Little Roseberry and an Echo of Old Norse

From this viewpoint on Ryston Bank the knoll of Little Roseberry takes on a presence rather more commanding than its shy appearance on the O.S. Map, where it is denied even a ring contour.

If the name Roseberry grew out of “Othenesberg”, the Old Norse for Odin’s Hill, it seems ...

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Freeport Fearfulness

Even though this photo of Ryston Bank on Newton Moor was taken right within the North York Moors National Park, every square inch captured, right up to the North Sea in the distance, lies within the Teesport ‘Freeport outer boundary’, an arbitrary demarcation unmistakably drawn by some bureaucrat armed with nothing more than a pair of school drawing compasses.

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Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la la la la!

It's been a bumper year for all sorts of fruits and berries, and the holly is no exception.

I was fascinated by this holly bush on Ryston Bank — the northern slope of Little Roseberry. Its branches are laden with bright red berries. In the distance is the flat topped Bousdale Hill ...

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