https://countrymansdaughter.com/2026/03/29/rallying-support-for-heartbeat-jamboree/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_0026.jpegDad and his beloved Mark II in the mid-1990sIt’ll be emotional when I am reunited with my dad’s old Jaguar at the Heartbeat Vehicle Rally in June. I’ve not seen it since 2017. If you’d like to help me by sponsoring the event in some way, please get in touch with this paper or through my web page.2026-03-29T10:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2026/03/22/keeping-up-with-the-post/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_4669.webpIMG_4669The picture of a witch post sent to me. By Stanislav Stefane2026-03-22T12:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2026/03/22/boddy-of-evidence-for-inns-past-history/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_0888.jpegLily Boddy, the last licensee of Hamer Inn (date unknown)Lily Boddy, the last licensee of Hamer Inn (date unknown)https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_0887.jpegLily Boddy looks on as Grandma Boddy crouches by the well behind the Hamer InnLily Boddy looks on as Grandma Boddy crouches by the well behind the Hamer Innhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_0881.jpegIMG_0881Granny Boddy outside Hamer House in the 1930s. Photo supplied by Peter Hanstock, York.https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_0885.jpegIMG_0885Sheep shearing at Hamer Innhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_0874.jpegIMG_0874Hamer House on the North York Moors in the 1930s when Lily Boddy, the last licensee, lived there.2026-03-22T12:31:52+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2026/03/22/snippets-from-the-past-all-sewn-up/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_4638.pngIMG_4638https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_4639.jpegIMG_4639A needlework sampler showing a view of York Minster created in 1841 by 16-year-old Ann Raw. She included a depiction of a stained glass window and grazing sheep and cattle next to the building. Picture by Witney Antiques. 2026-03-22T12:18:05+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2026/03/01/mark-of-respect-for-lowly-corkseller/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_4627.jpegIMG_4627The corkseller’s grave near Bluewath Beck, high on the North York Moors , in a photo taken by reader John Severs in the 1990s.2026-03-02T14:37:50+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2026/02/22/going-for-a-song-2/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_4622.jpegIMG_4622https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_4624.jpegIMG_4624Birds like blackbirds, thrushes and magpies caught in local woods and fields were traded at Kirkham Bird Fair. Picture by Mick Gisbourne. 2026-02-22T17:10:47+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2026/02/15/homing-in-on-hamer/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_4579.jpegMalton Gazete and Herald 1989 Hamer House. Author unknown maybe dadMalton Gazete and Herald 1989 Hamer House. Author unknown maybe dad2026-02-15T13:51:56+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2026/02/08/havent-heard-a-peep/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/img_4582.jpegIMG_4582Kirkham Priory with Kirkham Bridge visible, top centre, where a nocturnal bird fair used to take place on Trinity Sunday followed by a festival in the abbey grounds. Do you know anything more about this fair? Picture: English Heritage2026-02-08T10:48:19+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2026/01/25/that-ol-chestnut/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_4846.jpegIMG_48462026-01-25T19:31:54+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2026/01/18/hamer-home-a-family-story/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_4537.jpegIMG_4537A 1955 photo of the ruins of Hamer Inn, previously known as the Lettered Board. David Ford’s ancestors lived there. Do you have a photo of the inn before it became derelict? Photo: P.W.Hanstock2026-01-18T09:39:51+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2026/01/11/a-festive-labour-of-love/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ceb090b9-05c9-480d-a8a7-8a28f027db00.jpegceb090b9-05c9-480d-a8a7-8a28f027db00https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_1308.jpegIMG_1308For myself and others the marathon task of preparing Christmas dinner is an expression of love for those about to eat ithttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_1305.jpegIMG_1305For myself and others the marathon task of preparing Christmas dinner is an expression of love for those about to eat it2026-01-11T11:20:54+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2026/01/04/laughing-into-2026/2026-01-11T11:03:21+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/12/28/big-in-japan/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_0384.jpegIMG_0384In Japan, people queue for hours to collect their KFC Christmas Bucket of crispy chicken. Photo: KFC Japanhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_4462.jpegThe Japanese KFC Christmas Bucket. Photo KFC JapanThe Japanese KFC Christmas Bucket. Photo KFC Japan2026-01-05T20:37:26+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/12/21/building-family-foundations/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image1.jpegimage1Andrew Goldsworthy gave Nick Harland this signed book with a hand-drawn picture of the Hanging Stoneshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_7685.jpegIMG_7685One of the buildings on the Hanging Stones Walk in Rosedale that Nick Harland helped to construct (that’s my friend Dave in the window, looking down at his confused dog Frank).2025-12-28T10:04:51+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/12/14/the-tragic-lives-of-some-famous-name/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/bonnell-63.jpegBonnell 63Maria Branwell, who fell in love at first sight with the Reverend Patrick Brontë and went on to give birth to six children, including the famous literary sisters. Picture used courtesy of the Brontë Society2025-12-15T09:52:09+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/12/07/for-the-ones-who-never-came-home/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_4385.jpegIMG_4385Lynne Catena’s uncle, Arthur Pearce, who was killed in WWII during the North Africa campaign in 1941. This picture was taken before the war, so he would be in his early 20s, and dressed for a military tattoo.https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_0190.jpegIMG_01902025-12-07T09:49:53+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/11/30/dont-call-me-nanny/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/dscf0485.jpegdscf0485My boys with their Dutch grandparents, who were known as Opa (grandad) and Oma (grandma). At home, we used Nonny and Grandad to refer to their English grandparents. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/imag0011.jpegimag00112025-11-30T09:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/11/23/a-war-to-remember/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_3250.jpegScreenshotThe huge El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt which commemorates more than 20,000 fallen servicemen (Picture CWGC)https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_3251.jpegScreenshotThe Alamein Memorial at the entrance to the El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt which commemorates WW2 fallen servicemen who fought in the North Africa campaign and whose remains have never been found. Lynn Catena’s uncle, Arthur Pearce, can be found on Column 32 (Picture CWGC)2025-11-30T09:15:00+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/11/16/hey-nonny-no/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/e21896c6-42d5-4eb8-a018-83959d66228f.jpege21896c6-42d5-4eb8-a018-83959d66228fMy niece Eleanor and husband Ben shared some exciting news this week! Baby Walker is due in May next year! 2025-11-16T09:49:54+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/11/10/baby-naming-keeps-us-on-our-toes/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/7bfea9b50af37ce61c04ec39c3225857.jpegRob Ainsley and his mum Barbara at a recent family wedding.Rob Ainsley and his mum Barbara at a recent family wedding.https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/att.pvd6ctnxqhcwelhloj-cnnkrxaedrmy0-i6yy7eem0g-1.jpegatt.pvd6cTnXQhcweLHlOj-cNnkrXaedRMY0-I6yy7EEm0ghttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/att.pvd6ctnxqhcwelhloj-cnnkrxaedrmy0-i6yy7eem0g.jpegatt.pvd6cTnXQhcweLHlOj-cNnkrXaedRMY0-I6yy7EEm0gRob Ainsley’s mum Barbara holding a 1961 photo of her sons John (left) and Rob. She was so convinced Rob was going to be a girl she didn’t have a boys’ name ready when he was born.2025-11-10T21:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/11/03/royal-intervention-for-grieving-mother/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_2787.jpegJohn, Alfred, Frederick and George SmithCredit: Smith familyJohn, Alfred, Frederick and George Smith Credit: Smith family2025-11-03T16:06:16+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/10/26/walking-the-family-line/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_6051.jpegIMG_6051My niece Eleanor Bradshaw married Ben Walker and took his surname, so by a happy accident preserved our family name of Walker. Picture by Bella Bradford Photographyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_0286.jpegScreenshotMy niece Eleanor Bradshaw married Ben Walker and took his surname, so by a happy accident preserved our family name of Walker. Picture by Bella Bradford Photography2025-11-12T15:35:47+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/10/19/a-conventional-name/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_2815.jpegIMG_2815My middle son Jasper Marcus was named using the same initials as his Dutch father Johannes Marcus, and his grandfather, Jan Marie, seen here meeting him for the first time in 1998.https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_2816.jpegIMG_2816My dad holding my eldest son Oliver Sebastiaan on the day he was born in April 1996. We chose names that we liked rather than ones passed down the family.https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_2814.jpegIMG_2814Reader Clare Proctor’s siblings in a photo taken in 1950s Tanzania, where they lived at the time. L-R: Janet (J.A.P), Michael (M.A.P) and Peter (P.A.P.).2025-10-19T09:59:03+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/10/12/a-battle-to-be-remembered/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_2805.jpegRoye New British Cemetary, Somme, France, Summer 1979 (family holiday)My dad’s 1979 photo taken from a similar spot. The conifer has grown somewhat. