Is Selby the new Ely ? Or the new Southwell ? Or the new Selby ? That’s the question on my mind as I make my long-awaited return to the irritating place that gets stuck on a little insert box on the North Yorks page of the GBG. Looking at that map with all those… Continue reading SELBY IN THE DOGHOUSE
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SELBY – IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR
It feels like only a fortnight ago I was in Selby trying to scratch that irritating North Yorkshire itch and leaving feeling frustrated. Actually, it was only 14 days ago. My original target on the trip home from Durham was an equally irritating pub in the slightly better known county town which will remain nameless.… Continue reading SELBY – IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR
SOBER IN SELBY
The ticking has really re-started this last week. A few in Hampshireto take me within a couple of completion (both micros with wobbly open hours), and now a raid on North Yorkshire. On a Monday ! Look at that little bit of floating Yorkshire in the bottom left. That’s Greater Selby, the bit I… Continue reading SOBER IN SELBY
A NIGHT ON NICKEY NACKEY LANE
You’ll know how I love an accommodation bargain. Not much chance of that in York, where £30 will buy you a night in BRAPA’s man-shed* (if you wash up), but a great deal at the Jolly Sailor in Cawood on the Ouse. Just 387,000 Wetherspoons plates stacked end-to-end from Selby. It’s a particularly pretty… Continue reading A NIGHT ON NICKEY NACKEY LANE
SAM SMITHS IN SELBY
In contrast to St Helens, I can’t claim to have been looking forward to my necessary trip to Selby, despite my recent acclaim for small shipbuilding towns in the east. I doubt Selby sees Goole as competition for the tourist dollar though. Pub Curmudgeon did recently highlight the appeal of the Abbey and at least one… Continue reading SAM SMITHS IN SELBY
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