Steps for mounting a horse - What I learned in Baildon, Yorkshire

 

The Malt & Shovel tavern in Baildon. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

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Alpacas Statues in Baildon, Yorkshire

 

Description	English: Alpacas
Depicts	park, sculpture, cricket pavilion, cricket field, Baildon
Date	20 July 2013
Source	Geograph Britain and Ireland
Author	John Illingworth
Place of creation	Baildon  (Baildon→Bradford→West Yorkshire→Yorkshire and the Humber→England→United Kingdom)

Camera location	53° 50′ 27.4″ N, 1° 47′ 30″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap

Object location	53° 50′ 27.4″ N, 1° 47′ 30″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap

What else to see in Baildon?

Coffee candles at Wicks & Spritz, Baildon, West Yorkshire. Photo by Angela Lansbury. See my other post.

I read the wikihow on how to make a scented candle.  You need to do it over two days, so not an afternoon activity with a visiting craft minded friend. You need tabbed wicks, and candy-making thermometers and double boilers. You also run the risk of setting fire to the whole caboodle. That makes me a lot happier about paying the price charged for a ready-made candle. 

 If you have time and are bored or have bored visitors or children this is an activity. the advantage of buying the cendle in the first place is that it alerts you to the joy and system of making a coffee-scented candle. Also you can compare your result to the one from the shop. 

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https://www.facebook.com/WicksandSpritz/

https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Coffee-Candle

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Coffee Candles in Baildon, Yorkshire

  

Photo by Angela Lansbury

Coffee candles at Wicks & Spritz, Baildon, West Yorkshire. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

They have candles with various aromas, but my favourite was the coffee.

I read the wikihow on how to make a scented candle.  You need to do it over two days, so not an afternoon activity with a visiting craft minded friend. You need tabbed wicks, and candy-making thermometers and double boilers. You also run the risk of setting fire to the whole caboodle. That makes me a lot happier about paying the price charged for a ready-made candle. 

 If you have time and are bored or have bored visitors or children this is an activity. The advantage of buying the candle in the first place is that it alerts you to the joy and system of making a coffee-scented candle. Also you can compare your result to the one from the shop. 

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https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Coffee-Candle

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The Bronte Trail, Haworth, Yorkshire, England

 Our friend Tim who lives in Yorkshire guided me and my husband via some Bronte sites on the way to the Bronte parsonage Museum.

Our first (historically) stop was their birthplace. Just a plaque.

You can find a good summary of the places on Wikivoyage under Haworth with a condensed list. 

A readable guide to their lives with photos is on the local Haworth website. 

To reach Bronte country by car, you drive up the M1, motorway one, the first one which was built, going north from London.

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Lavender Farms in London and Yorkshire, the USA and worldwide

English lavender is well known and I buy lemon and lavender to try to discourage insects and mosquitos. Many chemists (pharmacies) in the UK sell one or more of several British brands. 

In the front garden of a friend of a friend in Yorkshire, I saw this thriving lavender.

 

A garden in Yorkshire in August. Lavender. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Where next after the Bronte's Haworth?

On my wish list, going north there's the lavender farm. After a long weekend, Thursday to Sunday, doing a whole trail of the Bronte sites, as well as walking and railways, we drove off south to London. However, with more time and on my next trip I shall make this Yorkshire lavender place a priority.  But I noted that you pay to visit the lavender gardens. You might just want to see the shop, buy plants andor cosmetics, and eat in the cafe.

Just type in your home location to find lavender fields near you.

In the north of England, the sunny summer days last longer. But the winter days are shorter. The long light lasts in other northern European countries too, such as going to the north of Finland to see the Northern Lights.

In London, in my front garden, lavender which had bloomed earlier in the year was already dying back. But fresh lavender was sold in Morrison's supermarket. The supermarket chain had started in Yorkshire in the north of England.  

Useful Websites

https://www.yorkshirelavender.com/

https://londonist.com/london/beyond-london/lavender-farms-fields-near-london

https://www.lavenderworld.co.uk/lavender-plants

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender

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Buon Apps Italian restaurant in Yorkshire

 

Buon Apps restaurant, Yorkshire. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Buon Apps is Italian short for good appetite a good wish before eating. The restaurant is on two floors beside the gushing river at the weir. Down stairs you can eat indoors, in the covered glass sided conservatory, or outdoors. Upstairs is more seating, and a cosy, modern bar with armchairs.

We started with French fries and deep fried zucchini, zucchini fritti.  Zucchini is also called courgette.

I had a glass of Prosecco at an affordable price.

My main course was a chicken salad with a boiled egg. The cooked chicken said spicey and I am not into spicey.

The pork casserole ordered by another diner came with potatoes so we were able to share the potatoes.

My dessert was a hard pastry tube containing what seemed like cream or cream cheese. My Italian friend told me that's how it is supposed to be. I think I would have preferred the lemon cheese tart which she ordered.

The atmosphere was lovely. Jolly. Three birthday groups. Busy downstairs and upstairs. 

Buon App Restaurant is on the river Wharfe at Otley in Yorkshire. Plenty of parking outside. Children's high chairs. Ground floor toilet accessible to the wheelchair user, bigger than the upstairs cubicles, and with a bunch of flowers on the windowsill.. 

