Yorkshire. The Texas Of England?

[Jim-Willy]

Now you have gone and done it. All those outsiders will be flooding into Yorkshire in the hope of sharing what we have. For gods sake dont tell them about the empty roads, miles of green lanes, cheap beer and great pub food.

Mike

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North Yorkshire is full of offcumdens anyway, I think they all know its there already.

[Bush Tucker Man]

Now you have gone and done it.
 For gods sake dont tell them about the empty roads, miles of green lanes, cheap beer and great pub food.
Mike

Empty roads, well not all the time, but yes, there's some superb bits of tarmac as well.
Just for example;
Ingleton - Hawes. Passing Ribblehead viaduct
Pickering - Whitby. A169 Fylingdales. some great stretches :D
Thirsk - Pickering. A170, via Sutton Bank
Helmsley - Stokesley. B1257. Beware the suicidal bikers
Castleton - Hutton-le-Hole. Passing The Lion Inn. Mega road :D
Butter-Tubs Pass. Muker - Hardraw
Holme-Moss. A602. Holmfirth - Woodhead Pass
Woodhead Pass. Sheffield - Manchester. A628
Snake Pass. A57. Glossop - Sheffield. I know it's Derbyshire, but was once in the West Riding

[Hissy]

Go on then Donkey fella  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:
Tell me How you know

BTW...
 What other cities have two uni's (Just so i don't make the same mistake twice)

[Eeyore]

Go on then Donkey fella  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:
Tell me How you know

BTW...
 What other cities have two uni's (Just so i don't make the same mistake twice)

Because I've lived and worked there! I wasn't born there, but I think that gives me a certain 'objectivity'!   I would say I was a prominent feature of society, but that'd make me sound like the D&T! :lol:

Oddly enough, to escape I kept going to Yorkshire!  :?

Other cities with two Unis?
Leicester, Nottingham, Oxford, Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester had two (but they amalgamated) and a number of others! But bare in mind the old standard went wrong when all the Polys changed status in the early 90's!

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

[Jim-Willy]

That isn't odd, its only sensible :)

[datalas]

So Yorkshire is the Texas of britain?

You mean it's full of people with funny hats and even funnier accents ?

[Jim-Willy]

So Yorkshire is the Texas of britain?

You mean it's full of people with funny hats and even funnier accents ?

Tha's bin afore then i tek it

[Bush Tucker Man]

So Yorkshire is the Texas of britain?

You mean it's full of people with funny hats and even funnier accents ?

Ey-Up!!
Just what are you inferring by that??
By 'eck!!
 :roll:

[littlepow]

But without the american muppet george w bush!

[Bush Tucker Man]

But without the american muppet george w bush!

As I wrote in the opening post

Sadly we have also have a regional equivilant of George Bush (read; hopeless idiot);
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John Prescott (he's from Hull)

[datalas]

a friend of mine comes from hull and I quizzed him on why they continually voted for the man..

"simple, the more time he spends in london, the less time he spends in hull"

[Bush Tucker Man]

a friend of mine comes from hull and I quizzed him on why they continually voted for the man..

"simple, the more time he spends in london, the less time he spends in hull"

There's a curiously understandable logic to that :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[MuddyMike]

Now you have gone and done it.
 For gods sake dont tell them about the empty roads, miles of green lanes, cheap beer and great pub food.
Mike

Empty roads, well not all the time, but yes, there's some superb bits of tarmac as well.
Just for example;
Ingleton - Hawes. Passing Ribblehead viaduct
etc

You forgot to mention the road from Reeth to Barras (past Tan Hill) Good food there now the Bains's have gone)) passing through the last true wilderness in England, Gods country.

Mike

[Eeyore]

a friend of mine comes from hull and I quizzed him on why they continually voted for the man..

"simple, the more time he spends in london, the less time he spends in hull"

Wow! :shock:

Cutting your nose off to spite someone elses face!

Class! :lol:

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

[dracula]

Devon has Dartmoor and part of Exmoor.....both Nat Parks :-k
Not to mention Lundy Isle....ONLY underwater nature reserve in Country

[Bush Tucker Man]

Devon has Dartmoor and part of Exmoor.....both Nat Parks :-k

Yes..

