The Village

Blog URL:http://woldsvillage.blogspot.com/
Blog Tags:yorkshire, england, rural, environment, united kingdom, people, nature
Country:United Kingdom
Location:York

Life in a small village in northern England, and beyond.



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All may seem quiet and idyllic on the surface of village life, but the gossipers, slanderers and liars will be exposed, the people who will 'blank' another on the basis of what they have heard from a 'reliable' source, or because they're not of the r...

Who can fail to be smitten by Molly's song as the UK entry for Eurovision 2014, which takes place in Denmark in early May?This time we can actually win it, particularly if other countries set aside their traditional bias and vote for a great hit.Come...

Click image to enlargeHighlights of the year are surely the Goth weekends on the Yorkshire coast at Whitby - something about the place seems to inspire people to either write a vampire novel or at least dress up in bizarre and elaborate costumes.Most...

Ziggy

on Jun 28, 2012 in: music

Good to see the recent BBC documentary about one of the greatest albums of all time - Bowie's: Ziggy Stardust; we just don't get stuff like that any more....I miss Marc Bolan and Freddie Mercury too !

Whitby, North Yorkshire, is a great place to cast aside the usual tatty jeans, and get your teeth into something specatacular - like the slender neck of a vampire's victim......

Moaning Lisa

on Nov 12, 2011 in: yorkshire, england

This is a busker I photographed in Whitby recently.People give money to listen to the chap moaning about the weather and other such things so enjoyed by English folk.Not so scary as the nearby Dracula experience, but visitors seem to like it.The seas...

GAMESThey tell us life is all about games,helping to shape our specific aims;it’s no good rotting under a tree,dreaming of the vital, perfect she.You can learn much from Monopoly,lose your shirt playing Totopoly- a horse racing game – a real wind...