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_2765.jpegIMG_2765A June 1961 image of Roye New British Cemetery at Somme in France showing the conifer tree to the right of the stone cross memorial (Photo Commonwealth War Graves Commission copyright).2025-10-19T08:48:05+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/10/05/when-a-name-means-a-lot/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_0453.jpegIMG_0453Reader David Secers’ Auntie Carlotta’s grandfather James foster standing next to his boiler at Baxter’s Brewery in Thornton Le Moor in the late 1800shttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_0454.jpegIMG_0454Reader Davis Severs’ Great Auntie Carlotta, far left, with her brother Lancelot standing behind their parents Ada and Robert Armin from Thornton Le Moor.2025-10-12T08:22:11+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/09/28/pals-for-all-eternity/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_3308.jpegIMG_3308Another photo taken in the same visit. Again not sure which cemetery but perhaps one of you will recognise it? https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_2805.jpegIMG_2805A photo taken by my dad in 1979 on our visit to the Somme battlefields. I’m not sure which cemetery it is, but it is possibly that of the Yorkshire Regiment. Please feel free to tell me if you recognise it. 2025-10-05T09:21:18+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/09/21/to-name-but-a-few/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_9520.jpegIMG_9520Dad was very good at coming up with quirky character names in his novels2025-09-21T08:43:30+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/09/14/what-shall-be-shall-be/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_2691.jpegIMG_2691A close-up of the hidden inscription. Does anyone know what it says?https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_9365.jpegIMG_9365The picture hanging on the walls of the Fox and Hounds pub at Ainthorpe taken in October 1927. Does it feature Tom Boyes? And what does the hidden inscription on the bottom left say?2025-09-14T11:51:32+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/09/09/all-you-have-to-do-is-tri/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/img_2704.jpegIMG_2704I hi-fived my loved ones who were waiting by the finish line. Their support got me to the end.2025-11-10T21:11:13+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/08/31/the-tale-of-the-fox-kicking-the-bucket/2025-08-31T09:41:00+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/08/24/tint-wat-thoo-ses-tis-tway-thoo-ses-it/2025-08-24T14:36:07+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/08/20/bugged-by-same-problem-each-year/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_9262.jpegIMG_9262One of Tom Boyes’ greyhounds, sketched by Bill Fall. Is this Bucket? https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_9266.jpegIMG_9266Tom Boyes, whom reader Dorothy Jackson knew well https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52b0e2ce-e834-465c-b5fc-af0780d333d1.jpeg52b0e2ce-e834-465c-b5fc-af0780d333d1https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_2574.jpegIMG_2574Happy New Year! I resolved to exercise more last year to prepare for my triathlon - have you made any resolutions this year? https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/141cfee3-dd65-41fc-b907-87f7f2f295a0.jpeg141cfee3-dd65-41fc-b907-87f7f2f295a0Seeing my loved ones with home-made signs cheering me from the sidelines kept me going https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_2573.jpegIMG_2573https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image001.jpegimage001https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_2514.jpegScreenshotAn old photo from 1978 showing an alternative dialect ‘Beware of the Bull’ sign erected by Danby farmer Ralph Winspear after trouble with walkers straying across his land.https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_9125.jpegIMG_9125https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_9126.jpegIMG_9126The poem ‘Grandad - through a barfin’, featuring the picture of Pam Chester’s grandad George Coverdale. ‘Barfin’ is a dialect word for an oval horse collar.2025-08-20T14:28:44+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/08/10/lets-hear-it-for-the-boyes/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_8862.jpegIMG_8862The 1927 wedding at St Hilda’s Church, Danby featuring Tom Boyes, wearing a black bowler hat and riding the horse on the far right. He was the subject of a volume of dialect poetry written by Danby poet Erimus, otherwise known as Sophie-Jean’s great-grandfather, Bill Fall. 2025-08-10T09:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/08/03/falling-write-into-our-hands/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_8824.jpegIMG_8824https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_8819.jpegIMG_8819Yorkshire dialect poet William E Fall, who wrote under he pseudonym ‘Erimus’.https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_8825.jpegIMG_8825The books of poems my brother and I found in my dad’s study and library after being contacted by the poet Bill Fall’s (AKA Erimus) great-granddaughter 2025-08-03T09:15:15+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/07/27/trusting-your-instinct/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/8d5d5948-2255-474c-b488-3448b9266dc9.jpeg8d5d5948-2255-474c-b488-3448b9266dc9Joey, centre, with his girlfriend Tasha and good friend Harry Howells2025-08-03T08:57:25+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/07/20/find-your-nesting-instinct/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_8705.jpegIMG_8705Our fake wasp nest made from a brown paper bag to deter the buzzy pests2025-07-20T10:17:34+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/07/13/we-are-getting-stoned-again/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_2440-1.pngIMG_2440The photograph sent to me by Peter Sotheran of a horse with cart on Lythe Bank out of Sandsend. It was taken between 1905 and 1907 and a copy of it is held at the East Cleveland Image Archive. 2025-07-13T13:23:04+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/07/13/new-homes-lead-to-cross-words/2025-07-13T12:50:48+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/07/13/do-you-know-your-boundaries/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_2472.jpegIMG_2472Mike Broadley’s stone trough that has been in his garden for more than 70 yearshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_8464.jpegIMG_8464The second carved stone that is on my regular walking route. Are these drilled holes marking where it was meant to be split, as described by Andy Brown? Could it be a boundary marker, as suggested by Beryl Richardson?https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_8501.jpegIMG_8501Beryl Richardson’s father Bob Carter, left, inspects the stone on Seymour Hill Loftus, which became the trouble-hit Westfield Estate. Reverend John Theobald is on the right, with a Mr Colari from Cleveland Museums in the middle. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_2440.pngIMG_24402025-07-13T11:12:48+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/06/22/beavering-away-to-tackle-flooding/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_20220728_1044598991.jpegIMG_20220728_104459899(1)A beaver dam that is parent of the Slow The Flow Pickering project which helps to prevent flooding downstreamhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/image005.jpegimage005Beavers have incredible skills when it comes to building dams (Picture: Forestry Commission)2025-06-22T11:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/06/15/a-close-call-for-my-son/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_2418.jpegIMG_2418Joey and I on a recent walk around York City Walls 20 years after he contracted sepsis. He lives with the after effects every day, but it’s a small price to pay compared to the alternative.https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_2420.jpegIMG_2420Joey in Leeds General Hospital after an operation that saved his life after contracting sepsishttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_2419.jpegScreenshotJoey on his third birthday, just three weeks before he fell illhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_3402.jpegIMG_34022025-06-20T20:03:28+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/06/08/learning-brick-by-brick/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_2402.jpegIMG_2402The Railway Pond which used to be near a brickworkshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_2401.jpegIMG_2401The carved stone I spotted on walk which I believe is an unfinished trough2025-06-08T13:17:54+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/06/01/difficult-fact-to-swallow/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_8034.jpegIMG_8034Swallows chatting on overhead lines above me, as if they were scoping out the property’s conservatory to set up homehttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/465011072_8586923978018147_1756800835282867943_n.jpeg465011072_8586923978018147_1756800835282867943_nA swallow feeds its young in a best under the eaves. Photo by Alastair Smith2025-06-01T08:57:58+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/05/25/the-oldest-are-the-best/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_7964.jpegIMG_7964My old school photo taken in 1981 using a camera on a rotating standhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_7935.pngIMG_7935https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_7936.pngIMG_7936https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_7937.pngIMG_7937https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_7938.pngIMG_7938https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_8011.jpegIMG_8011If you moved, you ended up blurry like the boy in the middle of this picture 2025-05-26T22:19:59+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/05/18/having-presents-of-mind/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_2388.jpegIMG_23882025-05-18T08:35:20+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/05/11/theories-put-through-the-mill/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image003.jpegimage003https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image006.jpegimage006https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image002.jpegimage002Some beautiful stone troughs that stand in the garden of a reader who lives near Durham2025-05-18T08:24:06+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/05/04/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_2367.jpegScreenshotScreenshot2025-05-04T08:28:23+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/04/27/solid-as-a-rock/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250412_100443.jpeg20250412_100443https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250412_100559.jpeg20250412_100559The unfinished millstone between Kildale and 2025-04-29T07:47:22+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/04/20/a-little-means-a-lot/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_7738.jpegIMG_7738My boys always write beautiful and meaningful things in the cards they give me on special occasions2025-04-20T18:51:15+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/04/13/no-stone-unturned/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_7526.jpegIMG_7526The deliberate diagonal markings of the mason’s tool can clearly be seen https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_7524.jpegIMG_7524The huge stone trough I spotted in someone’s garden. How did it get there?2025-04-13T07:41:34+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/04/06/swanning-about-at-swinton/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_7408.jpegIMG_7408The dining room is called ‘Samuel’s’ after Samuel Cunliffe-Listerhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_7428.jpegIMG_7428The amazing circular bathroom in The Turrethttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_7442.jpegIMG_7442The Turret at Swinton Park which was an amazing place to stay2025-04-09T07:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/03/30/whos-going-to-watch-over-us/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_2254.jpegIMG_2254Dad having a cuppa a few years later wearing his smart gold watchhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_0289.jpegOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADad signing books wearing his silver watch2025-04-21T08:05:25+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/03/23/all-set-for-spring/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_2307.jpegIMG_2307Sunrise over Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire. Picture by Alastair Smith2025-03-23T10:12:31+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/03/18/out-of-the-fire/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_2278.jpegIMG_2278Betty McDonald on holiday in Southern Spain last year. She has kept diaries since she was young2025-03-18T09:51:22+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/03/09/swim-the-channel-fat-chance-of-that/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_2272.jpegIMG_2272https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_2270.jpegIMG_2270Bill Burgess slathered in lard before his successful attempt at swimming the English Channel in 1911. (This work is from the George Grantham Bain collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.)2025-03-18T09:41:55+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/03/02/friend-thrown-a-life-jacket/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_2264.jpegIMG_2264Stefan’s expensive work jacket was accidentally sold at the school fair2025-03-03T15:12:31+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/02/23/seeing-the-bigger-picture/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_2253.jpegIMG_2253Lynn Catena thinks she should at least have some of the photos of her grandsons she keeps on her phone printed out, including this one of Cal, born just a few weeks ago. