A Bike Ride To North Rigton!

The road to North Rigton, where some of my ancestors lived. They were farmers...



Rigton railway level crossing.

Nearly there!

Me in North Rigton.

Entering the village.

This was one of the farms my great grandparents lived in.

The school.

I went for a couple of drinks in the village pub, its very nice in there now!

Then i went to the church to visit my great grandads grave...

My great grandad, Joseph Clapham was a North Rigton and Brackenthwaite farmer, and a Wetherby town councillor (North Rigton was part of the West Riding Of Yorkshire back then, and part of the old Wetherby rural district council).

He was also a Methodist lay preacher at Pannal Methodist Church.

BTW. I am not a Methodist myself, and im not religious.

Here is a photo of Joseph Clapham, taken in about 1911...

Back on the bike, and heading towards Burn Bridge...

Here is another farm my great grandparents (and my grandad) lived in until 1940 when Joseph died.
Fairview Farm.

You can have a virtual tour on Google Street View here...
Click Here!

I saw this old building, and decided to have a look around...

Then i set off back to Wetherby (via the Castle pub in Spofforth).......

A Cruise On The Ouse!

I decided to go on a river cruise in York!

Off we go!!

Sailing along the river Ouse.......

Me enjoying the view.

The millennium bridge in the distance!

A closer look.....

Time to go back to shore :-(

Hotel Room - Food - And The View From The Balcony!

These are the last photos from my latest trip to Earls Court - London.

My en suite hotel room.


Supper (strawberry trifle and prawn and pasta salad).

My last evening in London, i got a Chinese take away (duck and onions with crispy seaweed)

Time to check out of the hotel, and a last look out across the balcony........

Back In November!!!

Murder At The Blind Beggar!

The Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel.
In the 1960's this was part of the Kray twins manor (the area they conducted organised crime).

Inside the pub...

Ronnie Kray shot and killed rival gang member George Cornell in this pub, on the 9th of March 1966.

Here is a photo of the Kray's and the pub, which is on a wall in the main bar.

Here i am having a Guinness, its quite safe to have a drink in here there days!

For more info about the shooting and the Kray twins, here's a link to the Wikipedia page...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kray_twins#George_Cornell

The Roman Walls Of London!

I went to visit the Museum Of London (which is free entry), and afterwards i had a look around the nearby Roman walls...

A nice water fountain!

A plaque with infomation about the London Wall Walk.

I went up the stairs for a walk along the modern walkway...

There were two pubs up there, but both of them were closed down, and borded up :-(