Christopher Goddard

Late autumn in Marsden, researching West Yorkshire Woods part 3. Even where the map shows few trees, it is amazing what this county throws up at every turn!

Drawing the white voids at an art workshop at Marsden Walking Festival. Trying to think differently how to look at the things around us and portray them on paper was a great experience.

Fascinating, and affirmation that the collaboration works as we hoped in linking the story with real places (however fanciful some of them may be) to produce a deeper level of appreciation for both the story and the real events that inspired it. Thanks for sharing 🙏

New open access article: Jon Goodson & I in Annals of Tourism Research on #historicalfiction, #mediatourism & ‘lieux d’imagination’. Using #TheGallowsPole and the Cragg Vale Coiners, we show how narrative & reality status shape the visitor experience. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lnwDaZ3EmtJ2

I feel like a guest of honour. What a lovely day in Beverley 🙏

Gearing up for a book sighting with @mikepadgettauthor.bsky.social at the Beverley Bookshop 11-1 today. #beverley #yorkshirecoast1

Brightlingsea seen across the marshes of Flag Creek while exploring the England Coast Path in North Essex #hightideisbest

I'm celebrating Yorkshire Day with the launch of my new book The Yorkshire Coast. Hot off the press and now available at christophergoddard.net/product/the-...

A deserted Skara Brae just before they shut up for the day. As fine a series of small walls as you'll see anywhere.

A beautiful but suitably wild day on the Outrun on the west coast of Orkney.

A very sketchy way down to Hummersea Beach on the Cleveland coast. Rotten wooden steps and a rope lead to a narrow metal ladder leading down the cliff.

The start of the Yorkshire Coast Path in Middlesbrough by the wall of the former saltworks and in the lee of the Transporter Bridge.

The Appleton Thorn itself, beautifully kempt it is too.

It's already too hot for Alfie! Sheltering from the April sun behind a rock at Bank Top in Cragg Vale.

It's already too hot for Alfie! Sheltering from the April sun behind a rock at Bank Top in Cragg Vale.

Hornsea Mere from the earthworks of the abandoned medieval village at Southorpe.

Coastal erosion in action between Hornsea and Mappleton as the field edge the farmer must have ploughed just a few weeks back has already collapsed, along with the coast path alongside it.

Skipsea Castle mound, an artificial hill created in the 12th century in the middle of what was once Skipsea Mere. An extraordinary work. #eastriding #yorkshirecoast

The crumbling faces of the East Yorkshire coast near Aldbrough make for a beautiful walk on a section of the England Coast Path due to open this summer.

🧵 if you're wondering where I find out about these historic spots, I use @chrisgoddardmap.bsky.social 's illustrated route guidebooks. He includes lots of rich historical details that aren't always mentioned on OS maps.

At #HebdenBridge town hall. Here's the anthology of authors who met there today. Next Gritstone event at this venue, launch of new book by @andrewbibby-writer.bsky.social , Feb 28, 5pm. @windhovering.bsky.social @chrisgoddardmap.bsky.social @andrewmccloy.bsky.social @cumbriapr.bsky.social

Weather Experience A blog about a wild wet and windy day on the Yorkshire coast near Whitby and Scarborough when not a soul but me was out in the elements... and how lucky I was!

A new blog post about a wild wet and windy day on the Yorkshire coast near Whitby and Scarborough when not a soul but me was out in the elements... and how lucky I was!
christophergoddard.net/story/weathe...

Hayburn Wyke waterfall in full force yesterday. The whole beach was a stream and the angry roar of the waves competed with that of the waterfall to create an otherworldly din.

The sandstone pillar on Lebberston Cliff near Cayton Bay has collapsed. I was going to give it a name too in my book, but I guess that's why it didn't have one. Any features on this coastline are too temporary to gain real traction!

Essex Bridge in Staffordshire. A 16th century packhorse bridge on another beautiful part of the Staffordshire Way near Shugborough Hall and Great Haywood

Indeed. I'm doing a survey of it, but so far it's a lovely route around Leek and the Churnet Valley.

Mow Cop Castle perched on a gritstone outcrop overlooking the Cheshire plain marks the start of the Staffordshire Way.

A welcome to bluesky to fellow outdoor author @chrisgoddardmap.bsky.social , another escapee from the other place. Check out his English coast path books. @gritstonebooks.bsky.social