Not all those who wander are lost
Date published 10 December, 2019
Beverley. A surprise visit.
I had heard of Beverley, of course. But it sits to one side of the large extended county of Yorkshire - which traditionalists will argue is a number of counties.
It is not far from Hull. And not far from Hornsea. But well off the A1 track from north to south. You would need to deliberately go off track and explore this bit of Yorkshire.
You should do that - it has many gems. I have done that, but still had not ever gone to Beverley.
Recently, as we mused here, we had to flee the rains and floods of Fishlake. Beverley it was, then - sitting just an hour north, and the light was fading. We parked about an hours walk outside Beverley, and walked in to the town. The walk itself was a very enjoyable walk through the fields, too.
But Beverley. I had no expectations, to be fair. It took just a few moments to start to really like the place.
Now Beverley is a market town with a fair chunk of history, and a good haul of buildings that result from that. It has a decent length shopping street, which has a variety of shops. And the shopping street was busy, too, in gentle defiance of the death throes of High Streets.
This is the county town of East Riding. It had a decent role in the old Kingdom of Northumbria. The battle of Brunanburth happened just up the road in AD937, when an assortment of Kings and pretenders lined up to sort out borders and territory in what turned out to be a fairly important scrap in shaping not just this area, but much else around. It involved such delightfully named people as Olaf and Ethelstan.
The main street with the shops winds slightly, and is book ended between two buildings both worth a wander. St Mary's Church at one end, and the Minster at the other, both different, both grand, but neither too much so.
We found a great pub to eat lunch outside. It was sunny, but cold. The staff seemed concerned for our well being, which was touching, but we like to eat outside. The food was good.
Beverley Hills, in USA, was named after this charming town, you know. Not the other way around.
Back to the walk in, then. We walked in from Cherry Burton, along the route of the old railway track. You can, in fact, walk all the way from Beverley to Market Weighton along that track if you are feeling brave. It is level, so not a tough walk. You arrive in the suburbs of Beverley without having hardly walked by a road, and then its about a mile into the centre.
We should have gone here sooner, you know. 
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