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_2254.jpegIMG_2254Clare Powell has photo books printed at the end of each year as a legacy for future generations.2025-02-23T10:23:47+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/02/16/coughing-up-a-special-brew/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_7043.jpegIMG_7043Would you be tempted to rub goose fat on to your chest to relieve a cough? https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_7059.jpegIMG_70592025-03-03T15:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/02/09/picturing-the-past/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_6953.jpegIMG_6953I stopped printing photos and putting them in albums in about 2012. Will my great-great grandchildren know what I ,owed like of they don’t have access to photos of me? 2025-02-09T10:15:43+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/02/02/getting-it-in-the-neck/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_2241.jpegIMG_2241Dad wrote more than 2000 Countryman’s Diary columns over 41 yearshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/peterxmas05.jpegOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0290.jpegOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADad wrote more than 2000 Countryman’s Diary columnshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0289.jpegOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADad wrote more than 2000 Countryman’s Diary columnshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_6931.jpegIMG_6931Will these help my cough symptoms? 2025-02-03T10:12:53+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/01/26/a-doze-of-the-flew/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_6793.jpegIMG_6793https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_6792.jpegIMG_6792https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_6790.jpegIMG_6790https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_6791.jpegIMG_6791Lemsip is helping me keep on top of my symptoms of the flue flew FLU! 2025-02-02T09:39:44+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/01/19/time-to-make-decisions/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_2213.jpegHoracio’s mirrorHoracio Romeo’s beloved antique mirror has to stay in Buenos Aires, Argentina, because it is too big to bring to his current home in Brazil. 2025-01-26T10:05:30+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/01/12/permission-to-be-curmudgeonly/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_0254.jpegIMG_0254https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_1996.jpegIMG_1996Reader Deborah Steed went to school with my late sister Tricia, whose anniversary it is this week (8th January)https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_0277.jpegIMG_02772025-01-13T15:17:35+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2025/01/05/new-year-new-shoe/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_6445.jpegIMG_6445I bought new trainers to start preparing for my triathlon2025-01-07T10:03:30+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/12/29/stop-all-the-clocks/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9507.jpegIMG_9507https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9505.jpegIMG_9505Sandra’s 19th century long-case clock made by Northallerton’s Hugh Pannell. Will it find a new home? https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_6278.jpegIMG_6278The hand-carved wooden box given to me by my grandad. It is very precious to me. 2024-12-29T09:34:53+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/12/22/will-satan-come-down-the-chimney/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_0901.jpegIMG_0901Will Satan or Santa come down your chimney this Christmas?2024-12-27T10:42:03+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/12/17/mic-drop-for-a-windbag/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_6162-1584907787-e1734427123419.jpegIMG_6162Have you heard people drop their ‘N’s’, for example when they ask for ‘a apple’? Do you do it? https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_6104-1.jpegIMG_6104 Listening to audiobooks in the car allows me to indulge in those I do not have the time to read. Audio versions are also useful for people living with impaired vision2024-12-17T14:32:27+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/12/17/lend-me-your-ear/2024-12-17T09:15:37+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/12/01/from-loss-to-love/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/image1-1-4042845245-e1733044895678.jpegimage1Carol Hepplestone with some hearts of remembrance outside Bedale Post Office during Baby Loss Awareness Week in Octoberhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/haigh-057-c0498-nyp.jpeghaigh-057-c0498-nyphttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/118178277.jpeg118178277PC David Haigh, who showed such kindness to Carole Hepplestone after the loss of her baby, Leigh. PC Haigh was murdered by Barry Prudom in 1982. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/image0.jpegimage0The work of yarnbombers in Bedale during Baby Loss Awareness Week in Octoberhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/image1.jpegimage1Carol Hepplestone with some hearts of remembrance outside Bedale Post Office during Baby Loss Awareness Week in October2024-12-17T08:59:20+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/11/24/well-i-do-declare/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_2144.jpegScreenshotUsing low-noise fireworks will make sure that we can still enjoy a captivating spectacle without turning our furry friends into quivering wrecks (picture courtesy of Dynamicfireworks.co.uk)2024-11-24T10:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/11/17/the-word-is-not-enough/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_2128.jpegIMG_2128I have been listening to Bill Bryson’s audiobook on my travels, which was has been very entertaining2024-11-24T10:30:24+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/11/10/from-darkness-come-lights/2024-11-10T09:46:02+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/11/03/time-to-ban-the-bang/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_2094.jpegScreenshotFireworks don’t need to be noisy to be impressive. For the sake of our wildlife, livestock and our furry loved ones, it’s time to ditch the bang2024-11-04T10:41:07+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/10/27/are-you-perverse-or-perverted/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_5634.jpegIMG_5634I thought I knew the difference between the words ‘perverse’ and ‘perverted’ until I consulted my 2004 Oxford English Dictionary2024-10-27T08:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/10/20/a-load-of-old-bull/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_5209.jpegIMG_5209The remains of walls and staircases at Knossos Palace in Crete that are thousands of years old https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_5203.jpegIMG_5203Part of Knossos Palace showing frieze of the famous Minotaur, controversially reconstructed by Sir Arthur Evans 2024-10-20T10:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/10/13/romans-go-underground/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_2050.jpegIMG_2050Fort D (left) whose boundary overlaps Camp C (right) which shows it was built later. Three clavicula gates can clearly be seen to the eastern boundary of Camp C. Pictures by Tony Hunt of Yorkshire Archaeological Aerial Mapping. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_2051.jpegIMG_2051Images of the complete Cawthorne Camp near Pickering which comprises four elements which are (L-R) Fort D, Camp C, Fort A and Annexe B. Photo by Tony Hunt of Yorkshire Archaeological Aerial Mapping2024-10-13T08:37:37+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/10/07/teeny-little-money-spinners/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_5083.jpegIMG_5083If a money spider lands on you then ‘gold will rain down from heaven’. They build horizontal webs, like these, which look like silky hammocks. 2024-10-07T17:22:03+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/10/04/an-air-of-mystery/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_2042.jpegIMG_2042A ‘daisy-chain’ of padlocks at a BT site. Each contractor will have their own lock and key so they can gain access at any time. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_2038.jpegIMG_2038 What we believe is an ancient gatepost covered in moss and lichen spotted on the Cleveland Way by Paul Martin. But what is purpose of the hole at the top? 2024-10-07T18:00:41+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/09/22/no-leg-to-stand-on/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_4929.jpegIMG_4929Daddy Long Legs spiders are harmless and can help keep the scarier spiders at bay 2024-09-22T18:25:59+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/09/15/along-came-two-spiders/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_0980.jpegIMG_0980A massive house spider on my son Jasper's hand. He’s not squeamish at all2024-09-15T12:06:39+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/09/08/locked-in-love/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_4770.jpegIMG_4770https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_4772.jpegIMG_4772Love locks on the bridge over the River Wharfe in Otley2024-09-08T10:06:10+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/09/01/mother-of-all-battles/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_2027.jpegIMG_2027Olympic Skeet shooting silver medalist Amber Rutter with her three-month-old baby Tommy in Paris (Picture Isabel Infantes/PA)2024-09-01T13:02:14+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/08/18/finding-the-faith/2024-09-01T08:36:25+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/08/25/flying-by-the-seat-of-our-ants/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/img_4652.jpegIMG_4652Two flying ants approach the nest https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/img_4633.jpegIMG_4633If you look carefully you can just see a princess flying ant poking her head out of the hole which is the entrance to a nesthttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/img_4654.jpegIMG_4654A flying ant approaches the entrance to its nest 2024-09-01T08:35:45+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/08/11/the-legacy-of-lost-things/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1-100_0612.jpeg1-100_0612 A clock face made by reader David Severs’ ancestor Hugh Pannell with the herringbone pattern around the outer edge of the dial and around the name boss, along with the rare 'Clock & Watchmaker' inscription. 