POSTCARD FROM EAST YORKSHIRE
Sleck the dust” means slake your thirst in the East Riding dialect. It’s what farmers would do after a hard day driving their combine harvesters. I enjoyed doing the same after my first day in Holderness, exploring on foot and by bike in unseasonably warm weather. Sleck Dust is a local ale from Great Newsome Brewery and it went down a treat at my overnight pub stop.
This hook of countryside-lush farming country extending east from Kingston upon Hull was a delight to discover. Otherworldly too, in parts. I refer to the “Land’s End of Yorkshire” – the Spurn peninsula – a narrow, four-mile-long arm of sand and pebbles between the North Sea and Humber Estuary. It is hammered by storms each winter and is constantly being eroded by the elements.
Once home to an army camp, armed with big guns pointing out to sea, Spurn is now peaceful; protected and nurtured by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (01904 659570, ywt.org.uk/spurn). A National Nature Reserve, it attracts birdwatchers from far and wide. I spotted some of them, clustered in small flocks and accompanied by cameras and tripods, near bird hides. The YWT operates tours of the peninsula using an all-terrain Unimog vehicle. Sitting up on its open platform, I felt like an explorer tracking the surface of the moon rather than a day-tripper a few miles from Cleethorpes (as the crow flies).
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der August 2022-Ausgabe von Best of British.
Starten Sie Ihre 7-tägige kostenlose Testversion von Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierte Premium-Storys sowie über 9.500 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Bereits Abonnent ? Anmelden
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der August 2022-Ausgabe von Best of British.
Starten Sie Ihre 7-tägige kostenlose Testversion von Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierte Premium-Storys sowie über 9.500 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Bereits Abonnent? Anmelden

Grand Designs
Sandra Blemster looks at how the work of William Morris continues to resonate

POSTCARD FROM NORFOLK
With his Austin Cambridge long consigned to the great garage in the sky, Bob Barton enjoys a scenic journey by bus through Nelson's County

The Serious Side of Ken Dodd
Philip Williams and David Williams look back on the comedian's prolific and fruitful recording career

The Sport of Kings (and Queens)
Michael Montagu looks back on the history of Royal Ascot and Henley Royal Regatta

The Sound of Silver
Barry Collings on the rediscovery of the rare single Lost Summer Love

The Need for Steed
Chris Hallam remembers The Avengers star Patrick Macnee

Stairway to Success
Chris Hallam celebrates the acting and writing talents of Upstairs, Downstairs co-creator Jean Marsh

Question time
Send us your questions and we'll track down the answers

DOON THE CLUB
John Stoker recounts the perils faced by comedians in the working men’s clubs of the north-east

THE CHARITY THAT BEGAN WITH HOMES
William Sutton’s legacy founded The Sutton Trust. David E Norris recounts its groundbreaking work