Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Day: 27 August 2021

  • Capt. Cook’s Monument and Aireyholme Farm

    Capt. Cook’s Monument and Aireyholme Farm

    The familiar sight of Capt. Cook’s Monument on Easby Moor appearing as the low cloud dissipates. It wouldn’t have been familiar to the young James Cook who lived as a young boy at Aireyholme Farm (centre of photograph). HisĀ father was employed there as a hind or skilled farm hand. However problematic Cook is in the…