2024-08-15T09:22:07+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/08/04/praying-for-a-tony-award/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/img_1907.jpegIMG_1907A painting from the chapel of Pius V Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Venice) by Joseph Heintz the Younger depicting the miracle of St Anthony of Padua and the Mule. Credit: Didier Descouens - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=627050042024-08-08T13:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/07/28/all-is-not-lost-or-is-it/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_4356.jpegIMG_4356I have a collection of single earrings thanks to having lost their partners. But what do I do with them? 2024-07-30T11:39:34+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/07/21/tradition-carved-in-stone/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1869.jpegIMG_1869https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/image0.jpegimage0https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_1871.jpegScreenshotScreenshothttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_4015.jpegIMG_4015https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_4017.jpegIMG_4017https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_4018.jpegIMG_4018https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_4019.jpegIMG_4019https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_4020.jpegIMG_4020https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_4021.jpegIMG_40212024-07-23T08:08:54+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/07/14/whats-wrong-with-priya-the-poorly-poodle/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/renderedimage.jpegRenderedImagePriya was diagnosed with Addison’s disease which can be fatal. Now she’s on treatment she is full of beans once againhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_8057.jpegIMG_8057Priya the poodle’s health was deteriorating but we didn’t know why. She wasn’t her normal bouncy self.2024-07-21T09:03:27+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/07/07/running-round-in-rings/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3484.jpegIMG_3484Have you ever lost a precious ring? And did you find it again? https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3482.jpegIMG_34822024-07-07T22:47:59+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/07/01/a-night-to-remember/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3598.jpegIMG_3598The interesting bricks on a property i visited near Chop Gate caught me eyehttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/img_3600.jpegIMG_3600The bricks had zigzag marks on them which reader Linda Harman says were created by the tools used to make them2024-07-03T17:44:04+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/06/23/very-hungry-caterpillars/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_3717.jpegIMG_3717They are very hard to control. These were found in the green waste bin some time after the tree had been chopped up and put in therehttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_3715.jpegIMG_3715The box tree caterpillar can decimate a tree within days2024-06-25T15:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/06/16/finding-a-silver-lining/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_3582-4028871531-e1718527137766.jpegIMG_3582The stamp on the bottom reads ‘National Products England’ and ‘National Silveroid’https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_3690.jpegIMG_3690I know have a Silveroid teapot stand thanks to a clear out at my mums house 2024-06-23T09:30:16+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/06/10/band-on-the-hand/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_3511-3102235032-e1718006052723.jpegIMG_3511Wedding bands date back to Egyptian times2024-06-10T07:54:59+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/06/02/nobody-wants-a-hot-dog/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_3233.jpegIMG_3233A couple of spiders had a stand-off on my decking during a recent warm spell https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_1757.pngIMG_1757https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_3373.jpegIMG_3373https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_3374.jpegIMG_3374https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_3375.jpegIMG_3375https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_3376.jpegIMG_3376https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/img_3372.jpegIMG_33722024-06-02T08:02:36+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/05/27/doggy-do-do-down-under/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_3281.jpegIMG_3281Sarah Tyson from Australia composts her dog poo in biodegradable bags2024-05-27T08:57:10+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/05/19/led-by-the-nose/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_1721.jpegScreenshotA postcard from 1907 featuring Mr Nosey Parker. We are not sure of the origin of the term ‘Nosey Parker’. (File:Adventures_nosey_parker_rugby.jpg">Postcard</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_1724.jpegIMG_1724https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_3265.jpegIMG_32652024-05-19T17:27:05+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/05/12/big-little-lies/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_3098.jpegIMG_30982024-05-12T21:09:49+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/05/05/hard-as-snails/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_3026.jpegIMG_3026https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_3035.jpegIMG_3035A snail needs to consume lots of calcium-rich food as contained in green vegetables like spinach and broccoli to keep its shell stronghttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_3022.jpegIMG_3022A cluster of garden snails found under a rock in my back yard2024-05-05T15:32:44+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/03/10/pondering-on-the-past/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3b2f82bc-3419-46ec-8255-b0de005f2e98_1_105_c.jpeg3B2F82BC-3419-46EC-8255-B0DE005F2E98_1_105_cReader Paul Ireson on one of his horses in Newton-on-Rawcliffe in about 1987. He owned and named Old Pond House which can be seen with the red door near the car behind him. A carved witch post stands still in tact in the sitting room of the house. 2024-05-05T07:34:18+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/03/03/the-comfort-of-strangers/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_1556.jpegIMG_1556We think of a hair salon as a safe space where we can reveal things we wouldn’t tell our loved oneshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_1554.jpegIMG_1554What confessions have you revealed while talking to your stylist or beautician?2024-05-05T07:34:02+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/02/25/an-illegitimate-prejudice/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_1580.pngIMG_1580Pilmoor as a young man (Picture courtesy of the Smithsonian Collection)https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_1531.jpegIMG_1531Joseph Pilmoor (or Pilmore) in later years (Picture courtesy of the New York Public Lubrary)2024-05-05T07:33:44+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/02/18/does-anyone-love-a-festive-birthday/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_1540.jpegIMG_1540Bella and her daughter Heidi, who both have New Year birthdays 2024-05-05T07:33:06+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/02/11/the-son-is-a-preacher-man/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_1530.jpegIMG_1530A memorial plaque dedicated to North Yorkshire-born Joseph Pilmoor in North Carolina. Picture by Laura Troy.https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_1534.jpegIMG_1534Joseph Pilmoor, born in Fadmoor, was instrumental in popularising Methodism in the USA2024-05-05T07:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/02/04/facing-the-hoaxers/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_1736.jpegIMG_1736https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_1743.jpegIMG_1743https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_1738.jpegIMG_1738https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_1745-1803515169-e1707037243470.jpegIMG_17452024-05-05T07:32:31+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/01/28/birthdays-as-planned/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_1375.jpegIMG_1375Fred Bradshaw, whose birthday was on Christmas Day. It was celebrated in the morning before the festive celebrations beganhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_1317.jpegIMG_13172024-05-05T07:32:15+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/01/21/counting-our-blessings/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_1512.jpegIMG_1512https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_1513.jpegIMG_1513The Goathland Plough Stots in action 2024-05-05T07:31:56+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/01/14/a-past-to-be-pict-apart/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20231229_100121.jpeg20231229_100121The now disused St Hilary’s Church in Picton near Yarm.2024-05-05T07:31:37+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/01/07/the-blessed-plough/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_1509.jpegIMG_1509Blessing the plough outside Ripon Cathedral (Photo courtesy of Ripon Cathedral). https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/a111e9e8-a072-4284-b7b9-22e898bf8993.jpega111e9e8-a072-4284-b7b9-22e898bf8993The plough has been a fundamental piece of farming equipment for centuries, enabling the population to feed themselves. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/55167c8e-3ec8-4203-beae-d3bce690f688.jpeg55167c8e-3ec8-4203-beae-d3bce690f6882024-05-05T07:31:16+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/03/17/the-benefit-of-open-debate/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_2333.jpegIMG_2333Janet Pearce with her newborn baby Ben in 1981. Because she was an unmarried mother, she was put in a room by herself, deliberately kept separate from the married mums. 2024-05-05T07:30:32+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/03/24/a-deadly-topic-for-debate/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_1644.jpegimg_16442024-05-05T07:30:16+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/04/01/a-house-with-no-name/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_1630.jpegIMG_1630Ivy House Farm back in the 1940s when it was still in operation. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_1631.jpegIMG_1631Clare’s house has been called Ivy House Farm for more than 200 years, even though the farm is long gone2024-05-05T07:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/04/07/to-bag-or-not-to-bag/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_3611.jpegIMG_3611https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/vera-4.jpegVera 4They may look adorable, but what dogs leave behind is creating a big problem!2024-05-05T07:29:36+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/04/14/what-say-you-readers/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_1671.jpegIMG_1671Janet Pearce”s believes assisted dying would have given her husband Mike a less painful and traumatic death2024-05-05T07:29:18+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/04/21/dogged-by-trouble/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_3909.jpegIMG_3909One of the holes dug up by the naughty dogshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_3933.jpegIMG_3933Do your dogs punish you if you go away? https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_3932.jpegIMG_3932Another hole in the gardenhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_3858.jpegIMG_38582024-05-05T07:29:00+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/04/28/drawing-a-curtain-over-the-issue/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_2912.jpegIMG_2912https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_2822.jpegIMG_2822A few of the houses I saw with net curtains on my walkhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_2828.jpegIMG_2828When I was walking my nieice’s husky dogs I noticed that not many houses have net curtains any morehttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_2825.jpegIMG_28252024-05-05T07:28:30+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2024/01/03/totting-things-up-for-new-year/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img_2704.jpegIMG_2704I love to see in the new year with a bit of a shindig2024-01-07T12:48:11+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/12/28/the-giving-spirit-of-christmas/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_0888.jpegIMG_0888Even if people think Christmas is too commercial I still want to get a decent present!2023-12-29T01:08:50+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/12/17/race-to-the-finish/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_0562.jpegIMG_0562Gallops manager Andy Bennison inspects the quality of the all-weather track surfacehttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_0591.jpegIMG_0591Trainers come from miles around to use Langton Wold Gallops2023-12-17T09:44:14+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/12/11/giving-us-an-earful/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_0603.jpegIMG_0603My brother Andrew and I in our ‘posh’ room celebrating his 18th birthday in 1980. We were allowed in the room on special occasions, or sometimes to play our records too loudly on the radiogram. 