St. Patrick's Church, Patrington

Week 19 Patrington Church - "Queen of Holderness"

On a day tour of the flat Holderness area of East Yorkshire, I could see the spire of a church miles away. It turned out to be that of St. Patrick's Church, Patrington. Described by John Betjeman as one of the great buildings of England. The church was built in the 14th century and the spire is 189 feet high. It is known as the 'Queen of Holderness' - the 'King of Holderness' is the nearby church of St. Augustine at Hedon.

Bluebells at Northcliffe woods

Week 18 Northcliffe woods

Northcliffe woods just south of Market Weighton is owned and managed by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. I visited this wood last year, but at the very end of the Bluebell season and was disappointed. Not this year. The wood is full of Bluebells and attached to the woodland is a patch of heath, where we were told whilst visiting that there were grass snakes. There were people with long lenses on the heath looking for the snakes, but we did not see any.