I have recently been scouring the area where I live for lovely places to drive to on a weekend. Last weekend I spent an hour in the little village of Spofforth, North Yorkshire.
Spofforht is a small village 3 miles outside of Knaresborough. There is not a lot to do there but it does have the ruins of a 13th century fortified manor house which was partially carved into the rocks. Although not a great deal of the building remains, it feels nice to be right inside it with it’s tall turrets and beautiful layout. It was also good as there was nobody there when we went and it was a perfect little suntrap to sit down and have a picnic.
There is also an undercroft cut into the rocks and no, I don’t know what this meant either but apparently it is a basement-come-storeroom! This is one of the only ones of its kind anywhere, cut into the rocky outcrop. It is a lovely, peaceful place to go and take photos, I will be going back with an SLR to do some portraits I think.
Photo by kneehigh85
The village is a nice place for a sedentary walk around in the spring sun and also has a picturesque little viaduct beside the ruins.
Photo by kneehigh85
2 comments
willyboy
Lovely place. Lovely Fred Perry attired human. Sold.
kneehigh85
He is quite lovely isn't he. . . . . . ?