{"id":28082,"date":"2022-06-09T17:48:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T07:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=28082"},"modified":"2023-01-27T09:39:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T22:39:46","slug":"skipton-england-%f0%9f%87%ac%f0%9f%87%a7-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=28082","title":{"rendered":"Skipton, England \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 8th June 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 50 kms from Blackburn to Skipton, North Yorkshire. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Skipton <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Bridge Street Car-park, Skipton, \u00a35 pn, N53.96140, W02.02170\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 14 days @ \u20ac142 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With some trepidation we leave the safety of our travel insurance subsidised accomodation at the Willows. We have booked in at a campsite in York for a few days but it\u2019s more than a two hour drive and the 45 minute drive to Skipton seems a good first step. It\u2019s an easy run with little traffic, this includes a stop at the Lidl in Colne for some bits and pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst Skipton doesn\u2019t rate a mention in our travel guide it is very popular in our park4night app, we soon learn why. It has a large carpark in the centre of town with \u00a35 overnight parking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We arrive to find a dedicated motorhome spot waiting for us. Not that it\u2019s too important as there are perhaps another dozen motorhomes and campers scattered through the carpark later in the evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skipton<\/a> (sheep-town in the northern dialect) or Skipton-on-Craven is a market town in North Yorkshire. About 20 miles north-west of Leeds. It dates to 1086 in the Doomsday Book. The River Aire winds its way through town as does the Leeds to Liverpool Canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have brunch and a coffee, obviously I\u2019m not good for much more than a short walk but we head off to have a look about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First thing that catches our eye is this statue to Freddie Trueman, Yorkshire men love their cricket.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The canal dominates the middle of town and going anyway in the maze of little streets seems to require crossing the canal at least once. The High Corn Mill is the largest in north Yorkshire it was established in Skipton in 1310, amazingly it still operates today. It\u2019s this business and the local wool that drove the construction of the canal some 200 years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a nice view of the mill or at least part of it from our carpark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The local MP for 11 years warrants a bronze statue, must have paid for it himself.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The War Memorial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We walk a little further up the hill to the Holy Trinity Church, circa 1480.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Maybe a couple of dog\u2019s eyes for dinner tomorrow night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We take a second late afternoon walk, this time finding the Yorkshire Rose on our way back. We order a round (\u00a39.10) and talk about our day. It\u2019s nice to be on the road once again even if it\u2019s on restrictions. Safely back in the Hymer we have an evening in which suites us just fine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Date: 8th June 2022 Travelled: 50 kms from Blackburn to Skipton, North Yorkshire.  Visited: Skipton Stayed: Bridge Street Car-park, Skipton, \u00a35 pn, N53.96140, W02.02170\u00a0 Budget: 14 days @ \u20ac142 per day With some trepidation we leave the safety of our travel insurance subsidised accomodation at the Willows. We have booked in at a campsite in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":28099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[81],"class_list":{"0":"post-28082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-english-villages","10":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28082"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30831,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28082\/revisions\/30831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}