2023-12-11T09:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/12/03/defoe-ing-the-odds/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_1449.jpegIMG_1449Recent storms have been battering the towns and villages along the east coast, including Runswick Bay, seen here (Picture by Alastair Smith)2023-12-03T10:03:57+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2020/04/26/another-tragedy-on-blue-bank/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ef90dd98-4db8-47cd-b396-3fb56ba31c88.jpegEF90DD98-4DB8-47CD-B396-3FB56BA31C88The view to Whitby from the summit of Blue Bank, Sleights. The family were prominent in Whitby societyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/611a90c6-5da7-49fe-83a1-59ba27e67722.jpegBus crash.This photo is of the original Blue Bank bus crash and was taken by Pickering photographer Sydney Smith. It was sent to me by Gordon Clitheroe and is now in Beck Isle Museum collection.2023-11-28T16:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/11/26/beside-myself-at-the-seaside/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_9910.jpegIMG_9910Will beautiful coastal towns like Scarborough rediscover the status and glory they once enjoyed?2023-11-26T09:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/11/19/never-cheesed-off-in-the-dales/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_9985.jpegIMG_9985A visit to Wensleydale Creamery is a cheesetastic experience2023-11-19T11:12:15+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/11/15/babets-seaside-frenzy/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_9750.jpegIMG_9750There are hundreds of memorial benches along Scarborough’s seafront. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_9812.jpegIMG_9812Evidence of Storm Babet’s displeasure could be seen all over Scarborough the next day2023-11-15T18:46:08+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/11/05/do-you-hike-or-saunter/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_9594.jpegIMG_9594Whether it was a saunter or a hike up Wansfell Pike in the Lake District, the fires from the too was worth the climb https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_1368.jpegIMG_1368https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_1367.jpegIMG_1367https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_1369.jpegIMG_1369John Muir was the founder of the modern conservation movement2023-11-07T20:25:09+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/10/29/sisters-doing-it-for-themselves/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_9667.jpegIMG_9667The twins were buried in the dame grave in the local church yard2023-10-31T10:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/10/22/flowing-up-the-hill/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_9419.jpegIMG_9419https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_9405.jpegIMG_9405 The outline of one of Joseph Foord’s water races can still be seen at Newgate Bank on the Helmsley to Stokesley Roadhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_9404.jpegIMG_9404https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_9857.jpegIMG_98572023-10-29T13:19:19+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/10/16/more-than-a-flight-of-fancy/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_1362.jpegIMG_1362A replica of George Cayley’s Governable Glider housed at the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington near York. 2023-10-17T09:12:53+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/10/08/watch-out-for-super-sleuth-mums/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_9442-854160948-e1696751457945.jpegIMG_9442Minnie Benson with one of her many ‘Lassies’2023-10-08T07:56:03+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/10/01/wishes-going-down-the-drain/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_5559.jpegIMG_5559Skara Brae in the Orkneys, one of the best-preserved prehistoric villages in Western Europe. Kinlay from Orkney Uncoveredhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_1294.webpIMG_1294Visitors to Skara Brae throw coins into what they think is a wishing well. In fact it is a sewage drain! Kinlay from Orkney Uncovered2023-10-01T07:42:50+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/09/24/yorkshire-pioneer-who-gave-wright-brothers-a-lift/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/p1000539.jpegP1000539John Severs’ picture taken in Kirkby Stephen that still shows distances in furlongs https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_8156.jpegIMG_8156The sign at the entrance to a Yorkshire village with a bold claim2023-09-24T09:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/09/17/stings-in-the-tales/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_8238.jpegIMG_8238https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_8218.jpegIMG_8218Wasps are a polarising insecthttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_0646.jpegIMG_0646Steve D does not recommend disturbing a wasps nest with a ride-on mower2023-09-24T08:40:16+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/09/12/a-pot-full-of-opinions/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_8748.jpegIMG_8748Dimpled pint pots could be used as a deadly weapon in a pub brawl2023-09-12T13:49:19+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/09/03/a-race-to-find-the-answer/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_8565.jpegIMG_8565A little further east of the village, it is barely visible at allhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_8558.jpegIMG_8558The Gysepy Race is clearly visible in the village of Duggleby on the Yorkshire Wolds2023-09-03T08:33:02+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/08/27/is-the-wasp-really-a-pest/2023-08-27T10:40:26+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/08/20/hair-raising-visit-to-the-cobbler/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_8013.jpegIMG_8013The cobbler’’s workshop at Teh Ryedale Folk Museumhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_8011.jpegIMG_8011Jack Suggitt’s work bench https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_8010.jpegIMG_8010The workshop is a replica of Jack Suggitt’s cobbler’s shops in Gilling East.2023-08-20T09:03:51+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/08/14/where-have-all-the-dimples-gone/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_7986.jpegIMG_7986The ‘tulip’, left, and the ‘Nonic’ beer glasses. Do you have a preference for your pint?2023-08-14T09:26:05+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/08/06/where-theres-water/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_7171.jpegIMG_7171There has been human activity around the village of Thixendale since prehistoric times2023-08-14T09:13:16+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/07/30/a-wold-of-difference/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_7174.jpegIMG_7174https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_7175.jpegIMG_7175https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_7176.jpegIMG_7176The sweeping valleys of the Yorkshire Wolds were created by the run-off from glaciers. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_7558.jpegIMG_7558The dales have smooth steep sides, but are completely dry dry to the quick-draining chalky soil https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_7563.jpegIMG_7563The Yorkshire Wolds seem to play bridesmaid to the more popular Moors and Dales. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_7356.jpegIMG_73562023-07-30T14:48:41+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/07/23/ploughing-through-time/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_7496.jpegIMG_7496The three strips of darker green in the middle of this picture are evidence of the ancient ploughing method, ridge and furrow2023-07-23T08:10:02+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/07/16/and-the-beat-goes-on/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_7717.jpegIMG_7717Myself with Heartbeat Vehicle Rally organiser Lee Jones, with his Austin A40 that was used by Dr Summerbee in the Heartbeat TV serieshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_7710.jpegIMG_7710Patient Heartbeat stars Tricia Penrose, Vanessa Hehir and David Lonsdale spent hours signing autographs for fans. 2023-07-16T13:20:45+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/07/10/our-little-book-hides-a-big-history/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_7644.jpegIMG_7644The mass book, as it says here, was printed in 1688 at The Lamb in Holbourn, but my research suggests The Lamb pub was built later. Does our book prove historical records wrong? 2023-07-10T14:52:10+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/07/02/teas-ing-out-the-confusion/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_1185.jpegIMG_1185Lucien Smith and Anna Lupton remember enjoying a refined afternoon tea at The Black Swan in Helmsley2023-07-02T16:49:47+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/06/25/little-book-of-mystery/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_6643.jpegIMG_6643The inside page of the mass book I found in my dad’s study. It was published at the Lion and Lamb in Holbourn by Matthew Turner in 1688https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_6638.jpegIMG_6638A mass book from 1688 that I found in my dad’s study2023-07-02T16:26:09+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/06/18/high-and-my-tea/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1541.jpegIMG_1541My best friend Rhi’s family used to have afternoon tea most days when she was a child. 2023-06-20T20:14:13+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/06/12/hannahs-living-relative-found/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_7335.jpegIMG_7335Hannah Raw’s sampler that sparked my quest to find living descendantshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1123.jpegIMG_1123https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_1124.jpegIMG_1124Jennie Sanderson’s handwritten family tree that traces her line right back to Hannah’s parents and elder brother John2023-06-14T19:07:02+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/06/04/have-we-found-polly/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/lacy-grave-lealholm-3.jpegLacy grave Lealholm - 3We believe Polly’s resting place is to the left of the ‘Dale’ headstone, where you can see the daffodils. Picture: Paul Wood2023-06-04T10:01:28+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/05/28/putting-on-a-good-show/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_7014.jpegIMG_70142023-05-28T20:09:52+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/05/22/ancestor-with-an-honourable-roll/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/p1050375-roll-of-honour-ia.jpegP1050375 - Roll of Honour IAThe Ingleby Arncliffe Roll of Honour2023-05-22T21:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/05/14/a-walk-of-wonder/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_6879.jpegIMG_6879The Hanging Stones Walk has given new life to derelict farm buildings https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_6899.jpegIMG_6899The Hanging Stones Walk in Rosedale is a fantastic celebration of land and art2023-05-14T08:43:16+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/05/07/beacon-of-light/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_3884.jpegIMG_3884For obvious reasons, beacons were placed in locations with expansive views in all directions, just like at Beacon Bank in my home village. 