Ryedale
Rose Dene Cottage in Sheriff Hutton Ryedale is large administrative district in rural North Yorkshire. That's where Tony and I went walking both yesterday and today. Weatherwise, Tuesday was the better of the two days. Today (Wednesday) a blanket of cloud eased across The North Riding from The North Sea leeching colour from the landscape. But it did not rain. On Tuesday we left our vehicles in the pub car park and set off for Thornton-le-Clay. Then west over the fields to Sheriff Hutton - a larger and more significant settlement with a long history that includes the remains of not one but two castles. It also has a magnificent old church in which I saw this marble effigy of a child from the fifteenth century... It is reputedly, the tomb of Edward Prince of Wales who was the only legitimate son of King Richard III. That famous king certainly had strong associations with Sheriff Hutton but some historians have cast doubt on the centuries old local claim that this is ind...