a final at cricket and our team was presented with a big solid silver trophy that dated back to the early 1920's. The trophy was called the 'Comrades' Cup and it was presented in memory of the soldiers that served in the First World War. Being solid silver it was worth a lot of money.
After the presentation our team headed back to our local pub to start the celebrations. Well wishers used to give the Captain money and the trophy was filled with a mixture of Whiskey, Port, Beer and anything else the landlord could think of. You can imagine that everyone had plenty to drink and our team always had a rousing sing song at the end of the night to celebrate winning. They were great nights but this one was more memorable!
When the celebrations finished the Captain, who was responsible for the trophy, had to take it home. He staggered out to his car and he could not find his car keys. He put the trophy on the top of his car whilst he fumbled around to find the keys. Eventually he located his car keys, opened the car door, got in the car and drove off. He forgot to put the trophy back in his car!
As he drove from the pub everyone could hear a loud clatter as the valuable solid silver trophy fell off the roof of the car on to the road. Luckily only the lid of the trophy was dented so it did'nt cost too much to repair but the Captain never lived down the day he forgot to put the trophy in his car. :)
Robin Hood's Bay fishing village seems to cascade down to the beach from the top of a very steep hill. It has immense character and you can wander around narrow cobbled streets and discover something different every time you visit. You can see the view the other way here