Full Circle
posted on 5th January 2015
When I started this virtual journey I set out from the mulberry bush which grows here at HMP Wakefield and immediately headed for the Chantry Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin which stands half way across the medieval bridge over the River Calder. There are just four of these chapels left in Britain and, after eight months and 360 miles of running, riding and rowing, I have reached the second such bridge chapel.
It’s true, I am now in Rotherham, just 20 miles from my starting point, and I could have taken a much faster and more direct route, but my tour of Yorkshire has been a full one. I’ve seen sites of local legend, places that inspired works of great art and literature, and even locations of spectacular natural beauty. And now, as I cross the bridge and pass the chapel here in Rotherham, the Yorkshire leg of my journey all but comes to an end.
I will take Rotherham as a place to rest up for the next month or so, but when I restart my journey I will be heading south, out of Yorkshire, and into Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire, for the second leg. From there on…Who knows?!
Please stay with my virtual travels, and please also remember that I am open to suggestions for places I should visit. Especially if they relate either to crime and punishment or to the arts and literature. Your support and donations over these past months are greatly appreciated and I look forward to resuming my travels soon.
Here We Go, (HMP Wakefield), 0 miles, 09.04.14
Shattered Images and Building Bridges, (Wakefield Bridge Chapel), 0.9 miles, 13.04.14
Easter in Gawthorpe, (Gawthorpe), 12.2 miles, 16.04.14
Just to See if I Can, (Gawthorpe), 12.2 miles, 21.04.14
The Legend Lives On, (Kirklees), 19 miles, 26.04.14
From Hull, Hell and Halifax, (Halifax), 32 miles, 08.07.14
The Cleckheaton Conundrum, (Cleckheaton), 40 miles, 23.07.14
The Hockney Collection, (Saltaire), 49 miles, 31.07.14
Setting Literature Free, (Haworth), 61 miles, 28.08.14
The Ghosts of Skipton Castle, (Skipton), 72 miles, 06.09.14
Troller’s Gill, (Trollers Gill), 79 miles, 11.09.14
Janets Cave and Janets Foss, (Malham Village), 93 miles, 23.09.14
The Water Babies, (Malham Tarn), 95 miles, 28.09.14
Semerwater Rise! Semerwater Sink!, (Lake Semerwater), 121 miles, 04.10.14
Yorkhenge, (Ilton), 143 miles, 08.10.14
The Thankful Villages (Cundall and Norton-le-Clay), 160 miles, 15.10.14
Sutton Bank, 176 miles, 23.10.14
Proving a Point (Kirk Dale), 188 miles, o3.10.14
The Legend of Wade and Bell (Hole of Horecum), 204 miles, 10.11.14
Bridge Over a Troubled Daughter (Glaisdale), 219 miles, 17.11.14
Kate’s Stop (Whitby), 228 miles, 24.11.14
Robin Hood’s Bay, 234 miles, 06.12.14
Another Thankful Village (Cayton Village), 251 miles, 12.12.14
Lock Up Your…Cows? (Hunmanby), 257 miles, 19.12.14
Wilberforce House (Hull), 294 miles, 30.12.14
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Yep, display your paintings & drawings.
Thanks, Kate. It might be a while to get it organised, but I think I might.
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A few years ago, I watched a documentary about David Hockney’s exhibition titled “A Bigger Picture”. The exhibition was dedicated to landscapes, trees and tree tunnels within Yorkshire. The works included oil paintings, watercolours and drawings created on an ipad.