Plus 'Old Uncle Tom Cobbley & All' :lol:  :lol:  :lol: (Widdecombe on the Moor??)

I haven't been down for a few years. I've got a few favourite spots of my own down there (in both Devon & Cornwall)
'Dartmeet' (a south-western paradise, or it used to be)
St. Ives
Michaels Mount
Penzance (love the 'Lido')
Zennor
Torquay
Plymouth
Looe
Bude
Polperro
Boscastle
Tintagel
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and many, many more :D

I'm still waiting for SWMBO to take me here for a weekend.
Sheer luxury. I wonder if we can persuade Sam (& his wife ) to hire a plane & fly down for the weekend

[Pink]

Woah!  :shock:
that place is big!

Is Yorkshire where they make cornish pasties.................originally?

[Bush Tucker Man]

Woah!  :shock:
that place is big!

Is Yorkshire where they make cornish pasties.................originally?

Just what do they teach in Geography these day??? :lol:

Still. You're not too far from the truth.
Originally a meal for Miners (& other manual workers), as it's
Pre-cooked
In its own wrapper, therefore no waste
Fairly hard-wearing (when left)
Some derivatives (for posh people) had differant fillings in each end. A meat/vegetables in one end, & perhaps jam in the other

Sad git that I am, I've just found The History Of The Cornish Pasty :lol:  :lol:  :roll:

[Wolfie]

Other cities with two Unis?....

 But bare in mind the old standard went wrong when all the Polys changed status in the early 90's!

But that's whay Cov has two, the Lanch was a poly when I started there. Have almost managed to escape.

Oh, I suppose your list should have included London, as City Uni* is separate from the University of London, but then it depends what you class as london.

Regards

Andy

I was there once as well

[Priglet]

Does that make Nottingham extra special as it has two universities and each has a school of agriculture - although neither are that close to the city?

[Stormin]

Moaning Marylin next door is from Yorkshire, as she is allways reminding us. :roll:  Do you want her back :?  There's only one couple she's not had a go at. But give her time, they've only lived here a year.  One day this LANCASHIRE lad will lose patience.

[Dangermouse]

Do the Open uni count  :?:

[Bush Tucker Man]

Moaning Marylin next door is from Yorkshire, as she is allways reminding us. :roll:  Do you want her back :?  

Chuck her back over the border, sounds like she'll come in handy for keeping the southerners out :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[Stormin]

I'll see what I can do. :D  We're going to Settle next weekend.

[Bush Tucker Man]

I'll see what I can do. :D  We're going to Settle next weekend.

Oh, what a beautiful little town, & there used to be a Land Rover dealer at the garage in the car-park under the viaduct.

'Naked Man' cafe is well worth a visit, or used to be.

The Folly Hall is a nice building as well.

Plus on 'my side' pf Settle, there's the signal Box at Settle junction, & Hellifield station a bit further towards Skipton.

Incidentally, wherabouts (roughly) are you up there in Westmoreland??

[Stormin]

Won't have time for site seeing I'm afraid :(  Going on The Northern Land Rover run on Sunday.  Settle to Patley Bridge.  I live just outside Silloth. Little hamlet called Seaville. Top left hand corner of Cumbria.

[Bush Tucker Man]

That's a long way up & a heck of a drag to anywhere south (or east) of Cockermouth

[Stormin]

Tell my wallet about it. :(  Having to start to curtail my wanderings a bit these days.

[Bush Tucker Man]

Going on The Northern Land Rover run on Sunday.  

I wanted to do that, but couldn't get the day off


Then I remembered it's our Wedding Anniversary as well, so jiggering off for the day in the Discovery might not have gone down too well :lol:  :lol:

[Bush Tucker Man]

We've also got;

A small-scale Stonehenge

Even the Leeches get well looked after

Two of the four remaiing Bridge Chapels in the country;
Wakefield & Rotherham

The predecessor to New Yorks famous 'Flat-Iron' building

A piece of understandable modern art, that has made me smile since I first saw it.

The only cast-iron Aquaduct in Europe

To name but a few