Snickelway What is Snickelway? You only find them in York… All around the (inner) city you find these little, often hidden, passages and very narrow alleys, medieval streets – the perfect way to explore the city and also sometimes hide from the tourist crowds. These passages are neither snickets, ginnels, or alleyways, but a mixture […]
I had to say goodbye to my Folly Cottage in Haworth, board the Brontëbus one last time and one train later I arrived in York. I stayed a bit outside the city centre and walked through Rowntree Park towards the city walls. Situated at the junction of two rivers York was founded by the Romans […]
One morning in Haworth I hopped on the Brontëbus to Keighly and from there to Saltaire by train. Saltaire is located near Bradford and is a Victorian model village, built in 1851 by Sir Titus Salt, a leading industrialist who wanted the workers of his woollen mills to be healthy and having good living quarters. Today […]