2023-05-14T08:34:01+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/04/30/writing-and-rewards/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1507.jpegIMG_1507 My nana aged about three (seated) with her family outside the Thee Blast Furnaces pub, Glaisdale, in about 1919. Her mum, Sarah Jane Williamson, was the sister of reader Jeremy Williamson’s great-grandfather George Williamson.2023-04-30T11:37:23+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/04/23/a-very-grave-quest/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_6759.jpegIMG_6759St James’s Church, Lealholm, where my great grandparents lie in unmarked graves. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_6753-114350572-e1682244825435.jpegIMG_6753The World War I Roll of Honour, with Neural Lacy’s name second to bottom on the far left column, above ‘Houlsyke’. His mother never got over his death2023-04-23T10:25:24+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/04/23/restless-spirits-throw-in-the-towel/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1059.jpegIMG_1059Nunnington Hall near Helmsley, where it is said you can hear the swishing of the Proud Lady’s skirts going up the stairs (Picture from The National Trust)2023-04-23T10:09:27+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/04/16/a-path-to-inspiration/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/a0c69db8-c839-42d4-b3ff-1bcb902e0992.jpegA0C69DB8-C839-42D4-B3FF-1BCB902E0992Public footpaths have often existed for thousands of yearshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/5f1eb9c6-750f-4799-b14d-f171ad5d722f.jpeg5F1EB9C6-750F-4799-B14D-F171AD5D722FThe familiar fat yellow arrows show which way to go after crossing the stile 2023-04-16T08:29:32+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/04/02/a-sad-winters-tale/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/f67d5c27-53f3-4016-8aba-455d2c0346c9-3632769107-e1680441891669.jpegF67D5C27-53F3-4016-8ABA-455D2C0346C9The news story from 1889 telling us what happened to the Winter family https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/bd615127-c25e-4da4-893f-bb4add4ed9d0.jpegBD615127-C25E-4DA4-893F-BB4ADD4ED9D0Glaisdale Graveyard where the tragic Winter family are buried2023-04-02T13:26:31+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/03/26/a-great-murmur-in-the-sky/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/124a2752-e63c-4c28-8ae4-c84ed2e2a123.jpeg124A2752-E63C-4C28-8AE4-C84ED2E2A123At times, they made great floating liquid shapes in the skyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/aa733b77-6d43-40c3-b2ef-7faa6581bc98.jpegAA733B77-6D43-40C3-B2EF-7FAA6581BC98https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/018a4304-5562-4cf2-b1f2-bbc783d4e2da.jpeg018A4304-5562-4CF2-B1F2-BBC783D4E2DAhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/f89a4b6b-cb05-4240-bcd2-139c7a6a4980.jpegF89A4B6B-CB05-4240-BCD2-139C7A6A4980Towards the end, they grouped so close together they looked like a giant slithering anacondahttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/853343c0-c681-476e-92c6-303d00b3bf93.jpeg853343C0-C681-476E-92C6-303D00B3BF93https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/13ebfb1b-5dec-4e43-aaf3-b3c5d99d3f17.jpeg13EBFB1B-5DEC-4E43-AAF3-B3C5D99D3F17Up to 250,000 starlings gathered at teh Ripon City Wetlands2023-03-26T10:07:40+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/03/19/another-quest-i-wonder/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/77dfaea6-1ec0-4f3f-aa1b-9e97abbecb6d.jpeg77DFAEA6-1EC0-4F3F-AA1B-9E97ABBECB6DThe sampler made by Mary ‘Polly’ Atkinson, my mum’s mum’s mother.. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/6d8ad77c-f450-4e88-b5ab-23d67e9eaf47.jpeg6D8AD77C-F450-4E88-B5AB-23D67E9EAF47https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8a52b561-93f3-40c0-9d09-a490cd1e99c9.jpeg8A52B561-93F3-40C0-9D09-A490CD1E99C9Polly and her daughter Mary, my mum’s mum. It was a great source of sorrow that Polly was buried without a headstone to mark her resting place. 2023-03-19T09:25:13+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/03/12/photographic-memories/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1aec0203-0410-4b06-af2b-28e34e34ecb8.jpeg1AEC0203-0410-4B06-AF2B-28E34E34ECB8At the end of our skirmish across the North York Moors, we were blessed with the most stunning sunset, seen here from Wheeldale Gill. It was the perfect end to a perfect day.https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/60608942-da1b-433c-8442-151208d3d267.jpeg60608942-DA1B-433C-8442-151208D3D267The Esk Valley News Quarterly, and in the background on my iPad, the article about my dad which included the picture of my parents’ wedding that I had been searching for all day long.https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/0490fe63-6d46-449d-a051-ac232b401bc0.jpeg0490FE63-6D46-449D-A051-AC232B401BC02023-04-16T08:11:11+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/03/05/wheeling-back-time/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/db895377-6239-4795-b7b5-75d14af14164.jpegDB895377-6239-4795-B7B5-75D14AF14164Wheeldale Road on the North York Moors is often called the ‘Roman Road’, but is it actually Roman in origin? 2023-03-12T12:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/02/26/flowers-for-hannah/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/5506f44b-683e-4744-80db-e35ba3fc6e7a.jpeg5506F44B-683E-4744-80DB-E35BA3FC6E7AThe inscription on Hannah Raw/Hall’s grave, where she is buried. She died in 1890 at the age of 64. Readers’ detective work helped me track the grave down. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/6db04a9c-a0ba-4894-ad8c-ca853ad5cdd5.jpeg6DB04A9C-A0BA-4894-AD8C-CA853AD5CDD5I had a quiet moment of reflection after placing my tulips on Hannah’s grave in Glaisdale. 2023-03-06T15:11:01+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/02/19/city-rocks-the-boat/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/73dfa674-6a2a-4671-9b99-5d55dc3c6c47.jpeg73DFA674-6A2A-4671-9B99-5D55DC3C6C47Houseboats became popular thanks to the Henley Royal Regattahttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/d4b7e9b4-8b63-46fb-bd80-8ca4463e9304.jpegD4B7E9B4-8B63-46FB-BD80-8CA4463E9304The view of Tower Bridge at night from our houseboat on the River Thames2023-02-23T09:06:55+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/02/12/from-plague-to-pandemic/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/8838c8a3-abec-4b84-ab36-cd1a9fc54ba4.jpeg8838C8A3-ABEC-4B84-AB36-CD1A9FC54BA4The Plague Stone used to be filled with vinegar in an attempt to disinfect hands and coins in the 17th centuryhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/8087c336-00ba-418d-8892-26fda6599f60.jpeg8087C336-00BA-418D-8892-26FDA6599F60The Hob Stone and the Plague Stone on Hob Moor in York2023-02-12T12:40:13+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/02/04/tea-with-a-presidential-touch/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/54db4fe0-20fc-438e-8a1d-fa593b6fa749.jpeg54DB4FE0-20FC-438E-8A1D-FA593B6FA749Why do some people people pour their tea into a saucer before drinking it? https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/6c3af978-8d26-49fc-b009-0c063ae1cd8a.jpeg6C3AF978-8D26-49FC-B009-0C063AE1CD8Ahttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/01c61472-72ab-412f-96dd-0fc5f8b2987b.jpeg01C61472-72AB-412F-96DD-0FC5F8B2987B2023-05-14T08:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/01/29/a-witchy-coincidence/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/d3ff3a2c-e2f4-4739-a30f-86f16ce76c4e.jpegD3FF3A2C-E2F4-4739-A30F-86F16CE76C4EThe witch post in Old Pond House, owned by a friend’s parents, which unbeknownst to me was visited by my own parents in 20082023-02-03T10:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/01/22/hannahs-story-goes-on/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/35974a44-580e-42dc-9ae8-19ea27248874.jpeg35974A44-580E-42DC-9AE8-19EA27248874Hannah Raw’s sampler that hangs on my mum’s wall https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/4bfabef9-d7de-4caf-828d-49fc7a0a1249.jpeg4BFABEF9-D7DE-4CAF-828D-49FC7A0A1249The letter MR and ER on the bottom right are her parent’s initials. The letters ‘ER’ are in dark thread showing that her mother, Ellis, was dead before this sampler was made. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/83bcba06-73fb-4751-ad8a-9b5c90a770be.jpeg83BCBA06-73FB-4751-AD8A-9B5C90A770BEhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/8feb781e-e2f2-4ab3-b100-a7711c7fe5c9.jpeg8FEB781E-E2F2-4AB3-B100-A7711C7FE5C92023-01-29T12:49:04+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/01/22/how-do-you-take-it/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/e46b4bcd-a8e4-4401-bbc3-8944c7fc28a8.jpegE46B4BCD-A8E4-4401-BBC3-8944C7FC28A8Which is the ‘right’ colour of tea? 2023-05-16T01:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/01/09/is-the-truth-in-the-posts/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/5aba3bf6-2e79-4ee0-a4a6-d364a24a8117.jpeg5ABA3BF6-2E79-4EE0-A4A6-D364A24A8117Dad continued to research witch posts and their connection to the martyr Father Nicholas Postgate right up until his death in 2017. 2024-02-20T10:28:17+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/01/02/still-hunting-for-hannah/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/b3c2d929-f5d0-4cf3-8b74-d229eaa9a0d5.jpegB3C2D929-F5D0-4CF3-8B74-D229EAA9A0D5Mary Atkinson, left, my mums nana, whose sampler we have on our kitchen wall, made when she was 12. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/792c3118-29c2-4eaa-8bc0-875f88379fb7.jpeg792C3118-29C2-4EAA-8BC0-875F88379FB7Mary Atkinson, left, my mums nana, whose sampler we have on our kitchen wall, made when she was 12. She is standing next to my mum’s mum, also called Mary. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cb471771-0b4f-4ce3-8816-ae634f33ae11.jpegCB471771-0B4F-4CE3-8816-AE634F33AE11https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/89c0a43a-80c7-4243-bfc6-accd089d6aa7.jpeg89C0A43A-80C7-4243-BFC6-ACCD089D6AA7My Nana, Mary Smith, next to her. mother. Mary Atkinson, whose sampler we have on our kitchen wall which she made when she was 122023-01-02T10:00:34+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2023/01/02/sweet-excitement-of-advent/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/17a0ba1b-a673-4a1f-b36a-d2d4d738bdd2.jpeg17A0BA1B-A673-4A1F-B36A-D2D4D738BDD2My mums first ever Advent calendar - without chocolates2023-01-02T09:44:43+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2022/12/18/bagged-myself-a-cuppa/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2b63da01-5c68-4072-9edd-86d70b7128c0.jpeg2B63DA01-5C68-4072-9EDD-86D70B7128C0My local cafe serves a lovely cup of tea made in a pot with leaveshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/6721c71f-608c-4703-903d-3bb591c3be56.jpeg6721C71F-608C-4703-903D-3BB591C3BE56My local cafe serves a lovely cup of tea made in a pot with leaveshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ccdfd167-17b7-479a-aa82-e02b3582f078.jpegCCDFD167-17B7-479A-AA82-E02B3582F078My local cafe serves a lovely cup of tea made in a pot with leaves2024-01-18T02:32:42+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2022/12/11/like-a-virgin/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/24d49b56-26b5-410c-9aa5-167d17e079f2.jpeg24D49B56-26B5-410C-9AA5-167D17E079F2https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cd768bd3-6675-46a0-bf7c-51cbc7534421.jpegCD768BD3-6675-46A0-BF7C-51CBC7534421https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/a8703957-3405-428d-ae93-0ff817fe7f0f.jpegA8703957-3405-428D-AE93-0FF817FE7F0FThe Early Virgin’s Bower clematis that is currently blooming in my gardenhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/a6801d15-2458-4d2f-a36e-bf6d33ac70cc.jpegA6801D15-2458-4D2F-A36E-BF6D33AC70CChttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/6dff4fc1-c18f-4f9b-a296-b41821452555.jpeg6DFF4FC1-C18F-4F9B-A296-B41821452555https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/33329c71-7e82-4e5c-8a48-e115f6e5c77b.jpeg33329C71-7E82-4E5C-8A48-E115F6E5C77B2022-12-11T12:52:56+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2022/12/04/unpacking-past-memories/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1d95a594-47cb-473c-914f-0244927ba18c.jpeg1D95A594-47CB-473C-914F-0244927BA18CStacks of boxes languishing in my garage thanks to ‘unpacking fatigue’2022-12-04T11:41:52+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2022/11/22/a-sample-of-history/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/34210979-f4a1-49cd-9fcb-d152e4a00fb6.jpeg34210979-F4A1-49CD-9FCB-D152E4A00FB6The set of 19th century samplers including two created by my mum’s ancestors when they were childrenhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/40c18e08-ca43-4e5d-a4e0-00e3817fa745.jpeg40C18E08-CA43-4E5D-A4E0-00E3817FA745A section from the most famous piece of embroidery, the Bayeux Tapestry, showing life in 11th century England (picture courtesy of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum)https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/477f76be-d9ad-4b86-9607-b0aa1da2279b.jpeg477F76BE-D9AD-4B86-9607-B0AA1DA2279BThe 19th century sampler by Hannah Raw found rolled up with one done by my great great great aunt. So who was Hannah, and why do we have her sampler?2022-12-19T10:42:48+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2022/11/27/a-matter-of-leaf-and-death/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/76b49b50-12ac-4bbd-ac1d-82075b0d6b7d.jpeg76B49B50-12AC-4BBD-AC1D-82075B0D6B7DAutumn colours on the Woodcock Way circular walk in Dalby Forest. Picture by Janet Sandersonhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/3f931906-ab3a-497e-bc1c-99ed97bf61d0.jpeg3F931906-AB3A-497E-BC1C-99ED97BF61D0Different pigments contained in leaves are responsible for the autumn colours. 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Front, L-R: Mum and my sister Tricia)2021-12-12T10:23:43+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/12/05/on-the-contrary/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/88d2cacf-867b-43b3-aa47-b18f9b44137c.jpeg88D2CACF-867B-43B3-AA47-B18F9B44137CNot long after Dad died, I dreamt about him tackling a deluge that came through the house into the garden2021-12-05T15:44:16+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/12/05/weight-to-go/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/d4cbdc39-648c-45c4-bc7d-43c453d93e30-e1638718060133.jpegD4CBDC39-648C-45C4-BC7D-43C453D93E30I used to swim almost every day as a child which bleached my hair from silky dark brown to blonde strawhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/36eb80d8-844e-4ccc-bb77-23d0d85a8720.jpeg36EB80D8-844E-4CCC-BB77-23D0D85A8720https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/c181e72d-bc78-4352-99bc-b46a8fbb2256.jpegC181E72D-BC78-4352-99BC-B46A8FBB2256https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1030ad2e-9d11-4a89-a435-1849f0f65c2f.jpeg1030AD2E-9D11-4A89-A435-1849F0F65C2F2021-12-05T15:31:49+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/11/28/name-them-in-three/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/38461634-88b8-4a13-806c-9440c33be03e.webp38461634-88B8-4A13-806C-9440C33BE03EAs so many people had the same name, it was common in Swaledale to call people by three first names to identify who was who (Picture courtesy of Yorkshire Dales National park)2021-11-28T13:14:11+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/11/15/owse-tha-doin/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/38dfeb4d-dc2a-4fb8-b37e-bfeca7d0d8e3.jpeg38DFEB4D-DC2A-4FB8-B37E-BFECA7D0D8E3Those who live on the North York Moors have their own dialect words, such as ‘swang’ which means ‘boggy ground’2021-11-15T16:32:35+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/11/08/recipe-for-laughter/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/3a8d3699-26c5-4aeb-b615-23b826d58c36.webp3A8D3699-26C5-4AEB-B615-23B826D58C36https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/b20004b4-a93c-4152-8353-705291a0b418.jpegB20004B4-A93C-4152-8353-705291A0B418The Brahma chicken is renowned for its size. 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2021-10-17T15:53:12+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/10/11/snow-way-to-say-i-do/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/eff688cc-a770-46ad-884b-b35002d4ecab.jpegEFF688CC-A770-46AD-884B-B35002D4ECABMum and Dad on their snowy wedding day in 1959, taken by Whitby photographer John Tindale from the top of his Land Roverhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/64b25477-0151-4305-8e6d-bca0955eb366.jpeg64B25477-0151-4305-8E6D-BCA0955EB366My mum in St Hedda’s Church, Egton Bridge, where she and Dad were married on 10th January 1959.2021-10-11T07:56:26+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/10/07/oh-man-the-tales-we-tell/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/7ce10108-b0d1-413a-a945-a4c7474bfef1.jpeg7CE10108-B0D1-413A-A945-A4C7474BFEF1York Minster, which an American visitor described as ‘That wee little church’2021-10-07T12:44:07+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/09/26/vicars-beware-of-staples/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/c7d27d51-214b-4812-a666-0cc316ae184c.jpegC7D27D51-214B-4812-A666-0CC316AE184CI lived in Greece for a year when I was 18, and my host wrongly thought I’d taught her son a naughty word. 2021-09-26T11:52:29+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/09/19/farming-for-verses/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/3df73d3f-1e1d-4c54-ab38-f5dce3a19d5b.jpeg3DF73D3F-1E1D-4C54-AB38-F5DCE3A19D5BA poem was written years ago featuring the pretty names of farms surrounding the village of Husthwaite, North Yorkshire. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9cb75a10-fe1f-4f08-adca-536d5f014aec.jpeg9CB75A10-FE1F-4F08-ADCA-536D5F014AEChttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/e865ac63-aeb8-4f4d-ba2f-737d6451f842.jpegE865AC63-AEB8-4F4D-BA2F-737D6451F842https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/4afa71c3-abcc-4d49-b769-97d7275c5927.jpeg4AFA71C3-ABCC-4D49-B769-97D7275C5927https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/c42342c2-4737-48a7-bd1b-1e783379eb03.jpegC42342C2-4737-48A7-BD1B-1E783379EB03https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/7e35f220-5e62-4520-ae86-65f7ee8603c8.jpeg7E35F220-5E62-4520-AE86-65F7EE8603C82021-09-19T06:59:23+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/09/13/corny-confusion-leads-to-blushes/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/bb0abd15-fb09-40d1-906f-b611e8249f00.jpegBB0ABD15-FB09-40D1-906F-B611E8249F00When my middle son Jasper was five, he had a memorable way of pronouncing the name of a certain cinema snack 2021-09-13T06:54:27+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/09/05/caught-in-a-trap/2021-09-05T09:41:26+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/08/29/no-place-like-home/2021-08-29T21:37:12+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/08/22/a-sad-tale-of-doggedness/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/f372eaa0-c89a-4ac5-9f70-e9eca48851e4.jpegF372EAA0-C89A-4AC5-9F70-E9ECA48851E4Graham Nuttall’s faithful companion Ruswarp, who would not leave his master’s side, even after he died. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/511206a2-0cb9-4fbd-ae2a-d99b07124de8.jpeg511206A2-0CB9-4FBD-AE2A-D99B07124DE8A steam train pulling into Garsdale Station on the Settle-Carlisle railway line2024-04-14T08:04:10+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/08/15/a-wasted-move/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/d4aab7e3-c070-4169-bccf-c88d52fdd7db.jpegD4AAB7E3-C070-4169-BCCF-C88D52FDD7DBhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/bf46d693-1754-4877-99d7-3857e389f64b.jpegBF46D693-1754-4877-99D7-3857E389F64BWork takes me to some lovely places, including the North York Moors2021-08-15T07:54:04+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/08/08/deceivers-spell-it-out/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/22686e16-3640-4d5c-9501-9ecde1c05f75.jpeg22686E16-3640-4D5C-9501-9ECDE1C05F75The graveyard of St Cuthbert’s Church, Crayke, where many of the Severs’ family ancestors lie2021-08-10T09:03:36+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/08/01/wading-through-folklore/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1d5222da-76af-4e51-848c-7d811eade0b9.jpeg1D5222DA-76AF-4E51-848C-7D811EADE0B9The Hole of Horcum, which legend says was created by the giant Wade who scooped out a handful of earth2021-08-01T14:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/07/25/if-it-rains-it-pours/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/fbe01a88-51ba-4637-b768-37ec8edd7b14.jpegFBE01A88-51BA-4637-B768-37EC8EDD7B14A rain shower clearly visible on the moors above Helmsley. If it rains on 15th July, St Swithin’s Day, it is said to rain for 40 days and 40 nights.2021-07-25T07:48:47+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/07/18/a-relatively-grave-situation/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/142873b1-9603-447d-803e-013ae87d4882.jpeg142873B1-9603-447D-803E-013AE87D4882Reader John Severs’ great grandfather Henry Severs, who was descended from a Henry Sivers, whose grave is in Crayke church yard. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/05fd58ea-885a-42c6-97bd-5bf964aa7021.jpeg05FD58EA-885A-42C6-97BD-5BF964AA7021The mystery of the anonymous initials in Crayke church yard is revealed, thanks to reader John Severs revealing that it is the grave belonging to his great-great-great grandfather Henry Sivers and his family.https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/633a4285-29fa-4e21-9915-1a50dd23f8f1.jpeg633A4285-29FA-4E21-9915-1A50DD23F8F1When I took this picture, I didn’t realise this was the back of the grave, because the others I saw in the same graveyard had nothing but initials on them. 2021-07-18T07:13:16+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/07/11/things-we-do-for-love/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/3295746d-1279-4765-90bf-9ccaa127d887.jpeg3295746D-1279-4765-90BF-9CCAA127D887Sessay, a village said to have been beset by a giant in the 16th century2021-07-18T06:59:37+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/07/04/towering-appeal/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/736ab35f-5684-4528-a291-c950fd5ba311.jpeg736AB35F-5684-4528-A291-C950FD5BA311The house I visited with a 14th century peel tower still standing. The slits, through which residents would have fired arrows to defend themselves against their enemies, are clearly visible at the top. 2021-07-18T06:58:32+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/06/27/lucky-in-lovett/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/54cdd75f-67bc-4ab6-91f1-0604612d891b.jpeg54CDD75F-67BC-4AB6-91F1-0604612D891BThe Lovett Motor Mascott was jam-packed with good luck symbols. Photo courtesy of a southwark Heritage Centre. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/f11cba26-2c00-4318-adc1-c5c822bcaa63.jpegF11CBA26-2C00-4318-ADC1-C5C822BCAA63https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/44e32457-abc8-4edd-b786-adfca631419e.jpeg44E32457-ABC8-4EDD-B786-ADFCA631419Ehttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/3b86d484-963d-4aa0-ad3c-f692e72e992e.jpeg3B86D484-963D-4AA0-AD3C-F692E72E992EA lucky shamrock fashioned by a first world war soldier from Ypres out of the shrapnel that nearly killed him (photo courtesy of the Lovett Collection in the Science Museum, London) https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/0d801420-54d5-4e00-81e7-e4cb162e02c6.jpeg0D801420-54D5-4E00-81E7-E4CB162E02C6The Lovett Motor Mascott was jam-packed with good luck symbols https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/e5651e64-d73a-4e0e-b32b-94aa93c35a54.jpegE5651E64-D73A-4E0E-B32B-94AA93C35A54Blue beads from the Edward Lovett collection in the Science Museum. They were carried to protect against bronchitis (photo courtesy of the Science Museum, London)2021-06-27T10:18:18+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/06/20/nutty-about-this-little-bird/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/a4652fc9-930c-4f55-9256-bd89005d5009.jpegA4652FC9-930C-4F55-9256-BD89005D5009Nuthatches have the unique ability to walk down as well as up tree trunks (photo by Birdspot.co.uk) 2021-06-27T09:48:51+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/06/13/keep-it-in-the-family/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/7248cacd-0e69-4588-8637-719134e4630a.jpeg7248CACD-0E69-4588-8637-719134E4630ADiane Lund’s ancestors lie in unmarked graves in Crayke churchyardhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/8bd672f9-2e43-464e-b443-2237ed2fe9c0.jpeg8BD672F9-2E43-464E-B443-2237ED2FE9C0Diane Lund’s ancestors lie somewhere in the graveyard but as they weren’t christened the graves are unmarked so she doesn’t know where 2021-06-13T08:22:18+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/06/07/no-horsing-around/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/39440d0e-88c1-4144-bfab-7fbd0ebf5fae.jpeg39440D0E-88C1-4144-BFAB-7FBD0EBF5FAEMe, aged about 11, kitted out in my riding gearhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/f8154c07-7d36-43dd-824d-57805ad4cc80.jpegF8154C07-7D36-43DD-824D-57805AD4CC80The badly-spelled letter I wrote to my parents when I was seven asking to buy me a black stallionhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/b2f55be8-82d6-483b-beb6-538d04cf3121.jpegB2F55BE8-82D6-483B-BEB6-538D04CF3121It used to be believed that someone who had a gift with horses possessed the ‘Horseman’s Word’. Picture by Alastair Smith2021-06-07T14:11:02+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/05/30/shoe-the-bad-luck-away/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2222ad76-b884-4820-8b01-b7976f5ddd0d.jpeg2222AD76-B884-4820-8B01-B7976F5DDD0DA horseshoe above a garage in Staithes, North Yorkshire. Picture by Alastair Smithhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/47b4535b-a0cb-496e-a67a-5899b7d8aab5.jpeg47B4535B-A0CB-496E-A67A-5899B7D8AAB5A lucky horseshoe outside a building in Bournemouth. Picture by Mick Gisbourne2021-05-30T11:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/05/23/a-tasty-kind-of-dandy/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/aee8c785-115d-48af-9ba6-65c4139dc191.jpegAEE8C785-115D-48AF-9BA6-65C4139DC191https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/117d59dd-0829-426d-a2fc-62ba801634ba.jpeg117D59DD-0829-426D-A2FC-62BA801634BAThe dandelion clock is one of the most effective ways of spreading seedshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/67ef9b59-baba-43e9-94fa-9d7f033f218d-e1621755664400.jpeg67ef9b59-baba-43e9-94fa-9d7f033f218d.jpegDandelions are so much more than just a pesky weed2021-05-23T10:02:36+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/05/16/the-flat-and-curlies/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/4220e8cc-22f9-43fd-9c93-0d66588b2efe.jpeg4220E8CC-22F9-43FD-9C93-0D66588B2EFEParsley is a herb with many different uses2021-05-20T11:39:42+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/05/09/a-grand-old-village/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/18d000ea-9060-49ca-8ba7-0d85861bde70.jpeg18D000EA-9060-49CA-8BA7-0D85861BDE70Another headstone in Crayke church yard with initials only. Why is this? https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/9324744a-6a13-4b07-9642-6e3c263cd909.jpeg9324744A-6A13-4B07-9642-6E3C263CD909The beautiful village of Crayke is steeped in history https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/761491a3-e835-4cb0-94b6-5dac7892fbf1.jpeg761491A3-E835-4CB0-94B6-5DAC7892FBF1One of the gravestones in St Oswald’s Church, Crayke, with just initials identifying the lost loved ones 2021-06-25T14:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2021/05/02/no-need-to-be-blue/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/0b551046-2542-400d-b809-43c2adf5e329.jpeg0B551046-2542-400D-B809-43C2ADF5E329Blue tits used to steal the ‘top of the milk’ when it was delivered in glass bottles on the doorstep. 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As many of them were written when I was very young, I only ever read a few. In June last year, I was about a third of the way through his tenth novel, Carnaby and the Saboteurs, when, turning the page, I found a pressed four-leaf clover. I must admit, I was rather overcome at the sight of it, as it felt like my dad was sending me a message of good luck from beyond the grave. The book was published in 1970, and so it made me wonder whether that little clover had been hiding between the pages for almost 40 years. I have no way of knowing, but that tiny, dried and flattened weed suddenly became very special to me. Some people, myself included, are confused over the difference between a clover and a shamrock, and this Sunday, there will be many a trefoil displayed both in Ireland and further afield as the Celtic nation commemorates the death of their patron, St Patrick. As my dad writes in his column from 17th March 1979, St Patrick, who is believed to have been born in around AD385, is credited with bringing Christianity to the country and is said to have worn the three-leaved plant as a symbol of the Holy Trinity. The story goes that while preaching to pagans, he used the leaf to explain the concept of one almighty God, but with three entities within him – God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. In the same way, the shamrock had three separate small leaves that joined together to make the whole. He chose the perfect symbol, as the shamrock was already sacred to the pagans, and some cite it as the reason why he was so successful at converting them to Christianity. But going back to my four-leaf clover, I decided to find out what the difference between a shamrock and a clover is, if there is one. Its name comes from the Gaelic ‘saemrog’ which means ‘little clover’ and having done some digging, I now know that a shamrock is definitely a member of the clover family. But as there are many species of clover, the burning question is which family does a true shamrock actually come from? It seems that even experienced botanists differ over that question and they cannot agree which family of clovers the the true shamrock derives. We do know that all shamrocks are clovers but not all clovers are shamrocks, and the general consensus is that a four-leaf version can never be a shamrock. That might come as a surprise to some of our Irish-American friends, who have been known to show their pride in their Celtic ancestry by displaying a four-leaf clover on St Patrick’s Day, believing it to be a shamrock. And there is even some confusion among the Irish in their homeland as, according to a 1988 survey by the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin, there were four different species that people displayed as shamrocks, only three of which were actually clovers with the potential to be true shamrocks (white clover, red clover and hop clover). The fourth wasn’t a member of the clover family at all, but a lookalike called the black medick. This one can be more easily grown as a house plant, and therefore florists and shops stocked up on it so that eager consumers would buy them as a convenient decoration for St Patrick’s Day. I wonder if the purchasers realised that the verdant main feature of their patriotic display was actually an imposter? I would be interested to hear from any Irish friends whether they have strong views, or a definitive answer, on what species of clover constitutes the ‘true’ shamrock. In the meantime, I have made sure that my special four-leaf treasure has its own protective box so that it doesn’t come to any harm. It’s such a delicate thing that I’m terrified it might disintegrate if I handle it too much. And hopefully, with my dad’s blessing from above, it will bring me some good fortune in the future. I’m not asking for much, but something along the lines of a huge lottery win will do (Are you listening, Dad?). Read more at countrymansdaughter.com. 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They began to court after Dad sent her a Valentine’s cardhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/e785f4f1-830f-415e-87a1-b1bfcc20a414.jpegE785F4F1-830F-415E-87A1-B1BFCC20A414Mum and Dad pictured at Seaham, Co Durham, during their courting days in 1956 when Dad wa stationed at RAF Ouston during National Service. They began to court after Dad sent her a Valentine’s card. https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1574aadd-8e5d-48a7-a480-8c2426b3bfb4.jpeg1574AADD-8E5D-48A7-A480-8C2426B3BFB4Mum and Dad celebrating one year of courtship with a dance at the Royal,Albert Hall on 23rd March 1956. 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The power of the current made the bridge shake2017-12-03T10:16:28+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2017/11/24/an-unforgettable-moment-of-inspiration/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/856b8d8f-e9d5-4e5f-928e-0ea7a4fff4d9.jpeg856B8D8F-E9D5-4E5F-928E-0EA7A4FFF4D9Dad’s study, and the now silent keyboard, where I first had the idea to taken on his columnshttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ea219db4-9685-4a16-b086-99424b95ef21.jpegEA219DB4-9685-4A16-B086-99424B95EF21Our garden was full of flowers. 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brother Andrew in his conkering heydayhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/f783e9d1-0562-4fa5-a82b-c6fe3767a1a6.jpegHorse ChestnutsConkers can be found up until November depending on the summer weather 2017-11-03T14:33:23+00:00monthlyhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/2017/10/27/carry-a-marrow-to-school-must-be-nuts/https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/8577de10-c1b5-4655-a6be-b946bfcb1f1c.jpeg8577DE10-C1B5-4655-A6BE-B946BFCB1F1CMe in my Brownie uniform and my sister Tricia in her Girl Guide uniform in our back garden in 1975https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2eafd3a5-dcdd-4560-a092-63143453c5a8.jpeg2EAFD3A5-DCDD-4560-A092-63143453C5A8https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/33d82d77-c9c9-4b74-80f2-8c0503287eea.jpeg33D82D77-C9C9-4B74-80F2-8C0503287EEAOur cottage from the back garden in the 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Regards Graham Piercy of Malton..https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_0903.jpgIMG_0903Peregrine falcon..Taken at Yorkshire Lavender Terrington. Regards Graham Piercy of Malton..https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_0924.jpgIMG_0924The Countess of Wessex meets Rufus the Harris Hawk at Wimbledonhttps://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_0923.jpgIMG_0923https://countrymansdaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_0902.jpgIMG_0902CASTLE: Northern Echo Camera Club member Michael Atkinson took this great shot of a coot and chick. If you would like to see your work in print join our club today. 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