Leeds and Beyond – Farmers Market 2. Wetherby

Wetherby has long been a market town and continues to be so. There is an open market held every Thursday next to the Town Hall in, would you believe, Market Place. The stalls sell a variety of produce, from food to clothing and even magazines.  On the second Sunday of every month between 9.00 am […]

Let’s Do Lunch at The Swine That Dines

Now here’s a first; two firsts in fact. This is the first time I have done a second Let’s Do Lunch article at premises still run by the same owner, and it is the first time I have eaten in a restaurant named after me – how flattering! My first visit was in January 2016, […]

Leeds and Beyond – Farmers’ Market 1. Horsforth

Our visit to Horsforth is the first in a series of articles about the various Farmers’ Markets in Leeds and the surrounding area. We are so lucky to have some of the most amazing food producing areas on our doorstep. There is the Pennines, which is ideal for sheep, the dairy herds of Wensleydale for […]

Marks & Spencer’s Close Ties With the RAF Continue With RAF100

It can’t have escaped anyone’s notice that 2018 is the Centenary year of the RAF. Aeroplanes had been flown in combat before 1918 but the pilots were a part of the Army and known as the Royal Flying Corps. The army was still responsible for flying certain types of plane through the Second World War and […]

Let’s Do Lunch at Mans Market

I set off to Leeds with a specific establishment in my sights but when I arrived I found to my surprise that they don’t have a restaurant, just a bar, so that was that. I took a stroll around the business area of the City but nothing screamed out at me. The problem was that I […]