My West Yorkshire Passion - DIVERSITY.

Luscious green dales fields, bounded by the jigsaw puzzle of

dry stone walls. Rivers, coming from tiny springs in the hills,

emerging as torrents of racing water power, taking your breath away.

Man’s feats of skill and back-breaking labour to build stupendous

Cathedrals, Minsters and castles. These equal the natural features

the Pennines’ crowning glories of Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough.

The Vale of York’s rich farmlands and pretty villages give way to the

Wolds. They roll onwards to meet wild coastline. Some threatened by coastal erosion, by the pounding of the sea against soft cliffs

Scarborough and Bridlington, offer traditional ‘bucket and spade’

holidays, complete with donkeys. Whitby, whose old Town is separated,

by the River from the Gothic Church and ruined Abbey on the hill.

Yorkshire, once England’s power base and home of heavy Industry.

Which withstood a political battering, causing heavy industries to

give way to, incoming businesses of Distribution and Logistics.

Our strength now, is the diversity of peoples, from friendly natives,

to many nationalities making Yorkshire their home. Working as taxi and bus

drivers or hospital staff. Some opened 'Take Away' shops, causing our

beloved Yorkshire Pudding, to be overtaken by new favourite, the Indian Curry, Chicken Tikka Masala.