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https://www.buonappsotley.com/

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Birthday cakes from Zoe's Little Cake House

 

Birthday cake made by Zoe's Little Cake House. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

The Accessory

This cake was made for a combined birthday part of an 80 year old man and his grandson's 17th birthday a week later. The grandfather\s daughter had ordered a cake to show the interests of the man, which included boating and his dog. The cake showed a dog in a boat.

The number seventeen is on the top of the cake. To not clash or lead to confusion, the numbers eight zero, for eighty, are vertical on the side of the cake.

A very effective feature is the upright semi circle or arch in off-white almost pale blue, either card or chocolate or icing sugar. it has clouds

A bride usually wears a white dress, and a white veil, and has a white cake. But pink and other colours can be used.

For my son's birthday we had a cake designed like a ski slope, with green trees and a skier.

Tall round cakes are 4, 5 or 6 inches, from 80--90 -100 pounds, feeding 12-20 people, in flavours including chocolate orange, with a covering of white or dark chocolate ganache. Unfortunately, collection only.

I am looking for a cake for a 50th wedding anniversary. 

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Up north to pubs and places in Yorkshire

Tourists go to York to see the Cathedral and walk around the ancient castle walls. You can shop in the Shambles and visit a museum or two. Yorkshire also has Bronte country and the steam railways and the railway which goes through Howarth area to the station where the film The Railway children was set. If you have already done that or have family or friends see the Pubs. My friend Tim went to a Methodist school, then a boarding school, called Woodhouse Grove, and the prep school was called Bronte House. Charlotte Bronte was a former governess to the family in the old house. The school now has surrounding modern buildings. Tim recalls stained glass windows.

Unlike London, which has red brick houses built of  clay brick, notice the colour of the grey sandstone walls of buildings and boundary walls.

The Malt Shovel pub. A malt shovel was used for making beer. 

Commonwealth War Graves plaque.

In the town of Baildon of West Yorkshire. Methodist Wesley preached here.

Photos by Trevor Sharot.

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Statues of HM Queen Elizabeth, Boadicea and PM Thatcher in England, Canada and the USA

Bust of Queen Elizabeth II in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, commemorating her visit.

 

White statue of Margaret Thatcher in the Guildhall, London, England.

Another statue of Margaret Thatcher is in the lobby of the House of Commons, in London.

A statue of Margaret Thatcher is in the USA in Hillsdale College, Michigan. She visited the college and spoke there.

Pictures in Wikipedia under Boadiccea.

 Margaret Thatcher, British PM, in Grantham, England. 

The driver in our family, my husband, says Grantham is on the A1, the Roman road north from London.  A means one of the major roads. A1 to A6 radiate out of London clockwise. A7-9 are in Scotland. 

The A1 goes north. The A2 goes South East to Dover. The A3 goes to Southampton in the South. The A4 is SW to Bristol. The A5 was Watling Street NW.  

What about A6? He says, Type in A6 UK on Google maps to see the routes.

Boadicea, Celtic Queen, and her daughters.

You can photograph the Boadicea statue group silhouetted against the sky, or against Big Ben, or with the London Eye, which is a Ferris wheel.

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boadicea_and_Her_Daughters

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=margaret+thatcher+statue&title=Special:MediaSearch&go=Go&type=image

Wine and Beer at Hotels and Wine Hotels & Restaurants in England

Restaurant at The Old Bridge Hotel.

The Wine Shop at the Old Bridge Hotel.

The Wine Shop at The Old Bridge Hotel.

Problem
What was the name of that hotel with a fine wine cellar and knowledgeable sommelier?

Answer
Let's just make a list. I thought there were just two or three. I have found several more. Here are any favourites and wish lists:

Hotel du Vin
York
Yorkshire
Several more hotels du vin.
https://www.hotelduvin.com/

Huntsbridge Ltd
The Old Bridge Hotel
1 High Street
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire PE29 3TQ
Tel: 01480 458410
emails:
oldbridge@huntsbridge.co.uk
jh@hunstbridge.co.uk
Website: www.huntsbridge.com

WINE
Introduction to wine tastings, £44 per person: Sauvignon Blanc, Monday Aug 7, 2017 at 7.15 pm; Washington State Monday 9 Oct 2017; to book ring wine shop tel 01480 458410. Tapas and Sherry, Saturday 26 Aug, 2-5 pm. tutored tasting of sherry or Spanish white wines, £48 per person.

BEER
Old Bridge Beer Celebration, Sunday August 13th, 11.30-3.30 pm. Must book. Entry fee of £18 includes Old Bridge glass to take away and a lamb or pork roll snack you can munch as you walk around. (Vegetarian on request must be ordered in advance. In addition budget for the 9 or 10 beers which cost £1.25 for a half and £2.50 per pint.
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Same management as the Old Bridge Hotel:
The Three Horseshoes at Madingley (near Cambridge)
www.threehorseshoesmadingley.co.uk / Facebook / Instagram (madingley_3hs)

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Wine at Hotels in Hampshire
http://www.hotelterravina.co.uk

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
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