Event host, media educator, dementia speaker, embarrassing Dad, partner, reader, photographer, former @BBCLeeds presenter, BBC 34 years

Joined March 2011
‘Risky Forever’: alongside the River Lea near the Olympic Park, East London 1.36pm, 18th October 2026
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Sloane Square underground station, London 7.12pm, 17th October 2026
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Approaching Creskeld Lane near Bramhope, West Yorkshire 12.32pm, 14th October 2026
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Really enjoyed being back on @BBCLeeds @BBCSheffield and @BBCYork this morning 📻 Always a pleasure chatting to fabulous @Hudsonweather (about the rather less fabulous weekend forecast) ☔️ 💨 We’ve been broadcasting together for longer than either of us cares to remember! 🎙️
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Near Bramhope, West Yorkshire 12.11pm, 14th October 2026
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Near the closed Arthington station on the Leeds to Harrogate railway line 11.48am, 14th October 2026
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Into the light: Arthington, West Yorkshire - underneath the old railway line to Otley 11.45am, 14th October 2026
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Walking between Bramhope and Arthington, West Yorkshire 11.34am, 14th October 2026
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Autumn glory: Staircase Lane, Bramhope, north of Leeds 11.25am, 14th October 2026
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Between Arthington and Eccup: Wharfedale, West Yorkshire 3.35pm, 4th October 2026
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A Wharfedale walk: heading towards Eccup 3.32pm, 4th October 2026
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Bank Top Lane, Wharfedale, West Yorkshire: a weekend walk from Eccup 3.29pm, 4th October 2026
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Honoured and rather moved to be chosen as the next President of @OldHymerians at my school in #Hull I was a pupil at @Hymers_College from 1975 to 1985 Yes, I find it hard to believe I'm that old too! A proud moment 🙏 Here I am with new chair, the fab @EmilyPennack
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A walk round the Temple Newsam estate, Leeds 11.01am, 2nd October 2026 @TempleNewsam
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Paul’s Pond, Bramhope, Leeds - dug as a fish pond in the 1820s but named after the later owner of Cookridge Hall, William Paul 4.26pm, 30th September 2026
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The mighty River Humber - taken from the window of a @TPExpressTrains heading back to Leeds (home for 33 years) after a day in Hull (where I was born and brought up) 4.09pm, 29th September 2026 #hull #eastyorkshire #humber #riverhumber
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Hull icons part 2): a day trip back to my home city 29th September 2026 1) ‘Voyage’: statue at Victoria Pier 2) public toilets, grade II listed, Victoria Pier 3) Ferens Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Square 4) Three Ships / Co-op mural #hull #eastyorkshire #eastridingofyorkshire
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I more often host events than speak at them, but what a ball I had in the company of the excellent @ColneValleyMVC I spoke after dinner following a day of stimulating workshops at @Thevenuehalifax Great to chat to @Thom_Singer and @rhianbeau Thanks for asking me! 🎶
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Hull icons: a day trip back to my home city (29/9/26) 1) statue of the poet Philip Larkin by Martin Jennings, Paragon Station 2) Bob Carver’s fish and chip shop on Trinity House Lane 3) Trinity House building of 1753 4) emigrants’ statue by Neil Hadlock at Humber Quays
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A brilliant start to @LeedsIntFest 2026 with the charming, funny and vibrantly intelligent @louistheroux Deft hosting of our journey ‘Inside the Louisphere’ by @HarrietRose_ Appropriately this was an evening fizzing with ideas (and the fab @therimaahmed)
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